Korg EK-50L - Song Mode Operations; Listening to and Playing Songs; Song Playback Controls

Song mode
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Song mode
Listening to the demo songs
The EK-50 has 18 built-in demo songs. This shows you how to
listen to the songs.
Tip:
See “Playing along with a song” (page 18) for how to
play along with a demo song.
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.
When you want to play back a specic demo song, use
the dial or other means to select the demo song. The demo
songs will play back starting with the song you selected.
2.
Press the [SHIFT] buon to stop.
Playing along with a song
You can play the EK-50 while playing back a song.
y
To play back an MP3, WAV or standard MIDI le on a
USB ash drive, connect the USB ash drive with your
data to the USB TO DEVICE port of the real panel on this
instrument.
The USB icon (
) will be shown in the top right of the
display.
Tip:
See “MEDIA functions” (page 24) for more
information on the devices and playback formats supported
by the EK-50.
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 17 “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 10).
Tip:
To change the tempo, see “Adjusting the tempo”
(page 11).
5.
To stop playback of a song, press the start/stop buon.
Tip:
The user songs can be edited and then saved to USB
ash drive (see page 19 “Editing a song” and page 25
“Song Convert”).
Playing back using dierent methods
Rewinding, fast‑forwarding or pausing a song
Rewind
Fast-forward
Pause
y
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.
y
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.
y
Pause buon: Press this during playback to pause. Press the
buon again to resume playback from where you stopped.
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