Korg EK-50L - Basic Operations; Modes, Functions, and Value Selection

Basic operations
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Basic operations
About modes
The EK‑50 features two dierent modes, a style mode and a
song mode.
Press the appropriate MODE section buon on the front panel
to enter one of the modes.
When turning on the EK-50, the instrument will automatically
enter style mode.
Style mode
Style mode lets you select a sound in this instrument and play
it together with another sound you like on the keyboard, as
well as play along with auto-accompaniment (style). You can
also record your playing when using the auto-accompaniment
function.
Song mode
In song mode, you can play back demo songs and user songs as
well as music data les (MP3, WAV and SMF), and play along
with them. You can also edit the user songs easily.
Other functions
SETTING functions
These functions include global seings for the instrument like
keyboard touch, master tune, scale, pitch bend variable range
and so on. There are also seings for pedals that you connect, as
well as MIDI‑related seings.
MEDIA functions
These functions are for saving or loading set lists to/from USB
ash drives, as well as for saving user songs. This also includes
functions for formaing USB ash drives and for system
updates.
Selecting sounds and changing values
Use the dial, the numerical buons, the + and – buons and
the CATEGORY buon when selecting sounds or changing the
values of the seings.
1.
Dial
This is used to change numbers and values.
Turn the dial clockwise to increase the value, and turn the
dial counter‐clockwise to decrease the value.
2.
Numerical buons
Use these buons to directly input numbers and values on
the EK-50.
To input a two-digit number using the three-digit display
(for example, “36”), press “0”, “3” and “6”.
3.
+ and – buons
• Press either the + or – buon once to increment or
decrement a number.
• Hold down the + or – buon to continually change the
number.
4.
CATEGORY buons
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When you press the CATEGORY buon to select a style,
keyboard set, sound and so on in style mode or song mode,
the rst digit of the number group corresponding to the
category or genre will be selected.
When using the SETTING or MEDIA functions, press the
CATEGORY buon to select a page.
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