Korg Wavestation SR Synthesizer Demo Songs

Published on May 22, 2015 Sound Programming

"Factory demo songs from the Korg Wavestation SR rackmount synthesizer recorded direct with no effects.

The Wavestation SR was the last and most advanced synthesizer in Korg's Wavestation series. It had the expanded 4MB ROM (484 waveforms) found in the Wavestation EX and A/D and contained more patches, patch memories, wave sequences, and sequence step memory than the previous models.

The Wavestation SR lacks a vector joystick and needs an external controller to take full advantage of its abilities. It pairs nicely with a Yamaha vector synthesizer, such as the SY22, SY35, or TG33 and can be controlled with the MIDI joystick data transmitted by those devices.

Song list:

1. Funkafire! (0:02)
2. WaveShift (1:35)
3. Dire Rain (3:40)
4. ElectroFunk (5:37)

For more information about this and other synthesizers, please visit http://soundprogramming.net/synthesiz..."

Victor Part 3 - Detailed Tutorial (2 of 2 )

video upload by O.Z. Hall

O.Z. Hall Victor posts

"This video is a follow-up my Victor Part 2 video covering the details of the Behringer Victor module. This eurorack module is a quad digital oscillator which is based on the Prophet VS synthesizer from Sequential Circuits. This technology is called Vector Synthesis. It was the basis for the Korg Wavestation and the Yamaha SY22 and TG33 synthesizers.
Part 3 (this video) continues this detailed tutorial with more Use Cases and a look at software available for the Behringer Victor Module.

TIMECODE
0:00 - Intro Part 3
0:30 - Use Case: Voice Architecture Alternatives
2:06 - Use Case: Audio FM into a 921b Oscillator
3:52 - Use Case: Victor as LFO melody generator
6:51 - Use Case: Joystick output +/- 5V
8:41 - Synthtribe Software
12;51 - Victor Editor Software
16:24 - Conclusion Part 3"

Minilogue xd - Vintage Choir Waveforms 80's and 90's Synth Vox

video upload by Oscelot

"Minilogue XD/Prologue Vintage 80's and 90's Synth Vox User Oscillator Bundle

0:00 Single notes
2:20 Chords
4:54 Chord Mode

https://oscelot.gumroad.com/l/80s-90s...

Breathe new life into your Korg Minilogue XD or Prologue with with this bundle of 26 x User Oscillators for the Korg Minilogue XD and Korg Prologue. Featuring voices from 80's and 90's keyboards and modules, including: Korg M1, M3R, 01W, NS5R, Triton, Yamaha TG500, TG55, SY22, FS1R, Roland JV2080, D10, JD990, U110, Kawai K1, Alesis Proteus, Kurzweil K2000"

Yamaha SY22 Dynamic Vector Synthesizer Keyboard

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Victor Part 2 - Detailed Tutorial (1 of 2 )

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"This video is a follow-up to my Behringer Victor unboxing video. If you have not seen that I suggest you watch it first [posted here].

Part 2 is the first of two videos covering the details of the Behringer Victor module. This eurorack module is a quad digital oscillator which is based on the Prophet VS synthesizer from Sequential Circuits. This technology is called Vector Synthesis. It was the basis for the Korg Wavestation and the Yamaha SY22 and TG33 synthesizers. Part 3 will continue this detailed tutorial with more Use Cases and a look at software support.

TIMECODE
0:00 - Intro Part 2
1:16 - User Interface
3:38 - Control Inputs and Outputs
6:48 - Use Cases: Mix Modulation
10:28 - Mix Envelopes
16:43 - Conclusion Part 2"

Yamaha SY22 TG33 SY35 Rom Voice Cards

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Shofuku via this auction

Stage via this auction

Studio via this auction

These are the cards.  They came in CD cases which you can see here.

Yamaha TG33 Vector Synth

video upload by Franz Kreimer Keys

"In this video i play several sounds of the Yamaha TG33 (1990)
Vector Synthesizer.
The TG33 is the modul version of the SY22 Synthesizer."

Synth Brochures

for anyone interested there are a number of synth brochures up for auction this auction.

Korg Wavestation.

Some synth history: when Sequential Circuits absolved, Dave Smith went on to Yamaha to work on the SY22 and TG33 Vector Synths, a direct descendant of the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS vector synthesizer. He then went on to KORG to produce the KORG Wavestation also a vector wavetable synthesizer. He finally ended up forming Dave Smith Instruments where he now produces the Evolver and Prophet '08 synths. An interesting note is that the Evolver line features both analog oscillators and the digital oscilators of the Prophet VS, but there is not joystick to morph between OSCs like his previous vector synths.

Note that the difference between a vector synthesizer and a wavetable synth like the PPG Waves and Waldorf line of wavetable synths is that a vector synth typically has four digital oscillators with various waveforms that you can adjust the volume of each with a joystick. A wavetable synth on the other hand has a wavetable with multipe single cycle waveforms that you can assign to each oscillator. You can then assign a modulation source like an LFO or envelope to sweep through that wavetable. This obviously makes the voice sound dynamic as you hold a key down. The Wavestation hand a bith of both. You could sweep through waves to create motion and you had the joystick to adjust the levels of each OSC. The one thing I am curious about however is if the Wavestation had wavetables in the sense of the PPG and Waldorf synth or if it rather swept through the different digital oscillator types. If you know, feel free to comment.

YAMAHA SY35 Vector Synthesizer 1992 | HD DEMO

Published on Aug 13, 2019 AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2019 by AnalogAudio1

I played the YAMAHA SY35 without any additional effects or eq.

The vector synthesizer Yamaha SY35 came out 1992 and was the successor of the successful SY22. The SY35 has partly new/different waveforms, new and better drum samples (16-bit).

Although instruments like Roland D-50 and Kawai K-1 have joysticks to mix parts of the sound, they are not vector synths. A real vector synth can reproduce the vector moves within a sound program.

The SY35 is a quite simple but effective vector synthesizer - simple to use and to program. No filters. One sound consist of 2 or 4 elements 2 FM (4-op frequency modulation) and 2 AWM (sample playback). You can record a vector move into a patch and play it back with a keystroke. You could edit and loop the vector moves, edit the speed... you can achieve some really interesting, dynamic sounds. Built in effect processor for reverb and delay. The effects can not be tweaked.

You hear sounds created by me and some factory presets."

Notes on the Kawai K5000s by Arthur Green

Arthur sent me some notes on the Kawai K5000s. I actually have one and thought it was a good perspective on the K5000s, so I asked Arthur if I could put it up. Note the Kawai K5000s is a hybrid synth featuring both additive synthesis (where you add or remove harmonics to create sounds), and standard PCM based sample synthesis. Arthur mentions the Korg Wavestation which uses vector synthesis first introduced with the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS by Dave Smith. Dave actually went on to work on the Yamaha TG33 and SY22 vector synths and then the Korg Wavestations. Vector synthesis allows you to morph between the samples in memory for any given patch (usually consisting of four samples) with a vector joystick. With the Wavestation you can have wavesequences that allow you to morph between the source samples over time for evolving textures. The comparison Arthur refers to with the K5000 is in reference to sound and textures. You an assign envelopes to the individual harmonics that make up a given sound on the K5000s for some incredible evolving textures. That said...

"A lot of people like to compare the K5000 to other synthesizers, noteably Korg's Wavestation. Apples and oranges, if you ask me. While both excel at those sounds that seem to move and slither onwards forever, they really aren't much alike in either function or personality. And I'll be the first to tell you that the K5000 suffers from some crippling design deficiencies, not the least of which are poor envelope contouring, loss of fidelity on the lower registers and excessive aliasing on the upper registers (something you may not notice immediately unless you play your K5000 from a six or seven octave keyboard), partial frequencies are fixed in a harmonic series, issues with cheap construction (particularly with the R and W models), weird patch memory management, no microtuning support, limited polyphony (and appropriately, a crude voice-stealing algorithm), a nearly useless Multi mode (these last two issues are why I bought three of them!), and an occasionally quirky MIDI implementation.

But, I'm still amazed at how expressive these synthesizers are, especially when paired with a decent controller keyboard. (I've always played my Rs from a Kurzweil Midiboard.) The fact that nearly every important parameter can be tied to velocity, keyscale, or a controller destination is remarkable. And while the sound may not stand up to the quality offered by more refined hardware and today's software synthesizers, it definitely has its own distinctive edge, which I've generally found very appealing; maybe mostly because they might sound like the kind of person I probably am. (They are my voice, musically speaking, are they not?)

Far from the sedate new-agey sounds (which are often fairly predictable and difficult to control) or techno jibes (which are usually pale imitations of other synthesizers) that most demo MP3s on the net like to showcase, this synthesizer is very good at shrill leads (with nice portamento "squips"), harsh pads (thanks in no small part due to the *amazing* amounts of self-oscillation and distortion capable with the resonance filter), and prickly harmonic arpeggiator/ sequencing effects with some of the nicest onboard delays you could ask for. It's certainly a synth you can ruin your ears over. (I know, as I've done a fair bit of damage myself!) No, it's certainly not a jack of all trades, but it's no one-trick pony either. The caveat is that you have to certainly program your own sounds, or mess about with the factory presets so that they (quickly) become your own presets. But, you'll be well-rewarded!

So, knowing what they're good at, I think these are fine musical instruments. And I suspect I'll be using these for another eight years.

For your amusement, here is a video of one of my live improvisations performed this past June at a local Open Mic. You're hearing two of my three K5000Rs, reverb disabled with no outboard processing:



With the kindest of regards,
\\ Arthur"

You can can find more tracks featuring the K5000s "with the exception of 'Certainty', which has an EII rendering bass and drums" on Arthur's MySpace site.

Update: If you have a K5000s or K5000r you can try some of Arthur's patches here.

"I made them about seven years ago, so they're not exactly a model of good (or even okay) programming. But, they are some of the few sounds I still use today. I'll usually tweak attack/release times, mute sources, adjust pitch envelopes (awesome feature!), or ramp up the one or two USER knobs set for the patch, but overall, they are used as you hear them. (Although velocity response is probably optimized for my Midiboard and not the K5000S!)

SnowFall, especially around C1 (with User knob #1 set to max) and ReignY are my personal favorites.

StarWick is for an arpeggiator. To simulate what I was doing on the Midiboard, set tempo to about 95 with notes at 16, user knob 1 to max, run the arp at about 100% gate with a down pattern on mode 2 (one octave span from latched notes). Play one note at the bottom of the keyboard together with two towards the top to get a cyclical motion (the second note "tap" should align to the next note put on top of it). I typically use the three Rs stacked and tuned an octave apart from one another to get a deep, throaty rhythm."

Fingerwolf Studio Pics

A few studio pics in via Fingerwolf who has a new release out on Hollow Sun Records titled "HERE BE WOLVES". Click through to check it out.

Pictured:
Emu Proteus
Yamaha SY22
MFOS Weird Sound Generator

Click the pics for the full size shots.

Other gear used: "I use Kontakt (Hollow Sun Novachord library is excellent!) and Abysnth as well as the Reason synths. Various other bits of kit have come and gone, but pop up on various of the tracks on Here Be Wolves: Blofeld, Monomachine, Machinedrum, Roland SH-201, Nord Lead 2, a Spector bass, and a Roland v-drum kit."

Korg Wavestate - No talking demo - Part 1

video upload by Andrea Di Lorenzo - Music Lab

"Hi, everyone!

Here's to you the amazing Korg Wavestate, the new frontier in Wave Sequencing synthesis, originally introduced by the Korg Wavestation (but also the Prophet VS, the Yamaha SY22, the Yamaha TG33 and some other legendary synths).


◉ The new Wavesequencing 2.0 that lets you create an ever-changing sound of incredible depth;
◉ Vector joystick X/Y for the control of the 4 layers;
◉ Filters derived from MS-20 and Polysix;
◉ Onboard effects;
◉ Gigabytes of raw samples;
◉ 37 full-size keys;
◉ 64 stereo voices;
◉ and much more.

Wavestate can give you extensive modulation capabilities and with the new Sample Builder you can also load up to 4 Gigabytes of your own multisamples.

But most of all, I really love its overall stunning sound quality, reminiscent of modular synthesizers, groove boxes, algorithmic generators and much more.

In this demo I just go through some presets among my favourites. No additional effects or outboard processing here. What you listen is what you get!"

Korg Wavestation EX Vector Synthesizer SN 004426 with New Backlight

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For those unfamiliar with Vector synthesis, think of being able to pan between the individual oscillators. Typically Vector synths have four oscillators with various waveforms you can pic from. You then use a joystick to morph between them. In reality you are adjusting the various mix levels of each with all levels max when the joystick is in the center. The Prophet VS from Sequential Circuits was the first Vector synth. When DSI ended the technology went to Yamaha and Korg. Yamaha came out with the SY22 and TG33 Vector synths and Korg came out with the Wavestation. The Wavestation added Wave Sequencing to the picture which allowed you to sequence through the various waveforms of an oscillator similar to Wavetable synthesis, but instead of having discrete Wavetables to sequence through you sequenced through all waveforms available. It's similar but the implementation of each is different enough to have you approach them differently.

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UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

video uploads by UVI

Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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Sequential Circuits PROPHET VS Digital Vector Synthesizer with 1.2 OS

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Note the comment in the following description regarding it doesn't sound like a subtractive synth is a bit misleading. It is a subtractive synth with four digital oscillators that you can morph through. That said, with its analog filters it does sound amazing. Vector synthesis made its way in entirely digital form into the Yamaha TG33 & SY22, followed by the KORG Wavestation.

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Yamaha TG33 - preset demos 1

YouTube via RanKirlian | August 05, 2010

"Yamaha TG33, desktop version of the Yamaha SY22, focus into vector synthesis while having FM synthesis too. The result is a nice and rare machine with lo-fi waveforms mixed with FM timbres, great to create ambient and new age complex pads and nice metallic, bell and pecussive sounds for industrial, noise and dark ambient.

This demo shows some TG33 presets with a little joystick edition. Reverb come on the recording process to DAW."

KORG Wavestation EX

via this auction

"Korg Wavestation EX synthesizer, one of Korg's most legendary productions. This is the synth that Korg endowed with a 4-way vector control joystick that allows you to precisely shape your sounds on the fly... Little-known fact: The Wavestation was designed by the one and only Dave Smith, originally of Sequential Circuits."

Note Dave Smith worked at Yamaha prior to KORG. The Yamaha SY22 and TG33 also featured vector synthesis.

Prophet VS Rack for $175

Title link takes you to the closed auction with a Buy it Now of $175. Just wanted to shar the pain...

"This is a rare but very cool find. It's in excellent working condition and in very good shape aesthetically considereing its age! It was used by a world class film composer. You probably would hear sounds from this unit in some of his earlier film scores. Power cord is included but no manual. Vector Synthesis is a type of audio synthesis introduced by Sequential Circuits in the Prophet VS synthesizer during 1986. The concept was subsequently used by Yamaha in the SY22/TG33 and similar instruments and by Korg in the Wavestation. Controlling the mix of four sound waves by defining a point on a vector plane using a joystick The Prophet VS vector synthesizer, which was Sequential's only digital synthesizer, came out in early 1986. Boasting a synthesis scheme known as vector synthesis, it combined the revolutionary digital waveform generator and vector joystick to the tried and proven analog Curtis filter, and resulted in a unique instrument with a very distinct sound. It still sees heavy use today despite its reliance on rare custom components with a high failure rate. Vector synthesis provides movement in a sound by providing dynamic cross-fading between (usually) four sound sources. The four sound sources are conceptually arranged as the extreme points of X and Y axes, and typically labelled A, B, C and D. A given mix of the four sound sources can be represented by a single point in this 'vector plane'. Movement of the point provides sonic interest and is the power of this technique. Mixing is frequently done using a joystick, although the point can be controlled using envelope generators or LFOs. "

Edisyn 26 Free Open Source Patch Editor Released

You can find it here.

"Edisyn is a free open source patch editor for a number of synthesizers. Version 26 has new editors for the M-Audio Venom, Waldorf Kyra, and Casio CZ-230S. Version 26 also has several new patch exploration tools, including real-time morphing between four patches, and merging of random patch pairs from your synthesizer. Version 26 also has many bug fixes and improvements.

Edisyn runs on the Mac, Windows, and Linux.

At present Edisyn supports: the Alesis D4 and DM5; Casio CZ series; DSI Prophet '08, Mopho series, and Tetra; E-Mu Proteus 1/2/3, Morpheus, and UltraProteus; Kawai K1, K4, and K5; Korg MicroKorg, MicroSampler, SG Rack, and Wavestation SR; M-Audio Venom; Novation Drumstation and D Station; Oberheim Matrix 6, 6R, and 1000; Preen FM2; Red Sound DarkStar; Roland D-110, JV-80, and JV-880; Waldorf Blofeld, Microwave XT and XTk, and Kyra; most Yamaha 4-Operator FM Synths (such as the TX81Z and DX11); Yamaha FB-01; Yamaha DX7, TX7, TX216/816, Dexed, Korg Volca FM, and other DX7 compatible synths; Yamaha FS1R; Yamaha TG33, SY22, and SY35; Tuning standards and MTS; and generic CC, NRPN, and RPN control.

Edisyn has infinite levels of undo, a broad spectrum of patch exploration and creation tools (mutation, merging, nudging, morphing, blending, and evolutionary methods), and a wide array of other useful features. Try it out!"