Korg Wavestate

There are quite a few bargain avaliable here and there, around 350 euros for the mkI, but if you add the price of desktop conversion kit you’re very close to the price of the module version with less voices and no midi 2.0 features. I set up alerts for used module version, patiently waiting ! :innocent:

Good idea. I should do the same. Or, trade in my current Wavestate for the module version.

Desktop is 740 euro at Thomann, available in a month…

For the users outside of the US the total price of a used MKI with a conversion kit would be roughly the same (taxes, etc) :confused:

A question refering to the KORG WAVESTATE MODULE:

Contrary to the KEYBOARD-Versions the MODULE- or DESKTOP-Versions lack two OKTAVE (+/-) and a TAP TEMPO switch. Are these functions to be found somewhere else, for e.g. in the Menue, or are these completety omitted.

I found them on the Korg WAVESTATE Module… :sunglasses:

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Scot you’re the most passionate Wavestation fan I know of. You buyin a Nautilus now?

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I’m pretty satisfied with the original A/D, but it’s pretty neat to see they haven’t forgotten about the old dear. It still sounds great to my old ears.

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This is my favorite snyth right now. I only bought it because of the randomize function. All 4 parts can get randomized at once and freaking hell can break lose. You have to be a bit patient and skip through the bullshit but there are quite a few hidden gems to find.

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I know this synth is for serious musicians, while I am not.

(was testing the plugin demo, I am not sure I need wave-sequencing per se, but as a library of rhythms and short phrases, like sort of auto-arrangement - it’s very cool)

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I am not a serious musician and I love my Wavestate!

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I’m a sucker for 90’s video game sounds so seriously considering getting a wavestate. How bad is the UI on this thing? The native software is not too bad, and I generally don’t like using software to program synths.

For basic sound design, it’s mostly good. Where I find myself scratching my head after I haven’t used it for a while is using the mod matrix and programming the motion sequencer. For that, there’s the editor on your computer, which works great in tandem.

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Thanks for the reply. I still haven’t quite figured out the wave sequencing. I usually just mess around until I get something going that sounds kind of interesting, then sample into the Digitakt.

It contains a lot of good old rompler sounds, both M1 alike and, of course, the full original Wavestation PCM set. It definitely has these capabilities… Those obnoxious legacy SFX - rain, laughter, door screaking, I love this stuff :3 , heard it in many OSTs from 90’s.
It also got very cool waveshaping effect, something from Korg T1 era probably, it was not present on many romplers.

As for the interface - if native and hardware options are the same, you don’t need to program it from scratch, you can just simply select wavesequencing presets, it can be considered as just an advanced programmable arpeggiator. Just replace the waveforms with more suitable ones without touching the other lanes and voila!

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Yeah, it can really take you places (from the 90’s :)) that other synths can’t. But it does decent subtractive synthesis as well. I’ve also messed around with Modwave native and it’s cool but doesn’t speak to me as much.

Yes, I found myself liking sample & synthesis approach more and more. It’s a bit underappreciated today, everyone was fed up with it in 90’s and rushed for analog, wavetable, granular stuff while it’s still very powerful, musical and expressive. Unfortunately Korg did not add a lot of modern features to it (it’s ok, but could have been better imo, it reminds me a lot of my Korg Micro-X which was a tiny version of Triton something?).
It also does not have a vintage vibe - one needs to add some a DAC emulation or any other saturation plugins, sound is too clean, same to other ā€œwaveā€ synths.

As for the presets - those funny bits I posted above - it’s just two layers, one is ā€œBrass Ostinatoā€ for brass part and Chiptune something for the rhythm (+some ring modulation with LFO)

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