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MarkT · Joined: 15 Apr 2020 Posts: 1

The Wavestate is a great and powerful synth. But there are some things that would make it even better.

Heres a list of things that would improve the wavestate :

1. Import custom WAV samples.

2. Select and edit all 4 layers/programs at once- This would be helpful for treating it like a 4 osc synth .

3. LFO - speed to go into audible range.

4. Cross mod / FM between layers.

5. All of the Wavestations FX including Vocoder. Maybe some kind of FX routing like on the wavestation.

6. The rest of the polysix fx in the individual fx section - Chorus, Phaser

7. More filter models - korg 700 , prophet 5, 2600 , Odyssey,

8. Include all the M1 samples and programs.

Veeter · Joined: 13 Apr 2020 Posts: 18

More filter options would be nice!

Not looking for M1 sounds, as I'm not a fan of that era of sound, in general, but I can see how many might want that.

Here's an idea... allow the ability to apply a scale to the pitch lane. In other words, it will have it so the sequence only plays notes of a particular scale.

The ability to make our own collections on the WS, not just in the editor. Sometimes I make a new patch and I want to put it into a new collection, right away.

And of course, import our own waves, but if that happens, also a way to have it so we can make multisamples mapped to keys, to make it a program. That could be done in the librarian.

Of course, the big one... a standalone software editor!

Veeter · Joined: 13 Apr 2020 Posts: 18

More filter options would be nice!

Not looking for M1 sounds, as I'm not a fan of that era of sound, in general, but I can see how many might want that.

Here's an idea... allow the ability to apply a scale to the pitch lane. In other words, it will have it so the sequence only plays notes of a particular scale.

The ability to make our own collections on the WS, not just in the editor. Sometimes I make a new patch and I want to put it into a new collection, right away.

And of course, import our own waves, but if that happens, also a way to have it so we can make multisamples mapped to keys, to make it a program. That could be done in the librarian.

Of course, the big one... a standalone software editor!

afr · Senior Member Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 315

- import wave file
- pc/Mac editor

Narioso · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:59 am Post subject:

Biggest miss they did so far to me
- sample lane
- load a multisample
- transpose semitones

this does not use map, but transpose with pitch algos.

I found this looking at why a preset sounded so awful and harsch.

- first sample in sample lane was transposed down 12 semitones
- then in pitch lanes transpose up 24 semitones, 19 semitones in steps

What are the odds this sounding good.

Pitchlane can select if to use map or actual sample - but Sample lane not - according to manual.

My conclusion is that pitching a multisample down an octave in sample lane makes it the actual sample - and then map has no functionality on this from pitch lane not being multisample anymore.

In pitchlane you can select transpose which can use map, or tune which does not use map.

So what I want - unless I misunderstood - is that Sample lane do transpose from map if multisample.

It's a strange quirk they did in this preset, but just use to learn the intricate details this unit offers.
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bobbybland · Full Member Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 155

It'd be great to see Korg bring us an editor, option to import Multisamples. Anything!!
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smurf606 · Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 9

1/start and end points WITHIN a single sample (step) rather than within the sample lane as a whole.
2/Chord from pitch lane in a single layer - some kind of chord mode? Maybe I'm missing something here?
Thanks!

RobustAmerican · Full Member Joined: 18 Dec 2018 Posts: 114 Location: USA

smurf606 · Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 9

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smurf606 · Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 9

...also being able to use the shape lane as a source for anything - not just amp. Think I tried this a bunch of times .... maybeI'm doing something wrong

smurf606 · Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 9

mattydaniels · Joined: 28 Nov 2020 Posts: 5

another problem noticed is the sound cuts out on some patches and transistioning between patches totally kills the sound and have to retrigger it

Bozzy · Joined: 28 Nov 2020 Posts: 13

Wavestate is a really great machine! But as a downside, it's also quite demanding in terms of programming effort.

I've got a couple of requests, if someone at Kord is reading here:

1) Make cursor buttons "auto-repeating", I mean, it'll be very useful to scroll thru such long lists of samples or presets, or maybe also thru parameters.

2) Maybe this is my fault (still learning all the settings), but this morning I was editing my first simple Performance, it had 3 layers, so I've edited each of them and at the end I pressed something wrong and voilà, all my work's gone. Maybe ask to save if something was changed in the selected Performance (or Layer, or Lane, etc)?

Cheers,
Bozzy

oniram · Joined: 01 Nov 2020 Posts: 9

First of all, make the reverb send amount programmable per layer.

Second, a computer editor.

Unfortunately, I find that the other main shortcomings of the Wavestate would require hardware mods.

- A Hold button (programmable per Layer), without any menu diving, and

- A Tempo knob, influencing every function that's dependent on internal clock.
On such a "sequence-driven" machine, it's unbelievable that there isn't one. I mean, there's a Tap Tempo button, and not a general Tempo knob?!
Even better would be an encoder, always starting from the present tempo and going slower or faster from there.