Earlier this week I purchased a new SV1 from my local music shop. They gave me a deal as they'd had this lone SV1 in stock since the fall of 2013 and the box had been opened. Anyway, I have a few questions/concerns:
1. The piano sounds do not seem to have anything close to the sustain of a real piano. My family has a Steinway grand piano, and when you hold down a chord while pressing the damper pedal, it sustains for days and gets washy. I cannot get anything close to that kind of sustain with the SV1 using the damper pedal. Is there something wrong?
2. Since this keyboard hasn't been touched since the fall of 2013, is there software I need to update?
Newbie questions on piano sustain and software update
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Just got mine too. new here too. quite the ghost town eh? i see no one's replied
Without hearing examples of what you mean and being new as well i can only say this will sound nothing like a real Steinway grand in terms of sustain pedal (or anything else when it comes to grand piano sounds!). you should get the software loaded, get their other sound packs (1 and 2), tweak and get it sounding best as you can. the sustain I've found is pretty abrupt and so far I'm noticing it sounds more like an organ while it's sustaining than a real piano. But again I'm brand new to it(got it yesterday) and figuring it out as I go
yes use this link for downloads: http://i.korg.com/sv1
click on "support and downloads" then u can see the sound packs, piano operating system, korg midi drivers for your pc, etc. if you want to know what o/s level your sv-1 is currently at, hold down the speed and sensitivity knob at the same time. under speed it will display a number (it'll be one), under sensitivity there'll be another number. it will probably be 2 or 3. I'm guessing 2. that would mean your korg is o/s version 1.2. Though the korg site shows version 1.2 at the latest, I just got my 2015 sv-1 and it says 1.3 when i do this so i didn't update anything. odd though, since korg's site doesn't even list 1.3 yet which may fall under their motto "yeah yeah... we're getting around to it" ah Korg support
what kinda deal did u get? i got mine new (73 key) for $1275
Without hearing examples of what you mean and being new as well i can only say this will sound nothing like a real Steinway grand in terms of sustain pedal (or anything else when it comes to grand piano sounds!). you should get the software loaded, get their other sound packs (1 and 2), tweak and get it sounding best as you can. the sustain I've found is pretty abrupt and so far I'm noticing it sounds more like an organ while it's sustaining than a real piano. But again I'm brand new to it(got it yesterday) and figuring it out as I go
yes use this link for downloads: http://i.korg.com/sv1
click on "support and downloads" then u can see the sound packs, piano operating system, korg midi drivers for your pc, etc. if you want to know what o/s level your sv-1 is currently at, hold down the speed and sensitivity knob at the same time. under speed it will display a number (it'll be one), under sensitivity there'll be another number. it will probably be 2 or 3. I'm guessing 2. that would mean your korg is o/s version 1.2. Though the korg site shows version 1.2 at the latest, I just got my 2015 sv-1 and it says 1.3 when i do this so i didn't update anything. odd though, since korg's site doesn't even list 1.3 yet which may fall under their motto "yeah yeah... we're getting around to it" ah Korg support
what kinda deal did u get? i got mine new (73 key) for $1275
It doesn't sound like you have an issue with calibrating the sustain pedal, which can make a difference. Check the manual on how to do that and make sure it's ok.
Seems you're talking about the sound itself. The SV-1 is a ROMpler, and as i was talking to some guys over at the Pianoworld forum, the SV-1 pianos are fine for live band use, even for jazz combo, and totally fine for live rock or something guitar-heavy. But for live classical piano solos - not so much - but the SV-1 is first and foremost an electric piano. Acoustic piano and organ are there, but not the priority - at all.
But for great sounds, they guys over there said better to use software like Pianoteq. You can use the SV-1 as a controller; it's got a decent action. Depending on your needs, it may or may not be worthwhile to bring a computer out live, but for home and studio, the software is awesome, I'm told.
Binky made a nice collection of sounds, and there's lots of other collections out there, especially at the German site.
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=97527
Seems you're talking about the sound itself. The SV-1 is a ROMpler, and as i was talking to some guys over at the Pianoworld forum, the SV-1 pianos are fine for live band use, even for jazz combo, and totally fine for live rock or something guitar-heavy. But for live classical piano solos - not so much - but the SV-1 is first and foremost an electric piano. Acoustic piano and organ are there, but not the priority - at all.
But for great sounds, they guys over there said better to use software like Pianoteq. You can use the SV-1 as a controller; it's got a decent action. Depending on your needs, it may or may not be worthwhile to bring a computer out live, but for home and studio, the software is awesome, I'm told.
Binky made a nice collection of sounds, and there's lots of other collections out there, especially at the German site.
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=97527
SV-1 73.
I sell and upgrade 10-string lyre harps.
Guild F65CE acoustic/electric, Yerubilee 10-string lyre. Stradivarius Bach model 37.
Former gear: Fender Rhodes MKII suitcase, Roland Juno 6.
I sell and upgrade 10-string lyre harps.
Guild F65CE acoustic/electric, Yerubilee 10-string lyre. Stradivarius Bach model 37.
Former gear: Fender Rhodes MKII suitcase, Roland Juno 6.
Yeah, no worries. Browsing thru I just came across this thread on sustain pedals. Turns out, some people have better success using a non-Korg pedal!
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=66763
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=66763
SV-1 73.
I sell and upgrade 10-string lyre harps.
Guild F65CE acoustic/electric, Yerubilee 10-string lyre. Stradivarius Bach model 37.
Former gear: Fender Rhodes MKII suitcase, Roland Juno 6.
I sell and upgrade 10-string lyre harps.
Guild F65CE acoustic/electric, Yerubilee 10-string lyre. Stradivarius Bach model 37.
Former gear: Fender Rhodes MKII suitcase, Roland Juno 6.
I'm one of those people. I bought the m-audio pedal same day i bought the sv-1, because I had tried the shockingly bad DS-2H a few weeks prior on another Korg board (sp280) and hated it, then read it came with the sv-1 as well. Never took the DS-2H out of the box, will ebay it. I also have a yamaha FC4 which is great too, use it on my Yamaha. Amazed Korg even designed / made the DS-2H, let alone shipping it with their SV-1.teddyc1 wrote:Yeah, no worries. Browsing thru I just came across this thread on sustain pedals. Turns out, some people have better success using a non-Korg pedal!
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=66763