It's not like the analogue versus virtual analogue debate at all - don't forget that nineties digital synths were nothing more than computers running software that made the sound, and all they've done is take the WS software and made it run on a computer. Waaaaaay easier to program because of the better interface on the computer, and here's the killer - it sounds exactly the same as a hardware WS. What is worth having is the VST version that Korg made. KORG has turned the synth’s joystick experience digital so you can mix and morph oscillators, sequence sounds, and arrange rhythmic patterns on an improved high-resolution and scalable interface. It's definitely much more at home these days making atmopsheric pads, slow, evolving timbres, and drones, because it does these things like almost no other synth. The WAVESTATION synthesizer produced a new sound in 1990 by combining and shifting between multiple complex waveforms.

It's also not gonna do much in the way of bass - it can do them, but they do have a tendency to sound very eighties/nineties because of the character of the synth architecture. It does, however, have one of the worst programming interfaces I can imagine for a synth of this depth and compexity (only the Ensoniq Mirage and Yamaha DX7 beat it).

Additionally, it has individual stereo outputs for each section, making mixing and matching sound easy. The plugin comes with three sections: Synthesizer, Brass, and Strings. It also has a Flanger effect for extra control over your sound. On the one hand, you can go deep and sequence together the samples that make a sound so that you get a shifting, moving timbre to long notes, making the Wavestation probably the king of the padmakers. This Korg VST plugin is a powerful synthesizer with impressive features.

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