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How to Use a Casio SK-5

Casio created the SK-5 keyboard to play a wide range of instrument tones, including guitar and organs. It also has a sampling option that lets you record and sample a wide range of instruments. Pressing the sampling key creates a sample tone at a specific tonal range, creating a wide range of possible instrumentation. Using the SK-5 may be confusing at first but once you've figured out all the ins and outs you'll be able to play it like any other keyboard.

Things You'll Need

Microphone

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on the keyboard by sliding the mode switch on the left hand side of the keyboard to "play."
- 2
  Press the pre-set buttons to select a tone for your keyboard. Select from "dog, piano, chorus, trumpet, guitar, vibraphone and pipe organ."
- 3
  Play the keyboard as you would any other keyboard to play your tone. Press up to four keys at a time but no more.
- 4
  Plug a microphone into the microphone jack in the back of the keyboard to prepare your keyboard to record a sample.
- 5
  Press one of the four sample buttons and press the "sampling" or "sampling long" button to choose the type of sample. "Sampling" is a shorter sample while "sampling long" lets you record longer songs.
- 6
  Create a sound into the microphone after pressing the sample button. Press the sample button again to end the recording. Play your keyboard to play the sample back.

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