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.

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.

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 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.

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.

The EK-50 U also works with AA batteries (sold separately), so you can play on the go!

EK-50 U offers a number of ways to easily capture your musical creations, and features convenient one touch recording. 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.

The EK-50 U is open-ended, which allows you to add additional Styles via a USB flash drive.

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
EK-50 U features 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 Styles include favorite American genres such as Alternative and Modern Rock, Southern & Latin Rock, Country, Blues Reggae, and more.
New American styles were chosen, created, and tested with musicians in the United States.
EK50-U also includes 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 - 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. The Performance Record function for quick and easy recording. (This allows you to record -save- your performance on the EK-50U as a WAV file)

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 × 4

Metronome - Tempo, beat, volume; Tempo 30 - 240

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 - Amplification10 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 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 x D x 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