Playing The Xe20 While Playing Back A Song; Listening To The Demo Songs; Playing Along With A Song; Playing Back Part Of A Song In A Loop - Korg XE20 Quick Start Manual

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Playing the XE20 while playing back a song

Playing the XE20 while playing back a song
SONG/[DEMO SONG] button
Rewind
LOOP A B

Listening to the demo songs

The XE20 has 21 built-in demo songs. This shows you how to
listen to the songs.
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.
Tip:
Use the dial or the +/ – buttons to select other demo
songs. The demo songs will play back in the order in which
you select them.
2.
Press the [SHIFT] button to stop.

Playing along with a song

You can play the XE20 while playing back a song.
y To play back an MP3, WAV or standard MIDI file (SMF)
on a USB flash drive, connect the USB flash 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] button to enter song
mode.
will blink on the display, and the song name will
be displayed.
2.
Select the song type using the CATEGORY buttons, and
use the dial or the +/– buttons to select the song.
The song types and SONG/[DEMO SONG] button states are
as follows:
D01–D21: 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 XE20 (see page 9 "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 tempo, see "Adjusting the tempo"
(page 7).
5.
To stop playback of a song, press the start/stop button.
Song name
[SHIFT] button
Pause
Fast-forward Start/stop
USB icon
Keyboard set name
„ 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.

Playing back part of a song in a loop

This feature lets you play back part of a song over and over (loop
playback).
„ Quick loop playback
Press the LOOP button to loop the playback of the current
measure. (For MP3 and WAV files, playback will be looped
from 1 second prior to the point where the LOOP button was
pressed.)
1.
Press the start/stop button to play back the song.
2.
Press the LOOP button at the measure (position) where
you wish to repeat playback. (The button will light.)
3.
To cancel loop playback, press the LOOP button again.
The instrument will return to normal playback, and the
button 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).
Dial
CATEGORY buttons