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19 May 1997: factory3.zip - RAM3 for the WS/EX

We currently have the following collections:

factory.zip
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Korg
- Short description: The file FACTORY.SYX is a raw sysex file containing the factory preset data for the keyboard version of the Korg Wavestation.
- Long description
factory3.zip
- Contributor: Rick Gutleber, rickg@his.com
- Author: Korg
- Short description: The file FACTORY3.SYX is a raw sysex file containing the factory preset data for the Korg Wavestation EX.
- Long description
bens_ws3.zip
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bens_ws4.zip (9 Dec 1995)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bens_ws5.zip (13 Jan 1996)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bens_ws6.zip (10 Jun 1996)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bens_ws7.zip (12 Jun 1996)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bens_ws8.zip (9 May 1997)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bens_ws9.zip (9 May 1997)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bensws10.zip (9 May 1997)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
bensws11.zip (9 May 1997)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Description
rikz_09.zip
- Contributor: Rick Gutleber, rickg@his.com
- Author: Rick Gutleber, rickg@his.com
- Short description: Mostly simple performances (I'm no expert), but it has "Urbs Numbium", my one-finger ambient music experiment that I am very proud of.
- Long description
ws-new02.zip
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Unknown
- Short description: This is bank has been around the net for ages. I (Rick) recognized some of the performaces from the SR banks. They may all be SR performances. In any event they are worth having.
- Long description
pegs-ws1.zip
- Contributor: Owain F. Pedgley, O.F.Pedgley@lut.ac.uk
- Author: Owain F. Pedgley
- Short description: I have compiled the file "pegs-ws1.syx" so that you can have a taste of my home brew when it comes to programming the Wavestation. I am submitting this in direct response to the requests, discussion etc.. on the Wavestation Mailing List. The drive to get more patches on the 'net is extremely well founded, and I am happy to participate.
- Long description
rpps1.zip
- Contributor: Rick Scott, ricks@vivanet.com
- Author: Rick Scott
- Short description: The rpps1.syx file contains performances for RAM1. Since all of these performances reference patches and wave sequences in ROM, they should work on all Wavestations and should NOT depend on your current RAM1 patch/wave-sequence data.
- Long description
nowt.zip
- Contributor: Owain F. Pedgley, O.F.Pedgley@lut.ac.uk
- Author: Owain F. Pedgley
- Short description: These are empty banks, the performances, patches and wave sequences have been cleared out. These files are useful for 'programming the WS from scratch'.
- Long description
paul_ws.zip
- Contributor: Steve Cowan, lost@astral.magic.ca
- Author: Paul Nagle
- Short description: OK, here's a bank of mixed stuff from me. Mainly pretty conventional things but then most of these are quite old. RAM1, Channel 1, you know the kind of thing, I'm sure.... have fun!
- Long description
librasyx.zip (15 Jan 1996)
- Contributor: Rick Gutleber, rickg@his.com
- Author: Korg
- Short description: LIBRASYX.ZIP contains the entire Libra metabank library in SYX form. There is a better version of this floating around the 'net, but I have never been able to do anything with it. Anyhow, I have divided the 645 Libra performances into 27 SYSEX files for use with any Wavestation. Please note that some patches use the EX PCM waveforms, otherwise all will run on any Wavestation. This collection comprises the entire SR ROM and a few other performances which, to this day, are of unknown origin.
  Note: I haven't had a tested these yet, if there are any duplicates or anything, please let me know!
- Long description
skip01_s.zip (2 Mar 1996)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: John "Skippy" Lehmkuhl, jckuhl@aol.com
- Short description: These patches are 100 percent original patches that I made during and after the development of the Wavestation Voicing project. I could only include 23 Performances because these use all of the 35 available Programs. If you like these, please email me - these programs took a long time to make - as many of you know. Most of these are straight ahead "tonal" patches. If I get positive feedback, I have some rather abstract/psychedelic patches that might make it on the net in the future.
- Long description
koerin01.zip (2 Mar 1996)
- Contributor: Sid Koerin, skoerin@ix.netcom.com
- Author: Sid Koerin, skoerin@ix.netcom.com
- Short description: Various patches, both created and found, by Sid Koerin.
- Long description
kidnepro.zip (2 Mar 1996)
- Contributor: Kid Nepro Productions, kidnepro@aol.com
- Author: Kid Nepro Productions, kidnepro@aol.com
- Short description: This is a free demo SYX file from Kid Nepro, a company that sells patches.
- Long description
radwar.zip (9 May 1997)
- Contributor: Ben Hall, cb170@city.ac.uk
- Author: Robert E. Heath, tkay@netcom.ca
- Description

Korg Wavestation Patch Archive

The Korg Wavestation Mailing List has initiated a collaborative effort to provide new and exciting software for the Korg Wavestation. Periodically, we select a particular theme and members create new WS performances along that theme. There are a lot of talented programmers out there. Just check out these impressive results:

Techno, pa_01.zip
Description
Atmospheres, pa_02.zip
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Percussion, pa_03.zip
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Film/Soundtrack, pa_04.zip
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Thanks to Ben Hall for setting this monthly competition and to all the contributors.

SYSEX got you down?

Would you rather ftp these files? Do you have trouble with raw sysex? Then visit the WS Patch Archive FTP Site graciously set up by Ben Hall. This archive includes, in addition to the SYX format offered here, Sound Diver and MIDI file versions of these patches.

The Korg Wavestation Mailing List Home Page

The Wavestation Mailing list is a forum for discussion and support for users of the Korg Wavestation family of instruments. These innovative synthesizers allow musicians to create a wide variety of pleasing (and not-so-pleasing) sounds using several different synthesis techniques.

Need help?

If you have questions about the patches you downloaded here, please ask. I'll do my best to help you. However, I cannot recommend software to transfer SYSEX to your Wavestation. I am only familiar with what I use, which is Cakewalk Pro for Windows v1.03. In particular, I cannot tell you anything about Macintoshes or answer questions about malfunctioning Wavestations or any other hardware. If you do need help in these areas you will lots of friendly people who know much more than I through The Korg Wavestation Mailing List. Tell them Rick sent you.

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