Meet the latest edition to Korg’s Arranger Keyboard series, the EK-50 U, featuring inspiring new Styles and Sounds focused on classic and modern American popular music. The EK-50U builds on the success of the original EK-50, adding authentic American Styles ranging from jazz to modern country, alternative, dance, and rock.

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.

Specifications

• Keyboard:

  • 61 keys (velocity-sensitive)
  • Touch Control: Soft (light), medium (standard), hard (heavier), fixed

• Sound Generator:

  • Stereo PCM sound generator
  • Maximum Polyphony: 64 voices

• Sounds:

  • Total of 727 Sounds on EK-50 U
    • 662 sounds from the original EK-50
    • 65 new sounds specific to the EK-50 U
  • New sounds with a focus on electric and acoustic guitars, electric basses, new brass, and drum percussion kits
  • Total of 51 Drum Kits on EK50-U (33 from the original EK-50 and 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
    • 2 intros, 4 variations, 2 fills, 1 count in/break, 2 endings, synchro start/stop, tap tempo
  • 88 new styles added for EK50-U
  • New American styles include Alternative and Modern Rock, Southern & Latin Rock, Country, Blues Reggae, etc.
  • An additional 88 new styles in addition to 200 original EK-50 styles

• Demo Songs:

  • 16 songs

• Audio Player:

  • MP3, WAV (44.1 kHz)

• Sequencer:

  • 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)
  • Performance Record function for quick and easy recording

• Scales:

  • 11 types (including user scale)

• Controls:

  • Various control buttons, joystick, dial, etc.

• Set Lists:

  • 10 banks × 4

• Metronome:

  • Tempo, beat, volume
  • Tempo Range: 30 - 240

• Key Transpose:

  • C (-12) to C (0) to C (+12)

• Tuning:

  • 427.5 - 452.9 Hz

• Input/Output:

  • Various jacks including foot controller, audio in, output, headphones, USB, etc.

• Speaker System:

  • Amplification: 10 W × 2
  • Speakers: 120 mm (4.72") double-cone speakers × 2 (bass reflex box-type)

• MIDI:

  • USB MIDI

• Display:

  • Custom LCD with backlighting

• 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)

• Dimensions (W × D × H):

  • 994 mm × 392 mm × 132 mm/39.13" × 15.43" × 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