Korg EK-50 U Portable 61-key Arranger Keyboard with American Styles

EK-50 U Arranger Keyboard with 61 Velocity Sensitive Keys, 64-Voice Polyphony, Real-Time Recording, 727 Sounds, 88 Effects, and Built-in Speaker System.

The Korg EK-50 U Entertainer Keyboard is a new addition to Korg's Arranger Keyboard series, featuring inspiring new Styles and Sounds focused on classic and modern American popular music. The EK-50 U is simple to use and allows your musical ideas to evolve effortlessly into complete ready-to-play songs, with auto musical accompaniment that follows your chord changes. Styles provide an entire backing band as you play the keyboard, and high-quality sounds inspire you to add phrases as they come to mind. Simply put, the EK-50U is an Arranger Keyboard with American flare that you can enjoy on any musical level.

EK-50 U Features

* New sounds and styles that focus on American popular music

* New sounds including electric and acoustic guitars, electric basses, new brass, and drums

* Performance record mode for quick and easy recording

* A layout that makes the numerous functions intuitive

* Built-in speakers for immediate enjoyment anywhere

* Play back favourite songs on the instrument while performing

* Refreshed speaker grill colour

* Add Styles from KORG's extensive library

Authentic American Music

The EK-50 U is packed with over 700 instruments, 200 keyboard sets, and 288 authentic musical styles that capture the essence of American music. Many of the Styles in EK-50 U have been re-made to take advantage of new and inspiring sounds. New authentic guitar sounds can be heard in Style categories such as Pop, Rock and Country, and new and improved drum kits can be heard in Style categories such as Funk and Soul. This allows EK-50U to create the widest variety of American music genres, including Jazz, Southern & Latin Rock, Country, Blues, Reggae, Alternative and Pop. In addition to the new American Styles, EK-50 U also includes the wide range of international Styles and Sounds from the original EK-50, allowing you to cover a wide range of music.

Inspiring Sound Capability

EK-50 U adds new sounds with a focus on electric and acoustic guitars, electric basses, brass, and drum percussion kits. With a total of 51 custom drum kits and a complete MIDI GM2 sound set, the EK-50 U is a capable instrument no matter where your music takes you.

A high-fidelity PCM sound engine and two stereo effects processors make the EK-50 U capable of creating expressive music with motion and depth. There is also a convenient Grand Piano button located on the main panel, which means you can instantly recall a beautiful acoustic piano sound at any time.

A layout that makes numerous functions intuitive

The middle of the operating panel has a bright, clear display that shows the currently selected sound and Style names in large characters for great visibility. The buttons on EK-50 U are illuminated by their own LEDs which helps you visualize the setting of each function. There's also a "Grand Piano button" which brings you right back to the starting grand piano sound at any time, regardless of the currently selected sound.

Built-in speakers for immediate enjoyment

Powerful 10W x 10W stereo speakers are built into the instrument. They can reproduce not only the sound of the instrument itself, but also sound from an external device that you connect to the input jack. Additionally, a music rest and AC adaptor are included, so you're completely ready to go right out of the box. The EK-50 U also works with AA batteries (sold separately), so you can play on the go!

Compose, Record, and Share

EK-50 U offers a number of ways to easily capture your musical creations, and features convenient one touch recording. With this feature, your ideas can be quickly captured when inspiration strikes. There is also a powerful and easy to use sequencer that can function as a linear 12-track recorder.

Song mode lets you play back your own original creations, internal demo songs, MP3 or WAV audio data and SMF (Standard MIDI File) data saved on any commercially-available USB flash drive. You'll also be able to play onboard sounds while these songs play back.

Specifications

Keyboard: 61 keys, Velocity Sensitive, Touch Control (soft, medium, hard, fixed)

Sound Generator: Stereo PCM sound generator

Maximum Polyphony: 64 voices

Sounds

* Total of 727 Sounds on EK-50 U (65 New sounds)

* Total of 51 Drum Kits on EK50-U (18 New kits)

* New PCM added for EK-50 U totals 60 multi-samples and 182 Drum Samples

Keyboard Sets: More than 170 sets

Effects

* Accompaniment part: 2 stereo digital multi-effects

* Keyboard part: 2 stereo digital multi-effects

* 88 types (173 variations)

Styles: 288 styles (88 new); 2 intros, 4 variations, 2 fills, 1 count in/break, 2 endings, synchro start/stop, tap tempo

Demo Songs: 16 songs

Audio Player: MP3, WAV (44.1 kHz)

Sequencer

* Record: Real-time recording (Style mode), maximum of 999 songs (approx. 100,000 notes), 12 tracks (4 keyboard parts + 8 auto accompaniment parts), original format (can convert to SMF0)

* Playback: Supports song play (playing on the keyboard during song playback), SMF (Standard MIDI File) format 0 or 1

* Includes Performance Record function for quick and easy recording

Scales: 11 types (including user scale)

Controls

Power button, VOLUME knob, joystick, STYLE button, SONG/[DEMO SONG] button, KEYBOARD SET/[STS] button, GRAND PIANO button, each button in the PART MUTE/[SOUND SELECT] section, SETTING/[EFFECT] button, PERFORMANCE REC / [ MEDIA ] button, SPEAKER EQ/[SPEAKER OFF] button, [SHIFT] button, ENSEMBLE button, SPLIT button, METRONOME/[BEAT SELECT] button, TAP TEMPO/[TEMPO LOCK] button, TRANSPOSE b and #/[OCTAVE /+] buttons, dial, CATEGORY button, value buttons, + button, - button, each button in the STYLE/SONG section, each button in the SET LIST section

Set lists: 10 banks x 4

Metronome: Tempo, beat, volume

Key Transpose: C (-12) to C (0) to C (+12)

Tuning: 427.5 - 452.9 Hz

Input/Output

* Foot controller jack: 6.3 mm (1/4") phone jack

* AUDIO IN jack: 3.5 (1/8") mm stereo mini-phone jack

* OUTPUT L/ MONO, R jacks: 6.3 mm (1/4") phone jack (unbalanced)

* Headphones jack: 3.5 mm (1/8") stereo mini-phone jack

* USB A port: TO DEVICE port for connecting USB flash memory and controllers

* USB B port: TO HOST port for connecting personal computers

Speaker System

* Amplification: 10 W 2

* Speakers: 120 mm (4.72") double-cone speakers 2 (bass reflex box-type)

* Speaker EQ: 8 types

MIDI: USB MIDI

Display: Custom LCD with backlighting

Power

Power supply: AC adapter (included) or AA batteries (alkaline dry cells or nickel-metal hydride batteries) 8 (sold separately)

Battery life: When using alkaline dry cells: approx. 7 hours

Power Consumption: 8 W (0.1 W on standby)

Size and Weight

Dimensions (W x D x H): 994 mm x 392 mm x 132 mm / 39.13" x 15.43" x 5.20" (not including sheet music stand)

Height with sheet music stand attached: 329 mm /12.95"

Weight: 7.5 kg / 16.53 lbs (not including sheet music stand or batteries)

Included items: AC adapter, sheet music stand