Korg SV-1 Factory Demo Sounds as shipped

Korg SV-1 factory demo sounds as shipped with the orignal sound pack 1
00:04 E.Piano1 1-1 Tine EP/Amp
The tine-based electric piano "par excellence" in one of its most typical '70s settings, played through a guitar amp.
01:30 E.Piano1 1-2 Tine EP/Phaser
The same tine-based piano, with a classic phaser setting, as made famous on countless classic rock and soul recordings.
01:59 E.Piano1 1-3 Tremolo EP
This is another essential setup, characterized by the unmistakable stereo tremelo effect.
02:38 E.Piano1 1-4 Dyno EP
This is a custom version of the original timbre, much brighter and sharply outlined than the original. A very popular modification made to these instruments in the late '70s and early '80s.
03:19 E.Piano1 1-5 VPM Piano
An essential digital instrument of the mid-'80s and beyond, this classic synthesizer made a wide range of electric piano sounds.
03:53 E.Piano1 1-6 VPM Tine
A more cutting and strong variation of the previous sound.
04:27 E.Piano2 2-1 Reed EP 1
Perhaps the original electric piano, first released in the late-'50s, used by countless famous musicians.
05:10 E.Piano2 2-2 Reed EP 2
The same reed-based electric piano, with effects settings emulating the classic "logical" sound.
05:50 E.Piano2 2-3 Electric Grand
Released in the mid-'70s, this was the very first portable piano really close to the real thing.
06:24 E.Piano2 2-4 SG-1D Piano
One of the first truly acoustic sounding sampled piano, produced by Korg. Deep bass, and bright trebles, with natural dynamics.
06:44 E.Piano2 2-5 80's Synth Piano
An innovative, accurate and expressive piano sound, created in the late '80s with a popular digital keyboard/synthesizer.
07:04 E.Piano2 2-6 MIDI Grand
This is a layered sound, famously used on so many pop hits of the '80s and '90s. It blends acoustic and electric pianos wth some extra "helpers" for a powerful ballad sound.
07:42 Clav 3-1 Clav AC
Born as a portable harpsichord, this instrument became one of the most popular and distinctive timbers ever.
08:26 Clav 3-2 Clav BC
"BC" configuration of the original register switches. A more "edgy" presentation of the clav, modeled after a really "super" funk song from the '70s.
08:58 Clav 3-3 Clav BD
"BD" configuration of the original register switches.
09:21 Clav 3-4 Clav AD
"AD" configuration of the original register switches.
09:46 Clav 3-5 ElectroPno
Electro-mechanical piano produced in the 60's, with a unique mellow sound very popular within gigging musicians.
10:46 Clav 3-6 ElectraPno
A popular electronic piano from the '70s, used by many famous classic rock and prog-rock musicians.
11:20 Piano 4-1 Grand Piano1
This is a very accurate sampling of a Japaanese grand piano, suitable for pop and jazz.
12:01 Piano 4-2 Grand Piano 2
This is a very accurate sampling of a famous German grand piano, perfect for jazz and classical music.
12:53 Piano 4-3 Mono Grand
This is the mono version of a German grand piano, mostly suitable for rock and pop music when you need to play through a small amplifier.
13:25 Piano 4-4 Upright
This is the distinctive sound of a German upright piano.
14:01 Piano 4-5 Piano/Strings
An essential blend of piano & strings, perfect for ballads.
14:35 Piano 4-6 Piano/Pad
This is a classic layered piano sound, adding some warm and dark sawtooth wave.
15:24 Organ 5-1 Click Tonewheel
The best known organ sound ever! A "must-have" for rock and jazz music.
16:07 Organ 5-2 Jazz Tonewheel
This setting is particularly suitable for jazz and funky stuff.
16:46 Organ 5-3 Full Tonewheel
This is the classic full-drawbars tonewheel organ sound.
17:21 Organ 5-4 Console Organ
This is the sound of an American-made tube organ, as heard in rock legend Garth Hudson's most famous performances.
18:05 Organ 5-5 Italian Combo
An electronic organ manufactured in Italy during the late '60s. Its very distinctive sound made it very popular among rock bands.
18:30 Organ 5-6 Vox Combo
A perfect emulation of the VOX Continental, the most famous transistor organs of the early '60s.
18:54 Other 6-1 Full Strings
A warm and sophisticated texture of orchestral strings.
20:04 Other 6-2 Tape Strings
This tape-playback string sound became a trademark of all the late 60's and 70's prog-rock bands, and it is still used nowadays for its unique timbre.
20:34 Other 6-3 70's Strings
This is a "classic" string sound, extensively used in the countless records of the mid-to-late 70's.
21:10 Other 6-4 Choir
Classic male/female mixture choir sound.
21:39 Other 6-5 Synth Brass
A warm and dynamic classic synth brass sound.
22:12 Other 6-6 Sharp Brass
A classic synth sound from the 80's. Don't you feel an urge to jump?

[@bloemundude]

I love the ohh-so-subtle descriptions. The urge to jump, you ask? One might as well do just such.

[@brianeibisch6025]

Doesn't this instrument have those wonderful sounds that bring back so many memories. Wow! This thing sounds terrific and seems to have such an easy interface to use. The sounds are rich and lush I could imagine listening to this thing all day. Another fantastic creation from the Korg team. I just love it!! We are living in an era when there are so many beautiful keyboard instruments coming out all the time. It's just amazing!

[@ThaWolfe1]

Chuck, this was your best. The setting, great definition, and allowed us to hear One of the best formats on keyboards on KZbin 👍🏽

[@PianoManChuck]

Thanks Tommy!! :)

[@scavenom2008]

@@PianoManChuck you did a fine job!

[@markemerson98]

ah piano/pad and full strings are just sublime

[@johnadams5489]

I checked out the "other" sounds on this instrument. Realistic strings, Mellotron, and surprisingly the JUMP sound from the old Oberheim. Still the best Rhodes sound on the market. Acoustic piano and organ all sound excellent. Most musicians that play live shows primarily use B&B sounds. Anything else can be added with a modern poly synth, like a Korg Minilogue XD. Great combination at an affordable price.

[@kvn120]

i was about to buy the SV , thank you for your "very - clear " (demo) ? it makes me a lot easier to examine the sounds before gettingthe real touch of it, cheers !!

[@swspeaks49]

Great demo Chuck. I like the look and feel of the SV1 great board!

[@brmh1667]

Great demo, many thanks.

[@tomcerlettiify]

Thank-you ! Extremely helpful man ~

[@PianoManChuck]

Glad it helped!

[@mistrdevine]

Just got this keyboard last night. Just messing with all the settings had me confused after a bit. Thanks for organizing them so nicely!

[@GONZOFAM7]

What amazing playing. You hit the tones we wanted to hear for each model. I appreciate it.

[@PianoManChuck]

Thanks, but I never played a single note. As stated in the title and description, this is the "factory demo" (its built in).

[@GONZOFAM7]

@@PianoManChuck then you push play like a boss! :)

[@PianoManChuck]

LOL! Thanks :)

[@aycc-nbh7289]

11:21 "Japanese grand piano"... Is that the Yamaha CP series?

[@nickbaigent2714]

Great playing 👍

[@lucasbretels]

Pre-programmed settings demo!

[@nickbaigent2714]

@@lucasbretels lols 😂 that’s funny. But big shout out to who ever recorded the demos at Korg

[@dosgos]

Thanks Chuck - now now where all those groovy songs sourced their keyboard sounds. Learned a lot tonight!

[@brianpetersen3429]

Richly evocative sounds well played!

[@PianoManChuck]

All the samples you're hearing are the built-in demo samples on the unit itself. Whoever performed those (1 or more people?) did an awesome job! The only credit I can take is putting this video together (it was quite a bit of work)....

[@xp50player]

ah, demos. I was going to say, how did you kick bass on the tonewheel stuff and pitch bend on the clavs;) Might have to get one of these again just for the EPs. One thing I didn't like is the panning tremolo turns mono when you use the amp sim, due to the single tube.

[@michaelgilham8249]

Love the Dr. John :-)

[@vincentbarkley9121]

Terrific, thank you Chuck.

[@johns1844]

Hey Chuck! Thanks for sharing your love and knowledge of music with us. I'm sorry this is totally off topic, but could you please say why you don't seem to review Yamaha digital pianos? You're my go-to guy for these type of reviews and I know this question has been asked before ( sorry if you've already answered it). Keep up the great work. Thanks

[@lauraandrews8319]

Nice demo and great playing!

[@rodrigotudancafernandez17]

I love how the demos are real songs but not quite

[@synthartist69]

Great job playing Chuck!

[@PianoManChuck]

I never played a note! This was the built-in factory demo (as the title says)... all I did was start the demo.

[@synthartist69]

AH..... It sounded like perfection for sure!

[@fejuir]

Excelente!!! Sin charla y bien mostrados cada uno de los sonidos.

[@yahwehagape]

Great descriptions of each sound, thanks! Which ones would you describe as Rhodes, if any? And, how about Wurlitzer?

[@jimshannon8520]

I want one!

[@jerempinch2530]

Thanks for the demo : ) I bought a SV1 to a pianist a few months ago and I didn't want to destroy his custom settings because some were really nice. Is this really what I would hear if I did a factory reset ? I love the original Rhodes sound : )

[@wilsargisson3626]

The RMI Electrapiano patch was an inspired choice by Korg.

[@stan5585]

This is great Chuck. Exactly what demos should be like. I know many people have had reliability issues with the SV series. How do you feel about this latest version? It's always possible that the early ones were prone to issues being a brand new board for Korg....

[@PianoManChuck]

Thanks, Rob. I've had no problems with this unit at all.... but then I've only had it about a week at this point.

[@kennedymuzyamba9988]

can you do a detailed review on the RD 2000 now that its on the market? Your reviews are fairly objective

[@SSQMinky]

This could be the very same piano used for Versace on the Floor! (Preset E.Piano1 1-5)

[@bruin4937]

Thanks for this video, Chuck. By the way, do you own all of these wonderful keyboards that you play-test, or do you borrow them just to test them out? Thanks again, Chuck.

[@PianoManChuck]

As a professional product reviewer, most of the boards that you see reviewed on my channel are "review units" - including this one - in which I have them for a very limited time window.

[@synthartist69]

I need this

[@CodeDriller]

Excellent demos! Thank you, Chuck! BTW does anyone know what's that melody at 05:10 (E.Piano2 2-2 Reed EP 2) ?

[@PianoManChuck]

I believe that's an attempt at "The Logical Song" by Supertramp.

[@CodeDriller]

Thank you again!

[@spencergellsworth]

Cool to hear it all! This has such great tone on the EPs. Are clavs 5 & 6 supposed to be variations on the Pianet? And are there recommended EQ settings to get the bril/treb/med/soft switch sounds on the clav?

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

CLAV 6 is supposed to be the RMI Electrapiano, used by many rock musicians like Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman, Jean-Michel Jarre, etc.

[@peyo7396]

Please can you give me the real effects « Logical supertramp » ?

[@scavenom2008]

Does anyone know if the sv1 and sv2 sounds are interchangeable?

[@heinguy8560]

Amazing playing. The brass at 21:51 isn't on my korg though, along with a few other sounds. Is there a way I could get them on there?

[@heinguy8560]

It's used. It was the store's rental keyboard

[@heinguy8560]

Wadsmitter alright ill see what i can do. Where can i download sounds for the korg?

[@doraseamster906]

The SV-1 I was given was pre set, and I don't know how to get the strong base almost like a trombone sound? how do I clear it to just a piano to start with?

[@PianoManChuck]

Posting your question in the SV1 forum over at korgforums.com would be your best bet.

[@JP100AND1]

Hi! What other settings do you have on E.Piano1 variation 5 to sound so bright?

[@joaquinvelazquez913]

Can someone please answer this question? Since i've been wanting one of these lately... Is the Wurlitzer emulation too harsh? In all the videos i've seen the wurly on this Korg sounds very trebly, like with natural drive. I know that the wurly is famous for that "bark", but in this Korg the bark sounds too prominent. So my question really is: Are you able to get more soft / sublte sounds with the wurly? Maybe tweaking the EQ? Cheers!

[@Noah-kg4yj]

I'm sure any drive you here is probably just the tube. There's amp modeling inside the keyboard so turning that off should get you a softer sound.

[@moogy77]

They should change the top to FLAT and get rid of the round top!

[@Noah-kg4yj]

no WAY! it looks so mid-century. I personally love the rounded, but the grandstage has the flat top and I must admit it looks very nice as well.

[@Dolores5000]

No tron flutes tho

[@aycc-nbh7289]

11:21 "Japanese grand piano"... Is that the Yamaha CP series?

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

No, that would be Electric Grand, shown earlier in the vid.

[@musicman34170]

what s the song you play at 4;6 piano with string thanks!!

[@PianoManChuck]

You'll have to ask Korg (I didn't play anything. I merely started the "demo playback" function on the unit for this video)

[@aycc-nbh7289]

The clavichord actually came before the harpsichord.

[@wilsargisson3626]

The clav here is short for clavinet, not clavichord.

[@ThLyricalLegend]

Song list?

[@YotamPiano]

ahhh if there was only a cp-80 in there and a marimba/vibe and it's a perfect instrument. I wonder tho is the grandstage better than this? it looks ugly and have worse user interface and no Tube amp to see, but def more sounds and dive - in - deep options.. what would you suggest?

[@PianoManChuck]

SV-1 is the coolest looking board out there, and probably the best at recreating all the vintage sounds! If that's all you need, this is a great board! If you want more, the GrandStage is supposed to be a cross between the SV-1 and the Kronos (it may not look great, but its a powerhouse)!

[@musicchannelg859]

2-3 is a pretty close CP80, to me at least.

[@MovieAddictMitch]

Yotam Cohen Keep in mind, you can also use this keyboard as a midi controller, which means you could plug it into your computer and use a cp-80 sound through a vst if you need that particular sound.

[@cyndie26]

Perhaps the CP-80 is the "Japanese grand piano" they based the first Piano sound on. It actually sounds quite similar.

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

@@cyndie26 No; the CP-80 is the "Electric Grand" on 5:51.

[@桐壺-g1f]

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