Modwave questions

[pinbot]

I’m buying a Korg Modwave and I’m wondering how many presets it comes with. Does it have a ‘compare’ function? Since I currently have no access to a computer, how difficult would it be to update the system? Are there any online Wavetable editing tools available? I currently have an iPad and an iPhone.

[serge]

The Korg Modwave is amazing, so congratulations on the decision! Managing the content in the Modwave would be quite challenging, if not impossible w/o access to a computer unfortunately. However, Modwave offers quite a bit under the hood. Just looking at the PC Editor for the modwave module, I'm showing it has: 251 Performances, 435 Programs, 80 Kaoss Physics Presets, 347 Motion Sequence Presets, 243 Wavetables, 26 Scales, and 661 Effects Presets. That's quite a bit to work with, but no compare & no wavetable import, without their Librarian. I could be wrong about that.

[pinbot]

How many samples are included?

[serge]

Technically none, but it has wave tables some of which probably were samples at one point. Each wave table has up to 64 frames/waveforms and it has a total of 243 stock wave tables. Even with a PC, you’d have to convert the sample into a wave table using their wave edit software.

For samples, their wavestate product is incredible with a rich library of samples/multisamples.

[kritikon]

As for updating the OS without a computer...might be difficult, I suspect. I have Opsix and Wavestate (same stable as Modwave) and I doubt I could have updated on a tablet/phone. It's physically doable, as you connect up via USB, but I remember having having to diddle around with drivers and Win settings etc to ensure it worked. That might not apply to Apple though I dunno. It's only the first time you update that you need to do all the fiddly bits, but hats off to Korg - their instructions were foolproof even to a computer illiterate like me. Possibly the editor/librarians will work on an ipad? Korg seem to be quite into ipad/tablet sw nowadays.

[kritikon]

Just checked...Korg site still states the updater needs a computer, so it looks like you wouldn't be able to update it. On the upside it looks like they got some kind of sample compiler with the editor/librarian, which I assume converts them into wavetables? EDIT...no, it actually loads samples now - only 1 bank at a time. Must admit I didn't know v2 made it into a sampler too. Probably 4GB same as Wavestate. I also couldn't see any reference to ipad/tablet for the editor. I think you're shit out of luck. But the actual basic synth itself is pretty powerful without any additions.

[egbert101]

Yes, modwave loads samples and multisamples, so it is a pretty powerful beast.

[serge]

Yes, modwave loads samples and multisamples, so it is a pretty powerful beast.

Wow - just saw the ability to load your own multi-samples! I've just been using it for wave sequencing and completely forgot about the Sample/Multisamples. And there's quite a bit of room for your own - 4 GB of space! Thanks for the reminder!