This time the first handful of sounds - two electric pianos and three organs - are not such a good prelude to the rest of the contents, though 'Real B3' is good enough (purists might object to velocity sensitivity). I like to be able to take advantage of the facility to trigger Wavesequences from MIDI clocks, so I had to do a little hacking to use these sounds to the max.Ĭard 2 is fairly similar, in that it mixes simulations with the synthetic I can't help thinking that the two should have been separated and given their own cards. on 'Streets Of Frisco'), though I was interested to note that the step length in Wavesequences was such that the sounds cannot be synced to MIDI clocks without prior editing (or rather they can, but the rhythm is not in time with 16th notes). Card 1 contains one or two good examples of the creative use of such loops (eg. One of the Wavestation's great assets is its ability to synthesise rhythmic loops, rather than just play back sampled rhythms which cannot be altered. The bass sounds herein ('Dance/Squash/Pop/Monster Bass') are all a little disappointing. 'Fini' for example, is a glorious, shimmering, textured pad that I can see myself using a good deal, and if I'd spent as long playing all the sounds as I spent dreamily playing with 'Island Winds', you wouldn't see this review in print for another couple of months. The card as a whole contains a slightly uneasy blend of instrument imitations, which tend to be less impressive than the first two organ sounds, and more interesting synth textures. Card 1 kicks off promisingly with 'Rock Organ' and '5-speed Organ', both ballsy and highly playable simulations of one of rock's enduring instrument sounds the latter makes good use of the Wavestation's high-quality effects section in applying both distortion and rotary speaker effects. Four RAM cards from Voice Crystal come under the microscope this month, each containing 50 new Performances for the Korg Wavestation.
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