I´v got a friend ... I love this sound ! .. and the song.

[Vdominoman]

lol i have the 88 key, mine is bigger than yours :P

[Icybearg450]

@Vdominoman LOL

[HiggaLovesHarvs]

awesome cover. i work in a music store, and the sv1's eps are best heard when someone knows how to produce the different sounds by playing with different levels of velocity. you have mastered that. bravo

[LCOLLINSMUSIC]

Still love your "Gone Too Soon" vid the best but this is just so ninja...

[yophoHD]

i watch this over and over... i just wish it would go for longer!

great work!

[renauddenis]

You are a very talented person, keep on posting on YouTube

[BennyGaberMusic]

TURN UP THE AMP BUTTON!!!!!!!

[Per1PugnoDiNote]

Oh my God! You're so great!!! I've really loved this version of "You'v Got A Friend"... Keep it up!

[AlexDeMars123]

This is the best keyboard on earth.

[MrBgmus]

Nice performance! Good taste arranging and great articulation. I've transcribed this performance in finale. If someone wanna study this piano part just write me.

[thatguychad]

@MrBgmus I would love the piano part for this MrBGmus. Please send :)

[MrBgmus]

I'd just need to know how send the file...

[sprecherin]

Very nice playin.

@MrBgmus Could you send me the notes too, pls?

thx

[AndiGundlach]

@MrBgmus

Hi,

thank you very much. ...I would like to have a copy of your transcription myself, if possible. Would you maybe send it to kontakt (at) andreas-gundlach.de.

Thanks - Andreas

[burkefied]

Awesome..I dont care if they are from Korg..Bloody nice playing and a great song(no-one beats Donny and Robertas version tho), and Id rather see an ad where the keyboard does the talking rather than some knob waffling on..

I just got myself an sV1 and I can finally put the wurly in the studio(out to pasture) where it belongs and bash the hell out of this thing instead.I never thought anything would get close to my wurly, but through the hot rod deluxe it kicks butt..

[run4urmony]

i want that piano

[spagspider]

This dude is awesome, but it is a bit strange he appeared exactly when the SV1 premiered to make only SV1 videos. I am pretty sure KORG is behind his posts. That being said though, he freaking kills it. Piano sounds great to. Gonna go meditate on how I can't afford one of these unless I get rid of that kidney that's doing nothing for me now.

[pjvb58]

Very nice!! Also your other recordings! You recorded this in august 2009, was the SV1 released that much earlier in your country? I just got mine 3 weeks ago, one of the first ones in Holland. Glad to have it at last, play it every day.

[weaponEX]

Amazing. I assume those mechanical type noises are generated by the keyboard?

[rodhamkatis]

Yeah, nice playing "KeyandSynthFreak" - except you're not an real person - you're a product of Korg.

[eriksf250]

i feel like i'm listening to something i would hear on Taxi lol but its good

[orestispetrakis]

your playing and feeling are excellent...! *****

[ORUPRANKSTAZ]

Holy crap! You're actually good! Thanks for posting, dude! :)

[jj0090]

hey there i really like this arrangement and i was looking into buying one of these...are they worth the money?

[Schnorre78]

Thank you for this beautifull arranged song. Professional playing, precise intonation, i'm impressed and moved :-)....and thx to Korg for this fine Stagepiano ... :-)

[keyborjohnson]

Great playing. Good job. :)

[tekkentool]

maybe not the nord lead, they're a bit contrived and small.

second hand Virus or a Jp-8000 would be briliant and cheaper though ;). if you we're only to look at virtual analogue's of course

[chunkyostrich]

So...I'm think either this beast or a NE3 or 2.....this is cheaper...but it doesn't have the digital drawbars...though I do prefer this baby's rhodes sounds....what do you guys think? Nord or Korg? :)

[tekkentool]

depends on how much you care about hammond organ sounds, rock this with a copy of VB3 on your laptop (which could be bought with the price difference) and it would kill the NE IMHO

[chunkyostrich]

Thanks man!! :D I'm by far not a pro or even semi-pro, but the reason I'm looking at such high end 'boards is for money purposes. I figure just buy a REAL nice one and save from buying several keyboards over the years. Also, something that concerns me is the action. I've heard that the NE keys are much lighter than the SV-1 and if Im going to continue learning...I would prefer some very realistic action. Any opinion on that? Thanks again!! :)

[tekkentool]

it depends if you want an action that's better for organs or better for piano.

[chunkyostrich]

Ok. Definitely piano..Which I would assume the SV-1 would be the one for that?

[tekkentool]

From all i've heard yes.

[weaponEX]

I played one of these in a store today.

It seems to fill the negative space around the Nord piano range. The SV1 has very impressive Rhodes and Wurlitzers but weak organs and mediocre acoustic pianos. The Electro 3 has mediocre Rhodes and Wurlitzers but very impressive XL acoustic pianos and organs.

Both have very impressive effects, although the SV1's distortion and reverb are better. Nord's filter-type effects sound better.

Together, surely you have an outstanding powerhouse.

[rodhamkatis]

This is so phony it's ridiculous. Nice playing, but come on Korg.

[gmitsu]

Clearly it´s a viral.And a bad one.Fake.

[napoleonkerby]

beautiful playing, man... one day I'll have one of those... mmmmm.... tube ... mmmmm

[markmorgan10]

-You Got a Friend - by Carole King.

Brilliantly played by the way. Gonna get one of these keyboards when I can :)

[jomarcavalcanti]

Where did you get that board? It's not in the market yet is it. can't find it anywhere.. Wold you trade it for a roland g7.. I want that thing. :) soooooo bad.

[rodhamkatis]

Hi Korg. Nice job making and posting this video. Would have been better not to pawn it off as 'KeyandSynthFreak' though.

[rodhamkatis]

Korg has done an excellent job posting this video.

[georgemargaris]

from what I can hear, this rhodes doesnt sound better than say SCARBEE...

[alelakes]

I think its a wurlitzer (with tremolo).

[georgemargaris]

yes sorry, My Comment was ment for another video of KeyandSynthFreak where he uses Rhodes-Sound.

[weberabirato]

Are the korg SV1 Piano and Rhodes sounds really really good? The acoustic pianos resonance, noises etc?

Have you tried clavias? I wanted to buy my first NE3-73 but I can have the korg for the same price and Nord has a lot of problems with piano even if its rhodes and all others keyboards are great.

I need the best Piano and Rhodes jazz (mark I or II) sometimes for rock with effects clavinet or B3 (not organ player) maybe mellotron but...

Can you help me to choose between korg and clavia?

[kitchen76]

What kind of problems does the NE3 have with piano's? I've got one, no problems here. In my opinion the Nord is the better option here. Excellent piano's and the organ section is the best of all the clones out there.

[weaponEX]

I own a NE3 too -

the clavs and wurli are pretty good (with effects) and XL acoustic pianos are very impressive, however I've often thought the rhodes samples are pretty weak and undynamic.

Organs are arguably the best in the world and worth owning the Electro 3 for even without the pianos and mellotrons!

[Nillerbabsen]

Indeed, the XL pianos are impressive, but they still seem to be 'lacking'... 1) It's super annoying that there's no string resonance. 2) I'm left with the impression that playing from C5 up to C6, it sounds as there's a filter gradually opening - at least, that's what I'm hearing on the Steinway, my favourite.

Definitely with you on the Nord Rhodes. I'm anxious to hear the SV-1 pianos, as I need good AP's pretty bad, too...

[weaponEX]

I recently tried the SV-1 in a store and thought the APs were good, but I'd need to set the velocity curve properly to know for sure (couldn't work out how to do that!)

I guess we should accept that it sounds better and and is arguably cheaper to just buy a midi controller/laptop/audio interface/software than it is to buy a hardware keyboard with limited pre-set samples. Latency be damned!

The SV-1 does have VERY VERY good effects though, blows the Nord range out of the water

[Nillerbabsen]

Cool. While you are at it, I first believed that each preset represented a sample, i.e. the 4 rhodes presets showed off the four rhodes samples of the keyboard.

Well, it doesn't have 4 rhodes samples, it seems - just 4 rhodes presets with different front panel settings. Then, do you know how many rhodes samples the instrument actually holds?

[weaponEX]

Do you mean the Nord or the Korg?

[Nillerbabsen]

I'm the owner of a NE3, so no doubts there - I was referring to the SV-1.

[weaponEX]

oh sorry - yes

I think there are 4 x fully sampled Rhodes pianos, 2 x fully sampled Wurlitzer pianos and 2 x FM pianos and various other less realistic synthetic kinds of pianos which all sound familiar and usable. They all sound excellent and are 100% better than the NE3.

The acoustic pianos are good, but don't have string resonance. It's not like Korg to release anything with realistic pianos, so I'm still suspicious..

[Nillerbabsen]

Oh, good to hear. I hope that they're not extremely bell-like, but can also be brought to sound real mellow...

As to the resonance, I'm surprised you say this feature is not present - at least, the Sound On Sound review mentions the high quality of this effect.

[weaponEX]

Yeah I read that Sounds On Sound review. The acoustic pianos are not "some of the best around" or whatever it said, but it's all a matter of taste.

Since playing the SV-1, I'm seriously considering just selling the Nord and replacing it with.. a midi controller+computer-set up!

[Nillerbabsen]

I'm definitely not letting my Electro 3 go. First of all, it's just the best versatile lightweight gig board there is - it's proven indispensable for those spontaneous jams and rehersals. Secondly, Korg hammond and clav doesn't cut it for me - Nord does, both sound- and key-wise. If only they'd release key-off and mute samples!

Going SV1 will be the final step for me in obtaining the ultimate rig. And playing piano, I'm more critical about the action. The sound doesn't have to be the best.

[tekkentool]

oh my god are you kididng me? i can't stand the electro clav, horrible plasticky, no bounce.

[Nillerbabsen]

Listening to particularly Stevie gives me an idea of the detail and feel that the Electro clav lacks. It's disappointing that new samplesets haven't been made. There ought to be two - a 'regular' one with release samples, and one sampleset with mute samples, where the wheel on the NS and the 9th drawbar on the E acted as the mute bar. It'd be big, but worth it for many.

[tekkentool]

it's simply that no sample based system will get you that close to the real thing, and i've seen no decent clavinet physical modelling systems. i had high hope's for this when i looked over the technical section and found the Sv-1 used physical modelling patents licensed from yamaha, who made the absolutely phenomenal VL-1 (look it up if you don't know what it is) all the way back in 1991. moddart pianoteq is absolutely great too, just there are no clav models in it yet. but hopefully soon.

[Nillerbabsen]

As to sound, 95% of my live audience doesn't care whether I use E2 or E3, or which rhodes or clav model / pickup combination I use, and what more is, they could never tell the difference. As to me as a player, I've actually never played a real clav. Haven't played a rhodes either, actually (facepalm!), but as a pianist it's not that difficult getting an idea of that instrument.

[tekkentool]

but you always will, and i guess that's why i'd always try the best route for tone. but live that's impossible, and i understand sacrifing a clav to get the rest of what the NE offers

[weaponEX]

get both

[vuthipon]

Could you show us the chord pattern for this song? Thank you so much.

[julanona]

I wish i had your skills,

but more importantly, your keyboard

[Kahva123]

Hmm... It's about 2000$ and you get like Nord Stage+Nord Electro combined!

I mean... FUCK!

[lashknife01]

But, you DONT get the Nord organs!!! I still prefer the nord because of that reason, however the SV1 is still only in its 1st incarnation. If they can merge the sound engine of the cx3 with the sv1 then the nords will be in real trouble!

[Kahva123]

Aren't the organs pure awesomeness in this thing also? Based on the demos I think they are quite good.

No drawbars though. :(

[lashknife01]

Very good point.

The organs do sound good, but as you said... no drawbars!!!

I prefer to have complete control of the sound by moving the drawbars while holding a chord, I couldnt do this on the korg. I also prefer the waterfall keys on the nord electro in comparison to the fully waited keys on the korg (i've played other korgs with the same keys). But thats all subjective

The best thing to do is to try both and go for the 1 that best suits you.

[jsi6073]

the organs on the sv-1 blow the hell out of nord for the price...nords are great but they're overpriced in my opinion.

[AnalogX1]

I wonder how this compares with the Kurzweil PC3X......

[MellerupMusic0809]

wow........! i've got to get one!

[SnoozeIRTL]

I don't care what the hardcore purist say. This shit sounds cool compared to all the other sampled keys, and the features are modern enough to do things like plug into a comp, and through line ins and outs.

Now if only I can spare $2,200....

[HammondB200]

where did you buy it?

[moshichi]

"I" v got a friend ...lol

cool !!

[Collaborator]

very soulfull!

[pumajaune]

Thank Nismo, beware NE3 !!!

[kantoortuinier]

Great first look, here's hoping the keyboard quality is better than the Nord Electro 3.

[matzeschmitt]

I never thougt that it is a korg! Amazing - it looks very cool... great 60´s design. WANT TO HAVE :-)

[Nismology5]

Korg SV-1

[pumajaune]

Its funny!!! Nismo

[Nismology5]

miroc. co. jp /magazine / archives /6765

scroll halfway down and you will see what it is

[pumajaune]

a keyboard computer is on the piano ,it is a pluggin !!! the sound is in the computer !!! it is a "soft"

[kdskw]

I hate this kind of marketing, just a teaser and no info, why don't you just write which keyboard you are playing?????

[pumajaune]

What is this keyboard ?Very good sound and nice playing !!!

[Microsloth]

Tell us what keyboard please...

[debobbers]

Nice playing!

[raintown70]

How do you know ? It looks old to me ...

[asynchronicity]

I think I get it now -- it's the new Roland stage e-piano coming out in September.

[goldphinga]

nice work man..whats the keyboard youre playing?

[phiniusjwhippy]

I know the sound, I know the song but what is the keyboard? Does anyone recognize it? It seems to have a lot of knobs, is this some homemade electric piano?

[thomasgut15]

whats the song