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== Main features ==
 
*49 midsize keys
 
*49 midsize keys
 
*2 built-in speakers (sound bright and fairly bassless, stereo)
 
*2 built-in speakers (sound bright and fairly bassless, stereo)
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*jacks for AC- adapter, phones, line out, tape data saving, [[MIDI]] out
 
*jacks for AC- adapter, phones, line out, tape data saving, [[MIDI]] out
 
*demo audio cassette
 
*demo audio cassette
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== Links ==
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[https://youtu.be/U1QnaI4631o Amstrad Fidelity CKX100 - Demo] [https://youtu.be/jrxD1OM2cCg Full review] by [[Keen On Keys]]
  
 
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Revision as of 23:41, 10 April 2025

Amstrad CKX100.jpeg Amstrad CKX100 side.jpeg

Main features

  • 49 midsize keys
  • 2 built-in speakers (sound bright and fairly bassless, stereo)
  • main voice polyphony 8 notes (only 3 with accompaniment, 1 in trio mode)
  • 10 semi- OBS preset sounds
  • 28 preset rhythms
  • volume & separate rhythm accomp volume slider
  • vibrato & sustain button
  • trio mode ("auto harmony" button)
  • single finger accompaniment (manual chord mode with rhythm off)
  • "playright" mode (switches keyboard to pentatonic scales selected by the current single finger chord)
  • tempo +/- buttons (21 steps)
  • rhythm fill-in button
  • keyboard drum kit mode only during demos {whistle, hand clap, dog, cowbell, bell} (each 3 pitches)
  • many orange, green & yellow LEDs
  • main voice sound is based on 2 layered static digital waveforms with independent simple envelope; with some low tones mild sample aliasing noise gets audible. The sound is stereo; the 3rd keyboard octave is panned to the center, lower notes only to the left channel and higher notes only to the right. Percussion is made from thin sounding low resolution samples.
  • 8 KByte RAM, 48 KByte ROM
  • simple sequencer (polyphonic record/ playback with accompaniment, no edit)
  • 7 long and complex orchestrated demo melodies (those mute their main voice during manual play)
  • jacks for AC- adapter, phones, line out, tape data saving, MIDI out
  • demo audio cassette

Links

Amstrad Fidelity CKX100 - Demo Full review by Keen On Keys