Korg Wavedrum - anyone have one?

[BBFG#]

I have a Handsonic and rarely use it anymore. I find the small pads on it to be nothing more than what I get from controlling the sounds using a keyboard. Been looking at the WaveDrum since it was first introduced, but been patiently waiting for at least the USB port to be added. So like the previous poster pointing out the 'gripes', I want to see if they address those first.

[Rah]

First version are pretty expensive on 2nd hand market, but the current ones are well worth the price imho.

I've been idly looking into buying a 2nd hand wavedrum at some point, how can one tell which are the first version wavedrums? I have heard they are quite different (and some say much better and more interesting) than later wavedrums.

[foosnark]

Been looking at the WaveDrum since it was first introduced, but been patiently waiting for at least the USB port to be added. So like the previous poster pointing out the 'gripes', I want to see if they address those first.

I wouldn't expect it to ever send MIDI triggers, at least not without giving up a lot of what makes it unique.

Think of it as a partially electro-acoustic instrument. The sound of the impact is part of the output, and unless I'm mistaken, also feeds the synthesis algorithms. (Some of the sound is sample-based, and it doesn't apply to those.) This is why brushes, sticks, mallets and hands all sound different; it's not just velocity.

That said, USB would be nice for patch editing & management. Editing is pretty horrible on this thing.

[Shy]

I don't know what could be considered more interesting about the earlier models. Wavedrum Global has all the features plus more algorithms, factory presets and user presets storage available.

The first model is either silver or a limited edition black. Wavedrum Oriental is red, and it has very significant advantages over the first version, with its additional algorithms (drum synth types), and it has more PCM samples as well (less interesting). Wavedrum Global has 15 more algorithms, so that's a very significant upgrade again. Details here.

I'd love to have the additional algorithms, so I'd probably get a Wavedrum Global if I didn't already have the Oriental model, which I'm VERY satisfied with, anyway.

[Rah]

I don't know what could be considered more interesting about the earlier models. Wavedrum Global has all the features plus more algorithms, factory presets and user presets storage available.

The first model is either silver or a limited edition black. Wavedrum Oriental is red, and it has very significant advantages over the first version, with its additional algorithms (drum synth types), and it has more PCM samples as well (less interesting). Wavedrum Global has 15 more algorithms, so that's a very significant upgrade again. Details here.

I'd love to have the additional algorithms, so I'd probably get a Wavedrum Global if I didn't already have the Oriental model, which I'm VERY satisfied with, anyway.

Thanks for the pointers

[Lotuzia]

I don't know what could be considered more interesting about the earlier models. Wavedrum Global has all the features plus more algorithms, factory presets and user presets storage available.

The first model is either silver or a limited edition black. Wavedrum Oriental is red, and it has very significant advantages over the first version, with its additional algorithms (drum synth types), and it has more PCM samples as well (less interesting). Wavedrum Global has 15 more algorithms, so that's a very significant upgrade again. Details here.

I'd love to have the additional algorithms, so I'd probably get a Wavedrum Global if I didn't already have the Oriental model, which I'm VERY satisfied with, anyway.

Thanks for the pointers

Original was produced in 1994, and had a hw editor.info is there or there
Its quite rare.

[Shy]

I had no idea that anyone actually means that rare old thing from 20 years ago. I meant Wavedrum "WD-X", as it's never referred to, even in the manual (only "Wavedrum").

[BBFG#]

Been looking at the WaveDrum since it was first introduced, but been patiently waiting for at least the USB port to be added. So like the previous poster pointing out the 'gripes', I want to see if they address those first.

I wouldn't expect it to ever send MIDI triggers, at least not without giving up a lot of what makes it unique.

Think of it as a partially electro-acoustic instrument. The sound of the impact is part of the output, and unless I'm mistaken, also feeds the synthesis algorithms. (Some of the sound is sample-based, and it doesn't apply to those.) This is why brushes, sticks, mallets and hands all sound different; it's not just velocity.

That said, USB would be nice for patch editing & management. Editing is pretty horrible on this thing.

And audio recording. But also as a simple trigger for ITB Samples, which is what my Handsonic ends up doing now. (It has MIDI only though, no USB).

[Rah]

Original was produced in 1994, and had a hw editor.info is there or there
Its quite rare.

Thanks for those links