Korg Modwave

https://youtu.be/Q2HjRPPiS0E

Korg wavetable synth.

Boy, they’re really getting a lot of mileage out of that physical enclosure and barely functional 3-octave keyboard. Love the integrated KAOSS pad though.

Wavetables? If it was a hybrid synth with analog filters, that’d be cool. Shame it isn’t.

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I love the DW. Cool to see Korg push their digital legacy this decade. I’m actually more excited for this than I was the Wavestate or OpSix.

But...three octaves again? Lol

Didn't expect another one in that format so soon. Wavetable makes sense.
The modulation options are looking quite neat.

I like that Korg are playing around with digital synthesis again.

Granular next please

i wonder if this is still stuck with a 1 bar sequencer?
to be of any use for me it would need to be 4 bars.

So the filters are all digital I assume? What made the DW/EX-8000 great (i have both) was the NJM2069 filter. I would take the so so minilogue xd analog filter over all those recreations. How is this conceptually different than the Wavestate? Just listened to the demos and this sounds nothing like the DW.

exactly

Why the 37-keys!? C'mon Korg! Release some 61-key versions.

Any poly with more than 4 voices should have a 61 key option.

easy fix ...
buy 2 of them...

And a 5 octave multi synthesis keyboard containing Opsix, Wavestate, Modwave engines.
SY77/99 contains 2 Opsix + 2 AWM. Quantum contains 5 engines, V-Synth XT contains 4 engines i believe.

See the "Motion Sequencing 2.0" section here:

https://www.korg.com/us/products/synthesizers/modwave/

It can do 4 bars of 16th notes, if you like - but it can do much more interesting, complex stuff as well.

Hmm. "Gate" is a typo there. I'll see what I can do to fix that...

Unfortunately no NJM2069 filter, just the usual suspects MS-20, Polysix, Multi Filter from OpSix and Wavestate

That's all but certain to be released in the future. Hopefully it will satiate those looking for a full size keyboard. It gives them time to also refine the implementation of each engine before putting out a more premium synth.

Korg seem to be learning as they go with each digital synth release. I appreciate them trying out new stuff to see what sticks. I'm not really in the market to buy (It's been a rough year for everyone), but I look forward to reading the manual.

Paging @ xanderbeanz !

Even with that 3 octave keyboard this type has a better interface than Yamaha DX, Korg Wavestation and DW it emulates and expands.

Problem is that Korg DW had analog filters - and this one doesn't.

Interesting, it seems there are many "small" improvements - "HELP" button, "Setlist", secondary functions spelled out in blue (also over the function buttons); probably others I can't tell by just looking at the panel. I'm so happy they finally started paying attention to UI. Compare this to MicrokorgXL with it's stupid 3-knob interface.

I see an opsix and modwave in my future at some point...

Ouch, I think I like this synth. I keep reading ”Nord Wave”, but with all the included samples together with wavetables and all the motion and and... it`s so much more. Possibly. Need more info, hey, where are all our youtubers when we need them?

Demos

Demo sounds like King Korg with a lot of digital distortion. Average Hive demo is head above this.

Like yeah it's so much more. 4 envelopes and 5 LFOs for starters

Korg putting out synths with garbage keybeds in 2021 still? There's a surprise...

I love a lot of what they do but my goodness they skimp in some of the most annoying places.

Apparently there are no plans for desktop versions of these newer synths, and that kills my interest with my limited space.

Korg, Is there a magnifying glass included ?
The Display is too small !

What are the "13 Morph Types"?

It'd be interesting to see an A:B comparison between this and the Wavestate, as there seems to be a lot of overlap (same form factor, effects, filters, both manipulating sets of waves in similar but not identical ways). Does suggest a future SuperWave that's a hybrid of both.

I really...must...resist, no space, own wavestate already, love it but although keybed is certainly playable, I’m very spoiled with the nice keyboards on my Blofeld, Mono Evolver Keyboard, Digitone Keys, and for that matter, even the mini keys on the keystep pro are exceedingly better than these repurposed, remelted plastic, picnic dinnerware of keybed with no AT.

My resolution is only modules at this point; I’m interested Korg, but I’m saving for a 2021 Waldorf Iridium

Not only would the 61-key version increase the price, but having it as an "option" (i.e. keeping the 37-key version) would increase production costs (and thus the prices as well). With the decline of hardware market this would be untenable. I don't want to sound like a have a Stockholm Syndrome, but we should be grateful that they still release synths like this. Look at Yamaha, they pretty much gave up. Refaces are ridiculous compared to Modwave/Wavestate/OpSix.

And as most people have 61/76/88-key keyboards anyway, that 37-key keyboard is - dare I say - for decorative purposes mostly ;> Although it's quite useful for exploring and playing around.