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KORG iWAVESTATION App User Positive Comments 2024
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KORG iWAVESTATION for Positive User Reviews
✓ Just got itSounds lovely rich sounds that korg sound never disappoint me.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Excellent InstrumentWatching a really good demo of the modern hardware version and playing around with yhe app at the same time. It just sounds great. All the features in the convenience of my iPhone or iPad..Version: 1.1.4
✓ Sounds Amazing And Fun...Sounds fun? Yeah. This is really a very complex app. The sounds are stunning. Just amazing stuff. But I've tried just putting things together to create my own blend of sounds and beats, etc. but I feel like I'm getting nowhere. I downloaded and attempted to read through the PDF manual but unfortunately the only time I have to do that is after work and it puts me right to sleep. The next day I don't remember what I read and have to start from the beginning. Not a complaint with Korg, just an explanation. So, when I say it sounds fun that's because that's all I have to go on. As other reviewer's have pointed out, there's a bit of a learning curve. Maybe one of these online education sites will do a class on how to use it. That would help a lot. Once you purchase this app it then becomes available to you in Korg Gadget and the Gadget version is actually easier to use. You can't do any building in Gadget. You simply open the presets and play. You can do that in the app as well but you'll want to create once you get in there. The layout is very intriguing. It works amazing in Gadget. If you don't have Gadget I highly recommend that as well. Much less learning curve and just amazing sounds..Version: 1.0.3
✓ AuV3Please add Auv3 support to this and the M1 app ..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Always wanted a Wavestation, never had one till nowGreats sounds and so many of them.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Pristine RecreationKorg’s iWavestation is one of the best synths on iOS. First: To fully appreciate this synth, you need to buy-in to the concept that this is a recreation of a classic synth from 25 years ago. Sure, some of the patches sound dated and a few of the percussion patches are cartoonish. But, that is what it sounded like! Get past that and there is much here to love: incredible rolling digital textures, animated swirls, thick chords, and wirey leads. The quality is stunning, because Korg replicated the original synth engine itself. Now, when you listen to the entire library of patches you will notice many of the patches are similar. That’s okay, read the manual and make your own! It’s more complex than a standard analog synth, but if you can tackle, say, a modular synth, then you will be fine with this. It’s a bit on the pricey side, but this is a top-notch product..Version: 1.0.5
✓ No midi channel!!!!There's no selectable global midi channel for the iWAVESTATION so if you're like me and spent a hundred bucks for a plug korg plug key to use it in a setup with other synths(like a module as it was advertised) it will be useless to you. How in this day and age do you leave out a selectable midi channel on a synth? It's a shame because it sounds great and the interface Is good minus a few quirks and bugs it's very pretty. In app purchase is awesome, sound great(I actually have the real cards)...but no midi channel is bad form from Korg, who is my fav synth company. I consider the iWAVESTATION and plugkey wasted money spent until they sort out the midi. Bummed!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Needs the search capabilities of iM1This is a very interesting synth, has more expandability than iProphet but similar results. The thing I wish the most is that preset were easily searchable, like the preset in iM1. That would make searching for the best sound easy..Version: 1.0.3
✓ The best money I’ve spent in a long timeThis is incredible. I thought this would be a portable version of the legacy version, but it’s so much more. Excellent interface and great sound!.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Updated to the latest version: can’t restore my purchase.I’m getting the following error message - “Restoration was successful but not found the card bundle info.” I checked before I updated and had the additional sound cards. Please fix the bug. Thanks. **update** My restore started working about 24 hours later..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Super deep Korg synth; great on iPhone!Totally agree with the review written by "Classic Arcade Maniac" - iWavestation is a great iOS synth, in general, but the fact that it works so well on iPhone makes it particularly valuable. Korg's iM1 app is excellent - it's a huge library of sounds that is super accessible even to people with little knowledge of synths and sound design, but it is iPad only (except for the Gadget add-on). Fortunately, iWavestation can cover a lot of the same sounds with its massive library of patches. Integrates nicely into the ever expanding Korg Gadget universe, as well. Korg synths aren't dirt cheap, but they're well worth the price..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Well worth itAt last, the full potential of the Wavestation revealed. Just the most enormous lush sounds imaginable. The original team are probably all retired but Domo Arigato for your legacy. So very fortunate to have an SR. One minor point. Import SYSEX but no export ??? Thank you. 😎.Version: 1.1.1
✓ A bit confusing, but seems really capableI am actually well versed in synthesis and sound design, but this app is like a mind bending riddle to me. It is SO DIFFERENT from the typical analog, analog/digital hybrid, or digital FM based synths I am used to working with. The loops, the mixing, filtering, envelopes and effects chains concept seems so simple when you consider that these are all factors of a normal synth workflow, but with the different loop combinations and vector morphing considered, there are probably a billion different sounds you could program this to make, and not even be halfway to the bottom of the river of potential. I know this is going to take me a while to master, but I also know it will be worth it. Thanks Korg for putting this on sale! $15 was a pretty good deal for such an incredibly deep sound synthesis application..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Wavestation in an iPhoneAs an original Wavestation owner, it is pretty amazing to have one in my phone with all the cards and an improved interface. Would love to be able to create sounds here and then send them to the hardware version and legacy version. I hope Korg continues to invest in this..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Best YetWOW!!! Guaranteed not to disappoint. Every time I open this amazing music making wonderful, fantastic, spectacular app, I find another thing I didn't notice before that makes it even greater! It has a gadget in the Korg Gadget app, which raises it to even another level of AMAZINGNESS. WOW!!!.Version: 1.0
✓ Underrated synthI’m really confused as to why this has such a low score, not only is this a 1-1 port in terms of sonic quality compared to the VST but the devs also crafted a gorgeous, totally custom UI for iOS to help edit patches and navigate modulation options. It’s also worth mentioning that unlike the lauded Odyssey, the Wavestation synth is an original Korg product whose design has always been digital, thus you are getting essentially the same product people payed lotsa $$ for in the 90’s. No it’s not the same as programming the subtractive synth, but it’s meant to be a unique way of combining/layering preset synth samples over time. Complaints that the WS presets are dated is understandable but since you can edit each sample/layer’s level, pitch,asdr,lfo mod, built in fx and more, I don’t see what’s got people convinced that this is a Seinfeld music machine only. Take some time to read the manual and expand yr mind past Moog clones..Version: 1.0.5
✓ Dream AppA dream synth finally in app form.. Thanks Korg for this amazing app. A definite must-buy for all retro synth aficionados..Version: 1.0
✓ Good sounding emulationMaybe I'm biased (I own an AD) but for me the Wavestation was one of the great synths of its time. This is a fine emulation- all the classic presets are there. The editor seems fairly fluid- the wavestation is a complicated beast and the interface design uses the Ipad effectively to navigate between different layers. For example, I was able to figure out editing wavesequences fairly easily. The filter adds a resonance button (not on the original) though when I modulate it, it sounds a bit grainy. Korg's Wavestation emulator for PC is a better bet if you want good filters- though given filters were never a focus on the original that's not such a big deal. For better or worse, the Wavestation was one of those synths where you could dial up a preset, put your finger on a key at random, sit back and enjoy. You can do some deep synth programming on this though- just not in a conventional analog synth kind of way. While already rich enough on its own, it sounds awesome when layered with an analog or FM synth..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Midi updateIt was kinda useless for me until they recently added midi channel selection instead of Omni only. Glad you addressed an important issue.Version: 1.0.3
✓ King KorgThis is the first iPad synth you should buy. There are lots out there. I have most of them and they are brilliant but if you want a pro quality synth for not a lot of money, Korg have delivered an absolute beauty..Version: 1.0.5
✓ Definitely Excellent App But….This is a great app Since IOS 15 I can no longer load any .sys and .fxb files Please update this super app !!!!! Thank you in advance.Version: 1.1.4
✓ Awesome appCool sounds good drum kits for that miami vice .. or phil collins sound .. hope they add an ability to only receive midi on a specific channel like the manual says its supposed to!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ A Worthy Classic Made Even BetterThe Wavestation has always been a complex, beautiful beast. Adam Holzman (of the Miles Davis group, et al) was one of my electronic music students at Occidental College back in the 1970s and it was he who introduced me to the Wavestation a few years after he graduated. At the time digital synthesis was all the rage, modualrs were dying out and even analog keyboard synthesizers were showing weak in the marketplace. Then along came the Wavestation. Adam was such a brilliant keyboardist, composer and synth-geek that I had to take his recommendation seriously. I was not disappointed. I found that the Wavestation was deep enough that even the nerdiest, modular synthwonks (such as myself) could love it. It sounded rich enough that it made several movie soundtracks better and it was playable enough to have been dragged onto countless stages. While it was most often found in studios, as a live performance instrument it gave us enough sythowhacky horsepower to do what would have required a mini-van full of synthesizers and other gizmos to produce only a few years before it’s blessed advent. The Wavestation was never a deeply interactive synthesizer, however. It was a set-it-and-forget-it, preset machine. Interacting live with its deeper sound design features in a performance situation was simply out of the question. The iWAVESTATION preserves ALL of the Wavestation’s features -including the great sound, excellent effects actually expands on the original’s playability, using the keyboard, mod and pitch wheels and joystick- by adding a Kaos Pad. You get al this while at the same time reducing the physical footprint of a Wavestation to something a bit larger than the average cell phone. Simply amazing. Furthermore, the interface is even better than any hardware version of Korg’s original WS (and there were several). The iPad interface allows a far bigger, more accessible screen as a means to get at the sound design tools and all the other synth-goodness inherent in the original Wavestation. The addition of the Kaos Pad interface and the inclusion of so many additional samples and presets and tuning files, etc. all add up to make this even better than the original. There are a couple of downsides to the iWAVESTATION. One is the inherent complexity of the synthesis engine; but that is also one of the Wavestation’s many advantages. Secondly, as a keyboard instrument ...well, just use a MIDI keyboard or controller. The on-screen keyboard, like all other iPad virtual synthesizers, is nearly useless. Its okay for use during sound-design and not much more. I DO wish that Korg would take advantage of the iPad screen as a performance surface and add a keypad interface - something like what you see on the AniMoog and the TeraSynth and Thor and so many others. But set this puppy up right with a MIDI keyboard and a good sound system, flip over to the Kaos Pad/Joystick screen and I swear you can actually FLY with this thing. The iWAVESTATION is so good that I sold my Wavestation EX so that I could buy a big, fat, new iPad Pro 12.9 incher to go beyond where the EX could take me..Version: 1.0.6
✓ IOS synths evolvingSo many great iSynths now. This one is approaching next level..Version: 1.0
✓ Very close to Original EXSounds very close to the original. The updated GUI makes editing way easier than the original and VST. Hopefully the VST version will get this interface eventually..Version: 1.0.6
✓ Best iOS synth app out thereThis app is easily worth $1,000. I have an Arturia 4 octave midi controller running this and it really effectively uses the after touch. I have on top of a Roland Fantom 8 and it matches the sound complexity and depth of the Fantom & it’s just an iPad app. They have killer drum sounds. It would be great if they linked it to the iELECTRIBE. I have practically every iOS synth app out there & this is the best for a live musician..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Great App!I'm glad Korg finally brought the Wavestation to ios. The sound is superb. My only gripe with the app is it's export feature. It doesn't export to Korg Legacy .fxb format. I own both and find it easier to edit sounds in iWavestation. Please Korg implement this feature in an update. 5 stars when this happens..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Please update to AUv3 like iM1 🙏The fabulous iM1 has been updated to AUv3, the iWAVESTATION is a super powerful synth and needs the AUv3 update too. I have spent £hundreds on synth apps over the years, always looking for the ultimate sounding preset, but I always end up coming back to iWAVESTATION because it already has loads of of ultimate presets, it’s a pity I can only use one instance in a Cubasis project.Version: 1.1.5
✓ Incredible synth…. That needs to be AUv3.I’ve used hardware Wavestations for decades. My go to synth for pads and soundscapes. Korg did an amazing job with this app. You can even import patch banks. The ONLY thing lacking is AUv3 support. I would buy it again at full price if it was AUv3..Version: 1.1.4
✓ ImpressiveThis is a great-sounding app, full of amazing presets, and a heckuva lot of customization potential. My one complaint is about the GUI, and it is an easy one to fix - PLEASE Korg, add the ability to search through the presets, and perhaps even tag them for categorization. You did it in the iM1 app; can you please do the same for IWAVESTATION??.Version: 1.1.4
✓ Deep 90's nostalgia synth.If you remember 1993 with any sort of fondness, you'll like this synth. I'm not even going to call it an app. It's an instrument. It's complex, and a bit confusing at first, but what you can get out of it is spectacular. It's also expensive. I doubt anybody would buy a $30 app just for fun, but just in case you're thinking about it, I would recommend thinking twice. It's not really a musical toy. Those looking for instant gratification will be disappointed, most likely. I'll admit, I haven't even used midi on it yet. I've only used touch controls and recorded it in Gadget. iWAVESTATION and Gadget are an incredible pairing. I also have the ARP Oddesei. Using all 3 together is out of control fun. Over the past 5 years, I've become something of a Korg fanboy. Apps like this one are the reason why. Buying this kind of quality sound in hardware form would cost you $300+. I can carry it in my pocket for $30. That's the bottom line..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Kings of iOSChristmas has sure come early this year. Hot on the heels of the release of iOdyssei, Korg now treat us to iWavestation. Awesome! These guys set the bar when it comes to porting from other platforms and not just that, they take the opportunity to add new features too. These synths are extremely nostalgic but also very powerful and iWavestation can go very deep. Especially when running multiple instances inside Gadget. WOW - I love it :).Version: 1.0
✓ Awesome, but...This app is super deep and sounds really good, but I have noticed when it’s receiving midi clock, it will sometimes slowly drift out of time from the host tempo if you sustain a note long enough. I’m running 1.0.7, which states midi clock works properly. I know it’s not a routing error, because I haven’t experienced this with any other app using the exact same routing. Despite that, I think this is a great app. I really love the randomize function for kickstarting patch building..Version: 1.0.7
✓ Awesome interfaceThe interface is way better than the Legacy Collection version. It sounds nineties-cheesy, I admit, but you can coax some amazing sounds out of it if you're patient. Also, nineties-cheesy is coming back. Korg is absolutely nailing these apps and I hope they keep releasing more..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Could be bananas!!!I love the new wave sequence that breathes fresh air into this classic synth! My only complaint is the lack of robust midi control. I would love to assign CCs to so many parameters instead of the handful that are currently available..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Please add AUV3 supportI do really adore this app but in 2024 not having AUV3 support leaves it in a bit of a purgatory for apps like Logic Pro. With the recent Korg Gadget updates bringing the gadgets to AUV3, I’m hoping this is a sign Korg will make their older synth apps that also have gadgets into AUV3 apps as well. Please and thank you!.Version: 1.1.5
✓ Nice .very nice.🏮🎁🎊🎉🎹🎼🥁This is best of all music app in App Store lots of great features..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Why do I have silent patches?Love the sounds. Not much to complain about except several blank patches with no sound. Any ideas? Like card four.... Orch Hit!! Voxy synth. House bass. Why are these silent?.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Almost held out for iM1After buying a PlugKey, I figured I might as well buy this synth, rather than wait it out for an iPhone port of iM1. All I can say, is that I haven't put it down since. The PlugKey finally came today and this is definitely one of my favorite experiences with a synth! As others have stated, the filters are still lacking. They're okay for low-passing, but the resonant filter has a pretty weak character. The things that would make this synth complete would be sample import and a better filter. Other than that, KORG really nailed it with this port!.Version: 1.0.1
✓ MusicianPhenomenal app, however, this initial release does not include the ability to set the global midi channel which is a must have for anyone using multiple apps controlled by midi. Hopeful this is just an oversight that can be corrected soon..Version: 1.0.1
✓ 11 Inch Display SupportThis is a good synth, and it works in Gadget. Just wish it filled my 11 inch iPad screen in standalone mode..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Having been a past wavestation owner years agoThis app is AWESOME really it rocks more sounds and better than owning the real thing tearing presets apart you can get so many different sounds.Version: 1.1.4
✓ Wave stationI was fine until it stopped working. No sound even though midi works and you can see the waves in action but no sound. Every other app I have works flawlessly except this one. I am going to take it off and reinstall or else I want my money back if it still does not work. Removing the app and reinstalling solved the problem. It is now working perfectly. Some issues with the interface when creating user patches. It works but a little odd at times..Version: 1.0.6
✓ Please make this AU3 compatibleThis would so rock as an audio unit! Thanks.Version: 1.0.1
✓ Just Amazing!!I was pleasantly surprised with the Korg ODYSSEi and then shortly afterwards they release this monster synth. I don't know how people managed to program the original hardware with the small LCD screen but here it is totally redesigned to make it much easier. It's still a complex synth and I'll have to read to manual for this one but it's obvious it was very ambitious for its time and still stands strong to this day. Well known for its evolving pad sounds it's also great for audio mangling and the randomise button provides good inspiration. An essential purchase in my opinion..Version: 1.0
✓ Early days but very impressed so farThe iWS app presents the complex WS hierarchy in a much more accessible visual way than the original hardware. ABing some sample patches between app and my SR module found them to be stunningly similar. In a short test of a couple of orchestral patches, I found the sound BETTER from my iPad (via an iTrack Dock) to that of the original module which was pretty gobsmacking tbh. I was also able to repair a corrupt performance preset on my SR by viewing the same performance patch layers on the app, and correcting the altered patches on the module. iWS replicates the Wavestation hardware character exactly, but greatly improves on its editability, all for quality app money. Massively impressive KORG..Version: 1.0
✓ Classic and superbA classic favourite synth of mine after owning the real one this ones fantastic and very portable being on the ipad. Get it, you wont be disappointed..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Needs an update for this awesome synthThis, as with all korg synths, is excellent, yet it just needs an update, in particaular there is missing preset sounds. about 5% of presets are missing! please fix!.Version: 1.1.4
✓ DeepIf you really want to get down and dirty with this synth I highly recommend using the manual alongside the original reference guide oh and get the players guide for the hardware wavestation as there are blank patch sheets that you might like to print off as there is no way on earth you can keep track of parameter changes if you are designing a complex sound from either an existing preset or from scratch..Version: 1.0.5
✓ WowCrikey, awesome synth , but yes can get deep. Using standalone on an iphone 5s with no hitches. We are spoiled with offerings like this. I think I’ve counted 8 external midi mod sources patchable to numerous destinations for controlling via midi controller, so read the manual !! Using as a rompler for basic piano / organ sounds , but also for evolving pads and keys with character. Bit of a learning curve, even for experienced knob twiddlers. Bravo korg 👍.Version: 1.1.4
✓ For those with a little analogue-fatigue...A really interesting choice of synth to resurrect - an idiosyncratic sound, far removed from the plethora of analogue emulations in vogue at the moment. Reminiscent of a certain era in pop, invoking Depeche Mode & Tears For Fears. The only danger here is that the presets are so recognisable, they may overpower your music - be sure to tweak the presets (very easy), or use the 'randomise' button for something new. An excellent app..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Brilliant!I have an original WS/AD rack which I love, but now as it ages Im scared to turn it on. Not to worry, I now have this great app. Ive done side by side comparisons, and I would say the app sounds a little better, as in it seems to have better hi freq response. This would be normal considering the A>D conversion is now better than 25 years ago. But where this app shines is its ability to edit, far better than the small screen. Great work..Version: 1.0.6
✓ A+As a professional musician, iWAVESTATION provides a wealth of sounds to compose and perform with. The sounds are comparable to some of the top desktop VST's. Korg has A+ sounds, instruments and apps. -AprilRox.Version: 1.0.5
✓ Great addition to the Korg familyI'm sure if you're heavily into synthesis this app might not float you're boat but if you just want to make great sounds that inspire and move , it's excellent. One thing that this misses , unless I've missed it myself , is a hold button so you can use it in background and play over with another music app. I'm not sure if it's worth it once the price drop offer ends but at the initial offer price it's well worth it..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Magical sounding and UniqueWhich is what I’ve come to expect with every separate purchase of a Korg product ...and as far as versatility,...if I only use the presets on gadget ,i-wavestation, And Module I will never run out of fresh new instruments needed for great parts to any song. ...so I am personally 100% satisfied. Genius work Korg..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Great app.Lots of interesting possibilities with this. The limited functions when used in gadget are a bit of a pain though. Hopefully that will be sorted in an update..Version: 1.0.1
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