NEW Korg Wavestate Synthesizer - No Talking Just Playing! - NAMM 2020

[@thelostfutures]

The wavestate is one of the most beautiful musical instruments I’ve ever owned and is massively underrated.

[@fneder67]

Well not anymore! Together with the modwave they are at the top of the synth list right now, 2022. Affordable, carryable, easy and complex together.

[@alexbowers6026]

It's like they locked the Korg engineers in a dark room with a Wavestation, fed them industrial strength acid and didn't let them out until they came up with a new toy. Just look at the faces on those guys when they first play it. Pure joy. I was already a Wavestation fanboy, but thus thing...just wow.

[@thomasheder3708]

Agreed 101% I have an old Wavestation that I just love, and this... this... Shut up and take my money!

[@HotStrange]

Agreed. The OG Wavestation is one of my favorite poly synths ever. This is a definite for me.

[@mr.ester777]

yes but has it the character of the wavestation? it seems like a toy a bit (in sound)

[@BrockDavisson]

@@mr.ester777 it's not a toy at all! I just made 30 free presets over on my channel for it. Showcased 10 of them.

[@glenc3249]

"I'm so excited!!" Sang the Pointer Sisters in '84. Yep, that is me! Just ordered my Wavestate MkII from Andertons half an hour ago! My second synth in 6 & a half months to compliment my Korg PA600. Thanks Andertons!

[@VojoMojo]

Sounds were so good even the camera was bopping to the music at 1:00

[@Firing_Order]

Holy shit wow. I feel like a kid playing the D-50 in the music store for the first time all over again.

[@HotStrange]

Shadow Giratina's Evil Clone I still remember the first time I heard the “Soundtrack” preset 😍

[@arnowillems]

In my synth collection some impressive synths, but this one is my absolute favorite and most used.... I love the sound and all it's possibilities.....

[@sublibrarian]

You could write an entire film soundtrack with this one. GAS!!!

[@msxwiki]

Well... that's if you use those PRESETS, so a lot of people like you will write the same 'film soundtrack'. And if you don't use presets and try to program your own sounds, maybe it won't be so easy to get that 'instant OST' feel.

[@sublibrarian]

@@msxwiki Who told you I wouldn't?

[@msxwiki]

@@sublibrarian Good answer...

[@powermix24]

@@msxwiki The vector joystick is key here! along with the random button, KORG knows no one is making the same sound with the massive library of sounds in it.

[@msxwiki]

@@powermix24 Yeah I know. It was the key on the classic Wavestation and the SY22 and VS. as well.

[@alexbowers6026]

Also....the Wavestation wasn't exactly easy to program. I can just imagine how death-defyingly mindbending the Wavestate must be. To anyone who pooh-poohs one song on a keypress....you have to program it first. And if you can get it to play a song on a keypress...you'll deserve it. Believe me, it doesn't just play songs without an awful lot of blood sweat and tears.

[@HotStrange]

Have you watched any of the reviews yet? The majority of the controls have dedicated knobs and the menu diving is pretty minimal all things considered. I mean yeah it’s still gonna take some work but you phrased that as if it’ll somehow be harder than the original Wavestation.

[@johndavidpeer3107]

Yes, it literally does.

[@ErraticFaith]

When it was designed and trialed, a DX7 was literally sat on the bench behind it for half a year lol. Along with the original WS and several others. I suspect you haven't a clue what you are talking about; it objectively surpasses the m1/x7 and although I was sorry to see them go, I simply haven't got the room to keep them.

[@Jason75913]

@@HotStrange Ultranova is truly minimal on the menu-diving, this thing is relatively typical-workstation-tier from what I saw in the loopop vid. At least it is not D-50/D-05/MOXF level of awful.

[@HotStrange]

Licinius Varrus I guess we’re gonna disagree because I think the d-50 is one of the greatest synths ever made. But the WaveState is very much a real synthesizer and is honestly more powerful than the majority of synths on the market right now. It’s almost stupid how much it can do.

[@michaeljoeseph8900]

Loved my wavestation ex and ad Now i am thoroughly in love with my wavestate

[@michaelnmoney]

I need this in my life

[@shabbee]

I just got my wavestate goosebumps all over again

[@DialoguesraccontarelArte]

Stunning, inspiring, warm. A really ideas developing machine. Next addition in my studio

[@alexbowers6026]

I ended up buying one - had it now for a few months. And yes, it is still a VERY complex synth to program. The dedicated knobs etc do make some of it easier, but there are endless pages of menu diving. It's possibly even less intuitive than the Wavestation IMO. Editing patches while playing is definitely easier, but programming your own patches is...interesting. Very happy to have bought it though...a superb synth, incredible depth and a real beast. Surprised at how old school it can sound too - the Wavestation was pure digital sounding, the Wavestate can sound very fluid and analogue when you use the oscillators, MS filters etc, then mix the fat sounds alongside its more digital nature and it shines. And the FX are a standout - so big and powerful I usually end up dialling them all back for actual mixing. It's harder in some ways than the Wavestation but it's infinitely better too. I haven't used my Wavestation once since I got the Wavestate. It really is a beautiful thing.

[@Aetila]

You forgot the Random Programmer button, lol.

[@soundfx68]

I love how the man from Korg plays at 6:12, along with the sound. I love Analog, but you to need to compliment it sometimes. There's a huge history of sampling included in the box. Luvleh.

[@TheDrSwank]

Dude what is this style of jazz… I’m in love… it’s like half Karate Kid, half lofi… help me find more

[@soundfx68]

@@TheDrSwank Great comment, you may be almost as old as me! I’m playing PS5 right now, I’ll need a recap on this vid from 4 years ago before a better reply 😎

[@dirkkeersmaekers4343]

One key and you have your ambient song

[@Gibson1976uk]

I couldn't help it!! I just pre-ordered one!! I have heard a few demos and can't believe the price!!! when I first found out about this synth and heard it! I was like 'this thing is going to be as pricey as the Roland Jupiter XM Synthesizer!! and its almost half the price

[@LouisODwyer]

Same here!

[@Gibson1976uk]

Louis O'Dwyer I never preorder a synth but this one has impressed me so much, apart from all the modern sounds etc. They have kind of perfected the original wavestation

[@Claidheambmor]

Same. Pre-ordered a couple of days ago, not been this excited by a synth ever. The lush sounds of iWavestation are great but the controls on this thing and the wave sequencing 2.0 are a joy to behold.

[@Gibson1976uk]

@@Claidheambmor I never pre-order synths :) this one just has all the features I would want in a digital synth :)

[@HotStrange]

Yep I preordered this and the Pro3 immediately.

[@henryalfaro9125]

I sold my Medusa and ended up buying the Wavestate . As my wife said! Day and night different! But Both of them are incredibly good sounding instruments.

[@odnilniloc]

That is truly impressive and for an ok price point. Perfect for deep, evolving pads and textures something which I absolutely love in my productions! Counting my pennies to see if I can afford this :)

[@splitzkeyz]

The vector joystick makes it MUUUCCH more useful! I can play amazing evolving sounds on D33pmind 12... but to be able to turn on and off the leading edge while the trailing stuff is uninterrupted is a key advantage of this board over that. -- plus when did I ever hate digital? (never) I can't wait to come back when traffic is lower because this video keeps buffering like every 10 seconds.

[@RayyMusik]

2:37 sold me. I was synthialized in the 80. Pity that Jack didn‘t play the whole show. He‘s the top musician among those guys.

[@TheC0G]

I've never seen so many professional smiling faces, you've even got me smiling!! Hopefully the start of a new revolution in Synths!!

[@PianoFromScratch]

Sounds so cool!

[@jeg1972]

That's one powerful bit of kit for less than 650 quid

[@angeldc54]

Great demo, awesome synth and no talking, thanks!

[@avrilcadabra]

love digital synths, so much depth in this

[@DJMikeron]

I just bought the Minilogue now I’m crying because of this video

[@Jason75913]

regretting a minilogue? you loon

[@m.g.kroger]

I see they all smile! Makes me think they really have fun.

[@abymathew2750]

Perfect for space movies 😊😊 Christopher Nolan / James Cameroon should buy this 😊😊

[@powermix24]

This is the kind of keyboard you can push the random button and be excited every time!

[@powermix24]

I GET MINE TOMORROW!!! can't wait

[@valdiskrebs566]

Sounds great! One (wo)man band.

[@robertm8552]

0:10 “This video has been removed for copyright infringement on behalf of THX ltd.”

[@kevingamache1512]

I thought same as in George hears this and boom on the hotline to his legal team. Lol

[@Curious_Skeptic]

Korg needs this to be made into a desktop module so we can have more than 37 keys! This would be a great 61 key system.

[@NavelOrangeGazer]

And they just did!

[@herbertherbert3909]

Truly a great synth. Loads of power. I love Korg instruments. I will however add that I own an ASM Hydrasynth and it really does do things I’ve not seen in other synths. It’s not capable of the “soft pudding” the wavestate is capable of producing. But it’s an incredible synth. I think it would be difficult choosing one over the other.

[@Jason75913]

therefore, the logical choice is to procure BOTH synths =)

[@BrockDavisson]

@@Jason75913 I agree. I have both and argon8m. 3 of the best things to come out within the last year.

[@lisahall7736]

I LOVE IT!! I’m buying it next month… SO EXCITED

[@EarJuice]

Exactly like the wally boards from the 90s.....but I'm getting one. All software has the push a button make a song thing going now and I don't have time to sculpt a sound over 3 hours. I do plan to try and play around with those guitar sequences/patches and stuff though and probably replace the beats with my own externally. The bells and strings sounds are fantastic as well.

[@iosyn5896]

Amazing, i love this freaky lil' machine. Sold. Painful choice in 2020. KORG SV-2, MS-20 FS/DF, ARP 2600 FS, wavestate...damn

[@Johnnyjawbone]

I can't hold off anymore. Damn you ... damn you all... Pre ordering today.

[@VickersDoorter]

I guess the advantage of this over Omnisphere is it doesn't make your computer grind to a halt every now and then. I t will be interesting using them together.

[@issiewizzie]

hum my computer is fine with 100 instances of Omnisphere

[@edmontontech2008]

I need this. So badly. It will help break out of the Ableton funk. Limitless happy accidents. And that price point is insane! This will be a staple in everyone who wants to paint a soundscape; be it for writing a score, some dark basement ambiance or some evolving tech house leads, this should be renamed to the Imagination Station.

[@HotStrange]

I agree but I really hope they don’t rename it that lol

[@dorinecorsica1311]

Big winner of namm 2020

[@jeremythornton433]

My only gripe is the piddly short keyboard. That and it's not yet available here in Canada.

[@pthomas36]

I ordered mine from Cosmo and had it almost a month ago. I still have barely scratched the surface on this thing but what a magical beast it is.

[@museonfilm8919]

I have one of these. Great synth and great sounds. But those programmers at Korg need to realize they shouldn't drown almost all of the patches in reverb and chorus. Yes, I know you can tweak and re-save, but when you're scrolling through patches, it makes them start to sound the same. There are lots of bright and punchy waveforms to be had on this synth - but you're going to have to work to coax them out!

[@spartafxrs5]

i know it's like comparing apples to oranges, but what can you say about the minilogue xd vs the wavestate? it would be interesting to do a video comparison for both! :P

[@carlosfehlberg1]

The piano is amazing

[@johnimg]

just amazing, i have to get one

[@logan979]

will this be able to load more patches in the Future ?

[@TylerLore]

Jack's face when the beat hits is my fav. lol

[@didierperrusset]

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

[@ericpeters0n]

Happy New Year! It's 1991 again.

[@DrfidEZ]

Ok...Got me at 1:39! On my to get list!

[@blessedbthywill]

Thats a nice vibe

[@velvirek]

2:02 where can I listen to more of that? Is there a longer version?

[@christineweaver3090]

Nice.that one piece of music with the guy with the longish hair sounds like that song techno/trance "spies" love that song

[@b.j.surfdog3724]

I'm expecting to hear some of these presets in someone's movie score very soon.

[@CoriMusic97]

Looks like youre recording more than one track onnthe background screen ?

[@kevinbirge2130]

A great way to counter the wave of cool analog synths. Digital can be fantastic, too, and Korg is proving it here.

[@wizmos74]

What do you mean by analog ? Isn't analog programmed in cheap mean digital?

[@Jason75913]

Modal, Roland, ASM, Nord, Waldorf, and Yamaha aren't? =\ Korg hasn't already been? you suck

[@monstrositylabs]

I still have the wavestation EX. I never got on with it.

[@nucentury08]

Just got mine yesterday my Goodness 🤩

[@salalbr]

Damn, this sounds straight out of Interstellar!

[@iam-music]

That table definitely needs bracing :-) Can the wavestate editor import Wavestation presets if it has the same samples etc? I still have my WSAD...if it does that...then Im sold

[@brucegelman5582]

25 years of wavestation playing and finally something fresh!!!!!

[@WarriorEsoteric]

Just purchased one

[@lucasj7577]

This will be replacing my deep mind 12. I only wish there was a keyless version

[@lucasj7577]

If I’m being honest the choice here to me is, proud digital expansive synth with synthesis I haven’t tried before, or a subtractive synth with a thin analog sound. Nothing my analog heat can’t add to to make up for it sounding digital.

[@lucasj7577]

Also, in terms of possibilities the wavestate could produce more timbres from what I’m seeing about it.

[@mixail201211]

@@lucasj7577 u say i can add my own sounds to wavestate?

[@powermix24]

This will ride with my DM12D side by side.

[@powermix24]

@@mixail201211 not yet but it is coming there is 2-3 GB not being used, this was confirmed in NAMM 2020 by KORG

[@kevingamache1512]

This thing both makes me appreciate my wavestation a/d and want this in a big way. Awesome machines

[@juanluiscardona5679]

Fire in this intro

[@sumchi3690]

THX, best one i have heard.

[@crimsonweather]

Mike Oldfield's wet dream synth!

[@soilentmichi]

Ich will den sofort haben...:)

[@tarifanocturnajazz7564]

Does it have arpegiator and seq of course. I just need the easier 7.00€

[@TsavosAlliance]

Inspired by the Roland D-50 forsure!

[@Jason75913]

*Wavestation*, and that 1991 Korg synth outdoes that 1987 Roland synth =)

[@cymonalex]

Thing sounds fucking EPIC !!

[@sK3LeTvM1]

Logic, Lacie, ...yes !

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

"I haven't even touched anything yet!" 😊😊😊

[@HotStrange]

Blue no it doesn’t

[@HotStrange]

Blue ......what?

[@jjrusy7438]

ya blue, you f'd up. now if you woulda told him that it comes with 2 "expression" pedals that you pump like a bicycle, he woulda understood. as punishment your wavestate will be backordered 1 week longer.

[@ikerpbudd]

@Rhizosphere Nah way too young and naive

[@United-Bengals]

The beat was awesome 5:05👌👍

[@gamezztudio]

shit! when you think that you are complete with your gear..something powerfull new is outhere!

[@velvirek]

2:02 sooo nice

[@videomove]

thanks to the guy in the nice tree tee! :)

[@henrikgustav2294]

those smiles. I remember that smile when I started playing wavestation. Does anyone know if it can import old sysex ?

[@jacobbrown1690]

it has all the original wave station sounds and add on cards.

[@nutegunray1899]

That last tune I heard a little blade runner style in there. Some deep synths along with that would sound great!

[@st8kout961]

The Wavestate is a music instrument. The Modwave, even though newer, is just sad. It's more of a sound effects gadget. I'm going to order a Wavestate tonight.

[@thomasradar1860]

Amazing. How many voice polyphony?

[@heinseemann7070]

64

[@alexvincent4465]

Was looking for 1 patch to convince me to buy this and found 5

[@1dkappe]

How does this compare to the Modal Argon 8?

[@powermix24]

2 completely different synths.

[@marike1100]

Argon uses wavetable synthesis, Wavestate uses vector synthesis but I suppose some of the timbres and some of the pads do sound similar. I like both.😂

[@cnfuzz]

@@marike1100 the difference is vector is just a controllable 4 way mixer put on a synth engine while wavetables offer control over the harmonic on the oscillator , i suspect that modal will make wave import possible in future updates and maybe software to synthesize your own

[@sumchi3690]

Hi, i have a question.This may sound basic but i was just wondering if i can connect a 61 note midi keyboard and then be able to play all this notes from the korg?

[@theoboere8892]

Yes

[@Jason75913]

that would even be advisable, especially as seeing how they skimped on the keybed

[@VimyScout]

Sounds great 👌

[@FridayWFrost]

How do record your creations and what's compatible with it. I have the Adobe CC Audition, Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate CE 12 with Macshine, Roland FA 07 would any of these work or should I get Pro-tools ? Also, could I run my Korg Global wave drum through it to distort it's sounds and record? Thanks

[@annother3350]

Maschine can do it m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWXYkoqaZdB9mqc

[@Jason75913]

Any recording interface, or FA-07

[@johnny_go4]

How much?

[@xiaoxia5]

Sweetwater has it listed as a preorder for $799.

[@UkiMalefu]

i like what i hear

[@djbowlz2128]

Are the drum sounds coming from this as well?

[@Jason75913]

yes

[@amanray]

just need to import our samples

[@mojodrum3215]

Will there be a desk top version?

[@ProphetderFinsternis]

Is out yes, watch....

[@oleksiynaumenko7104]

my old yamaha motif has it all

[@a_passing_cloud]

Oleksiy Naumenko 😂😂😂

[@thomas.moerman]

So powerful it kinda feels like cheating

[@synthplayer1563]

It is cheating.

[@oldbatwit5102]

@@synthplayer1563 You should sue.

[@edmontontech2008]

Synth Player It’s only cheating if you’re lazy. You can go in a change every little setting, every little sequence and have them al play off of each other like a semi-modular synth. This is be a welcome addition to my 0-Coast, Zoia and overall Ableton set up.

[@opwave79]

Synth Player I didn’t realize making music was a contest or some dogmatic religion where you’re supposed to only do things from scratch.

[@Jason75913]

if it's cheating, go make a killer hit that makes you rich with it right now

[@stevenburns989]

im ordering lol if theres an left

[@thespectator2976]

3:12 That synth must be obsessed with some dark magic. Holy Sht, YES YES, give us more :) and yes, will get one :)

[@OriginalDarkMark]

I really earn very little, but my case for owning one of these for each digit is pretty watertight.

[@Zealous_Tutorials]

This thing should be illegal

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

I can see this thing going UP in price. I should buy it for that reason alone.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

@@WrvrUgoThrUR Yea, I already want a second one. One for each hand 🎹😁🎹

[@Jason75913]

wtf

[@holotape]

Sounds nice, too bad about the lack of keys

[@matthewelder4000]

Man i was going to get the Hydrasynth not now

[@kafuprfin]

Its like hardware Nexus!