Mighty Motif Max Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Korg did it!! A 61-key Wavestate! The Wavestate SE. And it WILL have aftertouch!! Known Info: - 61-key version of current 37-key wavestate now with aftertouch - New internal programs added, all sound programs optimized for aftertouch - Solid build, aluminum panel and knobs [video:youtube] Not much info but there are a bunch of new Korg products on this page: https://korg-us.com/future-product-preview/ 1 Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76, PC4 (88) | Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 AnotherScott - it's got space for two iPads! Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jejefunkyman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I want one!!!!! Sounds pretty damn good!! And I'm not so much into electronic music, but maybe this one would help me make the plunge ah ah!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Damn you Korg! Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 And they didn't do a damn thing to improve the user interface. FML. Well, I was worried that my GearLab thread and YouTube series about the Wavestate, which have been incredibly difficult for me because of the convoluted UI, would be made obsolete... but now it's going to be more important than ever because they're actually shipping a model that the folks in KC (and a lot of others) are going to want to get their hands on. I've gotten a number of comments on my YouTube channel thanking me for going into the machine in so much detail, since the manual is nearly useless and all the other YT videos seem to be rapid gloss-overs. So: time to gird my loins and do my best to finish it up and do it properly, so other people can really enjoy working with this machine, which honestly sounds just incredible and deserves a lot of love for that. (For folks who don't know: the original receives aftertouch and poly aftertouch so the new voices should work fine with external MIDI control. It'd be nice if they'd made a small xd version, but as AquilaRift has pointed out, I guess that's not going to happen. Alas.) Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEB Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Something not boring. Quote "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Seems like a neat instrument. I'll admit to not checking out its predecessor. Somewhere way back in time, I played a friend's OG Wavestation and I owned a Wavestation SR for maybe a year - I remember buying it on the cheap for maybe $150 and I couldn't find a place for the sounds in my general business band. So I sold it for $250. I'm getting more into "stuff I can do at home" particularly during the pandemic, so these more experimental soundscapes could be appealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Interesting. Lots of room on top. Can slap a JU-06 and a Blofeld on opposite sides. Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Ha, didn't even notice - pitch and mod on the left. Awesome. Now, if only I was a billionaire with lots of free time...tons of neat gear coming out lately! Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76, PC4 (88) | Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Now, if only I was a billionaire with lots of free time...tons of neat gear coming out lately! If only. That would certainly be unpresidented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 This thing almost makes me mad, heh. I'm getting nostalgic synth-wood that echoes the madness I took up when I got a Korg 01Wfd and the Real Work could begin. I loosely wish I was 22 again and setting up my first Big Kahuna rig, after the usual toy-to-mid-range-synths period we all go through. The first time you lay hands to real power is a golden thing. The options now are hallucinatory. I can easily see this with an iPad on one side and a complimentary module on the other, like an Opsix, ahem. Betcha Korg can, too, with the pad surely running Gadget. Hurrah for aftertouch, BTW. A gratifying release. Too bad I'm on the far end of calcification. I've had to move from actual keyboard playing to controller poking. No complaint in the end, since its still one of those great hallucinatory modules I mentioned. As Dr. Mike points out, the sound is sometimes jaw-dropping. Remember, that panel is just one of the four separate instruments, internally speaking. It asks a lot of you work-flow-wise, but that's not unlike playing a modest modular. I'll be keen to see how well it does in the first couple of quarters. Quote "We're the crash test dummies of the digital age." ~ Kara Swisher, "Burn Book" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 $999 and I"ll buy 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I wonder if it has the full library of Wavestation cards. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad’Dib Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 This is what I had envisioned for the original WAVESTATION when KORG released it, back in 1990. At least there are knobs now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Korg Wavestate SE is still in development and date/price TBA. Quote Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Per Dan Phillips tentative street price is $1599. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphollis Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Zombie thread alert: it's been a year (exactly) since we were told about this. It's annoying because I want/need a Wavestate for certain material, and I would much rather have the SE version than the current 37-key thingie. If they ever ship it, that is. Quote Want to make your band better? Check out "A Guide To Starting (Or Improving!) Your Own Local Band" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Just when you thought you’d forgotten about it, they lure you back in … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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