Adding Effects And Embellishments To Your Playing - Korg EK-50L Owner's Manual

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„ Changing the octave for each part
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.
1
1,2
1
2.
Press the TRANSPOSE
[OCTAVE +] buttons while holding down the [SHIFT]
button.
Adding effects and embellishments to
your playing
Using the joystick
Vibration
of sound,
brightness,
etc.
Pitch
y Move the joystick to the left and right to change the pitch
of the keyboard part.
Tip:
You can also set how much the pitch changes (see
page 22 "PtchBndRange").
y Move the joystick up and down to change the sound of the
keyboard part.
Tip:
The change in sound when you do this will depend on
the keyboard set.
Adding a harmony to the melody
This adds a harmony to the melody you are playing, to match
the chord. The harmony will vary depending on the style you
have selected.
1.
Press the ENSEMBLE button.
2.
Press the SPLIT button to activate the keyboard split
feature (the button will light).
3.
Play a chord within the chord recognition range, and play
a melody with your right hand.
/[OCTAVE –] or TRANSPOSE
Selecting effects
Each keyboard set contains two effects (effect 1 and effect 2),
which change the sound and its impression depending on the
effects you select.
1.
Press the SETTING/[EFFECT] button while holding down
the [SHIFT] button to display the settings screen for effect
1.
a.
Press the CATEGORY button u to display the settings
screen for effect 2.
Press the CATEGORY buttons to switch between the effect 1
and effect 2 settings screens.
2
/
2.
Select the effects using the dial.
"Default" indicates the optimum effect that is set for the
keyboard set by default.
3.
Press the [SHIFT] button to return to the previous mode.
„ Setting the effect send level
Here you can adjust the send level for effects 1 and 2 that are
applied to the lower and upper 1–3 parts respectively. This will
change how the effect sounds.
Note:
Depending on the type of effect, the change in sound
may not be too noticeable.
1.
Follow steps 1 and 2 in "Selecting effects" to configure
effect 1 or 2.
2.
Turn the dial while holding down the PART button to set
the effect send level.
a.
To switch between effect 1 and 2, press the CATEGORY
button.
2
3.
Press the [SHIFT] button to return to the previous mode.
Selecting an equalizer (EQ)
You can add an equalizer effect to make the sound outputted
from the built-in speakers easier to listen to, or to adjust the
tonal character of the sound to match the musical genre you are
playing.
1
2
y Press the SPEAKER EQ/[SPEAKER OFF] button several
times to select the equalizer.
There are eight types of speaker EQ:
Standard " Bass Boost " Bass Cut " Treble Boost " Treble
Cut " Mid Boost " Mid Cut " Loudness " Standard ...
Playing the EK-50 (style mode)
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2
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