Wave Sequencing synthesizer from Korg de Wavestate
Legendary synthesis, radically reinvented!
Organic, inspiring and mind-blowingly powerful.
Korg Wavestate KORG’s legendary Wavestation introduced the world to Wave Sequencing, transforming raw samples into sounds that no one had ever heard before. The flagship of the OASYS and KRONOS keyboards, Wave Sequencing has further evolved and expanded it with its unique palette of lush, evolving pads and driving rhythms.
Now KORG is proud to announce the next step in digital synthesis: the korg wavestate. With the radically redesigned Wave Sequencing 2.0, the wavestate delivers amazing, ever-changing sounds with extensive hands-on control.
Far from being a nostalgic reissue, the wavestate was designed from the ground up for a new generation of musicians, producers and composers, following cues from sources as diverse as modular synths, groove boxes and algorithmic composition. The compact form factor, with 37 full-sized keys, is easy to transport and fits neatly into any stage, studio or desktop setup.
Wavestate Wave Sequencing 2.0
With the wavestation, each step of a wave sequence had a duration, a sample, and a pitch. This created ear-pleasing patterns, but the patterns repeated themselves over and over. What if they could evolve in organic, unexpected ways, instead of just repeating?
Wave Sequencing 2.0 breaks down the timing, the order of the samples and the melody so that each can be manipulated independently. New attributes have also been added, including shapes, gate times, and step sequencer values. Each of these is a ‘Lane’, and each Lane can have a different number of steps and its own start, end and loop points.
Whenever the sequence moves forward, the individual lanes are combined to create the output. For example, a sample can be associated with a different duration, pitch, shape, gate length, and step sequence value each time it is played. You can modulate each lane’s start, end, and loop points individually for each note, using velocity, LFOs, envelopes, mod buttons, or other controllers. Each note in a chord can play something different!
Lanes can also randomize the step order each time they play, with real-time control over the range of the steps recorded. Finally, individual steps can be skipped arbitrarily, with a modulable probability of 0 to 100%. The result is organic, ever-changing sounds that respond to your control. The korg wavestate’s four built-in arpeggiators can work together with wave sequences for even more possibilities.
