Casio PX-320 Privia Digital Piano

by Casio

Product Features

• 128 Voice Polyphony^Scaled Hammer Action^202 Tones and 70 Rhythms^SD Card Slot and USB^60 Songs and 8 Digital Effects

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 59 x 16 x 10 inches ; 38 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 41.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0013260P8
• Item model number: CAS PX320
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,508 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The PX-320 is perfect for stage and studio use. Along with the advanced AIF sound source providing 128 notes of polyphony where notes reverberate naturally without being cut off it also has 1/4-inch line outputs for connecting to a mixer or PA system. The 202 tones including organ and drum tones will make you ready for any music style. The 88 weighted and Graded keys provide the look and feel of an acoustic piano.

Digital piano with 88 weighted keys. Click to enlarge.

Easily expand your song memory with a built-in SD memory card slot.

Perfect for stage and studio use.

128-Voice Polyphony
This permits the keyboard to produce up to 128 notes simultaneously for full musical expression. It lets you play sweeping chords and make extensive use of the damper pedal.

Scaled Hammer Action
88 touch-dynamic weighted keys make for an authentic playing feel, responding to all your playing nuance like an acoustic piano.

202 Tones
The PX-320 features 202 different tones, including standard General MIDI patches and drum tones.

70 Rhythms
70 preset rhythms offer a varied range spanning the world of music. With Auto Accompaniment, the digital piano automatically plays rhythm, bass, and chord parts in accordance with chords you select using simplified keyboard fingerings, or chords you play. Auto Accompaniment makes it feel like you have your own private backup group with you all the time.

60 Songs
Listen, sing along, play along: 60 top quality songs are stored on your PX-320. You can also play back up to 10 songs from an SD memory card.

You can also turn off the left hand part or right hand part of a song and play along on the piano, which makes for a great learning tool.

8 Digital Effects
Add a little more depth and variation to the built-in tones with 4 reverb and 4 chorus effects.

Registration Memory
You can save up to 96 digital piano setups in registration memory, including tone, rhythm, and tempo settings, for quick and easy recall whenever you need them.

MIDI-In/Out
Use the MIDI in/out to control other MIDI instruments, or with external sequencers, computers, etc.

SD Card Slot
Easily expand your song memory with a built-in SD memory card slot.

USB
The PX-320's USB port offers a quick and easy connection to a PC, handy for use with modern DAW and MIDI systems.

Two Piano Setting Keys
The piano setting key switches to grand piano sound at the touch of a button. Two settings are available: "classic" for a soft, discreet sound and "modern" with a more lighter, brighter character.

Stereo Line In/Out
Connect to a PA system or studio equipment, or connect other sound sources with the line inputs.

Panel-Lock
With the Panel-Lock function, the control panel is protected from unintentional moves while playing and to protect settings.

Powerful Speaker System
The PX-320 features a built-in, two-way system with four speakers and 2 x 8 Watts of output power, to fill a room with sound.

3-Pedal Unit Support
With the optional SP-30, the PX-320 has up to three pedals with half-damper effect. This "half-damper" effect simulates a "half-pedaled" damper pedal.

2 Headphone Connections
Use the two headphone connections for duets or lessons.

What's in the Box
Privia PX-320 Keyboard, AC Adapter, Music Stand, User's Manual

Product Description

The PX-320 is perfect for stage and studio use. Along with the advanced AIF sound source providing 128 notes of polyphony where notes reverberate naturally without being cut off it also has 1/4” line outputs for connecting to a mixer or PA system. The 202 tones including organ and drum tones will make you ready for any music style. The 88 weighted and Graded keys provide the look and feel of an acoustic piano.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If the recessed screws underneath the back are loose, September 22, 2008

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Gary Zupan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio PX-320 Privia Digital Piano (Electronics)

I have played the Casio PX-320 for a couple weeks and am a beginner/intermediate piano player. The PX-320 keys have texture and shape and pressure and volume range and return speed that invites making music. The PX-320 is scaled (graded) so that treble notes are easier and quicker versus bass notes are harder and slower. The keys are weighted and have a simulated hammer action. For my taste the keyboard is a joy to play and is close to an acoustic piano.

I think the Yamaha YPG-635 and Yamaha P85 have at least as good touch and piano sound. I liked the Yamaha YPG-635 display and controls and features and sounds. The YPG-635 is too wide to lay flat in my car while the PX-320 lays on my back seat or back floorboard. The PX-320 base is flat and as large as the top, unlike the P85 that has a base smaller than the top. The P85 has 10 voices. The PX-320 weighs 26 lbs (12kg).

The PX-320 has 11 one-touch sounds like grand piano, electric piano, organ, strings and synth-voice. The PX-320 has 60 wide ranging Casio voices. The PX-320 has 128 General MIDI (GM) voices and 2 Drum Sets. I am pleased with the variety and quality of the voices. I like the large 3-character display and miss a numeric keypad and graphic display. The speakers are fine for a bedroom or living room. If the recessed screws underneath the back are loose the speakers can cause plenty of subtle or annoying noise.

I like the Casio PX-320 price, car fit, finger action, voices, 5 song recording or playback with as little as 2 key pushes, and usable speakers. I look forward to exploring 2-track recording, quick registration, 70 play-along rhythms, and flash memory slot. The Casio PX-320 is enjoyable to play and delightful to hear and easy to learn.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars comparison of px-320 versus yamaha p-85, April 27, 2009

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C. Purvis (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio PX-320 Privia Digital Piano (Electronics)

I have a px-320 and a yamaha p-85 sitting right next to each other. I couldn't decide which to get so I got both and plan on returning one of them. I'm not a concert pianist, but I've played many pianos in my time, and I can honestly say that both of them feel, gloriously, like real pianos. And if you're going to try them out, you have to do it with the sound on - contrary to intuition, the feel of a piano is very much dependent on its sound.

It was a hard decision, but ultimately I decided on keeping the Casio, the main reason being because it gave me a greater library of sounds and output options. However, they are both excellent products as they feel and sound like real pianos. I've spent some time at the stores trying keyboards out and nothing comes close to Casio or Yamaha in the same price range.

The Yamaha feels a tad better IMO and has a tad more dynamic range, but playing the Yamaha through its speakers, it sounded too bass-ey and muddled. I don't like the idea that I only have two piano sounds to choose from when the Casio has a number of them, plus ways to brighten or darken the tone. Plus, the Casio's speakers just sound better. I actually think I could play at a low-key place with the Casio's speakers, where the Yamaha's speakers are just worthless.

The keys on the Casio are a tad harder to push, and that makes it harder to play softly and limits the dynamic range. Also, sometimes there are bizarre tonality issues, like the some keys sound just a little off tune - but I can't nail this down as they seem completely fine at other times. But unless you're super anal, this probably won't be an issue. Overall, I'd say the Yamaha is more dark and the Casio is more bright.

Ultimately I went with the Casio because the only good sound on the Yamaha is the piano while the Casio has a wealth of decent stuff. I don't want to get stuck with a dark piano tone when I'm looking for something else.

One other thing...it annoys me that the p-85 only has stereo 1/4" outs - meaning you have to split its stereo out into two lines. That's just not right on a keyboard I'm spending so much money on. The Casio has two 1/4" Ins and Outs. It might be silly and overkill, but that makes me happy - like Casio is taking me seriously.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of didgital piano for the price and more, September 6, 2008

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Vincent Lasfargues "Vincent L" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio PX-320 Privia Digital Piano (Electronics)

For the price paid, the Casio Privia PX-320 delivers much more than the products from competitors. See the description.
The multiple voices provided sound ok through the speakers, but they sound better through a decent pair of headphones.
I bought mine to replace a Yamaha P-120, that was too heavy to carry around.
I consider the action of the Casio to be very close of the Yamaha's in terms of quality - even if they feel different.
Out of the box I would say that the Casio action feels lighter and more dynamic - it is not good or bad, as it is a question of taste.
I have no issue going back to my Yamaha C3 grand piano after I practiced on the Casio. That is what matters to me.
The PX comes with a lot of additional voices that are actually, for many but not all, quite usable. The piano allows to layer 2 voices and to set the volume of each of them. You can even add a 3rd voice if split the keyboard. 128 polyphony allows to play without the PX-320 to drop notes, even during sustained phrases.
A the PX-320 offer a lot of settings, check out the doc (online on the Casio website) to feel your confort with its interface.
It takes some time to get what you want but you can store your settings in the 96 registration slots for instant setting retrieval. A must that lacks the PX-200.
In addition the drum sets are dynamic (sound soft or loud depending on your strike speed) and that allows very decent drum play and midi edition.
Over all a great DP that delivers way more - it would even be a perfect Midi studio controller if it would come with the usual modulation and pitch bend wheels.
Time for me to get back to it and play my preferred classical pieces. BTW, it comes with the 60 classical pieces score book that the PX-320 has in memory. Very nice.