If you’ve ever wanted to play or perform your favorite songs, or thought of a melody that could become an original song, KORG is here to help you realize your musical potential. The KORG EK-50 is an entertainer keyboard that you can enjoy on any musical level, and an instrument that grows along with you.

Automatic accompaniment “Styles” provide an entire backing band you as you play the keyboard. From the moment you start playing, the rich accompaniments are created to inspire you to add phrases as they come to mind. As you gain performance skill, you can easily access the more advanced functions to give shape to the ideas of your musical sketch.

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

• Over 702 sounds, 41 drum kits (including GM compatible sound sets)

Keyboard Sets

• More than 170 sets

Effects

• Accompaniment part
• 2 stereo digital multi-effects
• Keyboard part
• 2 stereo digital multi-effects
• 34 types (148 variations)

Styles

• More than 280 presets
• 2 intros, 4 variations, 2 fills, 1 count in/break, 2 endings, synchro start/stop, tap tempo

Music Styles

• 64 styles

Demo Songs

• 18 songs

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

Scales

• 11 types (including user scale)

Tempo

• 30–240

Key Transpose

• C (-12) to C (0) to C (+12)