Korg SV-1 73 user reviews ( 7/10) - 38 user reviews

• 04/26/12

  theaudioandvideoguy's review "Vintage Digital Piano's"

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  The Korg SV-1 is a very good digital electric piano. I have been using it for years, a friend has one at his house. Even though I am not a great pianist its still good for me to get to use it from time to time just to work a little bit on my skills. So for me it is a practice piano but for him and others it’s a piano that they have really polished their skills on. It can be in either 88 or 73 key version, he has the 88 key version and it has a really nice feel too it. Similar to a real grand piano, you really cant even tell that it’s a digital piano buy the feel of the key’s. Of course you can by the sound though because nothing is like a real grand piano except for a real grand piano.
  
  
  
  Overall, I would have to say that purchasing this digital piano (Korg SV-1) is really worth the money spent. Its pretty light too just incase you have to transport it from one place to another. It also has mide connection abilities so you can sync it up with your software. Though I have never used that feature so I cant really comment on it. Also, a ¼ jack is available for the pedals that you can purchase. The pedals don’t come with it though, you need to purchase those separately. If you are willing to invest a good amount of money in a vintage style digital piano then the Korg SV-1 will work for you without a question. Not all of the sounds are piano sounds, it also has good Rhodes and organ sounds. Don’t expect to get the synth sounds that you get on workstations though. It just doesn’t have those capabilities. But the electric piano sounds are great, you will be very pleased.

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• 08/25/11

  yoTrakkz's review "Vintage is a plus.."

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  The Korg SV-1 73 is a very high quality compact and portable digital piano that is vintage. So get rid of all that bulky vintage gear and go with the KorgSV-1 73. This board has very high quality sounds for such a little board its very powerful. The sounds on this board are amazing and will surprise everyone from the pro down to the beginner. The Rhodes on the Korg SV – 17 3 are very high quality and they are my favorite sound that the Korg produces.
  
  
  
  The KorgSV-17 3 is very stable and sturdy, its built to last like most of the other models that Korg makes. Korg is known for bringing high quality gear no matter whether its vintage or not. Korg has always had the upper hand over other companies when it comes to sounds. Korg produces very warm and rich full sounding instruments.
  
  If you use this board live, that’s how you will get the most out of it. It has a beautiful live sound and look for vintage gear. This board is top of the line, unfortunately is its priced a little high in my opinion. But all of Korg’s gear is pretty high priced. But they stand behind the product that they create and they don’t do price cuts often. So if you get a good deal on the KorgSV -17 3 then I suggest you get it. This board is stocked with beautiful electric sounds.
  
  You can even connect via USB to your computer to get more sounds and keep your board updated. I am very happy with my decision to give the KorgSV-17 3 a try. This board is worth the money if you are willing to invest. So if you need a high quality vintage electric piano make the investment in this one.

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• 11/18/10

  moosers's review

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  The Korg SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano is a digital electric piano that features a variety of high quality sounds. It's designed to be a replacement for bulky vintage keyboards, giving you a ton of control and modern features while still maintaining a realistic and high quality sound. The SV-1 comes in either 73 or 88 key versions, with 36 different sounds in total as well as built in effects and amp modeling. As far as connections go, you've got pretty much everything you'd want to work with, including MIDI, 1/4" inputs and outputs, and 1/4" jacks for sustain and other pedals as well. In my opinion, the SV-1 is the most complete digital based electric piano, and definitely the most realistic sounding. The different types of sounds that the SV-1 has includes electric pianos, organ, acoustic piano, strings, and a number of others. It also has built in effects like chorus, phaser, and rotary, as well as reverb and delay. To give the keyboard an overall warmer sound, it's got a built in 12AX7 tube, which is something that I haven't seen on any other keyboards out there. It also has a really nice feel to it, as the keys feel realistic and not at all cheap. In terms of sound quality, the SV-1 is the real deal as it sounds as close to a real vintage electric piano as I've heard from the digital realm, and there are certainly some other good ones out there. I love the electric piano sounds on here, as it really sounds just like a Fender Rhodes. The organ and other patches follow in the same path as they are quite realistic as well. The price isn't very cheap, but for a complete keyboard like this, it's definitely priced right. If you're looking to get vintage keyboard sounds for live shows and beyond, the Korg SV-1 is the best digital vintage keyboard you can buy...

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• 05/13/13

  funkypopol's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Failure to show?"

  Characteristics

  Digital stage piano
  
  
  
  73 or 88 keys
  
  Keyboard RH3 (Real Weighted Hammer Action 3)
  
  36 sounds (6 banks of 6 sounds)
  
  8 memories to favorites
  
  Preamplifier with 12AX7
  
  Connections for pedals
  
  Headphone output
  
  2 inputs on 6.3 mm jack
  
  2 unbalanced outputs on 6.3mm jack
  
  2 balanced XLR outputs
  
  MIDI In / Out
  
  USB
  
  Dimensions: 1143 x 347 x 154mm
  
  Weight: 17.5 kg

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  Good stage piano with vintage sounds, ideal for Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet.
  
  Touching means (I prefer the keyboard Roland FP4 I had before)
  
  step setup: no menus and sub-menus: just the old knobs.

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  Fan of his vintage Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet and Hammond, the SV1 was on paper the ideal piano for me ... Regarding vintage electric pianos, I'm not disappointed rhodes and wurly are excellent and especially varied at will. The amp simulation gives them a unique touch. Clavinet excellent, especially with the automatic wha wha.
  
  I am more qualified for acoustic piano sounds. I had a Roland FP4 before, and I much prefer the Roland.
  
  The organ sounds are meanwhile not recommended for anyone who expects to have a clone of hammond. Unlike Clavia here no drawbars, Korg has chosen to focus on a few sounds, and so we did not have much choice in organ textures.
  
  No split keyboard ... damage

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  I love the piano, but there is a BIG BIG PROBLEM: SV-1 suffers from a defect (apparently standard) and not least. The power cut (the term used by the service technician) loose. it began with a few plantades only a few months after my purchase, and two weeks ago, the piano has not started after a umpteenth Plantade.
  
  The technician at the store where I bought my sv1 told me that this is the fourth failure sv1 in two months, with the same symptoms. The mind boggles. There is talk of a piano to 1800 euros, and talking about the Korg! And finally, the service Korg is taking a loooong time to ship a replacement part. My sv1 is for repair for almost 2 weeks, and I have the unpleasant feeling that it will last ...
  
  I am even more disgusted that without this huge bug, this piano suited me 99%: vintage look, electric piano sounds perfect for me, simultaneous amp very useful: it was a way for me to have a rhodes a wurly and clav in one piano, which is more portable, and as if everything was plugged into a good old tube amp. All SV1 are perhaps not affected by this defect, but mistrust still ...
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• 11/11/12

  lucetamdoute's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Excellent!"

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  2 years as I have and I am disappointed no, the look and especially its ease of use
  
  The piano sounds are really classical and electric all good organ sounds are not left out either
  
  The other sounds (clavinets tablecloths and other violins) render services grans
  
  
  
  Korg has really made a quality product designed for musicians

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• 02/13/12

  Lumiere man's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Perfect if you know what we want to do!"

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  First thing to say you should always know why and especially how to use a product you buy!
  
  
  
  Here we not buy one thinking sv1 kronos or a rival in the world of computer music with an ivory piano!
  
  
  
  I bought it primarily because I'm a fan of Wurlitzer and Fender Rhodes others!
  
  Indeed it offers good sound well sampled in a machine with a vintage aesthetic pleasant and reminds us the old standard!
  
  
  
  I would further clarify for her that this is the only (except the kronos) proposes that in addition to guitar amp simulations which is very valuable!
  
  
  
  It allows another to have these two electric pianos without hurting the wallet and enables gains as a smaller footprint and less restrictive movement!
  
  We can compare this principle with a fan of Hammond that the absence of a team of roadies and a truck can find the happy with the use of an electro north!
  
  
  
  The piano samples are as successful and will be in their place on stage but not in the studio!
  
  I will not speak of other sounds that have nothing to do with this keyboard!
  
  
  
  Finally as a midi keyboard he's great with his touch to control your vst piano example
  
  
  
  So I recommend to fans of old EP and the keyboard players looking for a superb MIDI keyboard!

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• 01/09/12

  PROUTCH's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " exxxxxcelllllent equipment!"

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  + the excellent equipment, pianos sumptuous, Rhodes and similar giant, beautiful violins.
  
  principle of presets perfect big buttons, excellent keyboard, XLR welcome input to stereo also possib three pedals as well. look superb.
  
  the -:
  
  1 / organ sounds pathetic and unworthy of leslie effect korg
  
  2 / bcp too heavy and low catches (all edges are rounded, no handle, only to put it on the feet unfolded, must tighten strong, sliding!)

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• 08/06/11

  Falkes.cone's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

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  I much apprci its keyboard, feel close to my heavy trs U 1, true meaning. For the rest .... even the concept of this instrument makes its limits, but also market choice! For sound, a combination of 05RW (15 years) and Triton Rack (10 years?) Offers idem. (PS: Only one connect Midi! Of that "moqueton" ... outrageous).

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• 06/15/11

  motownfan's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Excellent, but"

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  The SV1? Excellent for:
  
  - Touch the piano,
  
  - Acoustic piano sound,
  
  - The electric piano, etc.. All this you know dj.
  
  
  
  But:
  
  You should know why achte this keyboard. This is the opposite of the trend-cran-menu options endless. His logic is that of an analog instrument: it takes a basic sound, and adds effects, reverb, one pedals, etc.. Fun: the reproduction of the sounds of an instrument mcanique rel (high noise pedals, etc.)..
  
  
  
  Limitations:
  
  The SV1 is no split!
  
  Only 8 SETTING THE memory for sound and they assign sounds dj factory.
  
  Midi functions are minimal
  
  The buttons are positioned so that the fawn happens unintentionally releases during the game and we change its unintentionally. Even if this does happen to me once every three months, I dread the day on that happens during a concert (I'm an amateur, but I play occasionally in public).
  
  
  
  In short, I love the sound of acoustic piano (one of the preset factory rglages): Excellent. But you need a good sound system or good headphones trs to enjoy it.
  
  
  
  The instrument is excellent as the sound it produces and the pleasure it provides, I dplore just ridiculous number of presets, the impossibility of Split and the absence of a change of function " smooth "(with transition) as is the Kronos.
  
  Bought in 2010, the SV1 me that I had redcouvrir Korg apprci the pass at the time of M1 (in 1988). The SV1 makes me want a Kronos because I just redcouvrir Korg sounds.

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• 04/12/11

  jukap's review ( translated ) Improve this translation " Excellent Q / P!"

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  Used for a good month, still mostly at home. Qq tried other models of piano / synth touch piano store. I bought this model because I did not sub (or usefulness "pure pro") for a northern course, deep down I do not really use synths, touch, and that the effects on Korg are better than the north, and the ratio q / p is simply excellent.
  
  
  
  (+): I love love the rhodes, and ALL the effects, it is serious gun. Amp emulations are really excellent, with a real grain and a beautiful drive / saturation, which is rare, you just have to work a chouille. Record overall very realistic and organic all sounds nice touch, there is already much fun to compose himself, and even more in groups. Very good XLR outputs and headphones, and even then it sounds in mono on my bass amp. The pianos are great for the game pop / rock (but perhaps the classical purists will not find their account when the expressive hand on PP for example, is really a key stage for group play, it looks fantastic like that on the piano / rhodes / organ - and clavicle also once worked, especially with "amp" - but should not ask him to be a true full tail). Otherwise, fairly good general construction, and it has to face. Not too bad of a master keyboard if completed with a control surface, but not so good is his world, and it has no aftertouch.
  
  
  
  (-) No split: while there is anything ... Incomprehensible! Also not scalable for a penny: no card, let alone Roma REAL new sounds possible via USB, in the end we may just rework what is already inside, even if it's already good, that basically it as it opens a lot of universes, even modern ones, if you look a little on the issue, and that's clearly not sold like that, it stings a bit in 2011 the need to buy a second keyboard to promptly other synth sounds, and can not really add any other vintage sounds (eg other rhodes). Big black spot also for setting output level following instruments / presets: it goes in all directions, one is obliged to publish all levels with the computer for our presets, sometimes through tinkering with the emulation of "amp" is definitely not the foot (especially when your name "stage" something and slap the slot "plug and play"). Lot of time in the changes of sound, even with the preset buttons (which could be preloaded them at least, always with a view "stage" something). Effects changes also stop the sound often is not cool (especially when you're on "stage"). No tap tempo for effect "echo" is completely con ... The effects are not backed up separately, it is painful to redo everything when you work a piece by seeking coherence between different keyboards, the editor at least they could include something about it. And then finally on the side "stage", a small additional button to "bank" for example 8 * 8 presets, it would almost cost nothing more, and it would have arranged a lot of people without losing its soul the beast ... Some artifacts point slightly changing the rendering of the notes on his grave very particular, and also more bizarrely the middle of the clavicle, albeit subtle. Finally, the keyboard is not bad at all in the touch (although slightly heavier than a traditional piano study), but it is also true that lateral play, now I do not "sense" not it is necessarily dangerous to life ... Remains that the future will tell us if the quality of substantive appointment is on that side.
  
  
  
  In short, Korg has still made a very good keyboard, makes for good fun with the sounds of legendary vintage keyboards although realistic, piano and strings ultimately pleasant enough. The qualities of emulation, effects, and game are certain, and all that goes nickel / mix group. Some caveats, however, who do not have a keyboard "pure pro" as the North Course (or the Yamaha S90), and not so "plug and play it when we want to make attacks are" stage " keyboard ... But I think it will satisfy all but in a lot of musicians, even demanding, thanks to its quality / price / touch / pleasure (well it's more a metaphor than a real relationship, but you'll probably understand what I mean): I think it is unmatched on the market today.
  
  
  
  PS: if Mr. Korg hear me - Please Make a pedal with all these effects and amp emulations / lamp (and with 8 * 8 presets / switches)! Especially for the bass (I'm also bassist)!!

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