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From: Ben Hall cb170@city.ac.uk

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Ok, this is all the WS card stuf I have. Additions/errors and amendments are welcome...

Ben

Korg Wavestation Program/PCM Cards

- PCM Cards:
WSC 1S Piano (WSC-01 PCM + WPC-01 PROG)
WSC 2S Drums & Percussion (WSC-02 PCM + WPC-02 PROG)
WSC 3S Synth & Timeslice (WSC-03 PCM + WPC-03 PROG)

- ROM Cards:
WPC 00P WS Preload Data (2 Cards)
WPC 00S Demo Sequences
WPC 11 Performance 1
WPC 12 Performance 2 by Timebase
WPC 13 Performance 3 by Synthetic Productions
WPC 14 Analog & VS
WPC 15 Dance / Top 40 by Sound Source Unlimited
WPC 16 WaveStation Omnibus by Voice Crystal
WPC 17 Studio Collection by Key Clique
WPC 18 U.K. Modern
WPC 19 ex Film Textures by Sound Source Unlimited
WPC 20 ex Song Factory

WS 01 New Age Collection 1

WS 02 New Age Collection 2
WS 03 Vector Athmospheres
WS 04 SY 77 Impressions
WS 05 Granular Emulations
WS 06 Hybrid Synthesis

- RAM Cards:
MCR 03 WS Legendary Prophet Sounds
MCR 03 WS1 Standard Synthesis Sounds
MCR 03 WS2 Future Pad Sounds
MCR 03 WS3 Dancing WS

- PCM Cards for WS SR:

PSC 1S Dance
PSC 2S Synth Design
PSC 3S Ethnics

- ROM Cards for WS SR:

- RAM Cards for WS SR:

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Individual Card Data - PCM Card Sets

- Synth/Timeslice Set (WSC 3S):

WSC-03 PCM Card Waves (All data Copyright Korg INC./Tokyo Japan)

32 HouseBass 50 Cobalt 68 StraTS-4 86 Res 2-1

33 Tech Bass 51 Kypton 69 StraTS-5 87 Res 2-2
34 MiniBas1 52 Xenon 70 StraTS-6 88 Res 2-3
35 MiniBas2 53 WavMlt1 71 StraTS-7 89 Res 2-4
36 MiniBas3 54 WavMlt2 72 StraTS-8 90 Res 2-5
37 X Bass 55 WavMlt3 73 StraTS-9 91 Res 2-6
38 NewAnaPad 56 WavMlt4 74 VoxFmt 1 92 Res 2-7
39 Gosties 57 WavMlt5 75 VoxFmt2 93 ClavTS-1
40 EtherBell 58 WavMlt6 76 Res 1-1 94 ClavTS-2
41 SynBrass 59 WavMlt7 77 Res 1-2 95 ClavTS-3
42 FreqShf1 60 WavMlt8 78 Res 1-3 96 ClavTS-4
43 FreqShf2 61 WavMlt9 79 Res 1-4 97 ClavTS-5
44 FreqShf3 62 WavMlt10 80 Res 1-5
45 StratPluck 63 WavMlt11 81 Res 1-6
46 Noise Hit 64 StraTS-0 82 Res 1-7
47 Down Zap 65 StraTS-1 83 Res 1-8
48 Up&DownZap 66 StraTS-2 84 Res 1-9
49 Cesium 67 StraTS-3 85 Res 1-10

WPC-03 Performance Data

Synth/Timeslice Performances
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00 Power Monsters 17 Pluck Organ 34 TecnoDanceSplit
01 Synsaw 18 WavingAtTheSun 35 Shifted Metals
02 Vokal Motion 19 JaminWithTheMan 36 Synth Bass 3
03 Ether Ghosts 20 Funky Thin Clav 37 Rezo Tines
04 Scream Lead 21 Octave Brass 38 Portals Of Ra
05 Pluck Bell 22 VectorVox 39 House Werk
06 Synth Bass 1 23 MegaBright Pad 40 Feather Split
07 Anna Piano 1 24 Full Synth 41 SynSyn Brass
08 Digitology 25 Nite Time Bells 42 My Full Moon
09 New World Man 26 Synth Bass 2 43 Ether Bottle
10 Thumper Clav 27 Lite Tines 44 Punchy Sweep
11 Top Brass 28 Twilight 45 Plucked Metals
12 Angelica 29 In The Round 46 Synth Bass 4
13 ToastedGhosties 30 Bang the Clav 47 Anna Piano 2
14 New Rez 31 Meat & Taters!! 48 Wavering
15 ShiftngVelocity 32 Surge Pad 49 Space Wars 1959
16 Stoopid Bass 33 Ether Bells

Synth/Timeslice Patches
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00 Ghostie 12 PluckEchos 24 AnnaPad
01 EtherBell 13 NiteBells 25 SurgePad
02 MinnieBass 14 PluckVectors 26 Full Moon
03 HouseBass 15 SkiperClav 27 Wavering
04 Mr X Bass 16 Slap Clav 28 Digitology
05 "Oo"Voice 17 New Rez 29 WerkBass
06 Lite Voice 18 ScreamLead 30 Zap/Poplets
07 VectrVox 19 PunchSweep 31 FunkyZaps
08 VokalMotion 20 StratSweep 32 Judgement
09 FreqShift 21 Res 2 Sweep 33 New Power
10 DigiPad 22 SynBrass 34 SpaceWars

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11 PluckMetal 23 Synsaw

Synth/Timeslice Wave Sequences

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00 NoizeHH 11 Zaplets 22 Yeowzah
01 HereBas 12 Poplets 23 ReSwep2
02 CycleBe 13 Surge 1 24 Rez5ths
03 Moon A 14 WaveStp 25 WaveMlt
04 Moon B 15 Bombers 26 FreekSh
05 Resonut 16 SpaZaps 27 FunkyZp
06 Busy VS 17 StrLead 28 FunkyZ2
07 5thPad 18 Hurry 29 Vokal
08 NewRez 19 WerkBas 30 StratSw
09 VeloWav 20 PrSweep 31 WavSwp1
10 NuClavi 21 BasMovr

All data produced by John Lehmkuhl, Jack Hotop and John Bowen

Individual Card Data - Program cards

- WPC-13 Performance 3

WPC-13 Performances
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00 Zenny 17 Unison "Heavy" 34 WaveBell 1
01 Syn Brass 1 18 5thsBraz&Pluck 35 AnalogComp 2
02 ProphecyStrings 19 ZargBreathWH+AF 36 Vocal&FiltSweep
03 Raw Synth 20 SteelBass split 37 SoloQuint
04 PacBell 21 Brass Orch. 38 Chiana
05 WaveComp 22 4 Part Strings 39 Carlos
06 SynChoir 23 Brass/SynthStak 40 Tabecon
07 Unison Feedback 24 BellString 41 Octave Brass 2
08 PluckHornString 25 Synth Comp 42 SoftFill Split
09 Sunspots ^Wheel 26 Magic Chorus 43 Filter Sweep
10 VS Synth Piano 27 Unison Volkanik 44 WaveBell 2
11 Octave Brass 1 28 Synth Split |E4 45 Bass&Synth Splt
12 WS Strings 29 Film Music 46 Bell Choir
13 Bright Saws 30 Simple Organ 47 SoftHorn Blips
14 Glass & Bells 31 Syn Brass 2 48 SineWaveWhistle
15 Analog Comp 1 32 AFT Horn&String 49 Harmonium
16 GlassVox&Synth 33 Tobex

WPC-13 Patches
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00 VS Chorus 12 SynBrass2 24 Filter Open
01 Buzzy 13 Tobex 25 Big,Open,&Dirty
02 Filmusic 14 Bells VS 26 Carlos
03 Zenny 1 15 Chorus+WaveSeq 27 Pr.V Organ
04 Glass Voice 16 PacBell 28 Harmonium
05 WhiteNoise&Saw 17 Volkanik 29 Heavy
06 Syntetik 1 18 VS Detune 30 Saw VS
07 Medium Fill 19 Syntalk 31 5th Brass
08 AFTouch Brass 20 Simple Bass 32 Synth EP
09 Tabecon 21 Syntetik 2 33 SynPluck
10 PulseSaw 22 DW Bass 34 ProphecyStrings
11 EX 8000 Bass 23 Feedback

WPC-13 Wave Sequences

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00 Up Beat 11 WH+ATrz 22 Asylum1
01 Fido 1 12 Clav EP 23 Asylum2
02 RezWalk 13 Punchy1 24 ResX 2
03 Busy 16 14 Bass 2 25 Vocal 2
04 Europa 15 SaxSwp1 26 WavTalk
05 Cycle 1 16 SaxSwp2 27 HoseDnc
06 SeaBell 17 TuchFor 28 Strngs3
07 Pad 11 18 Mini 2 29 Byyaon
08 SloSwep 19 DanWave 30 TronBas
09 DigiPlk 20 Factry3 31 Fido 2
10 Pulses 21 SibDanc

- WPC-14 Analog & VS

WPC-14 Performances
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00 TUBULAR HALLS 17 V SPECTRUM 34 CYCLOTRON
01 DIGI-JACK CHAIN 18 FORMLAND 35 BIG RUNNER SPLT
02 MORE-AHKIN RYTH 19 MARIMBAREZ 36 WONDERON
03 ASHRA VOICE 20 WAVEPAD 37 TWINKLER
04 BELSANG 21 CHROME LO 38 LOW POWER
05 PYGMY CHANT 22 GODs COUNTRY II 39 PARSECK
06 MELLATRON WS 23 5th WORLD PULSE 40 WASTED!
07 SLOWLOW MOVES 24 COMPING POWER 41 Q SWEEP
08 NEWS BROADCAST 25 SAD SOUND 42 PULSEHEAD
09 AIRVOX SPLITTER 26 WATER BELOW 43 REZSTEPPER
10 RAZOR PHAZE 27 LOVELY CHURCH 44 RAD FUZZFACE
11 LAZERFUNK 28 EMERSONIAN 45 DIGILEAD II
12 MONSTA BASSWAVE 29 WORLDS ENDING 46 BELOW 2
13 CLAV-A-TUNER II 30 CONGLOMERAN II 47 7th WAVE SPLIT
14 ORCHEST STRINGY 31 PERCaSAX DELAY 48 VOICEKIAN II
15 PLAKA AS WELL 32 GARGANTUAN 49 CALIOPIAN II
16 STATIONING 33 RAZOR GATE

WPC-14 Patches
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00 Tubular 12 Flunky 24 Formland
01 DigiJak 13 Getter 25 Caliopian
02 Instant India 14 Plaka 26 VoiceWaves
03 Pulser 15 News 27 RezStep
04 DigiPad 16 ClavTune 28 Parseck
05 VoixKlav 17 Stringland 29 DigiLead
06 Belsanger 18 BaseWave 30 Organor
07 BassRun 19 13 - 13 31 MarimbaRez
08 Big 20 Twinkler 32 True VS
09 Sunk 21 V-Spect 1 33 CycleSync
10 Razor 22 Below 34 Wonderon
11 Lo Power 23 Pygmys

WPC-14 Wave Sequences

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00 Pulser 11 Caliop 22 String
01 India 12 VoiceK 23 VS Wave
02 DigiJak 13 RezStep 24 True VS
03 Formula 14 Hi Lead 25 News!
04 BelSang 15 Analogy 26 Sunk
05 Basless 16 Organor 27 LowSaw
06 Flunky3 17 Ethnos 28 VoxWave
07 RezRize 18 Pygmys 29 ClavTun
08 Plaka 19 Rezor 30 Big
09 Below 20 Melorez 31 Getter
10 13 - 13 21 Tubular

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- WPC-15 Dance/Top 40

WPC-15 Performances
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00 U Can't Touch ! 17 ThtGirlIsPoison 34 Sustain Strings
01 PandemoniumTime 18 Paula'sMixBass 35 R+B TenorSectn.
02 Hip Hop Hit Me! 19 StraightUpBrass 36 FunkyThumpBass
03 HouseMixBrassAT 20 Opposites Vox 37 Taylor Danish
04 LA Synth String 21 ThisIsRightTime 38 Pray 4 DovesCry
05 Classic dxBass 22 Justify My Love 39 One+OnlyManOrgn
06 Janet'sEscapade 23 B.B.D. Clav 40 Slapped Bass
07 BlackCat Guitar 24 Whitney Ballad 41 Rhythm E.Guitar
08 Digital Pad AT 25 English Synbass 42 Love+Affection
09 IceIceBaby Bass 26 D.ModePercusSyn 43 Affection12Str.
10 ChildDanceSynth 27 Policy Of Truth 44 ImYourBaby2Nite
11 Don'tFallInLove 28 A LA Modern 45 Tight Synbass
12 Welcm2RealWorld 29 World N My Eyes 46 Miles Away
13 ChildDanceBass 30 MondoSynthLead 47 Somethin2Believ
14 Tower Of Horns 31 Bassline Synth 48 MixBrassOctaves
15 ThievesInTemple 32 Hi Comp Strings 49 Glass EFX !
16 Big Synth Stabs 33 Analog Pad AT

WPC-15 Patches
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00 F.M. Bass 1 12 AnalogSynthComp 24 Classic D6
01 TightAnalogBass 13 Digital E.Piano 25 Ice Bass Drone
02 Pulse Mod Bass 14 Stab Brass AT 26 RhythmaticSynth
03 Sampled Bass 15 SynthVibesStack 27 Res.Sweep EFX!
04 Fat AnalogSynth 16 Acoustic Guitar 28 PaulaAnalogBras
05 LA DigiStrings 17 Vox Humana 29 Vangelic Ice
06 Perc.ChoirLayer 18 T.O.P.Tenor Sax 30 Digi Vox Grunge
07 TalkingPercussn 19 DigitalSynth1AT 31 Escapade Synth
08 SyncLead1JCDFIL 20 Flanged Strings 32 X-Fade RezzBass
09 Layer1Orch.Hit 21 Digi1PianoLayer 33 R+B Organ
10 Layer2Orch.Hit 22 Digi2PianoLayer 34 LA Synth Organ
11 Layer3Orch.Hit 23 Distortion Lead

WPC-15 Wave Sequences

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00 BasSwap 11 EFX2 22 B-Line1
01 Bass2 12 Stan1 23 B-Line2
02 BasSwp2 13 Stan2 24 B-Line3
03 BasSwp3 14 Stan3 25 B-Line4
04 Sup1Frk 15 DM1Bass 26 B-Line5
05 Sup2Frk 16 DM2Bass 27 B-Harm5
06 Sup3Frk 17 Tamb1 28 B-Line6
07 Trump1 18 Fall1 29 B-Harm6
08 Ice1 19 Fall2 30 AgiStr1
09 Rezz1 20 Fall3 31 AgiStr2
10 EFX1 21 Gliss1

- WPC-17 Studio Collection

WPC-17 Performances
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00 GoldnGate/Pad w 17 Sparkles 34 Ana Solo w+a
01 Mello Bell Wave 18 Pluk Voce 35 Brassolo *mono
02 HarpArpegio w+a 19 Harmonics w 36 Fretless
03 Resonance w 20 Electroacoustic 37 Stick Bass
04 Orchestra Pad w 21 Mad Harpies 38 Super Bass w
05 Etwo meets WS 22 Happipluck 39 EthDrum v

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06 ModularObie w+a 23 VS ElPianet w 40 Bass Marimba v
07 Angel's Breath 24 Synthicord w 41 Fluid Vibes
08 Velocity Vocal 25 Steel String 42 Perc Ahh w
09 Big 5 Voice w+a 26 Dulcimer 43 Teutonic Waves
10 Air Pipes w 27 E.Piano ala VS 44 Perc. Jam
11 Swept Voices 28 Old Friend w 45 Sequence! w+a
12 Outback 29 Clav (MorFxPls) 46 Bass & RapVoice
13 Singing Glass v 30 Perc Synth 47 Solar Wind w
14 Child's Eyes 31 Eastern Flute 48 Stellar Ocean w
15 WS Bells 32 Touch Strings 49 INIT Perf.
16 Low Bell Splt v 33 Baroque

WPC-17 Patches
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00 Synthicord 12 Botl Wack 24 Slo/FstStrings
01 Happipatch 13 FluteWaves 25 BrassChoir
02 VS Hybrid 14 Crystal 26 Tabla&Seq
03 Digitaleridoo 15 Pluk Voce 27 Marimba
04 13BELL Pad 16 WS Bells 28 Vibes 2
05 Harp Arps 17 Wave Bells 1 29 Vibe Efx
06 Res Waves 18 Harmonics 30 Perc Vox
07 OB Tres 19 Dulciharp 31 13VOICE Comp
08 Son of Debussy 20 Stick Bass 32 Perc Jam
09 Voice Wave 21 Tiney Pno 33 CnsonantFunk
10 OB Pulses 22 Perc Ana 34 Sea Waves
11 Whisper Wind 23 Flute 1

WPC-17 Wave Sequences

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00 Abo Wv1 11 WindSeq 22 TchPerc

01 Abo Wv2 12 FltHrmc 23 TmbaCab
02 HarpGls 13 PlkVoce 24 CnsntFk
03 SineGls 14 Wndrmnt 25 13BELL1
04 ResWav1 15 BelSeq1 26 13BELL2
05 ResWav2 16 BelSeq2 27 INIT WS
06 OB Tres 17 GtrHrmc 28 INIT WS
07 VoxWave 18 SftSeq2 29 INIT WS
08 OB Puls 19 Cmplx 2 30 INIT WS
09 OB Res 20 Strum 1 31 INIT WS
10 Dream 2 21 Strum 2

- WS-05 Granular Emulations

WS-05 Performances
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00 Frippertronics 17 Poly Pizz. 34 Oxygen
01 Mt. Everest 18 Air Bass Duo 35 Liquid Sky
02 News Update 19 Majestic 36 Striking Breath
03 Stringency 20 Harmo Guitar 37 Metal Fatigue
04 Purple Haze 21 Low Brassyn 38 Choice Strings
05 B3 Assault 22 Peer Pressure 39 Woody Allen
06 Opium Of Masses 23 Pluck Breath 40 Silk Roads
07 Brassier 24 Stratosphere 41 Clavintense
08 Green Giant 25 Orchestra Blitz 42 Syn From Hell
09 Paulina 26 Analog Unison 43 RHODES
10 Synthetic I.Q. 27 Mod & AT Poly 44 Individualistic
11 Electrik Keys 28 Tubular Dude 45 Rock Organ
12 Symetry 29 Lazer In A 4est 46 Brass Polish
13 Attack Art 30 Technology 47 Astral Wizard
14 Lead 2 Gold 31 Cathedral 48 Cyber Bassix
15 Polycrystal 32 Poly Gone 49 THXtc.
16 Bass Meant 33 ModWheel Attaks

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WS-05 Patches
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00 Stringency 12 DIVINE 24 INSPIRES
01 Bass Attack 13 Oral 6. 25 4THS
02 Coputer Thinks 14 PERK PAD 26 Plucked Breath
03 Horny 15 Moog Bass 27 Poly Filler
04 thx 16 5th Solo 28 Frippertronics
05 Soloist 17 Maxi Pad 29 Opiate
06 Tines 1 18 Church 30 Virtuoso
07 Picked 19 Techno Riff 31 GUIPAD
08 Clavinet 20 Mean Attack 32 RIPPIN
09 Organic 21 Belly 33 Brass Bass
10 Would He? 22 AtPoly 34 SCHIZOPHRENIA
11 Orchestra Swat 23 S/HATTACK-SWELL

WS-05 Wave Sequences

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00 Strinze 11 MINIPAD 22 Fripp A
01 Strince 12 Resweep 23 Fripp B
02 Taurust 13 Techno 24 Templar
03 Compute 14 MeanWav 25 XString
04 solo 15 S&H 26 Stringz
05 ModSync 16 WETDREM 27 Atstrng
06 Clavnet 17 4THLEAD 28 KOTOPAD
07 Organic 18 CHANGES 29 FEEDBCK
08 Woody 19 THICKLY 30 SKIZOID
09 BLISS 20 WAITING 31 ATTAKS
10 In Hail 21 POLYSEQ

Miscellaneous card reviews

WS01 - New Age Vol II -- Programmed by Michael Peake.

This is a bank of mostly useful patches, though hardly New Age for the most part. There are a couple that are real
gems, but most are something less (though still useful, "one man's garbage...").

A lot of the pers here are programmed quite wide (using effects and pan to place elements to and fro, in contrast to
other 'in your face' center place patches). Too many of the patches are plucky here, which means they probably devoted
to much patch space to it (and when you only have 34 patches for 50 performances, you will have to reuse predominant
patches again and again). If you're a pluck fan (sharp percussive attack), then these will twist your tail because they're
done well. I also don't like the output level of this bank. The SSI folk acknowledged it when I asked about the New Age
Vol II (which isn't nearly as low). You can adjust the main WS volume, but you'll run into this again when you
combine these patches with those from other banks).

Other than the those gripes, I would say that the programming level was high and the variety of sounds were good. The
bang for the buck value here is... okay.

WS03 - Vector Atmospheres, vol II -- Programmed by Rob Campenella

I gotta say, this is one of the *least* musically useful, but one of my faves! I have to ammend my musical useful
description for this one bank--if you looking for deep and moving pads, there's a lot to grab here. Then there's a lot of
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"non-traditional" areas that these might be useful in. Also (and perhaps more than anything), the programmer here
really understands image placement--he did a great job of using pan and effect-buss placement in conjunction with
vector modulation to make some very moving patches. At $19.95, this one would be worth it for just the heck of
playing with the far out patches, as well as learing something from how he did it.

More specific description: Many of these are of the 'long evolving pad' category, with many things happening in the
back and some of them require a few minutes to fully resolve. Also (and perhaps more valuable) are the fact that there's
extensive use of short vector programming, making some very interesting attacks. There's many 'space' sounds and
even a few demostrations of more traditional instruments starting with sharp transients and moving the body with that
'evolving' vector' control. Add to that wave-sequencing (he's no slouch with these either, and filled up the bank with
them), and there's are some very interesting perfs.

Note: Most are *single patch perfs*!! (the only ones that are not are the splits that he did in the last dozen or so. Also,
*every* patch is in RAM (well, I guess given that they're mostly one patch perfs) -- other patch banks use a mix of
there own in RAM and the factory supplied ones in ROM (which pissed the heck out of Christain a few months back
with some ProRec banks)

WS04 -- SY77 Impressions -- Programmed by Dr. Manny Fernadez

This one is probably the most useful to the gigging musician looking for established sounds patches. As the name
implies, these are emulations of the SY77 (and DX) style patches used in many 70s and 80s music from pop to Chick
Corea's music.

It starts off with some incredible stinkie acoustic painos (really bad, IMO, but I will note that a lot of work went into
them, with different 'body' and 'pianos harmonics' patches.

The electric pianos (DX, suitcase rhodes and the like) are very nice, ranging from the sharp glassy variety to the
mellow tremolo modulated fender rhodes pianos.

There's many other instruments, including standard but nice pads, synth string patches, comps and stacks, and even
some distorted guitrs (like I said, useful for gigging). Not my fav, but for more than a few of patches which are real
gems, it was worth it.

WS05 -- Granular Emulations -- Programmed by Simeon Spiegel & Brian Fedirko

NOTE: This is the SAME bank that is out on the FTP site (WSNEW*.SYX), but I'm pretty sure that it was on the site
before SSI ever got the rights to distribute it. Also, I believe that many of these patches made it into the WSSR ROM
banks as well, but I'm not positive.

No review required, since most of us have heard it (I didn't take notes on it recently), but here's a blurb from the liner
notes (yeah, I ended up buying the damned thing too):

"What our bank does deliver is some of the most unique,hard hitting Wavestation sounds around. These
patches usethe unique wavesequencing and vector capabilities of theWavestation while providing that
critical, often overlooked item so important to working musicians: sounds you can use."

WSC-3S -- Synth & Timeslice

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Reviewed by Ben Hall

This comprises of two cards, a PCM card and a program ROM, and comes in a CD-type case, with a sleeve containing
a commented contents listing. It is probably the most useful of Korg's PCM cards for the original Wavestation series,
being the one containing a decentselection of new synth waveforms.

Waves - There are 65 new waves on the PCM card, covering some very nice bass waves (much more meaty than the
ones on the original WS), a decent selection of digital-synth-type waves, some more resonant waves and more
miscellaneous ones. My faves are the basses and NewAnaPad. For a complete listing see the wave list above.

Performances - Again, a typically mixed bag of patches, ranging from the mundane to the really nice. Special mention
goes to the first three performances, "Power Monsters" (powerful synth stabs), "Synsaw" (mean analog echoed brass),
and "Vokal Motion" (really useful vocal pad, without being too breathy). 22 "VectorVox" is nice and ambient (makes a
good whalesong substitute!), and the last performance, "Space Wars 1959" is basically the opening of Terminator 2!
(the futuristic battle scene, not the motorway!)

A few too many clavs and organs and other 'basic' sounds for my liking, although it does contain a good handful of
one-note jams. The sound-programming is of very high quality though - better than most of the third-party stuff IMHO.
The patches are very clear and with a high-output level, and really show off the quality of the WS output.

Verdict: Well, these cards are pretty sought after, so if you see one, get it! Worth having if you can find it, although few
people let go of them once they have them.

WPC-15 -- Dance/Top40 by Sound Source Unlimited

Reviewed by Ben Hall

This is supposed to be very chart-orientated synth stuff, so you will find such recognisable names as "U Can't Touch !"
and "Justify My Love". How close these come to the actual originals is debateable, but there is quite a high percentage
of stuff in this bank I liked. What you won't find is good examples of the Wavestation's power - there isn't really any
great examples of wave sequencing or vector stuff - most sounds are pretty straightforward digital synth stuff (but none
the less useable for it).

My favourite of the bunch is 11 "Don'tFallInLove" - a nice echoey lead, along the lines of the hook sound in Kate
Bush's "Running Up That Hill". Nice.

Verdict: If you're doing way out synth stuff, you probably won't find much of interest here, but if your tastes lie along
more straightforward 'pop' lines you'll find it useful - bells, pads, synth noises, basses and digital synth stuff.

WPC-17 -- Studio Collection by Key Clique

Reviewed by Ben Hall

This is quite a nice varied collection that is a little more "out-there" than the Top40 collection, and certainly more WS-
ish. Big moving WS-ish pads, synth textures, analog stuff and a fair bit of 'plucky' stuff that I didn't find particularly

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useful.

Fave performance: "Big 5 Voice", a smooth analog pad with filter being opened up by aftertouch or the mod wheel.
There's also quite a nice fretless bass that I would use, too. No real stand out patches though.

I liked the method of cataloging the sounds - the names include some information about the real-time performance
controls - for instance, a 'w' means that the mod wheel does something, an 'a' for aftertouch and a 'V' for velocity.

Verdict: I personally didn't find this bank as useful, although it's good quality stuff throughout.

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