A powerful, lightweight companion application designed to manage, visualize, and enhance live performances on the Korg EK-50 arranger keyboard, also giving it the superpower "arpeggiator".
Korg EK50 Live Flow bridges the gap between your physical Korg EK-50 keyboard and the digital domain. Designed specifically to bypass the limitations of mid-range arranger keyboards, this application turns your laptop into an intelligent "brain" that extends the capabilities of your hardware in real-time.
- Real-time Mixer & Idea Generator: Control all Upper, Lower, and Backing Track volumes instantly. Use the Random Idea Generator to instantly orchestrate massive 3-layer synth stacks spread across the stereo field.
- Smart Chord Visualizer: Auto-detects the exact chords you are playing on the EK-50, displaying them on a massive, resizable pop-out window for you or your bandmates to follow.
- Advanced Arpeggiator: Brings missing arpeggiator functionality to the EK-50. Intercepts your playing and automatically drives the keyboard's synth engine with perfectly locked sequences across multiple octaves.
- Live Performance Capture: Silently captures every note and chord you play into a standard MIDI file, perfectly timed and stripped of unnecessary system messages, ready to be dropped straight into your DAW.
- Ensure you have Python 3.9+ installed.
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/korg-ek50-live-flow.git
- Set up a virtual environment and install dependencies:
cd korg-ek50-live-flow python3 -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt
- Connect your Korg EK-50 to your computer via USB.
- Launch the application:
python src/main.py
- For specific features like the Arpeggiator or Chord Visualizer, ensure your EK-50's Local Control is configured appropriately as described in the documentation.