Korg SP-170S User Manual

The SP-170S features 10 preset sounds.

Pressing the SOUND button repeatedly will change the sound in the following sequence.

Piano 1 → Piano 2 → E. Piano 1 → E. Piano 2 → Harpsi → Clav → Vibraphone → P. Organ →

E. Organ → Strings
After Strings, the sound will return to Piano 1. Pressing the PIANO PLAY button will switch any

sound to Piano 1.
Whenever you turn on the unit, the default preset sound (Piano 1) will be recalled.

PIANO 1: 

Elegant and warm grand piano

PIANO 2: 

Clear and bright grand piano

E. Piano 1: 

Smooth, authentic electric piano

E. Piano 2: 

Modern, percussive electric piano

Harpsichord: 

Classical harpsichord

Clavichord: 

Expressive electric clavichord

Vibraphone: 

Smooth vibraphone

P. Organ: 

Pipe organ

E. Organ: 

Drawbar electronic organ

Strings: 

Ensemble string section

You can also change the sound by pressing one of the keys ranging from C7 to A7 while simulta-

neously pressing and holding down the PIANO PLAY and SOUND buttons. (Please refer to “Key

Functions” on pages 2 and 3.)

The SP-170S allows you to play back the songs or adjust various functions by pressing a specific key

while also pressing and holding down the PIANO PLAY and SOUND buttons. Please refer to the

“MIDI” section on the next page for more information on MIDI channels and program change mes-

sages. Please visit the Korg website (http://www.korg.com/) to view the MIDI Implementation Chart.

 While pressing and holding down the PIANO PLAY and SOUND buttons, do not play the key-

board. Otherwise, you might get an unexpected result.

For information on the functions that are assigned to the keys, please refer to “Key Functions” on

pages 2 and 3.

When you press a key to adjust settings for a function, you will hear the confirmation sound. To turn

this sound off, simultaneously press and hold down the PIANO PLAY and SOUND buttons and

press the A#0 key. To turn on the confirmation sound, repeat the previous procedure but press B0

instead of A#0. The confirmation sound is set to On by default (when you turn the unit on).

C1[24]*

C2[36]*

C3[48]*

C4[60]*

C7[96]*

C8[108]*

C5[72]*

E5

F5

B3

A3

E5

G5 C6[84]*

D2

B0

E2

F2

2

4

5

7

9

10

12

14

16

16

8

6

11

13

15

3

1

2

4

5

7

9

10

8

6

3

1

Down Up

Reverb On/Off

Chorus On/Off

Enabling/Disabling 

Program Change 

transmission

Enabling/Disabling 

Control Change 

transmission

Preset Sounds (

C7–A7

)

Demo Songs (

C6–A6

)

Key Touch

Std.

Transpose (

F

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2–F3

)

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Heavy

MIDI 

Pitch

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DIS

ENA

ENA

Of

f

Of

f

On

On

Piano 1

E. Piano 1

Clav

Vibraphone

P. Organ

E. Organ

Strings

Piano 2

E. Piano 2

Harpsi

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C

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Press and hold simultaneously

Confirmation sound On/Off

Loud

Loudnes

s

Quiet

Quiet

Loud

Playing 

strength

Light

Standard

Heavy

[ ]* indicates MIDI Note number.