Korg Wavestate Live Ambient Berlin School Jam - Wavetrain

[@kenb7540]

Gosh. An absolute MasterClass in Wavestate playing. And so musical too - bravo ! 👏👏

[@mikelagae2570]

It's incredible ! I have the wavestate but I'm not able to play and create sounds as you do ! Thanks for the explainations and for your work!

[@Waveformer]

Thanks, Mike 😊😊

[@thekitchensynth]

Lovely to hear from you again... Still knocking out of the park with the Wavestate. Berlin School joy! 👍

[@bernardmacseoin1113]

Brilliant less is more. Just one synth, albeit one with a very deep sound architecture, very impressive feat. Bravo! Inspiring since the industry continually bombards us with unscrupulous more gear acquisition marketing tactics.

[@PreRendered]

Absolutely superb work here. Your programming, pacing, sound design and explanations are very inspiring. Thanks for all the ideas!

[@yb8080]

Excellent! You are showing the true capabilities of this machine.

[@Waveformer]

Glad you liked the jam, Georges 😊

[@sokoleski]

just beautiful....

[@IanWaugh]

That is sooooo impressive both from a programming and musical point of view. Brilliant!

[@Waveformer]

Thank you, Ian 😊

[@breitbanddesign]

really a tempting machine

[@Waveformer]

Yep. It’s a wonderful synth!

[@jochenreich683]

Einfach fantastisch🙏👏👍🤗🎹🎵🎶

[@deanandthebeans857]

Enjoyed that! Thanks for posting

[@Waveformer]

Glad you liked it 😊🎶

[@synthseeker]

That was awesome! Keep releasing music!

[@jochenkronier]

just wonderful !!... I got a Modwave, but now I'm impressed of the Wavestate as well.... great session of yours ! thanks 🙂

[@Waveformer]

Cool! I think they’re both great 😁

[@gmaxxbln]

Great! Thx for this video! It is very inspiring to me! 👍 I will try to implement some of it for myself!

[@edtraylen8581]

I have both of your packs in my Wavestate and they’re played the most! Saw Tangerine Dream in Cambridge and this new track could be one of theirs. Superb work!

[@schragemusik]

Love the music. AND the generous explanations.

[@Waveformer]

Thanks, Chris. Cool that you enjoyed my jam notes :-).

[@LinkFMMik]

I use your soundbanks on my Wavestate every day and look forward to getting more from you later in the year. This sounds great.

[@seoverus7805]

If you really want to Hear the genius behind this sound - Listen on a powered pair of DT 770's or Truth B2031 Monitors. The whole house is shaking on the bassline & melody as the cats space out looking up at the stars outside.... Incredible.

[@dgamusic4706]

Truly amazing. I have a Wavestate and have barely touched it. Seeing this makes me realise exactly how much I’m missing by not showing it any love.

[@dankeplace]

I have been trying to make Berlin School for 5 years, as soon as I got the Wavestate and these banks, my dreams were answered. I just love playing along and doing my own thing, but with just 1 instrument makes this the best thing ever.

[@lephilb]

Same for me … always looking for new gears while we have gold under our hands … promise tonight I dig in it ( again ) with patience

[@Waveformer]

The wavestate is truly great. I still find it inspiring and regularly discover new ways of using it. Kudos to KORG for coming up with this :-).

[@lukehunnable]

I think the modwave is easier to use (?)

[@dankeplace]

@@lukehunnable 2 diff synths, 1 is wavetable base, the other sample based which you can load in your own samples with effort.

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Sounds fantastic, great track and excellent sounds!

[@expandingknowledge8269]

Ratcheting, very nice!

[@71collective]

Lovely experiment mate 👌with a great synth 👏👏👏👏

[@davidrobertson4301]

I just shared this with someone and then when I got in the car to drive down to the shops on a cold nasty rainy day. This was the perfect soundtrack to a shopping expedition

[@gabrielsudholt1870]

Excellent

[@vladimirvoevodich623]

Thanks God you are here again Man, we really missed you! Fantastic performance, BTW you could compose soundtracks for pc games, for example some "star" related like Slipways :D

[@kafuprfin]

I listen your jams every day)

[@Waveformer]

Cool! Thanks for listening :-)

[@davidryle]

Very entertaining performance.

[@Waveformer]

Thanks, David. Glad you liked it 😀.

[@ryv1049]

Always the best with you, I love your music and your spirit... Today it's my birthday and this video is the best present I can imagine... I'm a french guy, so I must concentrate for undestand all of your work, but with a good feeling, I will create the best on my lovely Wavestation... Thanks from the deepest fellings of my heart...

[@Waveformer]

Happy birthday 😀. I have a lot of respect for French synth guys, growing up listening to Jean Michel Jarre 🎹🎶

[@ryv1049]

@@Waveformer Yes ! Perhaps it's why Tim Blake, Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy joined the french group called Gong... I think that Tim Blake is always living in France (do you know the fabulous album called Crystal Machine ?)

[@Waveformer]

@@ryv1049 no, hadn’t heard that one before. Listening to it now and really enjoying it. Thanks!

[@ryv1049]

@@Waveformer My pleasure ! Born in 1959, my favorite music when I was teenager was Tangerine dream, (Phaedra, Rubicon, Ricochet), Klaus Schulze (Timewind, Mirage)... And of course Tim Blake, Michael Hoenig (Departure from the Nothem Wasteland).. This is the style of music I play since this time... So happy that you enjoy Crystal Machine !

[@16914]

inspired i gotta dig deep like your doing have it packed up but plan to later this year get back to it for several months need to learn more will be playing out in 23 with this little big boy

[@Waveformer]

Cool! Please post a link if you record anything :-).

[@pawespychaa4786]

Wow,excellent sound !!!

[@Waveformer]

Thanks 😀

[@timdanyo898]

Very nice. Your patches are some of the most played on my WS.

[@Waveformer]

Cool 😊. Glad you like them.

[@RichardOlpin]

Agreed. Love them. Would love to see some other ambient / pads from you in addition to more of the Berlin-School inspired patches 🙂

[@mark35mi]

Loved this! New soundset coming soon? :)

[@trikOsk]

What a vibe! :)

[@Waveformer]

Thanks 😊. I had fun playing.

[@simonburns1055]

The god machine

[@expandingknowledge8269]

Tangerine Dream..eat your heart out! 🎛 🔈 🔉 🔊

[@dankeplace]

Are you serious? I have not listened yet BUT I am thinking Wavetrain is a nod to Love on a train? I have both soundbanks and bought the Wavestate all because of your work It is an amazing synth, it seems intimidating but once you understand the work flow, it's a really good synth. I have to get out of bed but it's too cold atm, I will I will, but yes your work is just simply amazing.

[@Waveformer]

Spot on :-). Tangerine Dream is one of the main inspirations for the music I create.

[@dankeplace]

@@Waveformer I 1st was made aware that I was listening to TGD when I was watching *Thief* on tv, they then grabbed my attention and I quickly wrote down the name of the music composer, I was maybe 15 at the time but I went to my local library and got Leparc. It all became something of a journey that today I still find fascinating. Thank you for bringing this to the layman with your banks, it truly is remarkable to make our own Tangerine Dreams...

[@RichardOlpin]

@@Waveformer Mine too, and I'm happy to say Q is a friend. If you happend to see the SonicState interviews recently, I was behind the camera, see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnTbm4mAiN2kh7M 🙂

[@davecollins1048]

Awesome. Played around with my wavestate today but I was not in a groove and sucked.

[@DavidBoura]

🌈

[@epiphoney]

It's fun seeing what you're doing. I wish Robert Rich would do one. Ever try some microtuning like 7/2 or 11/4?

[@Waveformer]

Never tried microtuning. i certainly will at some point :-)

[@manitobaMOOSE44]

Hi Ian.. Amazing sounds... I've been interested and loved these electronic sounds from the 80's Kraftwerk etc.. always wanted to learn to play... would it be hard for me to start on this machine.. would i need to go to music classes to learn to play..

[@Waveformer]

Hi. The Wavestate is an amazing synth. However, if you plan to program your own patches from scratch, be aware that it is a slightly complex synth to program, there is a learning curve. A more beginner friendly, but still great, synth could be the Korg Minilogue or the Arturia Mini- or MicroFreak. But I love my Wavestate, as you might have guessed. You don’t need to go to music classes to learn to play. Just experiment, watch KZbin tutorials, try to copy and learn from the artists you like. That said, some theory would expand your vocabulary and capabilities and might make playing more fun. Good luck :-)

[@apolysus]

Amazing! I’m especially intrigued with your pad wave sequencing on layer D. is that also included in your patch for download?

[@Waveformer]

Thanks! It’ll be included in my next soundbank, hopefully released this summer. I’m considering making a pad tutorial :-).

[@mikelagae2570]

It would be great! And why not a tutorial to explain how the timing lane can control the arp...

[@RichardOlpin]

@@Waveformer That would be fantastic. I have your Berlin banks and found them incredibly inspirational for looking at the WS in a whole different light. I'll look forward to the next bank and will consider that an instant buy already...

[@apolysus]

@@Waveformer would love a pad tutorial! It’s an instant purchase from me if it’s included 😉 looking forward to the next vid 🙏🏻 keep it up!

[@aquietgarden]

@@Waveformer Yes please to the pad tutorial.

[@marcusfreeweb]

Beautiful. Do you use wave sequencing here at all? Could the Modwave do a similar soundscape? Apart from only two layers? I'm considering both. I really like the dynamic timbre effect of wavetables.

[@Waveformer]

Yes, yes and yes 😁. Lots of wave sequences. The modwave could do something similar. The motion sequencing is pretty similar to the wave sequencing. You can use one of the motion sequencing lanes for pitch for one of the oscillators, so you can play somewhat different melodies on each oscillator in one layer, but it’s a little bit complex to set up. I have used it for some of my patches. The wavetable feature is really cool, especially with the modifiers, blend and morph features!

[@marcusfreeweb]

@@Waveformer Interesting, you mean by aligning different samples on different octaves for example, on the Modwave? Then modulating the pitch, to enable wave sequencing on the MW?

[@marcusfreeweb]

@@Waveformer It‘s very well done by you, with blending samples seamlessly, so they create new sounds together. I think?

[@lukehunnable]

Really beautiful demo! Is it easier to create this kind of “evolving soundscape” on the wavestate or the modwave?

[@DarioMiticocchio]

👏👏👏… To understand: everything happens primarily in the sample and timing lanes, correct? The arpeggiato takes care of pitch patterns? Or do you have something in the pitch lane too?

[@Waveformer]

Yes, the sample and timing lanes are very central. The arpeggiator takes care of pitch, but pitch is also affected by the pitch lane (octaves and fifths above the note played by the arpeggiator) and by the step seq / shape lane (negative level modulates portamento time, effectively playing the last note from the arpeggiator one more time). The step seq/shape lane also does ratchets by retriggering the amp and filter envelopes.

[@simonburns1055]

How do you get it to hold the notes is that sustain or using reverb?

[@Waveformer]

Sustain/damper pedal. It’s a must! 🙂

[@johnnyalicia4976]

𝕡𝐫ｏ𝕄ｏ𝔰𝓶 😍