Korg iWavestation has landed! :)

Redo1

@kobamoto said:

@Redo1 said:
Was just going to post that I got my cheap itunes cards for iWavestation, now am wondering if this is the best use of them. Just read a couple posts above and listened to @Halftone results AND see that it is only 58.6MB! so here we go....
Thanks for all the encouraging guys.

where did you get that 35 for 25 iTunes card from?

guy on kijiji
Man there are so many things to tap on. I'll have to take a break and revisit tomorrow with a full day ahead.

ShaneG

Not trying to be the moral police here, but be aware, iTunes cards and other gift cards are a way cyber criminals monitze their efforts. They gain access to an account buy a bunch of theses cards then sell them off for less than face value but still 100% profit.

kobamoto

i've never heard of kijiji, are you saying that they are criminals or?

kobamoto

nothing wrong with morals btw

Redo1

@kobamoto said:
i've never heard of kijiji, are you saying that they are criminals or?

kijiji is a local classifieds site. I bought them from a little kid. no criminal.

kobamoto

I thought shane must have had some experience, thanks

stemshade

@Redo1 said:

@kobamoto said:
i've never heard of kijiji, are you saying that they are criminals or?

kijiji is a local classifieds site. I bought them from a little kid. no criminal.

ecamburn

@Halftone nice sounds in your demo

Redo1

@vpich said:

@Redo1 said:

@kobamoto said:
i've never heard of kijiji, are you saying that they are criminals or?

kijiji is a local classifieds site. I bought them from a little kid. no criminal.

Yup that's the guy.

Will

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

passmaster16

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

Thanks @syrupcore the user manual isn't too clear on this like im1 as it makes no mention as far as I can tell on where the midi channel gets set, certain midi parameters are mentioned like velocity and key zones but I did not see midi channel listed

mireko_2

completely in love with this app.. absolute gold!

Jes

@passmaster16 said:

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

Thanks @syrupcore the user manual isn't too clear on this like im1 as it makes no mention as far as I can tell on where the midi channel gets set, certain midi parameters are mentioned like velocity and key zones but I did not see midi channel listed

So far I can only see that it is in Omni mode which means that it receives Midi on any or all channels at once .
Therefore two keyboards are going to target the same performance no matter what channel they are set to.
The manual makes reference to setting the Global midi channel in Settings, but there is no option to do this and that is not going to help with Multi mode anyway.
Running seperate instances on different channels in Gadget will simulate Multi mode but I don't see anyway to do so in standalone.
Anyone ?

Crabman

@Jes said:

@Crabman said:
How many presets are in the vanilla version?

550 ...50 per bank
The iap adds 7 banks plus extra waveforms.
There are many, many good, great and average free presets online that can be imported into user banks also.
With these it helps to have the whole story as some will use waveforms from the iap.

Thanks!

Ok,wanna have this.My first app since months and i'll break my rule to buy only new aops if they are available as AU as well.But Korg rarely fail to deliver imo.

Carnbot

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

You can play individual parts via keyboard splitting (which works really well) but you cant assign midi channels. Unless I've missed this setting..

passmaster16

@Carnbot said:

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

You can play individual parts via keyboard splitting (which works really well) but you cant assign midi channels. Unless I've missed this setting..

Yeah I saw the keyboard splitting which m1 also has but did not see any place for midi channel assignment for specific parts for wavestation.

So if you're in a live performance situation with two different midi controllers, would Gadget be the only way to control wavestation sounds individually? Can Gadget even work for live performance? I know that it's more of a music production app.

I'm just debating on wavestation and if it will work into what I'm trying to do as a live player. I often have a need to play something like a ambient pad sound which is sustained on one controller and then something like a piano/organ/synth lead over top of it with the second controller.

anickt

@Carnbot said:

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

You can play individual parts via keyboard splitting (which works really well) but you cant assign midi channels. Unless I've missed this setting..

I don't see anywhere to set MIDI channels in iWS the way you can in iM1.

JohnnyGoodyear

Small tip/note: If you happen to own the Apple Pencil thingie it works beautifully when wanting to finely fiddle with the WAVESEQ settings etc. First useful use of the object in this house.

Mark B

A little experiment I put together today. It's 6 instances of Milpitas in Gadget. For the background noises I used the randomise button on 2 instances to create wave sequences and then edited them to try and make modular synth type noises. The rest of the sounds are from the preset library.

Crabman

This thing is crazy,i'm"slightly"overwhelmed.Not sure yet how much i like it.But god bless the random button...

Jes

@passmaster16 said:

@Carnbot said:

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

You can play individual parts via keyboard splitting (which works really well) but you cant assign midi channels. Unless I've missed this setting..

Yeah I saw the keyboard splitting which m1 also has but did not see any place for midi channel assignment for specific parts for wavestation.

So if you're in a live performance situation with two different midi controllers, would Gadget be the only way to control wavestation sounds individually? Can Gadget even work for live performance? I know that it's more of a music production app.

I'm just debating on wavestation and if it will work into what I'm trying to do as a live player. I often have a need to play something like a ambient pad sound which is sustained on one controller and then something like a piano/organ/synth lead over top of it with the second controller.

Yes, Gadget is useable live but I've found that even with a saved setup that I've had to reset the individual midi channels upon opening. So, no, it is not ideal.
I would be more inclined, with two key boards , to run another instance of the WS on a phone or another iPad. Failing that, you could use the M1 and Wavestation together in Aum with midi channels filtered to suit.
Another option, as Carnbot, points out would be keyboard splitting .

Redo1

@JohnnyGoodyear said:
Small tip/note: If you happen to own the Apple Pencil thingie it works beautifully when wanting to finely fiddle with the WAVESEQ settings etc. First useful use of the object in this house.

it's almost impossible to do this accurately with finger. well i'm talking about changing the wave in the sequence using the vertical bar. is this what you're referring to as well?
this needs to be fixed somehow like thor's sensitivity solution.

db909

Some of the presets have some pretty incredible keyboard splits, with drum groove, bass and lead. Made me think "holy shit I need to learn how to program this well" basically if you got the hang of it, you could do a whole song with maybe two instances and keyboard splits

Crabman

Ok,it starts to grow on me now.I definitely need to use this for Sequencies (well,ok.That was the plan).The Classic Rompler stuff ist too cheesy for my taste.This can M1 better imo.But the Drum or Wavesequencies sound quite unique,cool stuff possible.For now i'm just randomizing and work the level of the single steps etc..Less is definitely more here,otherwise it's often too chaotic (for my taste) or a bit similar sounding.Talking only from the drumloops for now,havent't done any tonal stuff yet.I need to create a lot of sounds first but i guess i'll really like the WS then

R_2

@Redo1 said:
it's almost impossible to do this accurately with finger. well i'm talking about changing the wave in the sequence using the vertical bar. is this what you're referring to as well?
this needs to be fixed somehow like thor's sensitivity solution.

In case people missed it, Samu gave a good tip on how to make small + 1/-1 adjustments to the waves by pressing the 'Wave' icon on the left (making it green): https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/comment/291121/#Comment_291121

AlleycatLA

@passmaster16 said:
I'm just debating on wavestation and if it will work into what I'm trying to do as a live player. I often have a need to play something like a ambient pad sound which is sustained on one controller and then something like a piano/organ/synth lead over top of it with the second controller.

Well, a lot of the presets do exactly that - drum/bass/pads (any combo) on the left keyboard split, and a lead on the right. Once you get to know the iwavestation, I think programming it is pretty straightforward. You would have to re-program your set, but this would simplify your setup, too. Unfortunately it's a promiscuous synth, grabbing all midi channels.

puppychumful

I have made the purchase, and since I'll have time over Christmas, plus it makes a fine addition to Gadget, I figure all is well!

Jes

@R_2 said:

@Redo1 said:
it's almost impossible to do this accurately with finger. well i'm talking about changing the wave in the sequence using the vertical bar. is this what you're referring to as well?
this needs to be fixed somehow like thor's sensitivity solution.

In case people missed it, Samu gave a good tip on how to make small + 1/-1 adjustments to the waves by pressing the 'Wave' icon on the left (making it green): https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/comment/291121/#Comment_291121

Same for Pitch and Level also.

ecamburn

@Redo1 said:
it's almost impossible to do this accurately with finger. well i'm talking about changing the wave in the sequence using the vertical bar. is this what you're referring to as well?
this needs to be fixed somehow like thor's sensitivity solution.

I wish everyone would adopt the virsyn convention of a thin line connecting your finger to the parameter. This solves the frequent problem of your finger covering up parameter values. Happens with a lot of the controls in iwavestation.

Will

@passmaster16 said:

@Carnbot said:

@syrupcore said:

@passmaster16 said:
Does iWavestation have a multi mode similar to iM1 where you can assign different midi channels to individual parts? My setup has two midi keyboards and I would like to tigger different sounds using each controller.

Yep. Up to 8 (maybe 16) parts.

You can play individual parts via keyboard splitting (which works really well) but you cant assign midi channels. Unless I've missed this setting..

Yeah I saw the keyboard splitting which m1 also has but did not see any place for midi channel assignment for specific parts for wavestation.

So if you're in a live performance situation with two different midi controllers, would Gadget be the only way to control wavestation sounds individually? Can Gadget even work for live performance? I know that it's more of a music production app.

I'm just debating on wavestation and if it will work into what I'm trying to do as a live player. I often have a need to play something like a ambient pad sound which is sustained on one controller and then something like a piano/organ/synth lead over top of it with the second controller.

Sorry for the misinformation! Thought I'd seen it in the manual.