Manual Korg EK-50 (page 12 of 76) (English, German, French, Spanish)

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Connecting to audio equipment

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.

yTo lower the octave: Press the TRANSPOSE ♭/[OCTAVE–]

buonwhileholdingthe[SHIFT]buon.

yTo raise the octave: Press the TRANSPOSE ♯/[OCTAVE+]

buonwhileholdingdownthe[SHIFT]buon.

Adding harmony to a 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 buon.

2. Press the SPLIT buon to activate the keyboard split

feature (the buon will light).

3. Play a chord within the chord recognition range, and play

a melody with your right hand.

Selecting eects

Eachkeyboardsetcontainstwoeects(eect1andeect2),

which change the sound and its impression depending on the

eectsyouselect.

Press the SETTING/[EFFECT] buon while holding down

the [SHIFT] buon to display the seings screen for eect 1.

yPress the CATEGORY buon u to display the seings

screen for eect 2.

PresstheCATEGORYbuonstoswitchbetweentheeect1

andeect2seingsscreens.

2. Select the eects using the dial.

“Default”indicatestheoptimumeectthatissetforthe

keyboard set by default.

3. Press the [SHIFT] buon to return to the previous mode.

Selecting the equalizer

Youcanaddanequalizereecttomakethesoundoutpued

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.

yPress the SPEAKER EQ/[SPEAKER OFF] buon several

times to select the equalizer.

Saving the set list (WRITE)

Youcansaveseingssuchasstyle,tempo,keyboardsetsand

eectsinasetlist.Onceyouhavecustomizedtheseingsfora

style,werecommendthatyousaveyourseingsasasetlist.

See “Selecting a set list” (page 7) for details on how to use

the set list.

1. In style mode, customize the style such as changing the

sound of the keyboard parts, the octave and so on (see

page 11 “Customizing and saving your styles and

keyboard sets”).

2. Press the BANK/WRITE buon to select the bank to save

to.

The bank will change in sequential order (A¦B¦C...J¦A...)

witheachpressoftheBANK/WRITEbuon.Pressthe

BANK/WRITEbuonwhileholdingthe[SHIFT]buonto

reverse the order.

Bank A:preloaded;Banks B–J: initialized

3. Press one of buons 1–4 while holding down the BANK/

WRITE buon.

Yourseingswillbesavedtothesetlist,andthebuonyou

pressed will light.

Tip:

Bank A-1 will be selected right after the power is

turned on.

Connecting to audio equipment

Audio player or

other device

Stereo mini-cable

Playing sounds from your audio device

through the EK-50

You can connect a device such as an audio player to the AUDIO

IN jack (stereo mini-phone jack) on the rear panel of this

instrument, and hear the sound of the audio device playing

back through the built-in speakers of the EK-50. This is useful

for playing along.

1. Turn the volume on this instrument and on your audio

device all the way down, and then turn the power o on

both units.

2. Connect your audio device to the AUDIO IN jack on the

rear panel of this instrument using a stereo mini-cable.

3. Turn the power of the audio device on, and then turn on

the power of the EK-50.

4. Play back sound on the audio device, slowly turning up

the volume. As you raise the volume on the EK-50, you

should be able to hear the sound coming through the

speakers.

5. To adjust the volume balance, raise the volume on your

audio device while playing the keyboard of the EK‐50

along with the sound.

To adjust the overall volume level, use the VOLUME knob.

Tip:

You can adjust the input level of the audio device

usingthe“AudioInLevel”parameterintheseingsfunction.

See the Owner’s Manual (PDF) for details.

6. When turning o the power, stop playback on the audio

device, turn o the EK-50, and then turn o your audio

device, in that order.

My grand piano has no volume and the ‘keyboard set’ is flashing Submitted on 10-6-2021 at 12:22
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