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Playing the EK‑50 U while playing back a song
Playing the EK-50 U while playing back a song
SONG/[DEMO SONG] button
LOOP
Listening to the demo songs
The EK‑50 U has 16 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 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 EK‑50 U while playing back a song.
1.
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.
2.
Press the SONG/[DEMO SONG] button to enter song mode.
will blink on the display, and the song name will
be displayed.
3.
Select the song type using the CATEGORY buttons, and
use the dial to select the song.
The song types and SONG/[DEMO SONG] button states are
as follows:
D.01– : Demo songs (blinks white)
001–999: User songs (blinks red)
R.01–R.99: Performance rec songs (blinks white)
M.01–M.99: Music data (blinks white)
Tip: The user songs and Performance rec songs are the
recordings of what you play on the EK‑50 U (see page 9
"Recording your performance").
4.
Press the start/stop button (the button lights up white).
5.
Play the keyboard along with the song.
Tip: To change the keyboard set, see "Selecting the
keyboard set" (page 7).
Tip: To change the tempo, see "Adjusting the tempo"
(page 7).
6.
To stop playback of a song, press the start/stop button.
Song name
[SHIFT] button
AnB Fast-forward Start/stop
Rewind Pause
Keyboard set name
USB icon Dial CATEGORY buttons
„ 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).