If you want to become top music producer such as Dr. Dre, Quincy Jones, Timbaland, Yoshiki Hayashi etc, you have to start at the beginning by learning how to use the tools of the trade.

The Sonic Producer software is a great tool to mix your own track on your computer, but you must first understand the intrinsic art of music tunes and beats.

Many disc jockeys hone they music mixing skill by practicing on electronic music keyboard. If you are looking for a keyboard to practice, check out the Casio WK-200.

The Casio WK-200 is actually a complete package that comes together with x-braced keyboard stand, professional closed-cup headphones and power supply kit.

It comes with a standard 152 tunes and 48 tones maximum polyphony in its memory bank including 50 exercise phrases. The first skill you have to develop is the ability to mix all these tunes together to form a musical or dance track.

The WK-200 has included the new AHL sound source (acoustic & highly compressed large-waveform) features built in for their tones, including piano and acoustic tones. This makes the sound appear more natural and crisp.

When you are mixing your own dance track, the most important feature is the ability to sample a sound easily. Casio electronic unit has a sampling function that will allow you to do just that by simply pressing on the keyboard.

Size wise, the WK-200 is 51 x 9 x 20 inches and weighs only 28 pound. It is reasonably compact and can be carried around in its carry case.

In general, the WK-200 has all the features you will need to learn how to mix music and tracks together. This will allow you the opportunity to practice your creativity on mixing different sound, tones, beats etc to create your master. The next progression is to make full use of the Sonic Producerapplication with its 16 tracks mixing platform.