Excellent video. I bought the Modwave for my teenage son a few weeks back as he said he wanted something portable that he could dive into learning synthesis; you know, "baby's first synthesizer" and all that. Jeez, I had no idea the Modwave was insanely deep. Nice bit of easily accessible sparkle & shine to take a dip in the shallow end and noodle about on. But I tore the proverbial hood off this thing once I printed up the manual. Wow. Unbelievably deep in an incredible number of ways. I hooked this up to my Hydrasynth and mapped the poly aftertouch to several parameters on the Modwave. So lively and performance oriented. This Wave and Motion Sequencing tech is killer and I think Korg has just given us a glimpse of its future potential here.
Thanks, much appreciated. As a modwave user I have to say there are way too few tutorials out there to do this absolutely massive and complex synth any justice. Keep them coming! 👍👍👍
I finally got my own Modwave now and am VERY grateful for this video. I love sound design almost more than making music so this toy will be played with for sure. Thank you!
Thank you for taking time to make this series. I hope you will show us the possible interactions between the sequencer and the arpeggiator.😇 Thanks again
Awesome! Keep them coming! I really appreciate you doing this. The sequencer was kind of a mystery to me but you are helping me wrap my head around it!
Wow that’s such a fantastically creative process, thanks for the explanation. As someone who doesn’t enjoy traditional sequencing this is oddly appealing
Finally a real in-depth video!!! Cannot say how grateful I am for you going into depth to all the hidden and unexpected parameters, and showing exciting ways to combine them... such a natural presenter, really clear descriptions and great flow from one feature to the next... one day I hope to be as mindlinked to the instrument as you :o) very very tuned in for the next one!
@@OscillatorSink yeah already watched, braced for the next, no presh 😉 know it's a lotta work. About to go gigging on my modwave for first time in Italy using a lot of these generative techniques
thanks! looking forward to receiving mine next week and in preparation i decided to watch some vids and this thing is just mind boggling compared to the minifreak i have (which is capable but pretty straight forward with its matrix and modlane) glad you made these amazing tutorials
Thank you sir. I’m kinda surprised Modwave and Opsix haven’t gotten a lot more buzz… they are both awesome and it feels like they kinda didn’t get the same hullabaloo as say the recent minifeak for example… would love desktop module versions though…
excellent demo with an inspirational hands-on synth, indeed. how many years is this synth expected to last about and work properly, depending on the quality of its internal hardware components?
You are really selling me on the ModWave - I didn't realize that the sequencer is on a par with modular analogue sequencing. I know that analogue sequencer modules themselves usually don't actually transpose - the CV summing to enable transposition occurs elsewhere - but the lack of transposition in digital step sequencers (e.g. Roland Boutique JP-08) has been a fail that has annoyed me enormously for decades.
The whole of the Modwave feels *very* "modular". I don't know if you've seen my video about the envelopes on the Modwave, but you'll see the same philosophy happening there. The Mod Matrix has, hundreds of slots, each with what is functionally a VCA optionally controlled by another parameter, it's all very modular.
thanks for this video. You say that if someone needs a "traditional" sequencer to build songs it would probably be better to resource to an external one. Could you please suggest one or a few cheap entry level sequencers that can do the job, maybe also adding a drum machine feature? I was thrown off by the Modwave when I found out that its sequencer is a "per note" one.
If you want a keyboard involved, the Keystep Pro is my default answer. That does melodic and drum sequencing (but isn't a drum machine itself). If you want a drum machine that also does sequencing of melodic stuff, then I guess you're looking at something like a Digitakt, but that's a step up in cost and complexity maybe.
Can you tell me if it is possible to have the manually played notes only trigger exactly in synch with a midi clock. For example, lets say you have an 1/8 note set on the Modwave sequencer. To my ears, it sounds like the keys sound on keypress, regardless to whether the sequencer is set to note sync. The amplifier seems to trigger on keypress, and I have not found a way (yet) to have the amp envelope synch up with the midi clock. On my other synth with a sequencer, the Vermona '14, the VCA only opens on the midi clock clicks, (and a keypress), so a late manual note will only open on the midi synched VCA., VCF, which sounds better. When I compare the two, as the '14 is mono, I set the Modwave to mono and I find the amplifier opens at keypress...still looking to sync the amp envelope to midi clock. Basically it would be an AND operation: If keypress is on, AND MIDI trigger is hit, then open amp envelope (on the modwave)
Hello I just bought this lovely synth. And I just can’t find out how you play a Multisamples sound alone, without the INIT, program, wavetable etc. All The Best Jonas
Amazing stuff! Do you have a “Modwave for dummies” series? I still can’t get modwave into a fast workflow. Like, I just want to grab a single parameter and modulate it. I failed at using LFOs and Envelops to change simple parameters like Oscillator 2 Level. (Wub Bass)
I don't have exactly that, but I do have this video: ua-cam.com/video/n_jPshKk7w0/v-deo.html where I start from an initialized patch and build up a finished patch from scratch which might show you the ropes. Also this video: ua-cam.com/video/n_jPshKk7w0/v-deo.html specifically goes into the way that the envelopes work.
@@OscillatorSink also found your other videos helpful. I came to a good solution for a simpleton like myself: Instead of using Oscillator 2, I just use the 2nd layer Occilator 1. Amp envelop already matched. I think zooming out like this makes the unit more approachable.
Great video👍. I'll definitely watch out for the rest of them. The ModWave is the synth that's most interesting for me right now. I'm curious as to whether it is "wind synth friendly" so I could play it from my Roland AE-30. Does it accept breath control?
The Mod Matrix is super comprehensive. Aftertouch (and poly aftertouch) are available as sources, breath control isn't an explicit source, but you can arbitrarily apply any CC number as a mod source, so I guess you just point CC 2 at whatever you wanted.
@@OscillatorSink Thanks! Sounds like it has potential then beyond just keyboard control. The AE-30 lets me pick which CCs it uses for different controls (besides breath it has 2-axis motion control and a pressure sensitive thumb pad).
@@unclemick-synths I'm pretty sure you can control the Modwave's x/y pad using incoming CC (18 and 19 - I just checked the manual!) so that could be a great starting point for exploring a lot of the pre existing patches!
@@OscillatorSink that's cool - the AE-30's elevation and tilt sensors would be ideal for controlling the x/y. The main question is how tightly bound the architecture is to the envelopes. I have found that Mono mode with legato (to avoid envelope re-triggering with pitch change) and aftertouch (to override the envelope sustain) is essential for wind synth control.
for whatever reason , I can for the life of me figure out how to record into the motion sequence. I read the manual still no luck. am I missing something
@@OscillatorSink it’s the modwave mkII I tried holding the key down. While recording like it says When I go to play it back nothing. I’ve tried playing different keys in pitch mode Nothing I tried. I watched the three videos you have on the motion sequence. Great videos but I’m still missing something
Have you followed the instructions in the manual? You go into record mode by pressing rec+pitch, then press the root note that you're sequencing relative to. After that you have to press enter to start step sequencing (sounds like this is the step you're missing perhaps?) - you'll get feedback on the screen to show that the notes are being entered. Press Rec again once you're done. Personally I ususlly program the sequence in with the value knob (which is what I do in this series).
@@OscillatorSink we feel for you man, left out in the cold, maybe you'll coax a different sound out of it than most reviewers are currently doing (all sound the same)
@@freejazzbone I really hate those launch videos. The Wavestate launch was especially lame and gave the impression that it only does ambient pads. It's so much better to wait for videos like this Modwave one to really find out what a synth can do
@@unclemick-synths i agree, it is pretty exciting though, when a new piece of gear hits the market, the minilouge XD/opsix/wavestate are all fantastic synths indeed
please, i really want to know how to record a big secuence, NOBODY adresses it, they always make like a 4 step secuence. HOW CAN I RECORD A BIG SECUENCE ON THE PITCH LANE?????
Dommage que c’est en Anglais pour un pauvre petit créole qui habite au fond de l’océan indien 😁mais heureusement qu’il y avait les gestes, des boutons et un écran 😂Merci beaucoup et bon dimanche ❤️💐
Excellent video. I bought the Modwave for my teenage son a few weeks back as he said he wanted something portable that he could dive into learning synthesis; you know, "baby's first synthesizer" and all that. Jeez, I had no idea the Modwave was insanely deep. Nice bit of easily accessible sparkle & shine to take a dip in the shallow end and noodle about on. But I tore the proverbial hood off this thing once I printed up the manual. Wow. Unbelievably deep in an incredible number of ways. I hooked this up to my Hydrasynth and mapped the poly aftertouch to several parameters on the Modwave. So lively and performance oriented. This Wave and Motion Sequencing tech is killer and I think Korg has just given us a glimpse of its future potential here.
Thanks, much appreciated. As a modwave user I have to say there are way too few tutorials out there to do this absolutely massive and complex synth any justice. Keep them coming! 👍👍👍
Thank you! I plan to!
I finally got my own Modwave now and am VERY grateful for this video. I love sound design almost more than making music so this toy will be played with for sure. Thank you!
Thank you for taking time to make this series. I hope you will show us the possible interactions between the sequencer and the arpeggiator.😇
Thanks again
After watching this video my expertise on the subject shifted from zero to zero point fraction infinitely approaching zero
Awesome! Keep them coming! I really appreciate you doing this. The sequencer was kind of a mystery to me but you are helping me wrap my head around it!
Happy to help you find your way with it, it's super powerful (but that comes with a little complexity).
Simply the best Modwave on UA-cam! Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Wow that’s such a fantastically creative process, thanks for the explanation. As someone who doesn’t enjoy traditional sequencing this is oddly appealing
Thanks a lot. I love how deep you dove into the techniques of the ModWave! Really amazing.
Finally a real in-depth video!!! Cannot say how grateful I am for you going into depth to all the hidden and unexpected parameters, and showing exciting ways to combine them... such a natural presenter, really clear descriptions and great flow from one feature to the next... one day I hope to be as mindlinked to the instrument as you :o)
very very tuned in for the next one!
Thank you, that's very kind, and good news - part 2 is already available on the channel!
@@OscillatorSink yeah already watched, braced for the next, no presh 😉 know it's a lotta work. About to go gigging on my modwave for first time in Italy using a lot of these generative techniques
@@alexetchart good luck and have fun! Hope it goes well!
thanks! looking forward to receiving mine next week and in preparation i decided to watch some vids and this thing is just mind boggling compared to the minifreak i have (which is capable but pretty straight forward with its matrix and modlane) glad you made these amazing tutorials
Just thank you for everything :)
You are very welcome!
very cool I really liked my friend thank you for sharing✨✨👍👍👍👍✨✨
Thank you sir. I’m kinda surprised Modwave and Opsix haven’t gotten a lot more buzz… they are both awesome and it feels like they kinda didn’t get the same hullabaloo as say the recent minifeak for example… would love desktop module versions though…
Another great one! Thank you Osc. Sink...love the fit to scale tips.
I wonder if the fit to scale setting is sent out over midi.
Fabulous explanation, thanks for making these videos, look forward to the next one!
Really good information here, thank you!
Hey man excellent video! I didn't Watch the others on the modwave yet but I'll definitly do!
cheers from France!
I have had such a difficult time figuring out this sequencer!!
Espectacular video maestro, porque las Lanes, Seqs, etc etc son un moño!
Thank you ❤
You're welcome!
Very good explained. Thanks 😘
excellent demo with an inspirational hands-on synth, indeed. how many years is this synth expected to last about and work properly, depending on the quality of its internal hardware components?
You are really selling me on the ModWave - I didn't realize that the sequencer is on a par with modular analogue sequencing. I know that analogue sequencer modules themselves usually don't actually transpose - the CV summing to enable transposition occurs elsewhere - but the lack of transposition in digital step sequencers (e.g. Roland Boutique JP-08) has been a fail that has annoyed me enormously for decades.
The whole of the Modwave feels *very* "modular". I don't know if you've seen my video about the envelopes on the Modwave, but you'll see the same philosophy happening there. The Mod Matrix has, hundreds of slots, each with what is functionally a VCA optionally controlled by another parameter, it's all very modular.
@@OscillatorSink I'll definitely be checking out more of your ModWave videos.
🤓♥️ KORG!
this is really helpful, but can you tell me how you set pan to the mod knob? I just can't seem to get that to work....thanks
What have you tried so far?
Would love a few new Digitone/Digitakt videos as I don't have a Korg. I enjoyed your old videos a lot!
Stuff always goes in cycles and there will certainly be some Elektron on the way soon once a certain something arrives.
thanks for this video. You say that if someone needs a "traditional" sequencer to build songs it would probably be better to resource to an external one. Could you please suggest one or a few cheap entry level sequencers that can do the job, maybe also adding a drum machine feature? I was thrown off by the Modwave when I found out that its sequencer is a "per note" one.
If you want a keyboard involved, the Keystep Pro is my default answer. That does melodic and drum sequencing (but isn't a drum machine itself).
If you want a drum machine that also does sequencing of melodic stuff, then I guess you're looking at something like a Digitakt, but that's a step up in cost and complexity maybe.
@@OscillatorSink Thank you so much!
Can you tell me if it is possible to have the manually played notes only trigger exactly in synch with a midi clock. For example, lets say you have an 1/8 note set on the Modwave sequencer. To my ears, it sounds like the keys sound on keypress, regardless to whether the sequencer is set to note sync.
The amplifier seems to trigger on keypress, and I have not found a way (yet) to have the amp envelope synch up with the midi clock.
On my other synth with a sequencer, the Vermona '14, the VCA only opens on the midi clock clicks, (and a keypress), so a late manual note will only open on the midi synched VCA., VCF, which sounds better.
When I compare the two, as the '14 is mono, I set the Modwave to mono and I find the amplifier opens at keypress...still looking to sync the amp envelope to midi clock.
Basically it would be an AND operation:
If keypress is on, AND MIDI trigger is hit, then open amp envelope (on the modwave)
Did you find out the answer?
hi, is there a way to set sequencer, or tempo clock out via midi?
It both sends and receives midi clock.
Page 91 in the manual: Utility / USB & MIDI
Hello
I just bought this lovely synth.
And I just can’t find out how you play a Multisamples sound alone, without the INIT, program, wavetable etc.
All The Best
Jonas
Hi, you can just turn the volume down on the other oscillator(s), but the sample will still be running through the filter and amp regardless.
@@OscillatorSink Thanks, will try it after my work.
Thank u very much for your quick answer🙂
//Jonas
Worked like a charm😀
Thanks again.
Amazing stuff! Do you have a “Modwave for dummies” series? I still can’t get modwave into a fast workflow. Like, I just want to grab a single parameter and modulate it. I failed at using LFOs and Envelops to change simple parameters like Oscillator 2 Level. (Wub Bass)
I don't have exactly that, but I do have this video: ua-cam.com/video/n_jPshKk7w0/v-deo.html where I start from an initialized patch and build up a finished patch from scratch which might show you the ropes.
Also this video: ua-cam.com/video/n_jPshKk7w0/v-deo.html specifically goes into the way that the envelopes work.
Thank you!l for the response! 💪🏻😎 very helpful
@@OscillatorSink also found your other videos helpful. I came to a good solution for a simpleton like myself: Instead of using Oscillator 2, I just use the 2nd layer Occilator 1. Amp envelop already matched. I think zooming out like this makes the unit more approachable.
does it have a HOLD button or something to keep notes pressed?
Yes.
@@OscillatorSink thank you 🥳
Арпеджиатор супер!
42:54 Korg, please take note of this and fix it.
Great video👍. I'll definitely watch out for the rest of them. The ModWave is the synth that's most interesting for me right now. I'm curious as to whether it is "wind synth friendly" so I could play it from my Roland AE-30. Does it accept breath control?
The Mod Matrix is super comprehensive. Aftertouch (and poly aftertouch) are available as sources, breath control isn't an explicit source, but you can arbitrarily apply any CC number as a mod source, so I guess you just point CC 2 at whatever you wanted.
@@OscillatorSink Thanks! Sounds like it has potential then beyond just keyboard control. The AE-30 lets me pick which CCs it uses for different controls (besides breath it has 2-axis motion control and a pressure sensitive thumb pad).
@@unclemick-synths I'm pretty sure you can control the Modwave's x/y pad using incoming CC (18 and 19 - I just checked the manual!) so that could be a great starting point for exploring a lot of the pre existing patches!
@@OscillatorSink that's cool - the AE-30's elevation and tilt sensors would be ideal for controlling the x/y. The main question is how tightly bound the architecture is to the envelopes. I have found that Mono mode with legato (to avoid envelope re-triggering with pitch change) and aftertouch (to override the envelope sustain) is essential for wind synth control.
for whatever reason , I can for the life of me figure out how to record into the motion sequence. I read the manual still no luck. am I missing something
Maybe this series will help as I'll go through it all in real time. Hard to say without knowing what you've tried already.
@@OscillatorSink it’s the modwave mkII I tried holding the key down. While recording like it says When I go to play it back nothing. I’ve tried playing different keys in pitch mode Nothing I tried. I watched the three videos you have on the motion sequence. Great videos but I’m still missing something
Have you followed the instructions in the manual? You go into record mode by pressing rec+pitch, then press the root note that you're sequencing relative to. After that you have to press enter to start step sequencing (sounds like this is the step you're missing perhaps?) - you'll get feedback on the screen to show that the notes are being entered. Press Rec again once you're done. Personally I ususlly program the sequence in with the value knob (which is what I do in this series).
@@OscillatorSink thank you. I’ll try again and you’re right. that’s probably the step I was missing
@@312dasbkillawere you?
🙏🙏🙏
nice Oscillator S, can you make ModWave sound like Syntakt? ha ha ha, just kidding, great reviews as always
Hopefully by the middle of next week I won't have to...
@@OscillatorSink we feel for you man, left out in the cold, maybe you'll coax a different sound out of it than most reviewers are currently doing (all sound the same)
@@freejazzbone I really hate those launch videos. The Wavestate launch was especially lame and gave the impression that it only does ambient pads. It's so much better to wait for videos like this Modwave one to really find out what a synth can do
@@unclemick-synths i agree, it is pretty exciting though, when a new piece of gear hits the market, the minilouge XD/opsix/wavestate are all fantastic synths indeed
@@freejazzbone I just try to be patient 😀
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It's definitely couldn't be as good as the ms2000?
please, i really want to know how to record a big secuence, NOBODY adresses it, they always make like a 4 step secuence. HOW CAN I RECORD A BIG SECUENCE ON THE PITCH LANE?????
Dommage que c’est en Anglais pour un pauvre petit créole qui habite au fond de l’océan indien 😁mais heureusement qu’il y avait les gestes, des boutons et un écran 😂Merci beaucoup et bon dimanche ❤️💐
Your voice seems to have more bass than the synth. It's a bit concerning.
thank you, BUT for the love of god drop it an octave please, that "melody" is haunting me.
Kind of reminds me of DSI Evolver.
Edit: ok, not really :)
I've never owned one, but from what I've read, yeah there are some similarities there.
@@OscillatorSink Still watching, and this is much more powerful :D
Calling it a sequencer is generous. Programmable modulator is more apt.