Thanks for this! After much deliberation, I ordered a Wavestate today. Watching other reviews alone I was worried it was a one trick pony, a sample machine, but your video proved to me it’s got loads of ability to take a basic wave source and you can endlessly model it! More than I need but with all the cool sample potential too! Love it!
Dude. your tutorial for the wavestate is better than Korg's factory videos. I learned more from you in the first 20 minutes of this video than I did watching their whole series. LOVE IT Thank you!
Just purchased Wavestate 2 days ago, your video saved me hours of reading the manual, the good thing you did is that you focused on simplifying the user experience and stayed away from glorifying features. - man! great thing about this keyboard is that it can design any sound you could imagine, i designed Concert grand and a Rhodes by tweaking some knobs. Love it!.
Very seldom do i find videos that i cannot skip through, this guy has such a warm and friendly approach to something that can give you so much and in such a simplistic way! just had this sent by one of my good friends and i’m already hooked on this guy...
Dear Cuckoo, this is one of the best detailed tutorials on the Wavestate. Watched it 3 times exploring and testing different things. It’s really intuitive once you understand the UI patterns.
Nice demo. Thanks for not just playing the factory demo patches like most of the others. No point having a synth like this covered with knobs if the only knob that gets used is the preset selector!
This is really excellent. I just got one and tried watching other tutorials where they fly through the buttons and knobs too fast to follow. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these. Another commenter said, "You're the Bob Ross of Synth tutorials." I have to agree. The others were stressing me out and now I am having fun and the "Ah ha!" lights are coming on!
I know this video is 4 years old, but I just wanted to thank you for such an in depth straightforward tutorial. I got one a couple days ago and you've helped me tremendously!
I’ve watched this video multiple times dreaming of this synth all year since it was announced. This will be the last time watching this video before init tomorrow after it gets delivered 😍
I was like: Oh, a lot of nice little tips and stuff I can use here to understand the Wavestate better. Then you get to the reverse delay part and I'm just transported to another dimension while you play that part. What a lovely effect and the way you used it was just so gorgeous!
Just received the new module version of the synthesizer. I will dig into the settings trying to replicate your tutorial. Thanks for sharing. I hope the Dutch treated you well during your concert. I was born in Arnhem.
@@truecuckoo do you have any advice on isolating specific samples (i.e., horns, percussion) and keeping them organized in the set lists? I want a quick way of building music and remembering what instruments are where. Thank you
I have to say this is one of the better initial reviews of ANYTHING I have ever seen on TH-cam. Just love your character and pace. And it’s fun watching the thought process. You just found a new subscriber!
Ditto! I watched the Wavestate videos when they came out but I've just now ordered mine so watching them again while I wait. As they say, NAMM stands for Not April, Maybe May.
I've always been scared of purchasing a synth as the creation of sounds always looked so complicated. Thank you, for the first time, after seeing many videos on the subject, you have explained it in the speed and clarity to finally allow me to see how. I will now treat myself to the Korg, it looks great fun but I will also play with the pre-sets as they do sound great, thank you so much :) Best wishes David
Thanks for walking us through at an absorbable tempo! A lot of tutorials don't take time to 'look' for things so it's a matter of pauze and try, with your tutorials it's easy to follow along and still plenty of room for self-learning, great stuff cuckoo, thanks!
I have watched this more than 3x now. Some nights, I fall asleep. Lol. You have a meditative voice. I’m looking forward to part 2 where in you show us the sequencing lane and mod knobs :)
THANK U!!!! I bought this and it sat there in the box for 9 months until I had time to get on it. I knew it was powerful you made the workflow much easier for me.
I recently purchased a Wavestate with a bunch of anxiety after reading about it's "difficulty." This video tears that wall down and makes sound design with this instrument much more approachable. Like the best manuals, but with a soothing voice! Not sure if you kept this synth, but this one video you made with it is, by far, the best I've seen on the Wavestate and how to start crafting one's own sounds.
Hey thank you! I’m so happy to hear that. I think the Wavestate and Modwave are some of the best I’ve seen from Korg in modern day. I’m glad I could help you get started mate.
I just purchased my Wavestate and I have been looking around for video's to help me understand it better, this is bay far the best I have found so far. Thank you. Do you plan on doing another? I'd love to see you do more around the mod knobs and editing of the various WSEQ Lanes for use in live performance.
When you added that step 1 going into step 2 atmos sound and adjusted the step 1 to 2 loop rate slower I immediately got it and could imagine using the Wave State programming timed to develop sonically interesting shifting timbres with say an evolving visual animation. I had a Prophet VS and then a Korg Wavestation, both long gone, so this type of sound has a positive memory in my sound memory. Thank you Cuckoo for such a simple explanation of this new, perhaps complex synth and making it seem very accessible to anyone willing to dig in.
Thank you, your explanations are fantastic. I got mine about a week ago, and it has been mysterious , as it is not laid out like a traditional synth, but now It makes more sense. the real mystery still is the sequencing. I don't understand why they didn't put a "play" button on it to turn on or off that feature, just for quick convenience . But I'm starting to read the manual on that section as I type this and hopefully it will make sense soon.
25:30 - Dreamy Reverb. Powerful tone here. 35:37 - one knob changes multiple targets - nice! That's why I favor the NordLead 3 (the only one they made with encoders instead of pots) over the others, it has that as well. 49:52 - Beautiful. This is why I prefer integrated synths over modular - It seems like it would have required $10K worth of modules and countless patch cables to replicate what you just did here in minutes, without any patch cables. Thank you so much for creating this incredibly informative video.
This is such a clear introduction. Thank you for this! I bought the Wavestate to make patches of my own, and the performance initialisation, and sample choice is the obvious place to begin. Learning an interface one step at a time rocks!
Wow! This is the best tutorial that I've found! It is super easy to understand using that picture-in-picture display. Although it did block the button or two that you were pushing, you said the button's name so that helped a lot. My Wavestate came with a quick start guide but now I need to dive deeper! Thanks for taking the time to show us how to navigate the menus! Great sounding synth too!
Thanks for showing how to save and retrieve sounds. I’ve owned one for 2 weeks now, and am trying to get my head round the sheer complexity of it. What a wonderful machine!.
Great tutorial man. I like the way you teach while exploring by yourself. That way it is easy to follow, play with the nobs and still not loose the track. Also you were very well prepared. Keep it up, looking forward for more
I just got one of these synths and it seemed complicated enough but I liked the ARP capabilities and sounds of Korg. You have just save me with this machine. I was thinking about returning it until I watched this video. I know I am late since you created this when the box first came out but this is still GREAT.
Pure sound design gold. I was looking for a video on loading samples and sequencing them, but now I'm going to hold off with my own samples. There's quite enough going on under the hood already here!
Really good tutorial. One of the best I've seen in a while.. The wavestate has become my go to for sounds. I haven't used a vst instrument since I purchased this. For the hip hop genre this is a secret weapon.
i really like how you took us through your thinking. you made choices i wouldn't have but it's great to watch someone with skills go through all these features. you gave me a great idea of what I can really do in terms of creation. the other reviews i've watched seem canned, by comparison, more marketing and less creativity. awesome! I might buy one, after this video!
As always cuckoo displaying how to look under the hood. He was responsible for me buying my AR and actually made the learning curve of the Elektron machines simpler. 👍👍👍 Another great video and I’m sure there’s more to come from the WS
Just got myself one of these a few days ago. I really love your tutorials. I was getting some serious Zelda vibes from your playing on this and then I saw Zelda in your saved sounds. Good stuff.
In all the all vids about the wavestate you hear the best sounds of any synth so basicly it does not matter who touches it as well. It sounds crazy good.
@@truecuckoo helped out big time. Already had a grasp on how the board works within the first 20 minutes... I’m gonna have fun programming sounds on this beast.
Cool. And I didn’t get around to show how to actually sequence the wave states properly in this video. I hope you get there. It’s another dimension of a tool.
Wow, such a great tutorial. Just bought one and tried to dive in. I now really understand how the Wavestate works and what an impressive and nice piece of synth this is. Thanks for your great explanations. Also love your nice voice. It was very relaxing to watch you and in parallel trying to copy your workflow in order to tame this beast.
Great Video tutorial to get started making your own sounds on the Korg Wavestate. Thanks for the hands on video, which is much more helpful than the manual for me. This really helped me understand some the workflow issues for developing performances. Thanks so much.
lol I’ve been trying to tell myself I don’t need this that I definitely don’t need to buy one Trying to convince myself I don’t want it Lol but I still want one it’s just really freaking cool a lot of people just playing sounds not explaining anything Happy to see you make a vid A picked up your op1 pack last year And been having fun learning it and using sounds it’s a really good pack and also helped me figure out how to make sounds I like and play the synth I’m new to synth I’m a guitarist and also own a Roland sh01 and tr08 Your channel has really helped me figure out the language and usage of synth modules and I hella appreciate that Also it’s just entertaining so thanks man
Absolutely magnificent machine! Thanks for the awesome walk through. With every thing it does right I can’t stop feeling like there is still room to improve the overall package. The promise of expansion packs or the ability to load presets, more obviously loading your own sounds. Still everything that is included appears to be spot on!!!
This is really very good, and you have a great warmth in your approach - there is a personal appeal that positively invites you to stick with it. I've immediately become a subscriber. I can follow your thought processes and continually pause, try what you have done, then go on to the next etc etc. Looking forward to next episode. Thank you.
Amazing tutorial Cuckoo! Very relaxing. But I really hope you do the second part of the tutorial on the wave sequencing synthesizer were you show how to sequence wavestates :).
Imagine an electribe this size for the price.. I find it much more enticing than the original wave station! I would like to see more of the sounds though or samples if this would be possible.
Hi, great tutorial. I’m a guitarist and bought the Wavestate as it has sounds that I can use in my recordings. Brand new, it comes with every knob turned anti clockwise, but every video I watch has the knobs are mixed volume. I’d love a prequel from total scratch. I wish I wasn’t too lazy to read the manual, haha. Your video touches on all aspects, but I’d love to see some of the not used knobs turned to the off position. Thanks again great vid.
I really wish I knew someone like you in real life. You seem like such a chill person to be around! I literally know no one irl who's into synths and music production... :/
Hey man, thank you so much for sharing this with us! I really like your simplistic approach and attitude to configuring this rather complex synth. I was reluctant buying it, due to the "menu diving", however you have showed that the menu diving is intuitive, especially the modulation configuration. I personally could care less about digital vs. analog. I think with the right filters and effects any digital synth can sound glorious. You just claimed another victim, I am ordering one today.
This is still nuts coming even after the MKII. Just the synth and fx alone, without even blending them. That it’s as seamless to use with only a small screen.
Wow just got my new Wavestate And I found it complicated new to synth ur video is so easy to understand and interesting u open up my eye hoping u will do more video about Wavestate synth thanks again
Maybe I'm not the first one but I don't think I would watch it fully if not for you Cuckoo, great video and you made it very interesting. And I really like the way you use words to describe things - ''sound hunting'' is super cool, just love it.
Hello from Helsinki! I admire your work and detailed tutorials u do... Keep the flame. I have a question though in case u can answer me. I am trying to apply the modulation Reverb Dry/Wet to Vector as u do, but its not working. I can assign it to mod knobs though for example... Any idea why? I can do Dry/Wet Delay also. ??????????????? Is there any settings because it is master fx ???? If u have the time and the answer please help me. Have a nive one. Stay Healthy...
Full-size keys is great news! And dynamic voice allocation! There are only a handful of performance based boards out there that retain sounds as long as the keys are held down. I own two.
Very clear introduction to a very deep synthesizer. I have the original WS and the WS/AD, and this video has motivated me to dive back into those - thanks!!
Now that it's been some months, have you done any more with this? I'd love to see some more walkthroughs about this from you. You have a great way of explaining things :)
Many thanks for creating this. Trying to program custom sounds is quite the production, more menu steps than a lot of other synths, but at least here you patiently walk through them, showing how you got there, what the effects were and sounded like. However, if I'm doing a live performance or jam, it seems much easier to just use external pedals (which I often do) rather than having to wade though a labyrinth of menus and submenus to get at various effects options.
Glad to hear you found it helpful! Designing sounds is an art in itself. And the more complex the synthesiser, the more complex the process. I should make a followup and go into the white knobs, which can be really powerful and custom.
This sound (mostly) reminds me lead sound of Vangelis - Hymne. Its very close to the original. Great tutorial True Cuckoo, of "how to play with" Wavestate - the best so far !!! We want more!
Must admit that Korg made the programming somewhat easier than the Wavestation. But then they added on so much more sonic possibilities that it's back to square one again. You could take weeks programming a complex patch (always did on the old one), but you can do so much more with this. I can see my self heading down to the studio and spending days in there programming this beast, come up for air and find the world has blown up or something. Modulation madness...I like.
I would agree with you, to take this synth to its full extent you can spend days on a single patch. I ordered one and planning on starting from scratch, something simple, and explore much later down the road. I like it 64 voice polyphony, multi-timbrality, and effects, as well as full-size keys.
You’re the Bob Ross of synth tutorials. You’ve broken down a very complicated synth to be relaxing to use and inspired creativity. Thank you.
I was going to say the same thing lol. He also reminds me of Russel Brandt 😂
Did bob have some creepy doll or such on the floor in background? Lol. I am sure there is a story behind the blonde haired head in the background. :)
@@IanAlderige Please don't compare Cuckoo with Brant...
Cuckoo is a treasure...Brant is a blight to humanity...which he barely qualifies as...
Shortcuts:
1. Overview - 2:06
2. Initialise a new patch - 6:56
3. Samples introduction - 7:35
4. Browsing samples - 9:52
5. Filter, envelopes, velocity - 12:24
6. Different filters - 15:10
7. LFO - 15:58
8. Amp envelope - 18:03
9. Pre FX - 19:14
10. Reverb - 23:33
11. Delay - 25:56
12. Doodling... - 26:57
13. Saving a patch - 27:30
14. Arpeggiator - 29:11
15. First modulation - 30:41
16. More modulation! - 32:51
17. Master EQ - 38:51
18. Making a second layer - 41:30
19. More doodling! - 49:06
20. Final thoughts - 51:03
Thanks for that. Still, I'm gonna watch the entire Video. But your list should come in handy later on.
Thank you! ❤
Thanks for this! After much deliberation, I ordered a Wavestate today. Watching other reviews alone I was worried it was a one trick pony, a sample machine, but your video proved to me it’s got loads of ability to take a basic wave source and you can endlessly model it! More than I need but with all the cool sample potential too! Love it!
Dude. your tutorial for the wavestate is better than Korg's factory videos. I learned more from you in the first 20 minutes of this video than I did watching their whole series. LOVE IT Thank you!
A Part 2 with a little more sequencing soon plz 💚
Just purchased Wavestate 2 days ago, your video saved me hours of reading the manual, the good thing you did is that you focused on simplifying the user experience and stayed away from glorifying features. - man! great thing about this keyboard is that it can design any sound you could imagine, i designed Concert grand and a Rhodes by tweaking some knobs. Love it!.
Very seldom do i find videos that i cannot skip through, this guy has such a warm and friendly approach to something that can give you so much and in such a simplistic way! just had this sent by one of my good friends and i’m already hooked on this guy...
same here, was a joy to watch that, all of it.
I listened for 2 seconds and skipped to the end.
Dear Cuckoo, this is one of the best detailed tutorials on the Wavestate. Watched it 3 times exploring and testing different things. It’s really intuitive once you understand the UI patterns.
Just bought a Wavestate and watched this - absolutely superb, thanks so much for creating :)
Nice demo. Thanks for not just playing the factory demo patches like most of the others. No point having a synth like this covered with knobs if the only knob that gets used is the preset selector!
This is really excellent. I just got one and tried watching other tutorials where they fly through the buttons and knobs too fast to follow. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these. Another commenter said, "You're the Bob Ross of Synth tutorials." I have to agree. The others were stressing me out and now I am having fun and the "Ah ha!" lights are coming on!
I know this video is 4 years old, but I just wanted to thank you for such an in depth straightforward tutorial. I got one a couple days ago and you've helped me tremendously!
I’ve watched this video multiple times dreaming of this synth all year since it was announced. This will be the last time watching this video before init tomorrow after it gets delivered 😍
I’m looking forward to getting this very deep amazing machine.
Now that you got it, how difficult is the wavestate to program ?
Thanks
I was like: Oh, a lot of nice little tips and stuff I can use here to understand the Wavestate better. Then you get to the reverse delay part and I'm just transported to another dimension while you play that part. What a lovely effect and the way you used it was just so gorgeous!
Just received the new module version of the synthesizer. I will dig into the settings trying to replicate your tutorial. Thanks for sharing. I hope the Dutch treated you well during your concert. I was born in Arnhem.
Enjoying it?
Hands down the best Wavestate tutorial I’ve seen. Wow. This opened up so much for me. Thank you.
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@@truecuckoo do you have any advice on isolating specific samples (i.e., horns, percussion) and keeping them organized in the set lists? I want a quick way of building music and remembering what instruments are where. Thank you
I have to say this is one of the better initial reviews of ANYTHING I have ever seen on TH-cam. Just love your character and pace. And it’s fun watching the thought process. You just found a new subscriber!
Thank you so much for saying that mate! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Ditto! I watched the Wavestate videos when they came out but I've just now ordered mine so watching them again while I wait. As they say, NAMM stands for Not April, Maybe May.
Very informal video 📹 i just bought mine so im diving deep into getting started and this was perfect
I've always been scared of purchasing a synth as the creation of sounds always looked so complicated. Thank you, for the first time, after seeing many videos on the subject, you have explained it in the speed and clarity to finally allow me to see how. I will now treat myself to the Korg, it looks great fun but I will also play with the pre-sets as they do sound great, thank you so much :) Best wishes David
Thanks for walking us through at an absorbable tempo! A lot of tutorials don't take time to 'look' for things so it's a matter of pauze and try, with your tutorials it's easy to follow along and still plenty of room for self-learning, great stuff cuckoo, thanks!
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I have watched this more than 3x now. Some nights, I fall asleep. Lol. You have a meditative voice. I’m looking forward to part 2 where in you show us the sequencing lane and mod knobs :)
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Please do more tutorials on the wavestate, you helped me a lot being new to synths and all. Thank you, thank you!
THANK U!!!! I bought this and it sat there in the box for 9 months until I had time to get on it. I knew it was powerful you made the workflow much easier for me.
So happy to hear that mate!
Love the fact that you generally keep it simple on your presets 👍🏼
I recently purchased a Wavestate with a bunch of anxiety after reading about it's "difficulty." This video tears that wall down and makes sound design with this instrument much more approachable. Like the best manuals, but with a soothing voice! Not sure if you kept this synth, but this one video you made with it is, by far, the best I've seen on the Wavestate and how to start crafting one's own sounds.
Hey thank you! I’m so happy to hear that. I think the Wavestate and Modwave are some of the best I’ve seen from Korg in modern day. I’m glad I could help you get started mate.
I just purchased my Wavestate and I have been looking around for video's to help me understand it better, this is bay far the best I have found so far. Thank you.
Do you plan on doing another? I'd love to see you do more around the mod knobs and editing of the various WSEQ Lanes for use in live performance.
When you added that step 1 going into step 2 atmos sound and adjusted the step 1 to 2 loop rate slower I immediately got it and could imagine using the Wave State programming timed to develop sonically interesting shifting timbres with say an evolving visual animation. I had a Prophet VS and then a Korg Wavestation, both long gone, so this type of sound has a positive memory in my sound memory. Thank you Cuckoo for such a simple explanation of this new, perhaps complex synth and making it seem very accessible to anyone willing to dig in.
Thank you, your explanations are fantastic. I got mine about a week ago, and it has been mysterious , as it is not laid out like a traditional synth, but now It makes more sense. the real mystery still is the sequencing. I don't understand why they didn't put a "play" button on it to turn on or off that feature, just for quick convenience . But I'm starting to read the manual on that section as I type this and hopefully it will make sense soon.
@sbmphr Great tip, thank you :)
25:30 - Dreamy Reverb. Powerful tone here. 35:37 - one knob changes multiple targets - nice! That's why I favor the NordLead 3 (the only one they made with encoders instead of pots) over the others, it has that as well. 49:52 - Beautiful. This is why I prefer integrated synths over modular - It seems like it would have required $10K worth of modules and countless patch cables to replicate what you just did here in minutes, without any patch cables. Thank you so much for creating this incredibly informative video.
If you ever get your hands on one, I'd love to know if the SE provides more than just extra keys and aftertouch.
this thing jumped at me from everywhere around 10 times in the last 30 minutes
Yeh. Nuts!!
good advertising algorhythms :D
Korg marketing at work. Must have sent it to all youtubers at once.
Lol yup, I got loopop, cuckoo, sonicstate, and probably others too.
They all set their videos to debut the moment the NDA was up, there's no marketing or algorithm sorcery here folks.
This is such a clear introduction. Thank you for this! I bought the Wavestate to make patches of my own, and the performance initialisation, and sample choice is the obvious place to begin. Learning an interface one step at a time rocks!
Awesome! We all need this tutorial
Thanks man!
@@truecuckoo you guys are great, thanx for your video reviews/tutorials :)
Wow! This is the best tutorial that I've found! It is super easy to understand using that picture-in-picture display. Although it did block the button or two that you were pushing, you said the button's name so that helped a lot. My Wavestate came with a quick start guide but now I need to dive deeper! Thanks for taking the time to show us how to navigate the menus! Great sounding synth too!
"If you want to do something over here, press something over here."
Love that! Sounds like a Yogi Berra or Jasper Johns witticism.
What a great tutorial! Thank you very much!
Thanks for showing how to save and retrieve sounds. I’ve owned one for 2 weeks now, and am trying to get my head round the sheer complexity of it. What a wonderful machine!.
I saw a lot of tutorials for the wavestate until now but you are the g.o.d. of wavestate so far, appreciations. 🙌
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This thing is DEEP, Korg taking their decades of experience and casually bringing this BEAST to the market!
Absolutely. And it's cool to see Korg's US team debut with such a solid entry.
@@truecuckoo Definitely, really an incredibly mature product that I can't wait to try!
Great tutorial man. I like the way you teach while exploring by yourself. That way it is easy to follow, play with the nobs and still not loose the track. Also you were very well prepared. Keep it up, looking forward for more
I just got one of these synths and it seemed complicated enough but I liked the ARP capabilities and sounds of Korg. You have just save me with this machine. I was thinking about returning it until I watched this video. I know I am late since you created this when the box first came out but this is still GREAT.
The Bob Ross of the synth community! Thanks!
Pure sound design gold. I was looking for a video on loading samples and sequencing them, but now I'm going to hold off with my own samples. There's quite enough going on under the hood already here!
Can anything get more complex than this instrument...? Outstanding tutorial!
would really like to see you come back to this one! I'm curious as to what you've made of it having spent some more time with it
Ditto!
Beautiful tutorial! some amazing sounds and made me look at my wavestate in a whole new way. Looking forward to more Wavestate tutorials :)
Really good tutorial. One of the best I've seen in a while.. The wavestate has become my go to for sounds. I haven't used a vst instrument since I purchased this. For the hip hop genre this is a secret weapon.
i really like how you took us through your thinking. you made choices i wouldn't have but it's great to watch someone with skills go through all these features. you gave me a great idea of what I can really do in terms of creation. the other reviews i've watched seem canned, by comparison, more marketing and less creativity. awesome! I might buy one, after this video!
You took the words out my mouth. I honestly wish never saw this video because he convinced me to buy it.
Thank you SO much! I was pretty stumped...especially at how to save a new performance. Your demo helped me tremendously.
As always cuckoo displaying how to look under the hood. He was responsible for me buying my AR and actually made the learning curve of the Elektron machines simpler. 👍👍👍
Another great video and I’m sure there’s more to come from the WS
How was cuckoo responsible for you buying an automatic rifle? A nice guy with great tutorials :P
Just got myself one of these a few days ago. I really love your tutorials. I was getting some serious Zelda vibes from your playing on this and then I saw Zelda in your saved sounds. Good stuff.
Such a brilliant clear tutorial, certainly one of the best ones on YT , 👍👍
In all the all vids about the wavestate you hear the best sounds of any synth so basicly it does not matter who touches it as well. It sounds crazy good.
Just got this keyboard and first thing I thought was to find Cuckoo to figure out how to use it. You're the man, man.
🙏🏼 glad I could help you get started!
@@truecuckoo helped out big time. Already had a grasp on how the board works within the first 20 minutes... I’m gonna have fun programming sounds on this beast.
Cool. And I didn’t get around to show how to actually sequence the wave states properly in this video. I hope you get there. It’s another dimension of a tool.
@@truecuckoo would be forever grateful if you could show us!
Wow, such a great tutorial. Just bought one and tried to dive in. I now really understand how the Wavestate works and what an impressive and nice piece of synth this is. Thanks for your great explanations. Also love your nice voice. It was very relaxing to watch you and in parallel trying to copy your workflow in order to tame this beast.
Great Video tutorial to get started making your own sounds on the Korg Wavestate. Thanks for the hands on video, which is much more helpful than the manual for me. This really helped me understand some the workflow issues for developing performances. Thanks so much.
Watching this video today for the first time and now I'm so so glad to have pre-ordered it a week ago. I'm in love already
I can see coocoo making an amazing sound bank for this synth and I might have to buy the synth just for that reason alone.
This feels like the classic Wavestation - I used that thing for years. The sound of Deep Forest!
lol I’ve been trying to tell myself I don’t need this that I definitely don’t need to buy one
Trying to convince myself I don’t want it
Lol but I still want one it’s just really freaking cool a lot of people just playing sounds not explaining anything
Happy to see you make a vid
A picked up your op1 pack last year
And been having fun learning it and using sounds it’s a really good pack and also helped me figure out how to make sounds I like and play the synth
I’m new to synth I’m a guitarist and also own a Roland sh01 and tr08
Your channel has really helped me figure out the language and usage of synth modules and I hella appreciate that
Also it’s just entertaining so thanks man
Absolutely magnificent machine! Thanks for the awesome walk through. With every thing it does right I can’t stop feeling like there is still room to improve the overall package. The promise of expansion packs or the ability to load presets, more obviously loading your own sounds. Still everything that is included appears to be spot on!!!
This is one of a tutorial. I’m learning a lot. Thank u for this video!
Thanks for this! I get mine in 2 days and I keep coming back to this so i get familiar with this amazing synth
This is really very good, and you have a great warmth in your approach - there is a personal appeal that positively invites you to stick with it. I've immediately become a subscriber. I can follow your thought processes and continually pause, try what you have done, then go on to the next etc etc. Looking forward to next episode. Thank you.
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Thanks this approach was really helpful for me. Great job!
I really appreciate you making tutorials. By that, I really like learning the nuances of controls that do not get mentioned.
Amazing tutorial Cuckoo! Very relaxing. But I really hope you do the second part of the tutorial on the wave sequencing synthesizer were you show how to sequence wavestates :).
Imagine an electribe this size for the price..
I find it much more enticing than the original wave station!
I would like to see more of the sounds though or samples if this would be possible.
😳 Hidden master EQ!!! 🤯 Had no idea that was there! Cuckoo, you are a wonderful human! Thank you!! (Runs off to Wavestate)
Man, you´re my Bob Ross of sound design and I love it!
Hi, great tutorial. I’m a guitarist and bought the Wavestate as it has sounds that I can use in my recordings. Brand new, it comes with every knob turned anti clockwise, but every video I watch has the knobs are mixed volume. I’d love a prequel from total scratch. I wish I wasn’t too lazy to read the manual, haha. Your video touches on all aspects, but I’d love to see some of the not used knobs turned to the off position. Thanks again great vid.
I really wish I knew someone like you in real life. You seem like such a chill person to be around! I literally know no one irl who's into synths and music production... :/
Thanks mate ❤️
EXACTLY! I just made a comment on how much I appreciated his character. And you’re right ... he would make a nice friend!
@@EarthnikNews You never know man, you never know. Did you see his hair???? ;)
Thank you for this great introduction to the Wavestate! I've had the synth for two days now and you've helped me a lot! 👍
Excellent tutorial. Easy to follow and understand in real-time. I look forward to your next one.
Really helpful and enjoyable tutorial. One of the best I've seen. I just got my Wavestate and now I feel like I understand it!
Hey man, thank you so much for sharing this with us! I really like your simplistic approach and attitude to configuring this rather complex synth. I was reluctant buying it, due to the "menu diving", however you have showed that the menu diving is intuitive, especially the modulation configuration. I personally could care less about digital vs. analog. I think with the right filters and effects any digital synth can sound glorious. You just claimed another victim, I am ordering one today.
Superb teaching as always, Cuckoo. I decided to snag one for myself after watching vids from both you and Loopop. Thanks for your time and effort!
This is still nuts coming even after the MKII. Just the synth and fx alone, without even blending them. That it’s as seamless to use with only a small screen.
Excellent tutorials, thanks so much for making these. Very helpful in programming the wavestate on my first go's with it.
👊🏽 thanks mate!
Wow just got my new Wavestate And I found it complicated new to synth ur video is so easy to understand and interesting u open up my eye hoping u will do more video about Wavestate synth thanks again
Thank you really much for this tutorial. It really helped understand this Synths workflow.
I'm really looking forward to your next one. Cheers!
Maybe I'm not the first one but I don't think I would watch it fully if not for you Cuckoo, great video and you made it very interesting.
And I really like the way you use words to describe things - ''sound hunting'' is super cool, just love it.
Thanks a lot Mark!! ❤️
Hello from Helsinki! I admire your work and detailed tutorials u do... Keep the flame. I have a question though in case u can answer me. I am trying to apply the modulation Reverb Dry/Wet to Vector as u do, but its not working. I can assign it to mod knobs though for example... Any idea why? I can do Dry/Wet Delay also. ??????????????? Is there any settings because it is master fx ???? If u have the time and the answer please help me. Have a nive one. Stay Healthy...
thanks for the lesson. you are a good teacher. above all you are a good musician. quite admirable
Really well done tutorial! Every thing you did was compelling and easy to follow.
Excellent demonstration! Fun to watch, very informative, very relaxing. I think you're the Bob Ross of synths, keep it up :)
Full-size keys is great news! And dynamic voice allocation! There are only a handful of performance based boards out there that retain sounds as long as the keys are held down. I own two.
I've done no work this afternoo since i discovered your videos, I've enjoyed this one especially. Good work man!
Very clear introduction to a very deep synthesizer. I have the original WS and the WS/AD, and this video has motivated me to dive back into those - thanks!!
Now that it's been some months, have you done any more with this? I'd love to see some more walkthroughs about this from you. You have a great way of explaining things :)
Loved this tutorial - thank you and keep up the great work.
Thank you! You answered so many questions that other demonstrators glossed over! Just subscribed!
Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Finally, this is the walkthrough I needed! So good.
Thank you! Glad you found me :D
Will there be a part 2? Great tut
This is what I was expecting when I bought the Modx. Love it's FM engine, but poking at a touch screen gets old pretty quick. This looks fun!
One of the best videos on Wavestate, thank you!
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Thank you another brilliant demonstration and lesson with another great apparatus!
Many thanks for creating this. Trying to program custom sounds is quite the production, more menu steps than a lot of other synths, but at least here you patiently walk through them, showing how you got there, what the effects were and sounded like. However, if I'm doing a live performance or jam, it seems much easier to just use external pedals (which I often do) rather than having to wade though a labyrinth of menus and submenus to get at various effects options.
Glad to hear you found it helpful! Designing sounds is an art in itself. And the more complex the synthesiser, the more complex the process. I should make a followup and go into the white knobs, which can be really powerful and custom.
This sound (mostly) reminds me lead sound of Vangelis - Hymne. Its very close to the original.
Great tutorial True Cuckoo, of "how to play with" Wavestate - the best so far !!!
We want more!
Thanks! I should do more videos of this!
@@truecuckoo Yes please!
Must admit that Korg made the programming somewhat easier than the Wavestation. But then they added on so much more sonic possibilities that it's back to square one again. You could take weeks programming a complex patch (always did on the old one), but you can do so much more with this. I can see my self heading down to the studio and spending days in there programming this beast, come up for air and find the world has blown up or something. Modulation madness...I like.
if i wold have read this comment 5 months ago i would have pre ordered this and then came out today to see the world gone to extra shit
I would agree with you, to take this synth to its full extent you can spend days on a single patch. I ordered one and planning on starting from scratch, something simple, and explore much later down the road. I like it 64 voice polyphony, multi-timbrality, and effects, as well as full-size keys.
@@Itaketoomanypics hmm no problem for me , I love it ... its a cake walk
I’m ordering my Korg now. Keep these sound design tuts going cuz you just got a sub from me!💯