Panasonic SXKC600 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with Disk Drive and AC Adapter

by Panasonic

Product Features

• Built-in 3.5-inch disk drive for direct playback of standard MIDI files
• XBS (Extra Bass System)
• 61 full-size, touch-sensitive keys
• 250 digitally sampled sounds and 100-song library with play-along music book
• Stereo speakers with bass port

Product Details

Product Manual [1.95mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 21.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YYN4
• Item model number: SXKC600
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,486 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Panasonic's SXKC600 keyboard with disk drive features 61 touch-sensitive keys for expressive playing, skill-enriching training functions, 150 digitally sampled sounds, and 100 rhythm patterns. Your live sound won't suffer with stereo speakers and a bass port. Panasonic even added its XBS (extra bass system) for enhanced sound.

Beginner and intermediate musicians will appreciate three built-in trainer functions and a large backlit LCD. The SXKC600 is MIDI equipped for PC connectivity and includes a built-in 3.5-inch disk drive. The drive enables direct playback of standard MIDI files and storage of your own recordings. An auxiliary-in terminal allows you to connect your portable CD player and play along with a favorite recording. In addition, Panasonic has included a 100-song library with a play-along music book.

The SXKC600 keyboard's power supply is included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional Musician User, February 15, 2008

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This review is from: Panasonic SXKC600 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with Disk Drive and AC Adapter (Electronics)

I have utilized this Panasonic Keyboard for over 8 years and I was extremely disturbed by the review the ONE reviewer gave it. I simply LOVE the sound of it and no other keyboard can measure up to the full smooth rich sound what it is capable of producing. I have purchased several other keyboards and I can tell you I am ready to take them BACK to the seller and purchase ANOTHER PANASONIC. The other keyboards sound muffled or out of tune to my ear. It has been absolutely perfect for my performances and has earned many additional gigs over the period of time I have owned it. This keyboard can be heard in the midst of a crowd of musicians easily and there is so much more room for raising the roof with this instrument by utilizing Fender AMPs or PA Systems. I have NEVER turned it up to its full potential. It's honestly the best I have ever utilized in my lifetime. The Peavey, also, makes it sound so clear and distinct in any of the many instrument choices and rhythms. I was amazed when I first purchased it and now that I have utilized it for so many years, I am ready to purchase another one, so I can keep one upstairs and one downstairs for immediate use when I want to practice. I truly love it and no other keyboard can ever come close to the sound it delivers.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expensive waste of time., February 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Panasonic SXKC600 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with Disk Drive and AC Adapter (Electronics)

I'm a game designer, looking for a decent midi keyboard to compose my music on. This music will then be transferred to my PC, ready to be used in whatever game I fancy. At least that was the plan.
A few slight problems- there are no drivers included with this keyboard (nor are there any availiable) and neither do any of my music software programs work with it. But wait...it has a disk drive ! Midi files are small and fit onto a floppy disk easily, so I decided to save my files to disk and then transfer them to my PC. I checked the disk and guess what ? My PC does not recognize the file format (I use Win 98 with a pentium 3 and a good soundblaster). The files it saved were not in the midi (.mid) file format or the standard midi file (.smf) format, much ballyhooed in the instructions- instead, they were in a completely unrecognizable format which I was unable to do anything with. Don't get me wrong; the keyboard itself sounded great, but if you are buying this with the same purpose in mind as I had, then don't bother.

But then again, isn't keyboard -> PC music transfer one of the sole purposes of having a midi keyboard in the first place ? Hence the well-deserved one-star rating.