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Exploding Casios

evansorchid	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 6:28 PM Casio has issued a recall of approximately 12,000 electronic music keyboards of model CTK-710 due to its potential of overheating when in use. According to Casio, the CTK-710 has already amassed five overheating cases, where two of them resulted in fires. No injuries have been reported so far, and Casio wants to ensure that none happen by recalling the units. Casio is asking consumers to stop using the keyboard immediately, unplug it and remove the batteries. ........ http://news.digitaltrends.com/article12512.html
shadowself	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 6:30 PM Dammit, I have always wanted to see a Casio explode.
AbortiveMind	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 6:40 PM @ Shababy You could go get one
shadowself	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 6:42 PM KABOOM!! Hehehehe WHEEEEE!!!
evansorchid	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 7:17 PM I'm currently using a Yamaha keyboard, but I must say that my Casio has never once given me a problem.... ...but then it's been sitting in my closet for years collecting dust.
shadowself	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 7:26 PM I just hate the sounds that those things put out. I suppose they can be useful as controllers if they are velocity-sensitive. And damned useful as kindling!
Distilled1	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 7:38 PM Haven't tried to use the kids as a controller yet really need to it does have a really nice key feel, the one we have....damn its been on since 2 x-mas's ago! fire fire ...lawsuit
imemine	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 8:41 PM HOLY CRAP----and I thought it was my stellar keyboard skills!
Opossum	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 8:56 PM Quite a few years ago, I never cared for the sound of Casios, although I had a couple, including a digital sampler one. I thought the sound was too muddy and dull when compared to the other ones I had at the time.
shadowself	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 9:19 PM On 11th Apr 2008, Distilled1 said: Haven't tried to use the kids as a controller yet You have them MIDI'd????
imemine	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 9:21 PM Burn it----It's a witch! Vil 1: We have found a witch, may we burn her? Crowd: [Burn the witch, etc...] Bedevere: How do you know she is a witch? Vil 1: She looks like one! Crowd: [General shouts of approval] Bedevere: Bring her forward... [Crowd quiets down] [A young woman is pushed through the crowd of villagers to the platform. She is dressed all in black, has a carrot tied around her face on top of her nose, and a black paper hat on her head. She talks funny because her nose is closed by the carrot.] Witch: I'm not a witch, I'm not a witch! Bedevere: But you are dressed as one. Witch: THEY dressed me up like this... Crowd: [general cries of denial] Witch: ...and this isn't my nose, it's a false one! [Bedevere removes nose] Bedevere: (after a few seconds' pause) Well? Vil 1: Well we did do the nose. Bedevere: The nose? Vil 1: And the hat... Vil 2: But she's a witch! Crowd: Yeah! Can we burn her? [More shouting for a few moments] Bedevere: Did you dress her up like this? Vil 1: NO! Vil 2: No. Vil 3: No... Vil 1: Yes... Vil 2: Yes. Vil 3: A bit... Vil 1: She has got a wart! Bedevere: What makes you think she's a witch? Vil 2: Well, she turned me into a newt! Bedevere: A newt? Vil 2: I got better... Vil 3: Burn her anyway! Crowd: [Burn her! More shouting of approval] Bedevere: Quiet... Quiet... Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch... Vil 1: Are there? Well then tell us! Bedevere: Well then, tell me... What do you do with witches? Crowd: BUUUUURN THEM! BURN THEM UP! Bedevere: And what do you burn apart from witches? Vil 1: WARWITCHES! [Gets elbowed by Vil 2] Vil 3: Wood! Bedevere: So... why do witches burn? Vil 2: (After several seconds of puzzling) Be... (After several more seconds) ...because they're made of wood? Bedevere: Goooood... Crowd: [A few voices murmur approval and fascination] Bedevere: So how do we tell if she is made of wood? Vil 1: Build a bridge out of her! Bedevere: Aah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? Vil 1: Oh yeah... Bedevere: Does wood sink in water? Vil 2: No... No! It floats! Vil 1: Throw 'er into the pond! Crowd: [Screams of triumph and approval] Bedevere: What also floats in water? Vil 1: Bread! Vil 3: Apples! Vil 2: Uh, very small rocks! Vil 1: Cider! Vil 3: Great Gravy! Vil 2: Cherries! Vil 1: Mud! Vil 2: Churches! Churches! Vil 1: Lead! Lead! Arthur: A duck! Crowd: [Ooohs and aaahs of amazement at the revelation they've just heard] Bedevere: Exactly! Vil 1: (Having trouble figuring it out) So... Logically... If she... weighs the same as a duck... she's made of wood! Bedevere: And therefore... Vil 3: ...A WITCH! Crowd: [BURN THE WITCH! More general screaming of approval] Bedevere: [Taking a duck from one of the villagers] We shall use my largest scales... Crowd: [Screams approval as they move to the scales] Bedevere: [With the duck on one end of the scales and the "witch" on the other side] Right! [A villager grabs an axe and cuts the rope, releasing the scales. They level out, indicating that the "witch" does, in fact, weigh the same as a duck.] Witch: It's a fair cop... Crowd: A WITCH! A WITCH! BURN HER! [etc...] [Arthur approaches Bedevere as they take the woman away...] Bedevere: Who are you, that you are so wise in the ways of science? Arthur: I am Arthur, King of the Britons. Bedevere: (Kneeling) My liege! Arthur: Good Sir Knight, will you come with me to Camelot and join us at the Round Table? Bedevere: My liege, I would be honoured! Arthur: What is your name? Bedevere: Bedevere, my liege. [Fanfares play for the upcoming ceremony and narrative] Arthur: Then I dub you Sir Bedevere, Knight of the Round Table!
leedsquietman	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 11:06 PM I have a casio ctk-541 keyboard, it's actually not that bad, I used to use it in the church folk group (wouldn't want to damage my good synths) and I still use it as a MIDI controller if I take my laptop from the basement setup to the bedroom. It has a few decent sounds, notably 2 good organ sounds and a not too too bad acoustic piano, plus one great synth pad. It never exploded yet in the 5 years I've owned it...
Distilled1	Date: April 11, 2007 @ 11:45 PM yes shadow its a midi
pog	Date: April 12, 2007 @ 12:23 AM ...expensive pyrotechnics
zedsalt	Date: April 12, 2007 @ 10:51 AM Anyone have two or more of the Casio Digital Horns with "The Squeal Problem"? Tell you what, note me for my snailmail addy, send me two of them, and I'll send you back one fully operational horn.
ray104	Date: January 8, 2008 @ 4:35 PM On 11th Apr 2008, Opossum said: Quite a few years ago, I never cared for the sound of Casios, although I had a couple, including a digital sampler one. I thought the sound was too muddy and dull when compared to the other ones I had at the time. Have you heard the new casio's (I own one)?
Opossum	Date: January 9, 2008 @ 1:14 PM Haven't even heard of them for a long time where I live. Middle of nowhere.
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 9, 2008 @ 6:52 PM second and third keyboards were Casios... MT-46 and MT-500... buggers lasted a very long time... small shitty keys and blippy sounds though but hell, i had them as a kid and they lasted longer than my first 4 track recorder. never saw one explode though... and i don't think catching fire constitutes an explosion.
zedsalt	Date: January 10, 2008 @ 10:33 AM That's right- slow oxidization=rust, moderate oxidization=burning, and rapid oxidization=exploding. Take it from someone who has done all three.
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 11, 2008 @ 6:18 AM Was that a test with materials or are you referring to yourself, Zed?
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 11, 2008 @ 6:18 AM And the only time I ever saw a battery or capacitor explode was in a fire... Awesome green flash... What's that smell?
zedsalt	Date: January 11, 2008 @ 11:08 AM Me. It has been a rough life, largely thanks to my own failure to think things through.
zedsalt	Date: January 11, 2008 @ 11:09 AM That green flash and odd odor you mentioned, for instance- add the acrid bouquet of burnt hair, and it starts to sound familiar...
ChillinBuzz	Date: January 12, 2008 @ 1:09 PM After you said that, Zed, I'm quite happy I missed the late 60s now...
BOWILLIE	Date: January 13, 2008 @ 6:12 AM whats better in this world than a conbustable ivory wham bam?