The two primary synthesis concepts designed into the Wavestation were Wave Sequencing and vector synthesis, the latter Korg dubbed 'Advanced Vector Synthesis'. The Wavestation lineup consisted of four models: the Wavestation and Wavestation EX keyboards, and the Wavestation A/D and Wavestation SR rackmount sound modules.

Keyboard Magazine readers gave the Wavestation its 'Hardware Innovation of the Year' award, and in 1995 Keyboard listed it as one of the '20 Instruments that Shook the World.' The Wavestation's 'Advanced Vector Synthesis' sound architecture resembled early vector synths such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS.ĭesigned as a 'pure' synthesizer rather than a music workstation, it lacked an on-board song sequencer, yet the Wavestation, unlike any synthesizer prior to its release, was capable of generating complex, lush timbres and rhythmic sequences that sounded like a complete soundtrack by pressing only one key. Its primary innovation was Wave Sequencing, a method of multi-timbral sound generation in which different PCM waveform data are played successively, resulting in continuously evolving sounds. The Korg Wavestation is a vector synthesis synthesizer first produced in the early 1990s and later re-released as a software synthesizer in 2004.

8 parts (Wavestation, EX and A/D) and 16 (SR)Ĥ x 32 digital oscillators with over 200 waves eachĢ x 32 – Triangle, Square, Sawtooth, Ramp

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