Main Features - Korg SV-2 User Manual

Main Features

Wide range of vintage sounds
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SV­2 is a grand piano and vintage keyboard instrument, mixed with a vin‑
tage instrument amplifier, stompbox and studio effects simulator. It is a
toolbox full of classical and vintage keyboard sounds, a full database of attic
keyboard instruments for the performing musician.
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SV­2 has a wide range of sounds, including four concert grand pianos, vin­
tage electric pianos, synthesizers, upright pianos, as well as historic key­
board instruments like the harpsichord and the pipe organ. Sounds can be
modified to your taste and saved into the sixty­four "Favorite" memories.
Ease of use, pleasure to play
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Selecting sounds is as easy as using a knob to select the base sound, and
one for a variation of the base sound. And editing sounds (in realtime!) is just
a matter of turning a couple of knobs.
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The high­quality, realistic KORG RH3 keyboard (made in Japan) features four
zones with different weights. This gives you the same realism and feeling as
a grand piano keyboard. You can choose from eight different touch curves
to adjust how the sound will respond to your keyboard playing dynamics.
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Up to three layered timbres per sound, or a split letting you play up to two
timbres with your right hand and one with the left, lets you play like the per­
fect one man band.
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When the amplifier simulator is not involved, there is smooth transitioning
from a sound to another.
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Eight alternative tuning curves allow for precise tuning of vintage instru­
ments and grand piano alike.
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The transpose function lets you change the pitch of the instrument, and the
master tune function allows you to make fine tune adjustments.
The same pedals of a grand piano, and more
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The damper pedal simulates the natural string resonance and noises found
in the pedal of an acoustic piano; it also lets you vary the amount of the ef­
fect by how far you press down on it ("half‑pedal" function).
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The SV­2 provides connections for the same three pedals as a grand piano.
Also, you can use the pedals to control volume, rotary slow/fast change, or
the wah effect. Pedals are automatically assigned to controlling the right
effect without any additional programming.
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