I never used the wavestation for the patches it came with, but for the basic waves you can stack and make for example extremely fat saws and use some pretty excellent effects, such as the built in exciter, distortion and overdrive. This together with the patch structure enables you basically if you want to stack 32 waves (or wave sequences) together under one finger and make the craziest fattest sounds you can imagine. Just listen to the ONE FINGER L.S.O. for example to get the idea.
I just managed to get an EX for $250 plus shipping. I'm very excited and I'm trying to learn more about it while I wait for it to ship. Got any pointers and/or resources? Also, do you know of any good cases? It seems cases specifically made for the Wavestation don't even exist anymore, lol.
Just got one! Super excited. I was looking for that cold, calculated 90's sound to complement the Buzzy yet warm nature of the Prophet '08 (that really does cut through a mix!). No resonant filter, but it's all a matter of preference when it comes to tasty sounds!
Hey, do you have any pointers and/or resources you could share with me? I just managed to get one for a very low price and I'm trying to learn more about it while I wait for it to ship.
@@mikeexits I have both. Just bought the new WaveState, but also still have my old Wavestation SR in the rack. The new one is simply astounding, but I wouldn't get rid of my old SR for all the tea in China. Love it :-)
I own the vst version too and with the latest banks having resonant filtered waves and formant sounds to play with, this can even tip the Novation Peak. The hardware version is difficult to program and has limited polyphony.
I've had a Behringer Odyssey (remake of the original ARP) for a few months. Today I scored a Wavestation SR on eBay for cheap. I want to use the Wavestation's pads as background for the leads, basses and adlibs of the Odyssey. I have a Yamaha MX61 for everything else acoustic and electromechanical, drums, etc..
I like to midi my deepmind 6 to my wavestation a/d then to korg minilogue and sometimes the volca keys at the end or instead the dm6 to a/d to roland do5 to minilogue. I have an 8 chsnnel mixer so i love to load her up. My favorite digitals have always been the d50 then the wavestation. The deepminds are fabulous analogs. These are beautiful sounds. Play on
Got any pointers and/or resources for me? I just managed to get an EX for $280ish and I'm trying to learn as much as I can while I wait for it to ship. Also, do you know where I can find a case that fits it nicely? Cases for it seem to no longer exist, lol.
@@derekbaker3279 What functionality would you say it's missing? I just managed to snag a Wavestation EX for $250 plus shipping, so I'm excited for my first big-keyboard, multi-timbral, more vintage synth, and I'm trying to learn as much about it as I can while I wait for it to ship. Also, do you know of any hard cases that fit it?
The X-Files theme by Mark Snow was also made with a Wavestation. I have heard lots of Wavestation sound in "Super Force" TV series from 1990/1991, and in several other series and movies from the 90s.
Well, I 'm so lucky to have the Wavestation A/D, JD-990 (and JD-800), D-50 (and D-550), Kurzweil K2000 and Yamaha TG77 (and EX5R). A heavenly combination.
Nice vid, thank you - one question though - is the intense sound that starts at 1:11 a preset on the WAVESTATION? I'd like to know which sound it is, I just got the KORG Legacy Collection. Holy crap, I cannot believe how amazing that sounds...
So many sound still sound amazing, Even today. And some literally stink like late 80s / early 90s cheese. x3 However there are worse Instruments like that. Like the Yamaha SY22. The Wavestation still has some of the nicest digital pads Ive ever heard. On the same level as the Roland D50.
Hello again Christian, how could the M3R and 03R/W compare to the Wavestation SR in terms of timbre and harmonic content / warm of sound ? I know the Wavestation can perform more moving and morphing sounds, but I imagine you could give the same use (organic sounds, sampled waveforms for acustic instruments and organs etc, and amazing pads and soundscapes) for any of this synths anyway... If you would have to pick only one which would you choose?
It is close to the real Wavestation in sound & a bit easier to program. The VST version would be indistinguishable from the real Wavestation if it is part of a mix with other instruments.
I browsed through the (rudimentary) sysex notes for the Wavestation yesterday, and it seems to me like they are sending the parameter values as zero terminated ASCII strings rather than 7 or 14 bit binary - meaning the BCR2000 can't do it
BCR2000 won't be able to control the Wavestation, because of what Jens mentioned (5 years ago). There are software editors that work wonders, and depending on your editor, you may map your BCR knobs to control the editor's knobs and therefore controlling the Wavestation, but no standalone hardware solution.
around 4:49 blows my mind out! Sounds like x-files or something scary like that. What a great little digital synth! #korg , you've done it with the iM1, why not an iWavestation for the iPad as well?
um? they've already done iWavestation (maybe this wasn't so 11 months ago when you made this comment?) I don't have an iPad so I'm super grateful that they made iWS for iPhone/iPad, iM1 is iPad only.
Are you playing patches, performances or Multisets - or all 3? The first couple of sounds are very warm, kind of a nice combination of analog and digital type sound. I just purchased a secondhand Wavestation SR in superb condition and I am well pleased with it. It takes up very little space in my messy house but is going to be a pig to program unless I can find a good PC editor and a USB-MIDI interface. If not, I will just enjoy the presets, cheap at the price I paid for it to have such a legendary machine. I have 11 banks of performances on my WS-SR unit RAM1-RAM3 and ROM4-ROM11. How many of the sounds on your demo are found on the SR?
I had a AD, it's sad why they had to make it so overly complicated and weird as the concept is quite simple. It really comes down to poor patch management and lack of memory which is strange as the M1, 01 etc all have a similar (minus wave sequencing) architecture yet are very easy to understand and work with. The whole change a patch and it changes other performances/patches or what ever you want to call them is totally stupid.. Also I don't want everything to be a performance cough combi mode in M1 speak. Any way I'd like to give it another go as the capabilities and sound quality are superb
Always loved my Wavestation more over the M1, but never understood why they went the other way around for the patch system. I mean, at least that was correct for the M1, 01/w, etc. You had your patches, and then used that for the combinations. On the Wavestation, it's reversed thinking : building performance from patches , but those patches are "hidden" inside the performance, and have to menu dive 10 pages to program it. But that sound! Oh my god....
7:50 - marvellous performance. Truly 90's.
I never used the wavestation for the patches it came with, but for the basic waves you can stack and make for example extremely fat saws and use some pretty excellent effects, such as the built in exciter, distortion and overdrive. This together with the patch structure enables you basically if you want to stack 32 waves (or wave sequences) together under one finger and make the craziest fattest sounds you can imagine. Just listen to the ONE FINGER L.S.O. for example to get the idea.
Awesome video man! Thanks for posting! The Korg Wavestation is one of my favourite synths!
Still today one of my favorite synths. I keep my Wavestation in my studio because It can do things that no other synths can do. Thanks for the demo.
What sort of things? Thanks!
+Red Agent You can blend waves together or morph between them to create lush moving pads.
Sweet. Thanks for the reply!
I just managed to get an EX for $250 plus shipping. I'm very excited and I'm trying to learn more about it while I wait for it to ship.
Got any pointers and/or resources? Also, do you know of any good cases? It seems cases specifically made for the Wavestation don't even exist anymore, lol.
the part at 5:30 almost brings a tear to my eye. Amazing.
+Chris Tee me too.
You two are so on the same page emotionally, found ya way to the darkroom yet?
It sounds amazing
An under rated classic.
Fascinating synth! Great soundscapes you showed!
Guess I need one!
+VolcaRock thanks!
Love the sounds!
Just got one! Super excited. I was looking for that cold, calculated 90's sound to complement the Buzzy yet warm nature of the Prophet '08 (that really does cut through a mix!). No resonant filter, but it's all a matter of preference when it comes to tasty sounds!
Hey, do you have any pointers and/or resources you could share with me? I just managed to get one for a very low price and I'm trying to learn more about it while I wait for it to ship.
7:55 just wow.... so sad, really amazing beyond words.
Captivating!
Just reminding myself of the sounds here before Korg drops their new wavestation synth tomorrow....
How would you compare them?
@@mikeexits I have both. Just bought the new WaveState, but also still have my old Wavestation SR in the rack. The new one is simply astounding, but I wouldn't get rid of my old SR for all the tea in China. Love it :-)
Excellent !!!
I own a soft version of the Wavestation, because a hardware one is out my reach, room and budget. This is one of my favorites.
I own the vst version too and with the latest banks having resonant filtered waves and formant sounds to play with, this can even tip the Novation Peak. The hardware version is difficult to program and has limited polyphony.
I definitely hear some Donkey Kong Country :)
Layer this with a vintage analog synth ... makes it sounds delicious
I've had a Behringer Odyssey (remake of the original ARP) for a few months. Today I scored a Wavestation SR on eBay for cheap. I want to use the Wavestation's pads as background for the leads, basses and adlibs of the Odyssey. I have a Yamaha MX61 for everything else acoustic and electromechanical, drums, etc..
6:37 omg they used this sound in Phantasy Star Online
I like to midi my deepmind 6 to my wavestation a/d then to korg minilogue and sometimes the volca keys at the end or instead the dm6 to a/d to roland do5 to minilogue. I have an 8 chsnnel mixer so i love to load her up. My favorite digitals have always been the d50 then the wavestation.
The deepminds are fabulous analogs.
These are beautiful sounds.
Play on
Got any pointers and/or resources for me? I just managed to get an EX for $280ish and I'm trying to learn as much as I can while I wait for it to ship. Also, do you know where I can find a case that fits it nicely? Cases for it seem to no longer exist, lol.
Nightmare on elm street synth!
I only wish Korg would re-release this thing in a same way as Yamaha did with their Re-face series.
Good news they just released the Wavestate
@@notfunny8701 It sounds fantastic, but lacks some of the Wavestation's functionality.
@@derekbaker3279 What functionality would you say it's missing? I just managed to snag a Wavestation EX for $250 plus shipping, so I'm excited for my first big-keyboard, multi-timbral, more vintage synth, and I'm trying to learn as much about it as I can while I wait for it to ship.
Also, do you know of any hard cases that fit it?
*Nods head*
Wish granted.
Korg Wavestation is also available as software in either VST and AAX.
One of the sounds reminds me a bit of a sound from Live and Die in LA.
The X-Files theme by Mark Snow was also made with a Wavestation. I have heard lots of Wavestation sound in "Super Force" TV series from 1990/1991, and in several other series and movies from the 90s.
I thought it was a Proteus!
@@Ancaja123 Yup...Proteus 2.
The voice beginning at 7:29 is absolutely beautiful...I have to find it!
This synth alongside the jd990 and kurweil k2000 and sy99 best digital synths of the 90s .
you forgot the Ensoniq VFX...
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Well, I 'm so lucky to have the Wavestation A/D, JD-990 (and JD-800), D-50 (and D-550), Kurzweil K2000 and Yamaha TG77 (and EX5R). A heavenly combination.
Rik Vanhoenacker One word .......... WOW !!!!!!!!!!
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Nice vid, thank you - one question though - is the intense sound that starts at 1:11 a preset on the WAVESTATION? I'd like to know which sound it is, I just got the KORG Legacy Collection. Holy crap, I cannot believe how amazing that sounds...
Wait till you start stacking and mapping or morph/sequencing waves.
😀
Which sound is at 0:42 onwards? Gorgeous - kind of Prophet-ish but with more. Has flavour of Prophet-6 or Prophet-VS.
it was from the Korg card "Film & Textures"
Ah Stereo:)
Piękny sprzęt , inne także ... pozazdrościć ;) . Interesujesz się muzyką lat 80? Jesteś ze śląska :) ?
So many sound still sound amazing, Even today. And some literally stink like late 80s / early 90s cheese. x3 However there are worse Instruments like that. Like the Yamaha SY22. The Wavestation still has some of the nicest digital pads Ive ever heard. On the same level as the Roland D50.
Hello again Christian, how could the M3R and 03R/W compare to the Wavestation SR in terms of timbre and harmonic content / warm of sound ? I know the Wavestation can perform more moving and morphing sounds, but I imagine you could give the same use (organic sounds, sampled waveforms for acustic instruments and organs etc, and amazing pads and soundscapes) for any of this synths anyway... If you would have to pick only one which would you choose?
Hi, only the Wavestation series have the Vector Synthesis and Wave Sequencing feature. Only this makes moving and morphing sounds possible.
Is it the same soung engine but with this advanced programming features? Could you still use the Wavestation SR "as a M3R"?
@@Handarimasta no! Everything is different: the samples, basic sound, features...
Just wondering if the wavestation app for iPad sounds on par with this module?
It is close to the real Wavestation in sound & a bit easier to program. The VST version would be indistinguishable from the real Wavestation if it is part of a mix with other instruments.
@@derekbaker3279 It's nice to hear that they nailed it like Native Instruments did for Monark/Model D.
Can find some resemblances to 90s Tangerine Dream.
Is this the synth that appeared at the end of Oxygène 7 by Jean-Michel Jarre?
+Josue143803 no, I don't think JMJ ever had a Wavestation. If you start programming it, you know why :-D
I wasn't aware that Jarre was particularly into programming his own sounds.
you mean, he used presets on his ARP2600 and AKS ? ;-)
Josue143803 I think that was a Roland D50.
Anyone using the BCR2000 as controller?
I browsed through the (rudimentary) sysex notes for the Wavestation yesterday, and it seems to me like they are sending the parameter values as zero terminated ASCII strings rather than 7 or 14 bit binary - meaning the BCR2000 can't do it
BCR2000 won't be able to control the Wavestation, because of what Jens mentioned (5 years ago). There are software editors that work wonders, and depending on your editor, you may map your BCR knobs to control the editor's knobs and therefore controlling the Wavestation, but no standalone hardware solution.
The wavestation presets on the OASYS & Kronos are a poor representation of these sounds. The SR sound quality is fabulous.
around 4:49 blows my mind out! Sounds like x-files or something scary like that. What a great little digital synth! #korg , you've done it with the iM1, why not an iWavestation for the iPad as well?
I heard that preset from the goosebumps tv series, it call The Unknowing in the rom card.
Korg may release the Volca Wave which looks like a mini Wavestation in November 1st. Stay tuned
Michael Williams at least there is one !
um? they've already done iWavestation (maybe this wasn't so 11 months ago when you made this comment?) I don't have an iPad so I'm super grateful that they made iWS for iPhone/iPad, iM1 is iPad only.
Please - - - for the love of god, would you tell us what that amazing sound is at 1:15-1:23 ???? It is absolutely freaking unearthly, so cool
see video description for sound sources
Yes, I did see that it is from "Film & Textures" (Korg ROM CARD)... but I have the KORG VST so I'm not sure how I find that specific sound?
no clue, I sold all those cards and the WS, I couldn't hear it anymore, I had enough
It’s Heaven’s Gate from ROM 9.
@🙏
ProphetVSと比べてどう思う?!◎☆
which in preset 2:44? pls !
ROM Card "Film & Textures", see the video description. But I don't know which preset it was.
OK thank you! :)
0:41 Windows XP setup
Are you playing patches, performances or Multisets - or all 3? The first couple of sounds are very warm, kind of a nice combination of analog and digital type sound. I just purchased a secondhand Wavestation SR in superb condition and I am well pleased with it. It takes up very little space in my messy house but is going to be a pig to program unless I can find a good PC editor and a USB-MIDI interface. If not, I will just enjoy the presets, cheap at the price I paid for it to have such a legendary machine. I have 11 banks of performances on my WS-SR unit RAM1-RAM3 and ROM4-ROM11. How many of the sounds on your demo are found on the SR?
if you look in the video description, all sound sources are described. I played just performances.
TheOmanJam you dont need an editor for WS sr
Had you explore SR or AD?
what you hear is the SR
SR or AD?Which one to get?
difficult to decide. The AD has the vector stick which is great, the SR is smaller and has 550 great patches on board.
What about user memory? Same? And, is there any hardware editor for this thing?
I did not edit anything because the sound structure is a nightmare, so no clue. As I recall, both have 50 RAM performances.
My 1983 Casio can do all this and more...This person makes some of the BEST audio vids here for synths.
Thanks :-)
Please...?
I had a AD, it's sad why they had to make it so overly complicated and weird as the concept is quite simple. It really comes down to poor patch management and lack of memory which is strange as the M1, 01 etc all have a similar (minus wave sequencing) architecture yet are very easy to understand and work with. The whole change a patch and it changes other performances/patches or what ever you want to call them is totally stupid.. Also I don't want everything to be a performance cough combi mode in M1 speak. Any way I'd like to give it another go as the capabilities and sound quality are superb
Always loved my Wavestation more over the M1, but never understood why they went the other way around for the patch system. I mean, at least that was correct for the M1, 01/w, etc.
You had your patches, and then used that for the combinations. On the Wavestation, it's reversed thinking : building performance from patches , but those patches are "hidden" inside the performance, and have to menu dive 10 pages to program it.
But that sound! Oh my god....
... Honestly, I feel like I could do all of this on my M1 if I put some time into it. I don't see the appeal
try it :-) things like wave sequencing will be hard to achieve
Honestly, I don't think you know what you're talking about :) I have an M1, no chance, doesn't do wave sequencing for a start
I don't like the Wavestation sound sorry .
It’s depressing!!!