Infinite Space - Modwave Space Ambient 

Thanks, that’s kind of you 😊. Glad you liked it 🎶

Yup, it’s great :-)

Thanks, Ken. The modwave is great for pads and drones :-).

Thank you, Michael. Wavetable synths like the modwave are great for these kinds of sounds :-)

Waveformer has some great videos , check them out if your curious.

I got this, wavestate and ASM Hydra in a burst of excitement. Still learning the new tricks! Lots better than old school gear that busts way too often and sound great but we already have that stuff, right? Keyboard tech to the rescue!

Happy to hear you find the comments useful :-). Keep jammin’ 🎶🎹😀

Thank you 😊

The Wavestate is the ultimate ambient machine with it's four parts.

@@straighttalk2069 It's a pity that I can't have all of them to test for months, I can only judge via YT. In the ModWav I like that it works with wavetables, not via sampled instruments. But what can I tell when I can't test them...and then there's the new sample import on both. Also, the Kaoss-pad is a nice touch, lol.

@@Aetila you're in luck then lol now that the native versions are out, you can just demo all you want.

buy the vst!

@@psychovoices I love the ModWav Kaoss-pad, that looks like great fun for realtime modulations. 🙂

Glad you liked it 😊

That’s cool 😀. It’s a great synth with incredible deep modulation and synthesis capabilities.

@@Waveformer understood, I bought myself the wavestate in the end. Found one for an incredible price. Great work 👍👋

Stearns and Roach did this stuff almost 40 years ago, however, they have not moved on and are still doing one note concerts, Waveformer is much better.

😊🎹🎛️🎶

I have both the Hydrasynth and the modwave, and love them both. Great sonic palette, good effects, and deep programming possibilities. On the modwave you can import your own wavetables and samples, so it’s a little bit more open in that respect. But both sound and feel great. The poly aftertouch keyboard on the Hydra is wonderful to play. I see Korg recently released a MIDI keyboard with the same keybed as the Hydra. Perhaps that’ll end up in their future synths as well.

@@Waveformer Hi 👋 Thank you for the reply and info 🙏🏻 … there’s some very interesting options isn’t there. A good challenge to ponder. Well I think I’ll save for the Hydra Deluxe… I have the Korg Wavestate which in terms of the samples there is a crossover with the modwave and a different manufacturer will no doubt give me a different sound palette to add to my setup… going to take a hike but it’ll be a beautiful flagship.

Me too. The Wavestate has plenty of depth to keep me exploring and learning for a long time.

I remember when Floyd was hella good. Then politics set in. like bone cancer. This machine has potential to make the new stuff.

Glad you liked it. Thanks for listening 😀

I got the WS in 20, and just brought my Opsix home last week. It will be a while, but I wonder if I'll end up with the whole trio eventually. This one has its own unique character, as the others do.

I was wondering the same. But the amp envelope can't be looped, or am I missing something? In the modwave native demo that I have here I can't set the amp env sustain below zero. So I guess he uses the cycling envelopes just to modulate the sound/timbre instead of sustaining the notes....

Great topic, what is a cycling envelope? Trying to figure out and learning this machine.

Yup. Just the modwave. No effects added. The built in effects are very good.

The modwave is full of surprises and can buck like a bronco in a wind storm. bring carrots and a sugar lump.

add effects anyway, more cowbell. More Cowbell!!!

Wow that is Really Awesome... So little Synth.... Makes sooo big big Soundscapes.... Korg best Work Series... 💪👍👍😍👏👏👏

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WaveFormer - are you using external effects for these performances ?

The modwave is better suited for these slowly evolving textures as the modwave’s wavetable oscillator allows for smoother and more varied changes in timbre than the Wavestate’s sample based engine. But the Wavestate is incredibly flexible, so you could probably create something with the same feel as this.

@@Waveformer Many thanks to you for your answer waveformer. Love your music...

I’ve not had that problem. TS+TS to TRS and into the mixer works just fine, both with and without effects. I’m struggling to come up with a good explanation for your problem. Is the signal in very weak and you always boost the volume in the first effect unit on the MS70? If you connect your synth directly to your mixer, instead of using the MS70, is the audio level OK? If you bypass all effects in the MS70, the output level is approximately equal to the input.

The modulation features in the modwave are fantastic! I don’t know if any other synth that powerful when it comes to modulation. The synth engine itself is somewhat similar to the Hydrasynth, which also has wavetables and different morph types (called Mutators on the Hydrasynth). The keyboard on the Hydrasynth is better, with polyphonic aftertouch. But the time-based modulation sources on the modwave, with Motion Sequencing, is more powerful than the Hydrasynth. I really enjoy doing sound design on the modwave, as you probably can tell by my videos :-).

Check out vector synths in the 1980s, this is a genuine improvement but I bet my morpheus ,wavestation ,fizmo, waldorf Q and others still sounds plenty active . Unless I add blue, violet or red noise from the Arturia that is. =)

Also Minifreak

Thanks 😊

I think it depends on whether you would like to over time learn about advanced sound design, and/or if you would like play advanced patches with lots of modulation. If you want a simpler and easier to learn synth, the Minilogue XD or the Arturia MiniFreak could be excellent choices. They are both easy to grasp and you'll learn to use them quickly. It's not that much more difficult to learn the basics of the modwave, starting with an initial blank patch and just turn knobs and see what happens. But being able to use the modwave to its fullest potential requires some more time than more basic synths like the Minilogue XD and the MiniFreak.

@@Waveformer Thanks!

All three of the new digital trio are very different synths and the Wavestate is a powerful tool but has a completely different synth engine and sound altogether from the Modwave. The truth is you need all three! I went with the Modwave because I have the Wavestation plugin for iOS which scratches that wave sequencing itch. The Modwave is more of a true synth while the Wavestate is more of a powerful sample player. I think your choice could be narrowed down by assessing what you already have and taking note of the type of music you want to create. You'll have to do a bit of research.

Good reply from @TYPE-56. The two synths are different enough that it’s worth having both. That said, you already have a Wavestate, and then you know what to expect from the modwave. The philosophy behind the the two devices is very similar. The modwave is better at nuances and you have much better and fine grained control of the oscillators, whereas the use of samples in the Wavestate makes it more snapshot-based for each step in a wavesequence, if that made sense. I’m very much into sound design and love the modwave for the advanced oscillators and modulation capabilities. In the end it’s about what you love to do, what kind of music you like to create, what other gear you have, etc. The modwave takes some time to learn properly, but in the end it’s worth it, for me at least.

Ok, thank you. Maybe I have to make the family complete. I already have the Wavestate and the Opsix. But that has to wait a bit. I got the Arturia Polybrute two months ago and I'm busy with it for now.

@@Fuchs-Music wow! The Polybrute looks and sounds fantastic!

@@Waveformer I was thinking of buying the wavestate first because of the music I’m into. I guess its better for ambient “ type “ music.

I’m working on it :-)

@@Waveformer Thank you! The documentation you did on the Wavestate pack was just fantastic and very useful!

Hm. That's not an easy question to answer. Different people have different opinions regarding digital and analog synths, which sounds best, which sounds warmer, etc. But since you already have the modwave, I would experiment with making analog sounds and see how you like that. It's often best to play with (and master) the synth you have instead of dreaming of something else. The modwave is extremely flexible and can definitely be made to sound analog. Try using only Layer A. Set osc 1 to a saw wave and osc 2 to a square wave one octave below. Do pulse width modulation on the square wave. Add a little bit of noise. Add some random pitch change (on the Program Setup page). Detune Osc 1 and Osc 2 slightly (one a few cents up, the other a few cents down). Use the MS10 LP or Polysix filter with a little bit of resonance. Add a little bit of stereo chorus. A big reverb and some dotted eighth note delay doesn't hurt. Play with the Filter and Amp envelopes. You can also set up a pitch LFO around 5-6 Hz - just a tiny bit of intensity. I think the filter models are quite nice and "analog sounding". I think it's definitely possible to get analog sounding sounds out of the modwave. But in the end it comes down to what inspires you and what sounds you like. I would definitely try out analog synths if you have a synth shop nearby. The Minilogue XD sounds good, I think. I have the Monologue and I'm very happy with that. It's a lovely instrument with its own unique character. However, it's a very different synth than the modwave and is nowhere near as versatile when it comes to sound design.

@@Waveformer Tnx for responding..i needed to hear that' and the settings tips are like a mini tutorial ..so thanx for that also

Tough choice! The Iridium sounds absolutely amazing. Personally, I prefer hardware synths to soft synths, but I suspect you’ll be happy whatever choice you make.

No added reverb. The built-in reverb is quite good, especially if you edit it in the PC/Mac editor.

@@Waveformer awesome!! I appreciate your reply!!! Subbed

he is using sustain pedal.

Hi. An oscillator can play just one multi sample. So Layer A Osc 1 and Osc 2 can play one multi sample each. And Layer B Osc 1 and Osc 2 can play one multi sample each. So it’s two multi samples per layer for a total of four multi samples in one performance.

@@Waveformer that's great cheers!

I use one of the choir samples in oscillator 2 layer B. The rest is wavetables. I could probably have done without the choir sample and the patch would sound mostly the same. I think the samples complement the wavetables in a nice way.

@@Waveformer Tusen takk for your response. Btw. I suppose I want to gather equipment for DAWless music production. I really don't like all this sound design and other work with the mouse and having to click play, pause, record and so on all the time 😆 anyhow, in the bigger picture I'm aiming for Korg Wavestate, Modwave, Opsix, Minilogue XD and probably Elektron Cycles. I have an focusrite audio interface and ofc monitors. But then... I have no idea what I need to synchronise the internal clocks of the devices and how to mix them properly, etc. What type of gear do I need for that? I'm on a budget (as you see I'm not going for the most expensive synths).

@@vidarhjal you can connect all devices to your computer and do the clock sync using MIDI over USB. If you use your DAW as master clock everything should be in sync automatically. I don’t use a DAW but instead use the Retrokits RK-006 to sync everything over standard MIDI (not USB). As for audio, either use a sound cards with enough input and record directly to the DAW, or use an external mixer. I use the Bluebox mixer for this. There are cheaper mixers out there. Or you could build your own passive mixer for less than 10 USD. Schematics in the community section of my RU-vid channel. Good luck :-).

@@Waveformer Tusen takk again :)

samples are the oscillators. Not stuck with ONLY square waves, sine etc. Try a car crash effect?

Hi Eric. It’s a custom patch, but I haven’t released any patches for the modwave yet.

@@Waveformer Ah OK, maybe share this one as a teaser for a Modwave set? 😀

No, not yet. I still have so much to explore with the modwave. But I certainly will link them up some time.

He made an amazing patch collection, I suggest buying it for the information as well as the patches. Grreat bargain!

Oh, yes, it definitely is. Lots of modulation options and a very powerful synth engine. The effects are also great, especially if you use the software editor.

@@Waveformer Thank you.

Do you know Argon8? I’m so stuck between this and that and can’t decide! Amazing demo by the way. The best I’ve heard!

@@lukehunnable I bought the Modwave a couple months ago, and love it. I have tried the Argon 8 out, and didn't take to it, but I hear good things about it.