
The SV-1 also provides access to the effect pedals, amplifiers, speaker cabinets and studio techniques that gave these sounds their original lustre.
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Crafted using Korg's RX (Real eXperience) Technology each sound is a detailed and authentic re-creation, accurately capturing the full range of expression and dynamics of the original. The SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano offers the most rewarding compendium of electro-mechanical, transistorized, tape-driven, analog, and early digital keyboards ever available in a single instrument. Gordon Reid - Read the whole article in the October 2009 issue Which, in all likelihood, it already is." I would have called it the SVP1 'Stage Vintage Piano' rather than the SV1, and marketed it as the best acoustic and electric piano emulator on the planet.
"I have in the past expressed misgivings about stretching e-piano sounds beyond their historical limits, but given the success with which this has been achieved on the SV1, I'm ready to overlook my reservations.". It's designed to do just a handful of things, but do them extremely well.
In contrast, the SV1 is not feature laden and it's not designed to be all things to all players.
"Perhaps because we are so accustomed to affordable workstations delivering such an amazing breadth of sounds and features, the current rule seems to be 'more is better, so lots must be best'. With leakage available via RX Noise, all of these can sound highly authentic" "There are six excellently captured organ multisamples in the SV1 but, with no drawbars or tabs to adjust them, these are essentially presets you'll either find them useful, or you won't. I like this one a lot, and so should you." Its amplitude envelope is distinctly superior to emulations that I have reviewed on other instruments. "The timbre of the SV1's emulation is very good, and it has a much smoother velocity response and less obvious multisampling than the Rhodes and Wurlitzer. Sound on Sound have conducted an in depth review of the SV-1. This keyboard was made for the stage, with retro looks and style, Korg's unique RH3 key weighting (the best keyboard you are likely to find on any stage piano) and 36 essential sounds ranging from great quality classics to unique vintage instruments any keyboardist would surely be spoilt for choice with this amazing instrument that is a pleasure to play, listen to, or just look at! You can still store presets and vary your sounds so you can enjoy all the flexibility of a digital piano, with all the warmth and lovely character of the individual keyboard instruments that the SV1 sounds are based on.įurthermore, with the unit's built in effects, you can take your studio sound on the road. Amp & cab modelling effects mean that your sound won't be sterile when you're plugged straight into the P.A. With no LCD displays or fiddly menus to change parameters, you can enjoy a clean, attractive and uncluttered panel with clearly labelled knobs and buttons. The SV1 puts the player back in touch with their sound. Is The Korg SV-1 Still Relevant 10 Years Later?