Every so often someone asks about the “Original,” original Korg Wavedrum—the one that came out it 1994! For others, they never knew that such an instrument existed. I thought it would be cool to have one place were we could gather pics, video clips and other media sources as a tribute to the Wavedrum that started it all. That being said, it’s impossible to begin such a topic without paying tribute to the fine efforts of Tim Pasch. I started a previous thread about his most-excellent site dedicated to the 1994 Wavedrum which you can find here:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... d7dd6b6c27
According to the interview on Tim’s site with the Wavedrum designers, Mr. Mori and Mr. Motohasi, Korg produced about 700 to 800 of the Original Wavedrums. Of those, they only made about 20 of the extremely rare ones that came in different colors—black, red, or green. It’s my understanding that the Original Wavedrum sold for close to $3,000.00 (and maybe even more with the editing controller). I don't own one of the "Original" ones myself, in fact I've never even had the opportunity to play on one. But I just love how substantial and artistic the design was. I find it to be very compelling and intriguing.
Here a couple of nice pictures I found of the Original Wavedrum.
This is one is fascinating because it's one of the few images I've ever found of the RE-1 Editing Controller that came with the Original Wavedrum. Look at that thing!
"The RE1 connects via a multi-pin socket at the back of the instrument, alongside which are a pair of output jacks, a pedal input, 'Rim' in, and MIDI In, Out, and Thru ports. The pedal input is useful, giving you continuous controller pedal control of any parameter within a program."
I've collected quite a few links and resources over the past couple days. I'll try to pace myself and not post everything all at once. But let's get this started...
I found that Sound-On-Sound review yesterday and was going to post a link as well.
