Korg EK-50 CSA Portable 61-Key Arranger Keyboard with Latin Styles

With a bright LCD screen and LED buttons that ensure free-flowing navigation and setup, the EK-50 CSA makes it easy for your musical ideas to develop into fully realized, ready-to-play songs. Featuring 356 autoaccompaniments styles that adapt to your chord changes, the keyboard functions like an entire backing band as you play. Over 686 instrument sounds and 39 drum kits also inspire you to add your own melodies, phrases, and beats as they come to mind. Practice along with your favorite tracks via the built-in WAV/MP3 audio player and utilize the internal 12-track sequencer to record and playback your ideas and finished songs as MIDI files. An audio recorder is also onboard to record your performances as WAV files.

Equipped with a powerful 20W speaker system and capable of running on either 8 AA batteries or using the included AC adapter, the EK-50 CSA can be taken anywhere for immediate playing enjoyment

Latin Roots, World of Fun

• The EK-50 CSA is packed with over 686 instruments, 160 keyboard sets, and 356 authentic musical styles that capture the essence of Latin music, developed by a team of talented musicians and programmers in Latin America
• Many of the styles in EK-50 CSA have been designed to take advantage of new and inspiring sounds. Authentic saxophone and brass sounds, plus 39 drum kits can be heard in style categories such as salsa and merengue. Specialty sounds like quena can be heard in styles such as cumbia andina.
• This allows EK-50 CSA to create the widest variety of Latin music genres, including cumbia, reggaeton, mariachi, merengue, ska, and many more. In addition to the Latin Styles, EK-50 CSA also includes the wide range of international Styles and Sounds from the original EK-50, allowing you to cover a wide range of music.

• The EK-50 CSA comes with realistic sounds including trumpets, saxophones, brass, guitar, bass, and even specialty instruments such as sampona and charango.
• Calling up any of the 160 factory Keyboard Sets allows up to four sounds to be played at once: three layered across the upper keys and one split to the lower keys.
• While Sound Sets are played in real time by the user, the 356 Styles contain various preprogrammed drum, percussion, and accompaniment parts to elevate your performance into a full-sounding musical production, with a band that follows the chord changes you play.
• A high-fidelity PCM sound engine and two stereo-effect processors make the EK-50 CSA capable of creating expressive music with motion and depth.
• You can also use the Split function to divide the keyboard and play different sounds simultaneously—such as piano with the right hand and bass with the left. The ability to easily split and layer on EK-50 CSA means you can quickly combine your favorite sounds and save them directly in the Set List for quick access, great when performing live.

• The EK-50 CSA features a new blue color for speaker grilles, adding a fresh new look.
• Easily see the names of Style categories right on the main panel with updated genre names to support the new Styles that come preloaded.

• At the center of the operating panel, a bright, clear display shows the currently selected sound and Style names in large characters for great visibility.
• The buttons on EK-50 CSA are illuminated by their own LEDs, which helps you visualize the setting of each function.
• There is also a convenient Grand Piano button, which means you can instantly recall a beautiful acoustic piano sound at any time.

• Powerful 10 x 10W stereo speakers with bass reflex are built into the instrument. They can reproduce not only the sound of the instrument itself, but also sound from an external playback 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 CSA also works with 8 AA batteries (available separately), so you can play on the go

• EK-50 CSA offers a number of ways to easily capture your musical creations and features a convenient one-touch recording for quickly capturing your ideas when inspiration strikes. There is also a powerful and easy-to-use sequencer that can function as a linear 12-track recorder.
• The Performance Record function allows you to record your performance on the EK-50 CSA as a WAV audio file and save it on a USB flash drive.
• Song mode lets you play back your own original creations, internal demo songs, MP3/WAV audio data, and SMF (Standard MIDI File) data saved on any commercially available USB flash drive. You can play onboard sounds while these songs play back.

• The EK-50 CSA is open-ended, allowing you to add additional Styles via a USB flash drive to help you easily customize and expand your playing experience with the EK Series.

• 356 Styles that focus on Latin-America popular genres
• 686 sounds, 39 drum kits
• Latin-flavored sounds include realistic trumpets, saxes, guitars, basses, and other specialty sounds such as sampona and charango
• 160 keyboard sets allow up to four sounds to be played at once
• 61 full-size, touch-sensitive keys
• 64-voice polyphony
• Easy-to-use layout that makes composing and performing fun
• 12-track sequencer: record up to 999 songs with 12 tracks per song
• Onboard audio recorder: record your performance as a WAV file
• Built-in audio player supports MP3 and WAV formats
• 20W (10W per side) amplifier
• Integrated 4.7 double-cone speakers with bass-reflex enclosure
• Add effects to Styles and sounds
• Joystick control for pitch and modulation
• Adjustable metronome, transposition, and tuning
• Split mode allows different sounds for the left and right sections of the keyboard
• Layer mode allows each key to trigger several sounds
• USB-A and USB-B ports for connecting USB flash drives, USB MIDI controllers, and host computers
• 3.5mm stereo audio-input jack
• 1/4 L/R Instrument output
• 3.5mm headphone outputs
• Set List for quick access to favorite sounds
• Song mode allows playback of original songs, demo songs, or MP3/WAV/SMF data while performing
• Add styles via data downloaded from the Korg website to a USB flash drive (available separately)
• Runs on 8 AA batteries or with included AC adapter
• Includes sheet-music stand