Korg EK-50 - Playing the EK-50 (Style Mode); Selecting a Grand Piano; Selecting the Keyboard Set; Selecting a Set List

Playing the EK-50 while playing back a song
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Playing the EK-50 while playing back a song
SONG/[DEMO SONG] button Song name Keyboard set name
[SHIFT] button USB icon Dial CATEGORY buttons
Start/stop
PauseRewind
LOOP A
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B
Fast-forward
Listening to the demo songs
The EK-50 has 18 built-in demo songs. This shows you how to
listen to the songs.
1.
Press the SONG/[DEMO SONG] buon while holding
down the [SHIFT] buon.
will blink in the display, and the demo songs will
start playing back in order from song D01.
Tip:
Use the dial to select other demo songs. The demo
songs will play back in the order in which you select them.
2.
Press the [SHIFT] buon to stop.
Playing along with a song
You can play the EK-50 while playing back a song.
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To play back an MP3, WAV or standard MIDI le (SMF)
on a USB ash drive, connect the USB ash drive with
your data to the USB TO DEVICE port on the rear panel.
The USB icon (
) will be shown in the top right of the
display.
1.
Press the SONG/[DEMO SONG] buon to enter song
mode.
will blink on the display, and the song name will
be displayed.
2.
Select the song type using the CATEGORY buons, and
use the dial to select the song.
ThesongtypesandSONG/[DEMOSONG]buonstatesare
as follows:
D01–D18: Demo song (blinks green)
001–999: User song (blinks red)
M01–M99: Music data (blinks green)
Note:
User songs are recordings of songs that you have
played on the EK-50 (see page 9 “Recording your
performance”).
3.
Press the start/stop buon (the buon will light up green).
4.
Play the keyboard along with the song.
Tip:
To change the keyboard set, see “Selecting the
keyboard set” (page 7).
Tip:
To change the tempo, see “Adjusting the tempo”
(page 7).
5.
To stop playback of a song, press the start/stop buon.
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Rewinding, fast-forwarding or pausing a song
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Rewind buon: Press this once to go back one measure. (For
MP3andWAVles,thiswillgobacktwoseconds.)
Holddownthebuontocontinuerewinding.
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Fast-forward buon: Press this once to move forward one
measure.(ForMP3andWAVles,thiswillmoveforward
two seconds.)
Holddownthebuontocontinuefast-forwarding.
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Pause buon: Press this during playback to pause. Press the
buonagaintoresumeplaybackfromwhereyoustopped.
Playing back part of a song in a loop
This feature lets you play back part of a song over and over (loop
playback).
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Quick loop playback
PresstheLOOPbuontolooptheplaybackofthecurrent
measure.(ForMP3andWAVles,playbackwillbelooped
from1secondpriortothepointwheretheLOOPbuonwas
pressed.)
1.
Press the start/stop buon to play back the song.
2.
Press the LOOP buon at the measure (position) where
you wish to repeat playback. (The buon will light.)
3.
To cancel loop playback, press the LOOP buon again.
The instrument will return to normal playback, and the
buonwillgodark.
Tip:
You can also specify a certain part of the song that you
wanttorepeatedlyplayback(A-Bloopplayback;seethe
Owner’s Manual, PDF).