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Thursday, April 08, 2010

Mystery KORG

Anyone ID this KORG?

via ultratendance

Update via abducted in the comments:
"hello,
nathanscribe (on vintagesynth.com forum) has all the details :

'It's a Korg LP-10 Electronic Piano. They were out around '81 I think.

There are 3 presets: Piano, Clav and E.P., which can be mixed together (on/off only, not variable level) - there are three sustain modes (gate, decay and release, basically) and a knob for the decay rate. There's a strange stepped slider for pitch control - you can shift the whole keyboard up to an octave up in semitones - and there's a 6-band EQ. Probably the best sounds use the built-in chorus, which has an on/off switch and rate control. It's pretty sweet, if a touch noisy.

There's not much interfacing - phones out, high/low mono out, and damper pedal input - I did see one with an extra socket on eBay once, but the owner had no idea what it was for. The LP-10 does have built-in speakers but they're a bit crappy.

It's pretty basic and cheap, the keyboard is synth-style and not weighted in any way; it sounds nice through proper speakers with a touch of reverb. Goes well with a stringer.'"

Update in via khoral

korg LP 10 analog piano

YouTube via abertronic — July 21, 2009 — "http://stores.ebay.com/abertronix
demo of korg lp10 .This is just a demo of the sound of this keyboard , not a demo of my skills as a keyboard player !!!"
Pics http://www.tonetweakers.com/used/korg_lp10.htm

3 comments:

  1. hello,
    nathanscribe (on vintagesynth.com forum) has all the details :

    "It's a Korg LP-10 Electronic Piano. They were out around '81 I think.

    There are 3 presets: Piano, Clav and E.P., which can be mixed together (on/off only, not variable level) - there are three sustain modes (gate, decay and release, basically) and a knob for the decay rate. There's a strange stepped slider for pitch control - you can shift the whole keyboard up to an octave up in semitones - and there's a 6-band EQ. Probably the best sounds use the built-in chorus, which has an on/off switch and rate control. It's pretty sweet, if a touch noisy.

    There's not much interfacing - phones out, high/low mono out, and damper pedal input - I did see one with an extra socket on eBay once, but the owner had no idea what it was for. The LP-10 does have built-in speakers but they're a bit crappy.

    It's pretty basic and cheap, the keyboard is synth-style and not weighted in any way; it sounds nice through proper speakers with a touch of reverb. Goes well with a stringer."

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  2. Funny this one should pop up, I just saw an ad for a Korg LP 10 in my area, and wondering what it was, I stumbled across this video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgHy7FQmR5U

    Sounds gorgeous to me

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  3. I'd love to get my hands on one.

    skunk3@gmail.com

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