Greg Phillinganes Pimps the Korg SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano

[JSngry]

Still don't sound like no acoustic piano (nothing ever does), & I notice they conveniently avoided displaying the B-3, but Rhodes, Wurlitzer, & Clavinet all in one w/a weighted keyboard...hell if I had money, I'd be tempted.

[Jim Alfredson]

The Yamaha CP1 or CP5 are better. Check out my friend's demo of the various Rhodes sounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLtwOkdsP4c

And the acoustic piano is killer, too. Uses modeling instead of samples.

[Big Wheel]

How do these stack up against the Nord 88? That thing costs a fortune, but I remember being impressed with it when I was messing around in Guitar Center several months ago.

[Daniel A]

I've got a Nord Stage 88. It's not perfect, but all in all it's a very good sounding instrument with a perfectly weighted keyboard. So far it's the best digital piano I've found, although I've still to test the Korg SV-1.

[Big Wheel]

Do Swedes get a discount on them? If so, do I have a deal for you...

Stupid question: why do synth makers tout how much memory their synths have and then put a trivial amount of memory in them? The SV-1 has 512 MB of ROM to hold all the sounds, and that's twice as much as the Nord Stage EX 88. You can get a full GB of RAM for a whopping $43 at Newegg. Is there something special about this memory that makes it much more expensive than computer memory? Or is the amount of memory actually not very important in enhancing the synth's capabilities?

[Alexander Hawkins]

I've been playing a Korg SV-1 on occasional electric piano gigs recently...I have to say, a lot of it is to do with how you set up your amp etc., but I prefer the sounds to the Nord (which I've also been playing a bit recently on some Mulatu Astatke gigs). The Nord has a lot more 'toys', but for the money...the Korg is pretty great I reckon.