Newbie question about Sound Packs

[Gambold]

Hi, I just got a Korg SV-1 two days ago, and I love it! I also have owned a Nord Electro 4 for about two years and wanted to give something with a better keyboard a try.

I've just discovered that there are two "Sound Packs" out there. My quick question: are there any sounds on either of these that anyone here thinks is worth loading up? If so, why, and what did you remove to make the space?

Thanks!
Gambold

[TransEuropeExpress]

Hey

I found four sounds, and removed 4 favorites. Made a backup of the original setup before implementing the new ones. Picked Piano and Voices, Soft Strings, Full Strings 2 and Small Strings.

Since the favorites simply is a copy of the existing ones from the preset banks it was a pretty easy choice.

Grats with a fantastic keyboard.
I use it as a midi master keyboard as well on all productions.

Cheers
TEE

[Gambold]

Thanks! I was also wondering if anyone swapped out one of the Grand Pianos for a later, more "resonant" model. The forums have some chatter about the factory grands not having enough release time.

I've been comparing the two Grands with my two grands I use on the Nord, and there does some to be a perceptible difference in that regard. Granted, the Nord has"long release" as one of its features.

Last night I tried Grand Piano 2A from SP2 but it came out sounding a lot louder, and not very pleasant. I'm going to try the warm grand from SP1 next.

My plan is to just use the Electro for the great B3 emulation (and some samples), and move to the Korg for all the pianos, since the keyboard is so much better.

[i_am_binky]

there's a thread where i put my faves from the 3 soundpacks (factory, sp1, sp2) into 1.

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... p?t=103622

scroll to near the bottom for most recent version, should be sept or oct 2016.

[Gambold]

Thanks, I'll check those out!

BTW - anyone finding a large enough difference with the SP2 grand pianos to keep both tunings loaded for a model? They say in the notes that the equal temperament tuning pianos are when playing with bands, and the stretch tuning pianos sounds are for playing solo...I'm struggling to hear a noticeable difference:

Grand Piano 1A - equal temp. tuning
Grand Piano 1B - stretch tuning
Grand Piano 2A - equal temp. tuning
Grand Piano 2B - stretch tuning

[i_am_binky]

equal temperament tuning pianos are when playing with bands, and the stretch tuning pianos sounds are for playing solo

there is a difference; it can be subtle.

equal temperament means if A3 = 220Hz, then A4 will equal 440Hz... this is what you want when playing with other instruments.

stretched tuning is to deal with a problem piano's have, called the "inharmonicity of ringing strings" (http://www.precisionstrobe.com/apps/pia ... emper.html)

if you go real low or high on a non-stretch-tuned piano, octaves start to sound slightly off... they don't resonate as well; so they devised stretch-tuning... here's an example for tuning values on a stretched Rhodes



it doesn't get really crazy til the top/bottom octave

[Gambold]

Thanks! Although I'm still wondering what the purpose would be to have both tunings loaded onto the SV-1, as a matter of practice. I've listened to various samples on soundcloud and I can't tell the difference. I guess I'll flip a coin...

[i_am_binky]

check the lowest and highest notes (that's where the stretch is greatest), stretch-tuned scales will be a quarter-tone sharp or flat at the top/bottom (as the graph chart indicates).

if you

• - play with other people, use equal temperament.
  - play solo, use one of the stretch tunings.
  - do both, have both.
  - can't hear the difference, use equal temperament so your SV1 will be in tune with other instruments.