Korg SV-1 Stage Piano info

adan · Post by **adan** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:12 pm

Just guessing, but I think that may be Eldar playing the SV-1. He's featured in Korg's promo video. Makes sense that they'd give him a prototype. The playing is so good, it could be someone like Eldar who's holding back, keeping it in first gear, so to speak. Very clever promo, if it is.

Anyway, I ordered one. 73 weighted keys for gigging . . . and that user interface . . . it's brilliant. It's the stage piano I've been waiting for for 20 years.

zolhof wrote:http://www.youtube.com/user/KeyandSynthFreak

This guy is so good that even a cheap Tone Bank would sound great in his hands!

Anyway, the SV-1 looks promising!

jerrythek · Post by **jerrythek** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:22 pm

adan wrote:Just guessing, but I think that may be Eldar playing the SV-1. He's featured in Korg's promo video. Makes sense that they'd give him a prototype. The playing is so good, it could be someone like Eldar who's holding back, keeping it in first gear, so to speak. Very clever promo, if it is.

zolhof wrote:http://www.youtube.com/user/KeyandSynthFreak

This guy is so good that even a cheap Tone Bank would sound great in his hands!

Nope, not Eldar. It's a great German player by the name of Andreas Gundlach. Speaking of great players, we just posted 12 new audio demos of keyboard great Greg Phillinganes trying out some SV-1 sounds:

www.korg.com/sv1

Expand the Media list on the right to find them all. More audio and video examples coming shortly!

Regards,

Jerry

havani · Post by **havani** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:18 pm

As a keyboard player in a tribute band I prefer not only beautiful (e)piano, strings and pad sounds (like on the SV-1 and which are really good!) on my master keyboard, but also the flexibility of this keyboard to play different sounds on it at the same time, eg split keyboard function. I haven't read anything about this in the downloaded manual. Is this function available on the SV1??

ostaz · Post by **ostaz** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:04 am

Yes, layering would definitely be a plus. Although, it's not a deal breaker...I just ordered one a couple days ago!

Pete

michaelhoffman · Post by **michaelhoffman** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:16 am

Hi Curve,
Thanks for mentioning a link on more information about Korg SV-1. At this point of time my net is not working properly. I will check this sometime later. It would be a great work if you can reflect the photo of the piano. I would like to observe how it looks like. Even you can admit some more details regarding the same. One of my friend is good in playing Piano. If I have the photos then I can forward that photos to him.

Steve Pavao · Post by **Steve Pavao** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:20 pm

Craig Anderton's SV-1 review is now online:

http://www.harmony-central.com/articles ... /korg_svi/

adan · Post by **adan** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:46 pm

I've had my SV-1 for a few days now and for the most part am very pleased, but there is a burning question. Where is the panel lock?? This keyboard needs a panel lock like Carrie Prejean needs a muzzle! It's far to easy to hit one of the 5-8 preset keys. I'm sure this isn't just me and my playing style, I think it would happen for anyone, especially when playing octaves in the right hand. I find it incredible that this design flaw wasn't noticed and corrected in R&D or beta testing. It's unacceptable in a pro keyboard. Who's gonna risk have their sound changed to something radically different in the middle of a song?

I read the Keyboard mag review, in which they quoted Korg as saying a panel lock would be coming in a future OS update. I'm trying to decide whether to return the keyboard because I can't see performing with it without a panel lock, so I would really like to see some assurance that a panel lock is coming. I'm assuming that, unfortunately, it would take 2 button presses to engage or release it, since there is not a dedicated button. That takes away from the spontanaeity of the keyboard controls, but at least it makes the keyboard useable in performance. A panel lock would be optimized if it ONLY locked the bottom buttons, the ones likely to be hit accidentally. That way, if, for instance, the phaser is engaged, you could still adjust the intesity, etc., without unlocking the panel.

OK, enough of the negativity. Wait, one more thing, there should have been a patch-specific volume control. The amp sim changes volumes dramatically, which is fine, except that when you go from patch to patch, you have to adjust the main volume. I think that's a pretty significant oversight, but not a deal breaker.

The panel lock issue aside, I think this keyboard is a keeper. All you have to do is dial in a rhodes sound, add some tremolo or phaser, close your eyes and imagine your playing the real thing. It comes pretty darn close. Wurli is similarly wonderful. The acoustic pianos sound great thought I'm witholding judgement until I hear it in a gig context, but they sound like they'll cut through the mix very well. I won't try to write full review here. Just fix the panel lock and I'll be happy.

Adan

BluesKeys · Post by **BluesKeys** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:38 pm

Adan: check out my post titled "SV-1 New Owners". I posted my concern with the same panel lock issue and received a reply from the product manager. Nothing concrete yet - just that something is coming.

adan · Post by **adan** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:37 am

Ah, yes, ok. Great minds think alike. Well, it's unfortunate, because I've got to either return the keyboard or trust that they come up with something. It's annoying because I DO like the keyboard a great deal, enough to tolerate most of it's shortcomings. But this is really a dealbreaker for me and I think for most players. And as I said, if the the OS fix is a 2-button push to lock and unlock, then you've complicated a procedure that should be super simple.

I find it so strange that the need for a panel lock button wasn't forseeable. Were the designers and testers playing the prototypes and NOT hitting buttons accidentally? Of course they were hitting buttons.

BluesKeys · Post by **BluesKeys** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:41 am

Adan - do you hear that "ffftt" sound I mentioned in my post? Go to E.Piano1 and switch the variation button from 3 to 2 to 1 and back and forth a few times. Seems to be associated with the amp modeling.

jopianokid · Post by **jopianokid** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:27 pm

hello ...

how can i save my own edited sound to favorite?

anyone can help?

best regards,
thanks

jopianokid · Post by **jopianokid** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:39 pm

hello,

what sound created if i use E.Piano 1, variation 1, amp model 5 and drive 10 ... what kind of sound created?

anyone can help?

regards,
thanks,

ericpurcell · Post by **ericpurcell** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:57 pm

I love this keyboard so much, I played a little ditty with it to showcase the musty grimey love this thing emits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdQB1EHw0g[/url]

javaj · Post by **javaj** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:57 pm

ericpurcell wrote:I love this keyboard so much, I played a little ditty with it to showcase the musty grimey love this thing emits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdQB1EHw0g[/url]

Eric,
STOP WATCHING ME- creeping me out!!!!!!!

ClaytonE · Post by **ClaytonE** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:05 pm

javaj wrote:
ericpurcell wrote:I love this keyboard so much, I played a little ditty with it to showcase the musty grimey love this thing emits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdQB1EHw0g[/url]
Eric,
STOP WATCHING ME- creeping me out!!!!!!!

Great playing Eric...Javaj is just being paranoid :3drofl:

Wait a minute...is my fly unzipped???

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