From organbarry@gmail.com Thu Jun 14 07:33:25 2012
Subject:Re: Something new (SV-1 RV)

I just got a new SV-1 RV, too! I was vaguely interested in the SV-1
when it came out, but the reverse keyboard/red color was too much for me
to resist! BTW, if you use the editor software you can edit both sides
of the split sounds (to a point). I didn't like any of the preset
sounds or favorites, so I've edited all the ones I use. Using the
software editor you can get some very nice sounds. I love the keyboard
action - I've also never had a piano action controller and this is
amazing - besides feeling great with its own piano sounds, it makes the
Electro 3 pianos really come alive! Using the Electro 3 keyboard to
play the SV-1 makes the SV-1 Clavinet, RMI, and organs come alive. For
some weird reason using different Electro sounds really makes the SV-1
sound different when played by the Electro - for example if the Electro
is set to one of its Clavinet sounds, the SV-1 Clavinet has a lot of its
release noises and stuff, use a different Electro sound as you contol
the SV-1 Clavinet and those noises disappear.

The acoustic pianos are gorgeous, the Rhodes is very expressive, I like
the Clavinet and RMI when played from another keyboard. The Vox organ
is nice, but I'd probably never use the other organs or the Leslie sim.
The amp sim (which you really need to keep the electric piano sounds
from sounding dead) is pretty noisy, and some split points are pretty
obvious.

Even if I never used any of the SV-1's sounds, I'd like it around as a
piano action controller and 'cause it's just plain gorgeous! I hadn't
known it was made by Korg Italy (I didn't even know there was a Korg
Italy), but it sure has that Italian flair and style! Using the SV-1 as
a controller, I've played the E3 and SV's acoustic and electric pianos a
lot, and while they sound very different, I'd have a hard time saying
which I like better.

>
> I suppose it's not "new" in terms of unknown or breakthrough, but
> recently received a new SV-1 RV (73) from Sweetwater.
>
> It a regular SV-1 just like the ones before except with reverse keys
> ("RH3 Keybed from Japan"), though they did apparently give it some
> different sound programs, including a few more splits.
>
> ** WARNING: I didn't buy this to do splits anyway, but splits are NOT
> user-programmable. in fact it seems that splits only exist on a few of
> the 8 "favorites" which means if you immediately replace one of them
> (like I did once I got the EP sound I wanted) the sound stored with
> that button (with the split) does not exist on one of the 36 presets
> accessible from the two sound selector knobs. I didn't back mine up,
> so I might try to get it from Korg.
>
> Although the organ sounds/leslie effects aren't near as good as my
> Electro 2, I've been enjoying the electric pianos and strings quite a
> bit. It's got a solid feel as a complete instrument (including its own
> quirks and design compromises) and it really is an awesome sight.
>
> This is the first and only instrument I've ever owned with a piano
> action keyboard, so it's hard to rate it against anything else, but I
> like it. The SV-1 has the potential be much better, and I can't
> understand why Korg put such mediocre organ sounds into it (a Korg X5
> from the 90s has a better leslie sim IMHO), but it's got a lot there
> to like and I'm keeping it.
>
> I think the electric pianos are wonderful with good variety (including
> a Pianet and EMI). The clavs seem just fine, but not as versatile as
> the Electro 2 -- I don't really play clavs so what do I know? The
> acoustic pianos are fantastic too, and there are enough different
> variations (including a really nice honky tonk) to find something you
> like. The organs are OK, but not enough of the "staple" B3 sounds, and
> some lost opportunities with layering where they could have allowed
> you to fade in a set of drawbars. Instead they use the layers to
> control key-click levels, which is relevant also, but less useful
> given what an organist really needs. I'll take the standard key-click
> amount, thanks. ;-) What's left are tons of great "other" sounds to
> choose from (across their 4 different sound libraries) including some
> fantastic Mellotron, choral and orchestra sounds.
>
> The software editor that comes with it is a kinda 2nd rate. It looks
> nice, and works how you'd expect, but you can tell it's written in
> Java and just seems kind of slow. But it works well, and does allow
> you access to many additional parameters that don't have front-panel
> knobs. This isn't very nord-like, but it does afford me the
> opportunity to control things like the amount of delay regeneration,
> and edit tuning models. In summary, it's pretty deep for what looks
> like an electric piano.
>
> Does anyone have any good SV-1 organ/otherwise sounds to share? -pc
>
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 3:07 PM, hammond321 wrote:
>

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