Korg’s wavestate synthesizer introduced in 2020 kickstarted their innovative line of digital instruments, now also consisting of opsix and modwave. Wavestate continues to stand out from the crowded synth market with its multi-lane sample sequencing focus, inspired by Korg’s classic wavestation from 1990. Despite shipping with a sizable multi-gigabyte sample library, one feature request that’s surfaced regularly
Korg’s software recreations of their own classic synthesizers such as MS-20, PolySix and Wavestation date back to 2004 with the release of the ‘KORG Legacy Collection’. Amongst the first virtual instruments to offer truly authentic hardware emulation (both analog and digital), they’re arguably as pioneering as the instruments they set out to recreate, putting KORG’s legendary back catalog of instruments into the hands of
With the incoming Korg Wavestate re-introducing the term vector synthesis into the modern synth-nerd’s vernacular, it’s high time we explore just what the heck that means, and what it enables us to do. Vector synthesis was originally conceptualised and explored by Sequential Circuits on their
