Guess what? Yes: _more_ Korg Wavestation Performances... =========================================================== (19/11/96 ...and it's a _really_ dismal day) This is my eighth bank of patches uploaded to the net - the first was BENS_WS3.ZIP and so on up to BENSWS10.ZIP. All data remains the copyright of me (Ben Hall) - see below. BENSWS10.SYX is a raw sysex format file containing some more of my Wavestation sounds to add to your collections. There are 22 performances in this library, and all should work on any WS (ie the WS, EX, A/D and SR). The SoundDiver format library version of this bank is called BENSWS10.LIB (the "Load" option in the WS memory manager is the quickest way to load this file), and the midifile format version is BENSWS10.MID. The SYX file is raw sysex data and needs to be transmitted via the MIDI OUT to the WS. They are addressed to RAM1, and should be transmitted to a WS on Midi channel 1, using appropriate software. * PC Users * ------------ For PC users, Cakewalk will load these files, or you can try one of the two shareware WS editors (found in ftp.mcc.ac.uk in the directory pub/music/emagic/SOUNDDIVER/LIBRARIES/Korg/Wavestation/WS_Editors/ amongst other places: these are WS Edit 1.c by Stefano Voulaz and Wavestat 4.0 by Mark Alands ). In addition there are various sysex programs around, try WinSysex or Dumpster for Windows that should do the job. Check the popular Harmony Central web site: see http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Windows * Mac Users * ------------- Mac users can use Bulk Sysex 1.02 (it's around the net), or Galaxy and Unisyn have SYX import drivers available if you use one of those programs. * Atari Users * --------------- Atari users should use Dump-It! (contact me, or it's on micros.hensa.ac.uk as well as other places) It's the only decent sysex dumper that can handle bigg-ish dumps (ahem) * Amiga Users * --------------- I haven't a clue as to what sysex dumping software exists for the Amiga. There is a utility with Bars'n'Pipes called Patchmeister that does SYX file dumps (apparently). If you know of other similar programs, drop me a line and let me know... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Of course most sequencers will read and transmit the midifile versions of the bank, so these may be more convenient. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All of my other WS sounds (and other banks besides) can be found in ftp.mcc.ac.uk pub/music/emagic/SOUNDDIVER/LIBRARIES/Korg/Wavestation/ in Diver/, Midifiles/ and Syx/ directories, and also on the Trading Post on the web in sysex format. There are also floating around other sites here and there... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wavestation mailing list is back up again (yay!) at a new address: wavestation@cloudfactory.org To subscribe, send a mail to majordomo@cloudfactory.org with the body text "subscribe wavestation", or "subscribe wavestation-digest" (without the quotes). Come join the fun! ( ...and contribute to the WS Patch Archive... ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hopefully I will put on the net most of the patches I make (not enough people do this, for mostly understandable reasons). If anyone has any nice WS patches they want to bung in my direction, please do! You are free to use these patches in any way you please, upload them anywhere etc etc. All data is one hundred per cent original (apart from one modified voice in one of the banks that is credited where it appears). I virtually always start from initialised voices, and program directly on the WS itself. Please keep this text file with the bank. This bank is: Copyright 1996 Ben Hall If you use these or any of my other patches on any commercial recordings, it'd be nice if you could drop me a line and tell me, or better still, send me a free copy... :) - Ben Hall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RAM-01 00 'Erm.. *' Completely useless random noises. These things are more experiments than anything else. RAM-01 01 'Mysteria *' Nice pad. RAM-01 02 'FactOrFiction?*' Echoey synth sound. RAM-01 03 'BianoDX Layer *' A couple of layered electric pianos, with a touch of breath, and a third at high velocities, split with a bass in the bottom octave-or-so. RAM-01 04 'Cold Winter *' Nice moving analog pad, with a slow phaser. Mod wheel affects filter cutoff. RAM-01 05 'PitchSpitBrass*' Analog brass sound with a ptich bent attack. Aftertouch and mod wheel do vibrato. RAM-01 06 'Leadstation *' Lead sound, somewhere around "Mini Lead" lines. RAM-01 07 'Vifths *' Detuned-fifths sound with a bent attack, and an octave downwards pitchshift with aftertouch. RAM-01 08 'Tenor Sax *' Nice playable mono legato tenor sax: aftertouch presses in vibrato (I like using aftertouch for a more natural vibrato because you can lean into it more physically). The mod wheel controls the vibrato rate, with down being slow and up being fast. With both depth and rate playable in this way you can do some nicely expressive solos. RAM-01 09 'Hufman *' Breathy chiffy pad. RAM-01 10 'Fusion Bass *' A bass sound. I've only ever heard two or three decent basses on the Wavestation - basses don't seem to be it's strong point, which is strange as most synths seem to be able to do some decent basses (including my old (cheap) CZ-101...) RAM-01 11 'Polymodulator *' More vocoder wavesequence-modulated pads (nice when synced to midi and used in the background of a track). Because th modulating wave sequence is polyphonic you can build up some nice cross-rythmic pads by triggering different notes at different times. RAM-01 12 'VS-DX-Evelpno *' Nice electric-piano sound, with different timbres played according to velocity. Mod wheel affects chorus rate. RAM-01 13 'Vifths 2 *' Similar to the earlier one but with slightly different effects. RAM-01 14 'Pileggi *' Echoey sequence, with an analog bass, and a bendy analog thing when you hold a note. RAM-01 15 'Whistle Blower*' Chiffy bottle-blowing sound. RAM-01 16 'Monomodulator *' Same as above, but the wavesequence is mono-only when playing chords, which dramatically increases polyphony. RAM-01 17 'Oh Joy! *' Death by resonance: the joystick modulates both resonance and the parametric eq mid section, and the mod wheel closes the filter. Wiggle away! RAM-01 18 'Bellepiano *' Another electic piano. Boring yes, but I like playing these, they sound so Christmassy! (well, they do the way I play them... :) RAM-01 19 'Vel.stringlyr *' Strings, with a long release pad at lower velocities, and shorter one at upper-mid velocities, and a bowed attack at high velocities. RAM-01 20 'Formant Pad *' Another pad. The sustain pedal only affects one part, so when you hold a pad with the pedal it drifts over to the left side, which can work quite nicely in a track giving some breathing space. RAM-01 21 'Cool Winter *' Version of "Cold Winter" that doesn't use crossfading wave sequences, so you lose the moving wave effect but gain wads more polyphony. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope you can find a use for 'em. Enjoy! --------------------------------------------------- |> | | WWW: http://www.city.ac.uk/~cb170 |> E |\| |-| /\ |_ |_ EMAIL: benj@city.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------