In really good condition. A classic 90's vector synth. Pick up from London W2. Sorry I cannot ship this.

The Korg Wavestation is a vector synthesis synthesizer first produced in the early 1990s and later re-released as a software synthesizer in 2004. Its primary innovation was Wave Sequencing, a method of multi-timbral sound generation in which different PCM waveform data are played successively, resulting in continuously evolving sounds.The Wavestation's "Advanced Vector Synthesis" sound architecture resembled early vector synths such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS.

Designed as a "pure" synthesizer rather than a music workstation, it lacked an on-board song sequencer, yet the Wavestation, unlike any synthesizer prior to its release, was capable of generating complex, lush timbres and rhythmic sequences that sounded like a complete soundtrack by pressing only one key. Keyboard Magazine readers gave the Wavestation its "Hardware Innovation of the Year" award, and in 1995 Keyboard listed it as one of the "20 Instruments that Shook the World.

The Wavestation lineup consisted of four models: the Wavestation and Wavestation EX keyboards, and the Wavestation A/D and Wavestation SR rackmount sound modules.

In 2020, Korg released a new hardware 3-octaves-full-of-knobs keyboard version called Korg Wavestate, which integrate a much more powerful version of the original Wavestation, called "wave sequencing V2".

Manufacturer Korg

Dates 1990–1994

Price $2195

£1575

Technical specifications

Polyphony 32

Timbrality 8 parts (Wavestation, EX and A/D) and 16 (SR)

Oscillator 4 x 32 digital oscillators with over 200 waves each

LFO 2 x 32 – Triangle, Square, Sawtooth, Ramp

Synthesis type Digital vector synthesis with Wave Sequencing

Filter 32 low-pass

Attenuator 32 ADSR envelope generators

Aftertouch expression Yes – Channel (mono)

Velocity expression Yes

Storage memory see memory allocation chart

Effects 2×47 or 55

Input/output

Keyboard 61-keys

Left-hand control Pitch and Modulation Wheels, Joystick

External control MIDI