Korg Wavestate Demo: A Universe of Sound

Hey Folks.

I've got the synthesizer that I have been planning to buy for a long time. This is the Korg Wavestate, a synthesizer which is the revival of the legendary Korg Wavestation. It basically sequences waveforms in order to create sounds. Mainly it specializes in lush, ambient soundscapes, evolving pads, multi-layered performances and sequences, and unique interpretations of various instruments such as basses, electric pianos and mallets.

The beautiful thing with this machine is that you can simply press and hold on one key and let it do the rest, while turning the knobs and having fun. It is as simple as that to use, however if you wanna dig into it you are not going to find the end of the possibilities, it's just limitless. It is indeed difficult to create your own programs or wave sequences from scratch at first, however it comes with a ton of presets that you can modify to your own liking.

It includes a vast range of filters including the original MS20 and Polysix filters. FX section is huge and powerful, and you have got DSP effects built-in such as the compressor, various types of EQs, reverbs, delays, mod FX like chorus and phaser, special mod FX and so on.

This is a great synthesizer that I had lots of fun with. It is very ideal for creating those 80s and 90s lush sounds with the highest resolution of today's technology, but also is very powerful in terms creating highly dense, thick and rich soundscapes with top notch quality waveforms.

I hope you enjoy this demo and be sure to subscribe if you would like to see more gear demos and music.

[jjrusy]

My tip for any new wavestate owners who are totally intimidated by the concepts and complexity. You can start just playing with multisamples which makes it more like a regular synth, ie 'no sequence lanes'. Once you get used to the feel of a simple one channel(layer) patch, you can move to copying single channels(layers) from patches to see how they did their lanes and make new patches using up to 4 channels all copied out of other patches(performance is the whole patch). You can also stack and mute channels to work it like a drum machine or change sounds within the patch like a mixer

[alexsmart]

I got the Korg O1-W Pro and the Wave Station after working nights at an AM/PM and saving for over 8 months. That only paid for about 40% of the total cost. The rest I put on my very first Credit Card. I was 19years old. It was GREAT!!! I was very proud of myself.
Two months later the Northridge earthquake hit and I lost them both..they actually got stolen. We werent allowed to go back into the damaged area my apartment was at, so there werent people or cops in the area.. my amps, guitar, and all my pedals were also taken.

The only thing they didnt take was my GSD puppy(which would have devastated me), but it looked like they had tried.

[mybachhertzbaud]

The Wavestate is a never ending source of pure fun to play.😁
Play On 🎵🎹🎶

[robertshamansky]

Korg really hit a homerun with this synth. This video could have been longer too! Thanks!!

[sevenseconds]

Thanks Tarik. Finally someone who knows how to use it in a musical way.

[orbixmusic]

Wonderful demonstration. Thank you for sharing. 🙏

[muppetpaster]

Just bought my (new) Wavestate for a shade under 400 it.

[KelsterVonShredster]

Great video. The first time heard a video of this unit I fell in love, picking up a used one tomorrow. Can't wait!

[sanczykleopoldo]

😀I have enjoyed it a lot. Excellent demonstration of the WAVESTATE. I am subscribed with anticipation of listening to some new demos of equipment and music. Best regards from Argentina

[MatzumiMusic]

Madness! The reincarnation of the legendary Korg Wavestation. Small machine but gigantic sound. This is exactly to my taste. Should I add to my "Korg family".

[buraktokgoz]

kendi presetleri ile alet evet tatmin ediyor ancak dışardan yüklenecek patch ler ile tam anlamıyla uçuşa geçiyor kendine hayran bırakıyor... fazlasıyla tatmin edici....

[andreynikolaevich]

Наконец-то я себе его купил, на днях должны привезти

[matthewcolosus]

Great demo Tarik - thank you for sharing.

[jjrusy]

Take wavestate to the next level by adding an external keyboard or footboard that is set outside the range of the wavestate's keyboard. You can do the "1-note drum" elsewhere or add a bass sequence while you do chords&leads on wavestate. Lol 7m26sec. That patch. You can take 4 copies of that sequence channel and make a new patch. If you set one channel's range outside the others, it won't sync when you play outside the other's range, but sync's inside. That gets crazy. I am thinking about cutting the case and removing the garbage keyboard. I'm with everyone else who thinks these are endless fun. The deepest synth I ever tangled with.

[patrickinsocal]

Nice demo. I've had mine for a couple of years now, and the only issue I've had with it was updating the firmware. If you're buying a new one make sure it's loaded with at least version 2.0.1. Anything earlier than that is a real chore to update. Other than that, it's one unique and wonderful machine, as illustrated here. 😎

[timdanyo]

A cinematic soundtrack making machine..

[EarJuice]

Love muh wavestate. Also Sleepscapes for generative ambient songs made with a wavestate n other stuff.

[kshortgod]

Just ordered min gonna use it with my Mac one and fl studio 🎉

[Notime]

Opsix mk2 im var sıra wavestatete zaten modwave le birlikte 3 biladeri toplayınca herhalde infinity stones u toplamışız gibi olur.

[arkiteuthis]

Hey man great vid! Seems that there were times when you adjusted the vector joystick when it wasn't active. To turn it on and off, you hold down shift and press the 'vector' button in the envelope section. Again, great demo, and I hope you like your wavestate as much as I like mine!