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http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=595

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V37K7kuKan8

How do you like that?

I think Korg have finally lost the plot and given up!

Korg make some of the best workstations going but, to me, have failed to make a lasting impression with their stage piano range. This is just too "gimmicky" for one of the "big boys" in keyboard musical instruments.

It doesn't even sound good! Have I missed something here?

Yeah, I'm too confused with the sound. It's not what I was expecting: it sounds like a toy piano and certainly marketologists never heard a bold, smooth grand piano sound they're talking about.

As for their stage pianos, KORG SV-1 sounds completely OK for me - if I had a chance to find one somewhere near, I would probably never be tired with playing.

you are right. it is so gimmicky. how would they market that? i would not talk about its sound.

didgeridoo wrote:http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=595

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V37K7kuKan8

How do you like that?

I agree it does seem rather gimmicky. But in the YouTube clip it wasn't given the best of demos. This next clip gives a slightly better appreciation of the instrument, and it's instability - you could say it really 'rocks'. The last voice that was demo'ed sounds interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRf7uXo_Qr0

Would I want one? Nope. But I guess Korg realise there is a market there, however small.

I love KORG. It's the best piano ever!:D