WAVESTATION EX 

I listened to some 25 Wave*state* demos, and I can‘t help: the Wave*station* sounds better to my ears! I love its ‘digital rawness’ which is missing on the Wavestate. Let alone the ridiculously small keyboard of the the Wavestate. :/

Such a distinctive 90s sound. Very nicely demo'd Mike. Didn't know there was an EX and that it was a better revision of the original. 👍

Oh, this together with K2000 were my favourite synths ever. Beatiful machine, one of it’s kind.

Man, your Wavestation Ex is just like a new unbox.

Great demo. I have owned the original Wavestation for years, I read somewhere that is possible to upgrade to EX. Do you know anything about this?

Amazing sounds out of that Wavestation, great demo of what it is capable of :)

Ahh my band had an AD. Brings back memories. Hey, we in the US are thinking about you guys with the fires in Aus. I gave to WIRES, and Aus Zoo (Irwins) last week and I recommend others do as well. Both animal charities, and confirmed authentic links in my reply to this post below. BE WELL! And keep up the good work.

Lovely, and thank you! What patch are you using at the beginning of the video, where you have such a huge range of tones available from the joystick control?

0:01, man this reminds me of mid 90s pc game. 0:30 almost sounds like wind. I could listen to this for like 60 min lol. 3:26, very cool sounding. 5:33, spooooky, could imagine hearing this in a movie. Thanks for sharing.

That Vector option is insanely cool. Congrats on the album!

looking foward to a walk through of your albim

Hi,....superb demo from this heavyweight. I love this instrument. greetings😉

What waveforms was used at 7:35? Sounds like those really rich pads from some SNES games doing the mid 90s and i love it!! :) A bit hard to see the names on the display btw

Hey mate, could I possibly garner some advice? I'm a synth novice, but loving all the '80s sounds that I grew up with, am in the market for a serious keyboard. It's a long-term ambition really, that I've only recently been able to afford taking seriously. I'm prepared to put in the spadework of learning programming, but don't know what to go for. It's basically between this, the Korg M1 and the Roland D-50. Very tempted to go for the D-50, but formed the impression it's hard to programme? Any advice you could offer would be gratefully received.

Oh my, that pad sound sound at 4:50! That's so Vangel'ish :D That machine sounds bloody fantastic! I'm getting the new Wavestate when it comes out! I'm sooo excited for it! :D

#100ThingsIDo, very nice video on one of my all-time favorite synths; I was fortunate enough to get an EX in great overall condition about a year ago for under $500 (including its original box from ~1991 - even the box was in decent condition, considering). Talk about a deal. Anyway, I was fool enough to part with one back in the day, so I’m glad to have been able to undue that “crime.” Somewhere in the comments here you indicated that the one you’re playing had been in bad shape and needed work. In my case, it has the original display and it’s the only area which needs to be updated with a modern display (currently it’s quite dim but still somewhat legible). As I understand it, the replacement display itself isn’t too costly as a part, but the necessary “surgery” to swap it out (and while under the hood, put in a fresh battery for good measure) requires some time, patience, and a bit of expertise with a soldering iron and requisite electronics knowledge; the latter are not my strong suit. Any advice on this score?

Very cool, thanks for sharing! :)

Deep & warm. This is WS.

Michael, A very nice demo of a very underestimated synth. I've had mine ever since I saw Dave Smith demo one at an audio trade show in Tokyo. The Wavestate is a nice development but I fear it will become the "one finger" synth of choice. The original WS is very playable as demonstrated beautifully by yourself in this video.

How do you system rest a wave station I can’t access ram 1 only ram 2

Awesome, sounds amazing, I have the original wavestation not the EX

hi would you consider making a demo on how to program some of the patches/wave sequences you’ve made on the wavestation? Thanks in advance :D

It sounds great. Can I use this as my main Piano/Keyboard or it's just for synth, sound wise? I saw one for sale here around 300, it says its from Japan and I'm eyeing on it.

In my curiously driven opinion I think it would be cool idea to see what would happen to you marry a Wavestate, "module" lets' say in the future, with a Wavestation EX for additional creative/layered interplay. It's a thought.

This synth gets far less love and attention than it deserves (damn you, user interface!). Some may compare aspects of its technical specs to the PPG, but the WS, particularly given the choice of patches here, exudes more the air of an early-90s successor to the Prophet VS (complete with the distinctly dark aural smoothness characterizing much of Sequential's '80s output, which I can only assume stems from Dave Smith's involvement), and it (mostly, as I probably indicated earlier) doesn't disappoint.

Very tasty indeed! 😍

Based on the specs I've seen it seems the wavestation EX and A/D have 2x47 or 55 effects versus only 16 simultaneous on the new wavestate. Also, the original wavestations seem to have greater multi-timbrality with 32 simultaneous voices versus only 4 on the new wavestate. Or am I misinterpreting the specs?

If you already have Wavestation EX, SR or A/D, do you need to get new Wavestate?

Very nice demo. I lost all my patches when the battery died.

Hello! Wavestation: for pure digital synthesis, this is always my favourite since the 90s, when I tried some keys at a friend, but I never owned one. I think I will look at this in a module version- it's time to have it ;) Your re-launch at bandcamp: great, I saw you have the Buchla Sound in your RU-vid release- I will buy both albums next week and look forward to that day ! If I use some of your free dr[]nes, I will give you message about it, link(s) and gladly your credits in every form of usage ! Have a nice day ;)

Клевый инструмент! Обязательно куплю его опять!

congrats on the album release! can’t wait to hear it!

Awsome sounds! Which waveforms are used in the "Vector"-Patch at ~4:36? Thanks in advance!

I have a Wavestation EX and don't know how to get to the RAM files😞

The Wavestation was the best synth I had, but it broke down too much.

05:00 👍

have u not got woman or dis organized. jobs ..i dont