Contemporary Piano Design with Acoustic-like Performance
Elevate your musicianship and set off on an inspiring digital upright piano experience with the Casio AP-S450 Celviano digital upright piano. Designed for stellar acoustic-like performance, the AP-S450 Celviano doubles down on features that excel in sonic expression and nuance. The Smart Hybrid Hammer Action Keys deliver the subtle detail needed to pull off complex classical passages with ease; meanwhile, the Multi-dimensional Morphing AiR sound source creates a natural, dimensional sound in the AP-S450 by adopting a unique string resonance simulator for all of the 88 keys. Pianists can waltz through the included sounds of the painstakingly captured Hamburg and New York grand pianos and explore 26 tones in total. At the most compact size in the modern Celviano family, the AP-S450 is a phenomenal merger of contemporary looks with an innovative design that includes illuminated touch sensor controls, an eminently capable amplification system, and much more hidden beneath the key cover.
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Smart Hybrid Hammer Action keyboard
The AP-S450 Celviano features Casio’s 88-note Smart Hybrid Hammer Action keyboard. Through Casio’s meticulous engineering, the keybed provides authentic piano feel and response that conveys every nuance of your performances. Equipped with spruce and plastic composite keys, this high-tech scaled hammer action provides the weighting and resistance of a grand piano without the periodic tuning and maintenance that acoustic pianos need. What’s more, the touch response of the AP-S450 Celviano’s action is adjustable to optimize it for your personal playing style. You’ll feel right at home on this piano thanks to the simulated ebony and ivory-textured keys that combat moisture and provide an enhanced grip for ultimate performance confidence. We play a lot of pianos here at Sweetwater, and we’ve rarely found a piano-playing experience this rewarding!
Multi-dimensional Morphing AiR sound source
Casio wasn’t one to stop at the smooth function of the AP-S450’s keys; instead, the company outfitted the AP-S450 Celviano with its state-of-the-art Multi-dimensional Morphing AiR (Acoustic and Intelligent Resonator) sound source. Take, for instance, the relationship between an acoustic piano’s strings: when one string is struck, it causes a rippling chain reaction that causes nearby strings to resonate. Casio’s AiR technology reproduces the sympathetic vibrations found in acoustic pianos, further developing the natural and true-to-life sound of the AP-S450 Celviano! The result is a digital upright piano sound that is incredibly realistic and nearly indistinguishable from that of a true acoustic piano — without the need for tuning and acoustic upkeep!
Two legendary grand pianos
The AP-S450 Celviano offers pianists the breathtaking sounds of two majestic grand pianos: the 9-foot Hamburg concert grand and the New York grand. The Hamburg was captured by Casio using a meticulous placement of microphones to capture every detail of its majestic, rich, and versatile sound. On the other hand, the AP-S450 Celviano also boasts the New York variant of the same marque that was captured with the same richness and detail. In the AP-S450, you'll have an arsenal of different sounds and rich grand pianos to choose from when playing your classical repertoire or arrangements of your favorite songs.
Premium features for educational and musical delight
There’s nothing quite like a Casio, and the AP-S450 Celviano brings Casio lovers and first-time users a unique digital experience that ups the ante for its acoustical brethren. Users of the AP-S450 Celviano will delight in the added features like the 60-song Music Library, four hall simulations, and Instant RePlayer continuous recorder that provide hours upon hours of enthusiastic education. The AP-S450 Celviano also offers a MIDI and audio recorder with internal flash memory and USB storage, so you’re free to record up to 99 songs!
An included WU-BT10 adapter expands the possibilities of your AP-S450 Celviano, letting you connect via Bluetooth to play along with your favorite songs or connect to the Casio Music Space app for expanded features. Pianists can also take advantage of aspects like layer, split and duet mode, plus chorus, brilliance, and preset DSP effects for a digital piano experience like no other!
An illuminative digital experience
To access any of the AP-S450 Celviano’s features, simply use the illuminated touch sensor controls. As you play, the illumination of these controls disappears to give you complete and undisturbed focus — you need only touch them to activate them again. You’ll also notice the Visual Information Bar above the keys. When the metronome is engaged, this bar pulses with the beat. It can also be a great visualization of strength and pedal depth to help students with their technique. Connect to the piano via Bluetooth and customize the visualization to the incoming audio! Users who wish for a more authentic upright piano experience can easily disable this function for distraction-free playing.
Casio AP-S450 Celviano Digital Upright Piano Features:
- Smart Hybrid Hammer Action keys with spruce feel almost indistinguishable from those of a true acoustic piano
- 26 tones that include the voices of a meticulously sampled Hamburg and New York grand piano
- Multi-dimensional Morphing AiR sound source reproduces natural string resonance like that of an acoustic piano
- Damper, soft, and sostenuto pedals included
- Compact, contemporary design with soft-fall key cover
- 256-note polyphony can keep up with any classical repertoire
- Illuminated touch sensor controls for navigation of features; these disappear during performance for distraction-free playing
- Visual Information Bar visualizes metronome beats, key/pedal velocity, and more
- 60-song music library for listening or playing along with
- 4 hall simulations plus DSP effects
- Layer, spit, and duet mode
- Explore other features and more through the free Casio Music Space app
- MIDI and audio recorder with internal flash memory for storing up to 99 recorded songs
- 40-watt 4-speaker amplification system outputs sublimely detailed sound
- Class-compliant USB-MIDI, WU-BT10 Bluetooth MIDI, and audio adapter
