(A similar workaround applies, since each program in the performance has its own Pre FX, Mod FX, and Delay FX.

Individual samples can’t be piped to different effects.(Workaround: duplicate the program to another in the performance, set the pan for one program to be full left, and the other program to full right, then adjust decibel trim for each sample in one program or the other to shift the balance.)

(Workaround: shift all samples’ volume trim so that the loudest one is set to 0 dB, and make up the resulting volume loss in the program level in the performance, which can be up to +6 dB.)

Individual samples can’t be adjusted to be louder than 0 dB.It’s tedious, and a less welcome kind of flashback to the 1980s.Ī drum kit made like this is a bit limited compared to what can be created on the Kronos: So creating instrument performances is a case of finding an appropriate sample, creating filter and amp envelopes, assigning LFOs, key tracking, velocity sensitivity, etc., etc. But the presets that come with the wavestate, with few exceptions, are grooves or slowly developing pads. It could have: it’s chock full of good samples, hundreds of them. The wavestate, as shipped, has almost no plain instruments-like you’d find in a General MIDI implementation-among its performances. It has a wave sequencer, which is the reason why it can produce elaborate grooves and shifting pads, but these are only peripherally relevant to my experiment, so I won’t go into the wave sequencer much in this post.) (I hasten to add here that the wavestate is a whole lot more than that description. You can mix the levels of the four programs with the vector joystick at top left. Each patch (“performance”) contains up to four parallel programs, and each program is its own sound with its own filter, LFOs, and envelopes. Stripped to the barest, and for the purpose of my experiment, the wavestate is a ROMpler (it plays ROM-based samples), with lots of bells and whistles. I installed it, but everything I mention here is equally true on the 1.0 firmware. As I write this, the wavestate has just received a massive 2.0 update to the firmware, which enables transfer of user-created samples and editing of patches from a USB-connected computer.

Korg wavestate reverb