These are listed on the Europe site
http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/emi/wk3200/
http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/emi/wk3700/

From what I see there's 20 more sounds, 20 more patterns, AND GET THIS...., instead of 2.0mb of flash rom-an increase to 32mb's of flash rom Holy Crap! the Samples you can load into that... There's also an IDES CD Rom Included with the unit. It looks like the colors have changed a little too.

Squeak

Squeak,
I don't know if you have seen this:
http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/emi/czsounds/

there is also a new CTK-900, same thing as WK 3200 & 3700 minus wheels and FDD.

Now imagine this as a tone module for $199.

Let's pray they come up with an MZ 3000

Is the MZ series higher then the WK series. I have have heard demos formt he MZ-2000 which were satisfactory. I don't know how much this KB cost ( MZ-2000), so I can't comments on its price to performance ratio. Furhter, since it has been discontinued, its older technology may have been the reason for its mediocre sounds/styles. I wonder how the WK-3700 compares?

Regards;
BN

hmm I had a casio 3500 for 2 weeks , liked it except it couldnt switch registration banks without having midi glitches (couldnt keep steady beat),, hehe would 30 mb more of flash rom memory fix this??? If so hmm im getting interested!

So what's supposed to be the big difference?
They both look like WK-3000/3500 's to me,IMHO.

It seems that there is 4 variations instead of the usual 2 variations. Is that right ???

If so, I will rush to buy this asap. I hope the price stays the same too.

Casiobot,
There are several differences. There are more voices, more patterns, I believe more room for registrations and the HUGE HUGE HUGE difference is 32mb of flash rom compared to the current 2mb (where only 1.5mb is really available to use). You can load some killer samples into the new models. Hell you could download a 10mb piano sample if you wanted.

As far as variations I'll have to take another look. Not sure if I saw (4), but if that's the case GREAT!

BlkNotes, the MZ-2000 was Casio's flagship board. The only things the new WK models have over the MZ (from the WK-3000 and up) is 76 keys, ability to load new samples, and smart media storage. Aside from those things the MZ puts the WK's in the dust.

I'll be upgrading to the new models when released. I'll probably still keep my original 3500 though.

Timo1, you're right about the midi glitches when using the registration banks. I wrote to Casio on this one and asked them to fix it on the next models. It doesn't happen all the time, but it's there. I noticed it when using my drum machines midi'd to the WK-3500. When I used registration buttons, it stuttered the drum machine.

Squeak

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Just had a look at the variations. Look's like it's still the same. 2 intros, 2 endings, and 2 variations.

The German site has it listed for $549 Euros... What's that in US dollars???? Also from what I read on another Casio forum the German site states there are (improved sounds) Just 32mb flash rom is HUGE to me.


Squeak

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$549 Euros = $706 U.S. but the actual price when it lands in the U.S. might be lower.
32mb wave rom is huge. The Yamaha PSR550 has 8 megs and Roland EM20 has 8 megs. PSR1500 has 16 megs. just for comparison.
Starkeeper



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Dear Squeak_D;

Can one incraese the memory to more then 32 Mb? If so, one could load in many high quality samples. Like a couple hundred Megs worth of smart card. There are PC cards that are 1-8 Gb.

Regards;
BN