Song Mode; Listening To The Demo Songs; Playing Along With A Song; Playing Back Using Different Methods - Korg EK-50 Owner's Manual

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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] button while holding
down the [SHIFT] button.
will blink in the display, and the demo songs will
start playing back in order from song D01.
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When you want to play back a specific 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] button 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 file on a
USB flash drive, connect the USB flash 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] button to enter song
mode.
will blink on the display, and the song name will be
displayed.
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2.
Select the song type using the CATEGORY buttons, and
use the dial to select the song.
The song types and SONG/[DEMO SONG] button states are
as follows:
D01–D18: Demo song (blinks green)
001–999: User song (blinks red)
M01–M99: Music data (blinks green)
Song mode
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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 button (the button 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 button.
Tip:
The user songs can be edited and then saved to USB
flash drive (see page 19 "Editing a song" and page 24
"Song Convert").

Playing back using different methods

Rewinding, fast‑forwarding or pausing a song
y Rewind button: Press this once to go back one measure. (For
MP3 and WAV files, this will go back two seconds.)
Hold down the button to continue rewinding.
y Fast‑forward button: Press this once to move forward one
measure. (For MP3 and WAV files, this will move forward
two seconds.)
Hold down the button to continue fast‑forwarding.
y Pause button: Press this during playback to pause. Press the
button again to resume playback from where you stopped.
Rewind
Fast-forward
Pause