Muting Parts And Changing Sounds; Setting The Key And Octave - Korg EK-50L Owner's Manual

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Playing the EK-50 (style mode)
Locking the tempo (tempo lock)
y Press the TAP TEMPO/[TEMPO LOCK] button while
holding down the [SHIFT] button (the tempo lock icon
will light on the display).

Muting parts and changing sounds

On the keyboard part (upper 1–3 and lower) and on the
accompaniment part (drums, percussion, bass and other parts),
you can mute (turn off) individual parts, or change the part's
sound.
Muting parts
y Pressing the part buttons will mute the respective part(s)
(the button will go dark). Pressing the buttons again will
cancel muting (the button will light).
Unmute
Changing sounds
1.
Press the part button for the part you want to change while
holding down the [SHIFT] button (the part button will
blink).
and the sound name will blink on the display.
Note:
The sounds for "other parts" cannot be changed.
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1
1
2.
Use the dial to select a sound.
3.
Press the [SHIFT] button to return to the previous mode.
Muting

Setting the key and octave

Transposing (changing the key)
You can change the key of this instrument in semitones, over a
range of ±1 octave.
The key that is currently set is shown in the display.
y To lower the key: Press the TRANSPOSE
button.
y To raise the key: Press the TRANSPOSE
button.
y To reset the key: Press both the TRANSPOSE
♯
and TRANSPOSE /[OCTAVE +] buttons together.
Changing the octave
You can change the pitch of the note that actually sounds when
you play a note on the keyboard, up or down in one-octave
units. You can set the octave within a range of ±2 octaves.
„ Changing the octave for the entire keyboard part
y To lower the octave: Press the TRANSPOSE
button while holding the [SHIFT] button.
y To raise the octave: Press the TRANSPOSE
button while holding down the [SHIFT] button.
♭
/[OCTAVE –]
♯
/[OCTAVE +]
♭
/[OCTAVE –]
♭
/[OCTAVE –]
♯
/[OCTAVE +]