The component values referred to in this post are for the original Wavestation, the component numbers and values are different in the AD rack version. The scratches on the panel, created during its long stay in my garage would have to stay. The Refurb My Wavestation needed a new back light, new front panel buttons, keys cleaning and some scratches on the screen removed. It does have the advantage of displaying the waveforms. I do have iWavestation on an iPad but it is not quite the same as the original in sound or play-ability.

In 2020 I dug the WS1 out to refurbish and possibly sell, but once plugged in and making sounds in the new Garden Studio I decided to keep it. As my studio grew the Wavestation was rather side lined and then put in the garage for storage for 20 years, where it gathered dust and scratches. I added a few sound cards, Drums and Performance 3.

I loved the wave table sounds and the keyboard with after touch. It was a big purchase for me back then, and my first digital synthesizer, which I used for many tracks in the early 1990’s. In addition to a total of over 1,500 built-in preset sounds, an enormous amount of added PCM waveforms and wave sequences allows for even more variegated sound production.Overview I bought my Korg Wavestation new in 1990 as a grey import with no serial number for £1200, £400 of RRP. 7 types of PCM and program cards are equipped. The software provides extensive preset programs and waveforms found on all of the series’ models: WAVESTATION, WAVESTATION EX, WAVESTATION A/D, and WAVESTATION SR. In addition to these and other unique revolutionary features, the sound section has equipped all of WAVESTATION’s PCM, and the parameters of the delicate parts have been fully reproduced in the software by analyzing the circuit map of the original design. The user could operate a joystick to 'mix' or 'morph' between four oscillators, or create a wave sequence by placing waveforms in a specific order to create rhythmic or melodic sequence patterns. The WAVESTATION synthesizer appeared in 1990 with its new 'advanced vector synthesis system' which produced a new sound by combining and shifting between multiple complex waveforms.

Korg wavestation v1.8.0