Korg Wavestate - All Playing, No Talking!

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Nick Kwas shares a performance on the Korg Wavestate synthesizer at Kraft Music.
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The Korg Wavestate represents the next step in Wave Sequencing synthesis, originally introduced by the legendary Wavestation. Using Wave Sequencing 2.0 and gigabytes of raw samples, Wavestate delivers astonishing, ever-changing sounds with extensive hands-on control. Wavestate's extensive modulation capability includes Vector control of its four layers, while onboard effects and modeled filters, including MS-20 and Polysix, add additional sound-shaping character. The compact form-factor, with 37 full-size keys, transports easily and fits neatly into any setup.
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[@TheEpicImpaler]

6:10 yooo Korg actually made On the Run into a preset, the madmen

[@devonk298]

All Playing No Talking - that's what I've been looking for TY

[@NinoCotonato]

Analog blabla, modular lalala... The revenge of the pure digital synth... This jewel can do anything...

[@blipblip88]

Thanks you for the upload. This sounds like one of those WOW synths that your cat can sit on and produce creditable EDM or a Mel Gibson film score...

[@HotStrange]

This is absolutely awesome. The Wavestation is my favorite poly yet but this couldn’t have come at a worse time financially for me haha. This will be mine by the end of the year.

[@fray3dendsofsanity]

Haut Strange haha I’ve seen your comments on the forums. Looks like you’re in same boat as me. I pre-ordered a Hydrasynth desktop. Now wondering if I should cancel my order and buy this instead. Pro’s and cons to both. Tough choice

[@SynthgodXXX]

Killer digital synthesizer! A+++++++++++++++++++++++++

[@LukeLine]

Looks good, like a mix between a Digitone and the minilogue 👌

[@MitchTodd]

I might need to add this to my Korg collection (currently, just a Volca).

[@JusTEarnesT01]

Mitch Todd LOL

[@Jason75913]

lol

[@Fireblaze15]

Great taste in the patch sounds.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Thanks Kraft Music. I put my preorder in to your store, yesterday. Can't wait to get my hands/ears on it.

[@kraftmusic]

Thanks for your business! Please feel free to contact us if you need any further assistance. -Dave

[@powermix24]

Pre-ordering it now!!! What a killer synth.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Me too, can't wait for it to arrive, Xmas in January.

[@Rex_iudaeorum]

6:45 Halo starts

[@Xealexx]

This is how you ring in the new year.

[@loktar00]

Oh man super pumped for this!!

[@josemosteiro7072]

Estoy tocando el cielo!!! Por dios que maquina!!!! IMPRESIONANTE!!!!!

[@JonnyMonday]

I hope they do a Wavestate Pro with a five octave keyboard, eight part multitimbral, user sample import and multimode analog filters. Then I can look into fund raising...

[@WengStansWorld]

yes !!!!!

[@dash3dot]

I hope that your hopes will materialize but we both know that will never happen. For whatever fucking reason 4 not to mention 5 octave keyboards are the root of evil in this day and age. Sad :(

[@keybeardist]

You can do a lot of this with the Kronos, 16 part multimbral, multi gigabyte streaming user sample library support, five+ octave keyboard, Korg legacy MS20 and Polysix included within, CX organ engine, fully DX compatible FM engine that comes across more as a crazy modular synth, of course vector and wave sequencing included, and a full sequencer with 16 audio and 16 MIDI tracks. Main difference that I've seen is that you don't have the independent multidirectional wave sequencer lanes - a single WSEQ step consists of a sample, pitch, volume, crossfade, duration, and two assignable modulation source values which are all linked.

[@Jason75913]

@@keybeardist for that kind of money, people would rather spend on other brands like Yamaha, Nord, Sequential, etc. not me, though ;)

[@keybeardist]

@@Jason75913 honestly the user interface is a bit soul destroying but the Kronos (and OASYS) still beat the competition outright on features. The new Fantom looks promising, especially if you like Ableton type workflow, but that's about it. There just isn't any appetite for innovation in the workstation market right now.

[@freejazzbone]

amazing sound, any chance of pattern chaining to make a song mode or perpetual 4 or 8 bar loops? film soundtrack writer’s dream

[@NewLoops]

Some of the best sounds from a synth!

[@expandingknowledge8269]

Great playing by the way. What a fantastic synth. I have the wavestation A/D. Hope Korg continues to develope the wavestate. it has much potential !!!

[@ErraticFaith]

They can start with giving an adult sized keyboard and not toy features for people who lack a creative brain.

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Great demo, loving the pad sounds.

[@tlatsegms]

Amazing⚡️

[@julioerit]

OMG I love this!!!

[@germanshepherdlover2613]

Beautiful full rich pad sounds there. Can the Modwave do similar?

[@Dr-Stu]

Still Dre from 1:55

[@zeinramadan]

Dr.Stu! Lmao you’re right 😂😂😂

[@azlanrazif]

About time. Sold.

[@magicknight8412]

nice bit of pink floyd in there too ! love the sound of this machine. so need to save up for one

[@THESYNTHBARD]

This thing sounds GREAT! Id love to pick up a desktop or rackable version if one ever comes around.

[@BrockDavisson]

Me too! I hope they make a desktop module

[@CCOMGmultimedia]

Liked your demo. This is great to produce soundtracks.

[@keithwhitham6071]

Was humming and hawing....and then again....then went for the Modal Argon 8 instead...however this is wonderful...

[@riksentenza]

Great synthesizer. 😃 reminds me of Wavestation although as a little brother 😁

[@db4695]

same thing i was thinking haha

[@user-my9dp2ny3l]

very nice

[@argiraselene7907]

Korg has heard what people demand for a new kind of digital synthesizer

[@Jason75913]

"new" Wavesequencing romplers? There was the old Wabestation in '91, and currently the Kronos also does that.

[@loui7196]

Korg Kronos (and Oasys) has Wavestation engine. With 2*6 layer * 16 timbre 100 poly ... With Karma, drumtrack, large custom sampling mem, crazy mod matrix, dual/complex filters, effects, 2-16 unisono, and combined with other synth engines... etc, etc, etc.

[@immersiveworlds]

Nice!

[@powermix24]

Pre-ordered it from you guys!

[@DJMikeron]

Just got my Minilogue and it’s great ,mmmmmmmm but this I must have :)

[@rhampton1914]

Looks like The Wavestate is expected to start shipping after the end of NAMM end of January $799...Nice Demo

[@metaspherz]

Amazing synth with lots of expressive depth. Looks like Korg has a winner with this little beauty. It's my first pre-ordered synth in 25 years! I admit that it sounds a little like some of my VSTs, Omnisphere for instance, but that's not a negative IMO.

[@Jason75913]

It's not far-fetched to claim that Wavestate, Krome EX, Roland Juno-DS & FA, Integra-7, Fantom, and Yamaha MODX/Montage are somewhat like "hardware versions of Omnisphere".

[@valdemarbranco5445]

Great sound,bro

[@wavesequencer]

Well done Korg USA R&D!

[@wavesequencer]

As far as I know the core dev team is here in the US - where the original wavestation architecture was designed too. You’d have to ask Korg people but I guess chassis/manufacturing design is done by Japan team.

[@Jason75913]

@@ptkelly80 oh wow, an American Korg

[@possumridgeentertainment4614]

When did they start allowing porn on KZbin? Seriously, Korg has pretty much unseated Roland in my book. Based on my experiences with Roland, mostly in school (Roland synth in the band room), I thought they were the best you could get, with Yamaha as a close second. Then I discovered, after years of assuming that Banks just used a mix of Roland and Yamaha synths, that the sounds that enamored me on Genesis' We Can't Dance album, the album that got me into Genesis, synthesizers, and music in general (prior to that band was just an alternative to art for the fine arts credit required to graduate. It was easier for me to hit a drum than it was to draw) were from the Korg Wavestation (the strings and synth lead from Fading Lights, the pads from Hold On My Heart). I decided to dig around and see if they made it available as a VST. They did, it was on sale, and other than the lack of an easy way to control the vector stick in real time it was indistinguishable from the hardware version. Now if someone gave me one of the 90s era Rolands I use to drool over I would just sell it to put the money toward buying a Wavestate.

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

Possum Ridge Entertainment agreed. Roland hasn’t done anything cool since the MC-505. I mean, yeah they are Legends, but they have to keep innovating. Their cloud synths are great, but your CPU takes a heavy hit with some of them. I got a Minilogue XD a while ago, and this is going to be my next synth. Korg are doing great things, even their apps are amazing.

[@jeffmejia3556]

Interesting you mention Banks from Genesis. As time progressed Banks moved on to mostly Korg. He can be seen with a Korg OASYS. As did John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin-their one night reunion concert at the 02 Jones had a double keyboard set up as his rig that also featured the Korg OASYS and a 61 key Korg above it. I agree with you as Roland and Yamaha ruled the synth world in the 80’s Korg has since emerged as the front runner now offering both affordable keyboards and higher end keyboards. I have both the Korg Kross 81 (affordable) and the Korg Kronos 61 (much much more expensive). Both have great sounds and both are fun. But if you want to record the Kronos by far sounds much more professional. You can hear where the money went

[@calil_souza]

Great CP-style piano with waveseq in the background at 5:17

[@bastiaanw3519]

Might as well be the first Korg synth I buy.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I'm partial to Roland gear, but this sounds so good, it will be my first Korg, in 30 years.

[@Jason75913]

a potential fourth here, also otherwise partial to Roland

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

First to comment !! I love this way more than Roland xm. Great price at 699

[@Talia.777]

799

[@tele_visiones]

Great price seriusly? so expensive...

[@andreilemieux9525]

+1 on a wave state pro!!!! im looking for a box/synth that will be a nice addition to my hydra synth. something i can record into, something that i can use in a live setting. (with some pre programming)

[@Jason75913]

"Record into" How? Record MIDI and audio? Krome Ex or Kross2, also, groove/samplerboxes like the Blackbox or Akai stuff.

[@ph_stuff]

Make a five octaves version and I'm in!

[@oscillated139]

Love some of the Front 242 sounds at 4.24 (strangely enough)

[@jarls5890]

More JMJ Revolutions than 242 me thinks..

[@alexbowers6026]

Finally, a Wavestation updated on megasteroids. And stuffed full of searing MS20 filters (and others). WS was always my favourite synth - very distinctive, though somewhat limited (and a bugger to program). This though...it looks almost limitless and a sound quality vastly superior to the old classic. Did you hear that Dark Side of the Moon patch? oh wow.

[@Trailer_Sailor]

6:17

[@ErraticFaith]

Put them on the bench. The full scale wavestation obliterates this without effort in terms of expression potential. Its a little funny honestly, with its GB of piano sounds and only 37 keys.

[@truthmanifestingtruth]

These sound great! It’s only missing the ability to import and manipulate user samples, right?

[@Ferrichrome]

Looks cool, they should totally make a module version.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I need at least 4 octaves, and an expression pedal input. But I preordered one anyway, because.......That Sound!

[@celticprogeny1569]

@@TheScreamingFrog916 A ribbon controller and analog filter.

[@matthewelder4000]

Out of all these demo's on this synth i have not heard the X-FILES them music played

[@Unknown_Artist2.7182]

Love Mark Snow’s work. I have pretty much all of the soundtrack after paying a bit to get them on CD.

[@imperialimperialimperial]

2:35 Juice Wrld- Empty

[@pyrofiliac]

exactly

[@natestationtv8636]

Imperial frfr bro 😂

[@didierperrusset]

Very cool ! A way to have the factory internal demo songs ?? Thx !

[@SingaporeGregory]

Question: Is the patch you play at 6:15 (Pink Floyd-ish) a preset?

[@timothynewman6062]

looks to be a preset called In the Running - i assume a reference to On the Run, which is basically plays

[@rainsburysb]

This reminds me so much of when I got a wavestation, and that is a very good thing. I thought that was the best Polysynth ever made.

[@PatrickRdot]

Now i can play the halo theme!

[@naumchomsky8840]

At the end I thought you were pulling the Halo theme for a second.

[@spaced4448]

naumchomsky pink floyd then yh nearly halo lol

[@SimonAudiosuite]

That can't be a coincidence!

[@WengStansWorld]

as a former Wavestation EX owner, ( sold to pay wife's medical bills -r.i.p.- ) I cannot resist.....please....please...PLEASE KORG......... T A K E M Y M O N E Y !!!

[@lucasj7577]

I want to her some more modern sounds

[@dei_beat]

First song its very close to Final Fantasy VII prelude :)

[@timriley4648]

Anyone know if this is available ANYWHERE yet.? All I see is preorder and I don't know who will have it first to order from.

[@lucasj7577]

Tim Riley I’m seeing not until March. And most places are expecting back order.

[@aswilll]

I just got a message from sweetwater and they said a month or 2

[@KuvDabGib]

We wait for now it seems. Which sucks.

[@bobrobertson9547]

Tim Riley Sometime in February ... according to Korg UK, but they don't know how many units will be shipped to them.

[@EricSchreiber1]

All I've heard is 'expected to ship in March', in the US.

[@rotorfpv4117]

These sounds can I import to DAW like Reason ?

[@IamCarlFree]

I just bought an Minilogue XD 😫 and a Krome EX. I need more moneys.

[@HighlandStudio91]

Korg should have just incorporated the Wavestate synth into the Krome EX(as I'm a workstation guy & have no use for stand-alone synths.)

[@thelantern9075]

Carl Free How’s the EX? I’ve got an old Triton I love.

[@dash3dot]

You look like a Nigerian prince. I hear there is a whole business built around it ;D

[@Jason75913]

@Килобемоль / Kilobemol *Kronos

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Come on Korg - no key hold function? Holding down just a single key while tweaking the knobs and randomizing sequences is all you need. Weird that you would leave that out.

[@kristanzalog7503]

you can see a "latch" button between mod wheel and mod knobs

[@ooktar]

There's a latch button above the arpeggiator button on the lower left next to the white macro knobs.

[@k00k0]

can use a sustain pedal for that

[@BernoBosch]

There seems to be a ‘latch’ button though!

[@onetinyspeaker]

Especially with wave synthesis engines.

[@Flair.forever]

Woaw

[@odbo_One]

The price on this is a steal, when I first heard about this I thought maybe 1800 USD minimum.

[@hedegaard8]

BlackStorm66 hah no. Its just a wavestation in new skin with tiny 37 keys.

[@Jason75913]

that's exaggerated, wtf, lad It's very stripped down compared to a Krome EX in a lot of ways, yet boasts more memory (and samples) if I'm not mistaken, but that's not enough to make up for it, so a little cheaper than a Krome EX 61 is somewhat fair.

[@marcochirico7504]

price 800 euro circa

[@homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270]

hedegaard8 There’s more sample storage, an incredibly advanced wave sequencer (The wavestations sequencer whilst incredible was lacking when it came to evolving sequences), easier programming (The wavestation was a pain in the ass to program since you had limited controls with a few buttons and a screen) I do however hope they follow the steps of the Argon 8 and make a desktop and 61 key version.

[@crhkrebs]

hedegaard8 ahhh....no. The Wavestate has easy access to programming 4 lanes of wavesequences, much more advanced resonant filters (modelled on MS-20 and PolySix filters), 64 stereo voices, more advanced effects unit (14 simultaneous effects), 2GB of sampled waves (compared to the 4MB in my Wavestation AD) and 8 user programable mod knobs. I won’t trade my beloved AD for one but I know enough to know your comment of “...just a Wavestation....” is demonstrably wrong. As for the short keyboard (as opposed to “tiny keys”) I agree with you. However, that is the way the market seems be going. People want smaller footprints.

[@moralrevulsionLive]

New king of trance?

[@oldbatwit5102]

6.30.... Duck sauce of the moon.

[@MrPonkine]

Is is true that Korg SV2 is coming?. It's about time!

[@keynaga6257]

i want this.

[@ChesttRockkwell]

Someone help me out here. I can’t for life of me think of the song that the sounds is from at 6:10. I think it’s Tangerine Dream or something like that, but I still can’t find it.

[@scottjensen1380]

On the Run by Pink Floyd A Wavestation was supposedly used on their Division Bell album as well.

[@vladimirussachevsky1315]

I really hope they release a desktop version!

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Pink floyd is on

[@bobcatt2294]

Pros: Maximum Polyphony: 64 stereo voices, - Destinations: Most parameters can be modulated, including parameters of individual Wave Sequence Steps. Depending on Wave Sequence length, there can be more than 1,000 potential modulation targets per Program. - Performance EQ: 4-band parametric EQ - Delay: L/C/R Delay, Multiband Mod Delay, Reverse Delay, Stereo/Cross Delay, Tape Echo - Reverb: Early Reflections, Overb - Fourteen simultaneous effects Cons: Wave Sequencing has a distinct Wavestation branded style which often lacks any illusion of being musical as can be heard at: 4:18.

[@dmn2273]

This makes me regret buying Omnisphere 2 sooo bad lol 😭😭

[@hedegaard8]

DMN no way! This machine is incredibly limited compared to omnisphere.

[@timcarroll6795]

You're doing it wrong then lol

[@zakur0hako]

don't regret it. Omnisphere 2 is a monster

[@pyrofiliac]

2:35 RIP Juicewrld

[@markcoldberg8888]

5:19 ... the best epic piano what i ever heard

[@stosemcls]

Good old Rhodes, what could be better?

[@vestarecords3882]

amazing update but i guess just like its old ancestor Wavestation, a pain to program

[@fernandoruiz2719]

Nope, this is very simple anybody with a bit of musical sense can make great sounds ...SURPRISE !!! And if you really can perform or play well you cam become a NEW STAR .

[@harveyspecterdj6661]

Not sure: www.musicradar.com/reviews/korg-wavestate But you could purchase sound sets. They usually only go 20 to 30 dollars.... That's an hour labour ;-)

[@synthmalicious7541]

What type of music am I supposed to make with this?

[@montazownianr1]

Movie soundtracks? Ambient, EBM, Industrial... or just boring techno ;)

[@logan979]

sound track space music. over n over n over

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

If you can't imagine, then this is probably not for you.

[@devonhughes3805]

V A P O R W A V E

[@alanshewitt]

synthmalicious you could go play for your local yoga class?

[@josh78752]

Man...when you consider that the original Wavestation cost over $2K in 1990 or '91, had no hardware knobs, rudimentary non-resonant LP filter, a fraction of the waves, was terrible to try to program, and although innovative sounding at the time, sounded cheesy compared to this, at $799, wow, this is an incredible time for synthesizers. (Though, I wish more synths had 61 keys again.)

[@dodgingrain3695]

Soundtrack to Mind's Eye

[@self-publishing101lawrenzo6]

I think they need new sound banks because I think I have hard all the sounds now on demos and they are starting to sound all alike

[@hedegaard8]

Self-Publishing 101 Lawrenzo Manza yes absolutely. Its all old sounds, nothing new here.

[@drydessert4198]

5:17

[@crimsonweather]

This synth is Mike Oldfield's wet dream!

[@WengStansWorld]

4:14 Gary Numan " Metal "

[@dirkkeersmaekers4343]

The old wavestation

[@spumpy3996]

6:45 Halo 3 soundtrack

[@suga4all]

Hans Zimmer just called me. He wants his Synth back!

[@fortheloveofnoise]

egg saylent

[@grzankomuzykant]

This or Jupiter Xm ?

[@HT-ue6qb]

Depending your wallet. I would choose xm.

[@station2station544]

@@HT-ue6qb Wavestate. It's delightfully missing the nauseating Jupiter Xm "Auto Accompaniment".

[@kellymerrill5294]

Most people say the wavestate is just a preset playback, you have little control of the sound

[@Glenfiddich101]

I am going to buy both.....eventually, but I think that this Wavestate although is cheaper by about a half the price is better by far, I have an original Wavestation from the early 90's and it has vector synthesis, it doesn't have half of what the new Wavestate has, but I think that this new version should be much better and easier to program Glen :-)

[@kevingamache1512]

Nearly twice the price and mini keys? I like the wavestate better. My minilogue is mini keys and thats ok as i control it with boards that are full sized. I may go for the xd module but i am looking at this and the subsequent 37 first.

[@jamestom2510]

OMG

[@jackbagbaga291]

How much?

[@carlosalbertoarayaflores5165]

Jack Bagbaga 800

[@williamshaneblyth]

799

[@jean-pierrejoubert6140]

Looks for pricing. Sees mention of exclusive bundles. Clicks link. Finds nothing. Weeps softly.

[@kraftmusic]

Sorry about that...try it now, should be fixed. Thanks for watching! -Dave

[@IamCarlFree]

It’s 800.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I preordered with the bundle yesterday. $800 + tax.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Glad he’s not playing too much of all that weird synth shit that most of these demos play.

[@housebrigade]

I'm so tired of all this analogue wannabe bullshit. It's funny how in the past technology had always tried to improve to sound better and more clear. And now we want our sound to sound as vintage as possible. It's a funny old world. Well I'm touted of this shit. I want futuristic, mind boggling, next level sounds I've never heard before. This looks like it's right up my street 😃😀😀😀😍😍

[@bobcatt2294]

The emu morpheus z-plane synth comes to mind.

[@Jason75913]

plenty of us don't want those ugly, at times "characterless" vintage sounds (compared to good modern digital synths/VSTs), I for one ain't doing no 1980's rock covers, guud lawd

[@kingtrance307]

Except we have heard them before. This sounds a lot like the Yamaha EX 5. Nothing wrong with that.

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

OK boomer.

[@stefan3112]

Agree. But is this futuristic? Sometimes, for me, it sounds like an old taperecorder. I'm not sure if I should buy ist.

[@Aetila]

It will sell like hot cakes in a Sunday afternoon... :-)

[@caseytator2264]

Imagine having this baby with the Jupiter xm

[@markprater1]

Sorry, if Luke Edwards ain't showing it, I gotta wonder how good it is...

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

There are some great KZbin vids of Luke Edwards showing off this new synth. Well worth watching, as he really is good at demonstrating what it is capable of. No offense to the guy in this vid, as he is good too. Sometimes it's nice just to hear the sounds, without talking.

[@pinocarella_00]

esiste una versione 61 tasti? O Korg continua a fare synth per i nani e gli gnomi?

[@bullydully7428]

Il Riformatore puoi comprarti una tastiera muta a 88 e sei apposto.

[@devonhughes3805]

Please announce desktop version sooooooon

[@coscrupi]

Need minimum 6 octave if you want to play piano patches. Midi it is...