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i once saw some weird music gadget at a used/recycled computer store with a sign saying "as seen on bad gear", and i can't decide if that's a really good or really bad way to try to sell your item
To steal an Audiopilz classic: *Audiopilz slaps Hawk Tuah girl on the head "This baby will spit on that thang, whether you want it or not. Unfortunately."
Thank you for raising the value of my Modwave that I have been trying to sell for 8 weeks now. I am sure the great demos you made will help me move the box to someone who knows what to do with it!
@@unclemick-synths it really depends on what you’re after in terms of sound. Mellow or aggressive. Have you tried serum tutorials for that? Modwave is capable of both. But I’m personally not a specialist in brostep and dnb growls for ex. I grew up with electronica and ambient.
@@AirwaveMusic thanks, I'll try some Serum tutorials - I guess I got hooked on the hardware rather than general principles. Yes, I'm looking to predictably create sounds that morph interestingly rather than being glitchy. If I can get some good results with my MicroFreak I can justify the Modwave.
I got a mk1 modwave used, hacked the keybed off and loaded it with the original massive vst wavetables. I love it. Loaded a ton of analogue wavetables from the web too. Makes for a great cheap VA poly. Up to 32 voice and bitimbral too, running on a raspberry pi. Makes me wonder what's inside a hydrasynth...amiga500? Nokia 3210? ZX81?
I'm always sad after bad gear. Cos nothing else I see today will be as enjoyable! But, as i have found, ya can always go back & watch old bad gear episodes! I kinda want a modwave now, too. D'oh! 😂
It's a horrible and over priced format that only really offers a better FATAR keybed, not worth the asking when the Modal range has same sized FATAR offerings for 1/2 the price.
I’ve always loved Korg. In my opinion, the EMX1 is probably one of the absolute best single unit for music production. I’ve had my one nearly 20 years now, still strong, reliable, no issues, built like a tank, and is capable of so much. I used to just use it for industrial/ebm, and didn’t go too deep into it, but over this last year, I’ve learned to unlock its true power, and fell even more in love with it than when I bought it back in 2005. Thank you random Guitar Center employee who recommended this over the mc909.
I settled for an ESX-1 due to the insane prices of the EMX-1 on the used market, and I gotta say I think I'm happier with my choice. I have an MS2000R to pair it with and the two are an amazing combo.
@collapsingruins that's true, however I got a great deal on the ESX-1 and paid around $350 USD equivalent a few months back and EMX-1s (even with negotiated prices) sell for twice that. I wanted a drum machine more than anything, and while I'd still love an EMX one day, I'm glad I bought the ESX instead as it does the role of being a dedicated drum machine far better.
@@GizzyDillespee some of them are probably alright if you can ever figure out exactly what it is that they're supposed to do....(cough cough *mutable* cough *makenoise* cough)
So a lovely pad machine VST running on a RasPi with a dedicated controller, nice. Ive already seen mk1s go for less than 300 gbp so might be a future cheap classic.
Florian Duda 😭😭😭😭😵😵😵😵💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 You with Steve's glorious hairdo is the funniest thing I've ever seen 😭😭😭😭😭 Jams were sick this week, big up yourself! Peace and salutations from Sacramento California USA
I have all three synth brothers: Wavestate, Opsix and Modwave. The trio has allowed me to create some intense but compelling music and I think they are all absolutely amazing! They are a joy to work with and their rich sonic complexity, along with the Hydrasynth and Microfreak, has caused me to kiss tired and cliché analog sounds goodbye . The future is digital. Always has been.
I love the mod wave module, but the menu diving is insane 🫠 Serum in a box was exactly what I was seeking, and it can do the job well and quickly especially for cinematic sound design.
I love the DW-8000, Korg M1 waves, etc it’s my favorite of the Korg stuff. I’ve really wanted one of these for a while bc I think it might be similar in some way
I really agree with the last sentence - it's good sometimes to use other tools in order to sound different. Some of the best innovations in music were created because of gear limitations. And, as always, killer tracks! \m/
Not gonna lie, I absolutely love how it sounds... Opinion changed slightly when I saw it's $1,100 CAD and against a number of oh so powerful competitors though. Still love how Korg does digital though, it has some interesting flavours to it...
I not agree that, for me is Modwave the King of the Line, sharp followed by the Wavestate and the Opsix at the very far end.. The Modwave has great Filters and with the Wavetables you can do so much stuff. For me cool is that he has the original Wavetable of the DW 8000, not only as static 16 Waves, also as Table to scan and folding. Even PWM and symmetry movings, you can fold a saw to a triangle and a sine and a square and Pulse and that all in the same Table !! With Phase symmetry shifting. There are not many synths can do that, and you see on the screen exactly what you going to do. With the great filters, sounds of the DW 8000 can be easy reconstructed, I had still old settings written down from my DW 8000 wich I sold once. And you guess what, they work perfectly, even also some parameter needed to be recalculated, cause the amount here is another than the DW 8000 had. But its problemless possible to do so. Imagine the DW 8000 were been possible to scan its Wavetable ? That were been a milestone that time. Even its a classic nowadays sure to high prices maybe about the analog Filters. But the digital Modwave Filters can match that in my opinion and with the extended wave manipulation the Modwave goes anyway far over what the DW 8000 ever was possible to do... So forget the DW 8000 people, buy a Modwave. Cheaper, lighter, and new and far more voices and duo timbrality for layer sounds. The Sample Waves are a nice addition for some Bread and Butter sounds if then fast needed, or as an layer part of the Synth sound source, for example a synth pad with a bell attack sample. Right, thats almost Roland LA Synth possibilities, and with the 2x2 OSC structure you are in that terretory. And with the Fullstructure 2 Patches each 2 OSC you can via Kaoss pad doing Vectorsynthesis as well.. Either with just single samples x 4 or with 4 different Wavetables and with A.B even doubled also 8 !! OSC scanable and morphable... Or in a mix of that all sure as well. Name me a another synth who can do that... Also even a Waldorf M wich I have cannot do that, its only scanning the Wavetable, but it doesnt have PWM and Symmetry at the same time to modulate it. Maybe the Iridium can it, I dont know ... Anyway... I have Modwave Rack and Wavestate Rack meanwhile cause of the Mark II Version I wanted, polyphonic aftertouch compatible wich I can play from my Hydrasynth Deluxe. Thats for me a better solution than buy an expensive overpriced Wavestate SE, and the Modwave is anyway not available as SE. And space I have anyway not... The last word to Opsix. I never liked FM, I cannot help me, but I sold my first version Opsix again after half year testing it, and I will also not buy the Rack of that. I dont need this kind of sounds, the rest can be done as sample much easier and in my ears better. I know there are many out there hype the opsix as best of the line. For me its the worst, also the Editing Process is on Modwave and Wavestate almost same, but not on the Opsix. Even the Patch Memory is oldscool Number system almost impossible to order it. While on the 2 other the Patches are ALPHABETIC saved, wich is for me the coolest thing ever Korg did and anyone ever did. You can save your sounds in a system for example all my sounds have a M at the Beginning from my name and then what it is. If I also search a sound, under M are all from me and also there in alphabetic order sure. No other synth on the Market ever offered that system.
of course it's not serum in a box it's modwave native in a box 👁👄👁 for real though great video, loved the 80s jam i would absolutely buy that on bandcamp! if they didn't want $800 for this thing and more like $300 i would be fine with its ubercheapness but thats not the korg way -_-
Things have really improved: Sequential Circuits Pro-One ( mono analog ) in the 80's: $600. new Hydrasynth Explorer ( 8 "voice" polyphony with wave morphing etc. ) : $600. new
Ha!!! I love that Volca Bass Keyboard!!! Hadn't seen that pic before :D It's up there with the one key keyboard ;) The Modwave actaully sounds pretty nice! I'm partial to the 3rd Wave, but this thing does some really interesting things!
As someone who is the owner of a JDXA, system 8, wavestate, modwave etc, i find it funny and entertaining that they are on your BAD GEAR channel. The thing is i love these instruments and can produce some unique sounds that inspire, and some of the sounds and sequences you produce yourself are very good. Never change the style of your channel that inter cuts reviews with movies/cartoons etc, it's very entertaining , reminds me of the mad synth genius Jexus/Olo garb's channel 👍
I have the first version of this with the keyboard (at least the keys are full sized). I upped the input with a line shifter, and it has some balls now. The effects section is actually very good so I didn't put an effects processor on it. I love my Modwave.
The biggest takeaway for me regarding Korg's KAOSS-pad, is not to swipe your finger but instead to tap it and move the position as you do. Missed opportunity, much?
thanks for this review. I've been wondering what it's really about. It looks and sounds killer to me. I don't have a problem with the build ( I have a wavestate and opsix) and to keep the price down, it think they are all classics. they just have to have time and effort put in, and gives back plenty.
It's your technique, dude. it's all wrong. You gotta get super comfy & make sure your finger is poised on the space bar. keep practicing. You will improve!
Awesome video as always! This overview *is* a little bit weird in that modwave native (the VST) exists (so, like, modwave hardware is literally the modwave VST in a box with a lot of useful controls), and is a vastly better interface than the editor for the hardware editor... but that aside: The main differences between the modwave engine and Serum come down to the handling of things like aliasing and the assortment of effects. There are many Serum effects that have essentially become EDM tropes in and of themselves. modwave makes little attempt to emulate them (though some like Serum's "hyper/dimension" are better implemented in modwave as what middle-aged-synth-nerds would expect -- e.g., an actual unison mode inside the voice architecture). modwave takes a proper approach to anti-aliasing and makes a wavetable for each octave when a wavetable is loaded (this enables the other wavetable processing options such as "odd only", "even only", and options like Vintage 8 and Vintage 12 modes that allow for some aliasing). Serum, on the other hand will actually make a sound if you present it with wavetables/waveforms that are entirely above Nyquist, which is clearly "incorrect", but well, makes for a different kind of sound. One thing that is a specific quirk of modwave having been designed as a hardware-first synth is that it makes some tradeoffs that it really doesn't "need" to as a software instrument -- for example the reliance on 64-frame wavetables. Serum supports up to 256 frames and it turns out that this is actually important/desirable in certain contexts, where a wavetable is using/expressing an interpolation technique that is radically different from time-linear morphing. This leads to a new sort of aliasing where we're not hearing aliasing of the bit-depth sort, but a lack of smoothness in the transition from one wavetable frame to another. That aside, modwave native is my favorite wavetable synth to date (and, as a wavetable developer, I support all of them), but there's no "perfect" wavetable synth just yet. The modwave software might get there at some point. If anyone is reading this far, you're a wavetable nerd and will appreciate my channel and "Mathwaves" project... go peep that.
Maybe I'm getting soft, but I like this Korg. Don't know if the filters sounds analalog, but who cares if they sounds cool. Sadly I already have 5-6 hardware synths that I already don't have a spot for. damn you!! (Thank you)
8:15 I call it "put some saturation and EQ on your Serum instance and save yourself the money, space and trouble". This is, however, a less wealthy man's solution.
It could be done in Volca form, simplified and cheap. Then it would be fine. Having some good patch points could make it even a very good synth companion to other Volcas.
Since a couple of months, I hesitate to get rid of my modwave for a Gaia 2. Less possibilities for sure, but way easier to use. I like tweaking sounds but arranging my songs more. Everytime I’m in front of it, I’m reluctant at all those menus (and I don’t speak about the motion sequencing)
So many knobs, so little time; and what happened to that cramped keyboard?? Yeah, it’s a synth. 😎🤪 Had to watch this twice to enjoy all the world class visuals too!!
With the Korg Modwave making its Bad Gear debut, I celebrate the 21st piece of gear I own getting the Florian treatment! The Korgsberry Pi trio of the Wavestate, Opsix and Modwave having gained the Pilz-itzer Prize for outstanding meme achievement makes me smile like I found a mint Yamaha CS-80 at an estate sale where they called it an "old junk organ" and slapped a $50 price tag on it. I'm feeling great now! I think I'll go find a popular VST forum and tell them that software synthesizers would not exist if they didn't have hardware synths to copy. Thank you Florian and Korg for all the Bad Gear!
At this point, good wavetable synthesis workflow has been designed around VSTs. I guess this could be cool for live play, or for DAWless jams, if you like the sound, but it seems like a lot of effort for a fish out of water (as someone who owns and enjoys their blofeld)
3:18 I like that filter. When I start getting decent results with wavetables on my MicroFreak, I'll consider the modwave but so far it seems a lot of work to make good wavetables. Great video as usual 😎👍
0:48 when a screen cap is so old that the company changed its account name, and the other two accounts no longer exist. When 9 years old is vintage. (Edit: Actually, djcarnage is now GordoSZN)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Badgear* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) - What are the 7 deadliest synths? 1. Your sexiest synth of all time? It`s a question of lust. 2. Which one is a pure time-eater? (Gluttony) 3. Which synth did you buy under "GAS"? (Greed) 4. Which of your synthesizers do you use the presets most often? (Sloth) 5. Which of your synth makes you the most angry? (Wrath) 6. Which synth you always wanted but could never get? (Envy) 7. Which synth in your studio are you proud of? (Pride) Answer when you're in the mood, wave from town of the supabooth. A.U.
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"Samplers are now almost as powerful as they where in 1991." Ooof. What a knockout
I was forgiving here as an S1000 is still more powerful in some regards...
@@AudioPilztrue. With that said. You should tackle the S1000s' older and forgotten brother the SP-16
@@AudioPilzthe final form of E-mu samplers were also crazy (e4 etc)
@@AudioPilz💯
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"The Stratocaster of EDM" you make my Fridays even with the Olympics on the telly fraternal greetz
Thank you!!!
"But where's the whammy bar?"
@@treetopjones737 just wiggle the pitch bend real fast
*The videos you choose as backgrounds for your jams* are even better than my jams.
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Synth manufacturers should be fighting to get a bad gear review.
I think that's hard to communicate internally;)
In hindsight, it seems they've been fighting to get bad gear reviews for decades.
Roland sure tries!
i once saw some weird music gadget at a used/recycled computer store with a sign saying "as seen on bad gear", and i can't decide if that's a really good or really bad way to try to sell your item
I love these reviews despite not knowing a thing about what you’re talking about.
Thank you so much!!!
All you really need to find if you are just starting out is the filter cutoff knob. The rest will follow. 😊
YES... that's me.
I'm learning a whole other world of music production without owning a single synth.
@@kristianTV1974 wait til they find the LFOs...
Be careful, so it starts. Like smoking, before you know it, you tied to a ganga!
I will never get tired of you using the opossum clip
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Today marks the first appearance of the Hawk Tuah girl meme on Bad Gear....she's finally made it into the hall of flame
;)
And for anyone watching in 5 years… it’s equally baffling to some of us now :)
Bad gear is the shark and she has jumped it
To steal an Audiopilz classic: *Audiopilz slaps Hawk Tuah girl on the head "This baby will spit on that thang, whether you want it or not. Unfortunately."
Dont spit on it cuz you HAVE TO, spit on it cuz you WANT TO! 😉
Underneath the relentless memes and sense of humour, your jams are still of phenomenal quality. Well done !!
Thank you so much!!!
Serum in a box? Don't threaten me with a good time!
I'd never;)
Serum is for modern poseurs, real men use Propellerheads Malstrom!!! 🤪
There is something about the sound of these Korg digital synths I hate to admit I love
I feel you!!!
Thank you for raising the value of my Modwave that I have been trying to sell for 8 weeks now.
I am sure the great demos you made will help me move the box to someone who knows what to do with it!
Thank you so much!!! All the best for getting rid of that thing!
@@AudioPilz I do love its sounds a lot though!
where are you & what do you want for it? I rarely buy non-Korg hardware, need one.
@@DuchessOfWales Netherlands.
@@rayderrich ♥Canada, but also have UK & USA shipping addresses.
the amount of work and talent that goes into these videos is immeasurable
what would we do without this guy?!?
Thank you so much!!!
Dude!! Props for the DR550! That did not go unnoticed!!!!
Underrated classic!!!
My very first piece of midi music hardware - that I used to trigger/sync from OctaMed! 😀 😂
I thought I heard a Roland R-8.
My first drum machine, DR-550 featured some R8 sounds.
@@robinwilliams5348 Octamed.... now that is a name I haven't heard in a while
god I love this synth. And not because I made factory patches for it ;-)
Ah, the master himself!!!
@@AudioPilz no the master thats Korg r&d USA hehe
@@AirwaveMusic do you know of any tutorials for how to design sounds that will make for great wavetables?
@@unclemick-synths it really depends on what you’re after in terms of sound. Mellow or aggressive. Have you tried serum tutorials for that? Modwave is capable of both. But I’m personally not a specialist in brostep and dnb growls for ex. I grew up with electronica and ambient.
@@AirwaveMusic thanks, I'll try some Serum tutorials - I guess I got hooked on the hardware rather than general principles. Yes, I'm looking to predictably create sounds that morph interestingly rather than being glitchy. If I can get some good results with my MicroFreak I can justify the Modwave.
I got a mk1 modwave used, hacked the keybed off and loaded it with the original massive vst wavetables. I love it.
Loaded a ton of analogue wavetables from the web too. Makes for a great cheap VA poly. Up to 32 voice and bitimbral too, running on a raspberry pi. Makes me wonder what's inside a hydrasynth...amiga500? Nokia 3210? ZX81?
Hydrasynth CPU is a mixed bag
I got lucky and scored a modwave mk1 for really cheap a bit more than a year ago. It sparked my creative journey again and I love it's sound.
Nice!
I'm always sad after bad gear. Cos nothing else I see today will be as enjoyable! But, as i have found, ya can always go back & watch old bad gear episodes! I kinda want a modwave now, too. D'oh! 😂
Thank you so much!!!
"A tiny synth in a big ass case."
The SE series pretty much does look like that 😂
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It's a horrible and over priced format that only really offers a better FATAR keybed, not worth the asking when the Modal range has same sized FATAR offerings for 1/2 the price.
I’ve always loved Korg. In my opinion, the EMX1 is probably one of the absolute best single unit for music production. I’ve had my one nearly 20 years now, still strong, reliable, no issues, built like a tank, and is capable of so much.
I used to just use it for industrial/ebm, and didn’t go too deep into it, but over this last year, I’ve learned to unlock its true power, and fell even more in love with it than when I bought it back in 2005. Thank you random Guitar Center employee who recommended this over the mc909.
I want an EMX so bad!!!
EMX is a legend bro, absolute gem
I settled for an ESX-1 due to the insane prices of the EMX-1 on the used market, and I gotta say I think I'm happier with my choice. I have an MS2000R to pair it with and the two are an amazing combo.
@collapsingruins that's true, however I got a great deal on the ESX-1 and paid around $350 USD equivalent a few months back and EMX-1s (even with negotiated prices) sell for twice that. I wanted a drum machine more than anything, and while I'd still love an EMX one day, I'm glad I bought the ESX instead as it does the role of being a dedicated drum machine far better.
You never cease to remind me I have no idea how to use gear that I actually kinda want. And on more than one occasion, that I already own.
Thank you!!! Honestly, I didn’t know my gear well until I started a gear channel;)
“Serum in a box”
Serum’s already in a box. It’s called my computer.
Term is usually referring to hardware synths. Unless you’re talking about mixing.
That's not a box, that's a potato.
Oh noe I di ant.
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Its all fun and games until the computer does not work anymore.
Ian Dixon's sound sets are free and worth the buy of a Wavemod.
Great video as always.
Thank you!!!
Korg: A division of Bad Gear Enterprises.
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Florian - i salute your valiant attempts to convince yourself that you really don't actually want that 1,000HP euro system
I wouldn't try hard drugs either...
@@AudioPilz only users lose plugs
There are a ton of bad modules...
@@GizzyDillespee some of them are probably alright if you can ever figure out exactly what it is that they're supposed to do....(cough cough *mutable* cough *makenoise* cough)
So a lovely pad machine VST running on a RasPi with a dedicated controller, nice. Ive already seen mk1s go for less than 300 gbp so might be a future cheap classic.
Wow, 300 quid sounds legit
4:20 That time Bill Pullman hooked up with Jesus at a truck stop. Good thing he got that Spaceballs gig and things went in a more positive direction!
That's exactly the picture I had in mind...
See him in Jen Lynch's "Surveillance."
Korg is hands down my favorite manufacturer of raspberry pi hats
*slow clap*
Lol, nice way to put it
The Modwave is actually my favorite out of this KORG trilogy. I like how there are soundsets that work for both the hardware and software.
All of them do.
Interesting, thanks for the heads up
Was watching this while my son was in the room and he made me restart it several times😂😂😂 He said “this guy is a Meme Master !” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😂
Thank you so much!!!
@@AudioPilz ⏸️⏯️⏸️⏯️⏸️⏯️
Finally I see one of my infamous memes in this show, that's a good bad gear maniac achievement 😎
Thank you so much!!!
Florian Duda 😭😭😭😭😵😵😵😵💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
You with Steve's glorious hairdo is the funniest thing I've ever seen 😭😭😭😭😭
Jams were sick this week, big up yourself! Peace and salutations from Sacramento California USA
Lol, thanks!!!
I like this series of synths from Korg. Modwave is not an exception. Regards!
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I have all three synth brothers: Wavestate, Opsix and Modwave. The trio has allowed me to create some intense but compelling music and I think they are all absolutely amazing! They are a joy to work with and their rich sonic complexity, along with the Hydrasynth and Microfreak, has caused me to kiss tired and cliché analog sounds goodbye . The future is digital. Always has been.
@@notsofastener TSM* co. "Yes, we know."
*stock market name
I love the mod wave module, but the menu diving is insane 🫠 Serum in a box was exactly what I was seeking, and it can do the job well and quickly especially for cinematic sound design.
Agreed on all accounts
Modwave is basically a budget Prophet X. Maybe not as good ,but certainly not bad for the price.
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0:44 one of the best jams ever.
Thank you!!!
I love the DW-8000, Korg M1 waves, etc it’s my favorite of the Korg stuff. I’ve really wanted one of these for a while bc I think it might be similar in some way
Plenty of DW waves in there
Serum in a box! Sounds great, gold medal sruff! 🥇
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Great synth!
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It is
I love the sound of the first jam. Stellar work, partner!
Thank you!!!
Me too that mf was hitting
The moDWave is secretly a DW. 😉😜
Another awesome video by the one and only Pilz!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much!!!
I really agree with the last sentence - it's good sometimes to use other tools in order to sound different.
Some of the best innovations in music were created because of gear limitations.
And, as always, killer tracks! \m/
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Hard to hate on a piece of gear when you play arrangements like that in your jam. Brooooo!
You're not supposed to take this that seriously. Brooooo.
Thank you so much!!!
Not gonna lie, I absolutely love how it sounds... Opinion changed slightly when I saw it's $1,100 CAD and against a number of oh so powerful competitors though. Still love how Korg does digital though, it has some interesting flavours to it...
Doesn’t come cheap, agreed!
You're such a BEAST! Keep 'em comin' Bud!
Thank you so much!!!
Love the arm moving untweaking @6:50. 😂
😂😂😂
I really do like Korg Modwave knobs! :) Same are on Drumlogue and some others I think...
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Oh wow I was just wondering if you were going to make a modwave video. The stars aligned for me.
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*Resists the urge to flick the pad*
*shifty eyes*
Always awesome Flo’ 🙏🏼💜
;)
I not agree that, for me is Modwave the King of the Line, sharp followed by the Wavestate and the Opsix at the very far end..
The Modwave has great Filters and with the Wavetables you can do so much stuff.
For me cool is that he has the original Wavetable of the DW 8000, not only as static 16 Waves, also as Table to scan and folding. Even PWM and symmetry movings, you can fold a saw to a triangle and a sine and a square and Pulse and that all in the same Table !! With Phase symmetry shifting. There are not many synths can do that, and you see on the screen exactly what you going to do.
With the great filters, sounds of the DW 8000 can be easy reconstructed, I had still old settings written down from my DW 8000 wich I sold once.
And you guess what, they work perfectly, even also some parameter needed to be recalculated, cause the amount here is another than the DW 8000 had. But its problemless possible to do so.
Imagine the DW 8000 were been possible to scan its Wavetable ? That were been a milestone that time. Even its a classic nowadays sure to high prices maybe about the analog Filters.
But the digital Modwave Filters can match that in my opinion and with the extended wave manipulation the Modwave goes anyway far over what the DW 8000 ever was possible to do...
So forget the DW 8000 people, buy a Modwave. Cheaper, lighter, and new and far more voices and duo timbrality for layer sounds.
The Sample Waves are a nice addition for some Bread and Butter sounds if then fast needed, or as an layer part of the Synth sound source, for example a synth pad with a bell attack sample.
Right, thats almost Roland LA Synth possibilities, and with the 2x2 OSC structure you are in that terretory. And with the Fullstructure 2 Patches each 2 OSC you can via Kaoss pad doing Vectorsynthesis as well.. Either with just single samples x 4 or with 4 different Wavetables and with A.B even doubled also 8 !! OSC scanable and morphable... Or in a mix of that all sure as well.
Name me a another synth who can do that... Also even a Waldorf M wich I have cannot do that, its only scanning the Wavetable, but it doesnt have PWM and Symmetry at the same time to modulate it. Maybe the Iridium can it, I dont know ...
Anyway...
I have Modwave Rack and Wavestate Rack meanwhile cause of the Mark II Version I wanted, polyphonic aftertouch compatible wich I can play from my Hydrasynth Deluxe. Thats for me a better solution than buy an expensive overpriced Wavestate SE, and the Modwave is anyway not available as SE. And space I have anyway not...
The last word to Opsix. I never liked FM, I cannot help me, but I sold my first version Opsix again after half year testing it, and I will also not buy the Rack of that.
I dont need this kind of sounds, the rest can be done as sample much easier and in my ears better. I know there are many out there hype the opsix as best of the line. For me its the worst, also the Editing Process is on Modwave and Wavestate almost same, but not on the Opsix. Even the Patch Memory is oldscool Number system almost impossible to order it.
While on the 2 other the Patches are ALPHABETIC saved, wich is for me the coolest thing ever Korg did and anyone ever did.
You can save your sounds in a system for example all my sounds have a M at the Beginning from my name and then what it is. If I also search a sound, under M are all from me and also there in alphabetic order sure.
No other synth on the Market ever offered that system.
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And ironically, Modwave is also available as a VST.
Which makes it even more bizarre...
@@TheDeathBeatsOfficial it's less ironic when you realize the keyboards/modules have a little PC running Linux inside. 😭.
@@AudioPilz Especially considering the VST is more expensive than Massive, Massive X, Pigments, Phase Plant and Serum.
@@TheDeathBeatsOfficial Korg is funny.
@@TheDeathBeatsOfficial Is it? When i checked it's equal to Pigments ($199) and ~$10 more than Serum (189), it's still $50 more than Massive
0:50: I am so very feeling that Bern!!
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That loop maymay was too cute for life.
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of course it's not serum in a box it's modwave native in a box 👁👄👁 for real though great video, loved the 80s jam i would absolutely buy that on bandcamp! if they didn't want $800 for this thing and more like $300 i would be fine with its ubercheapness but thats not the korg way -_-
Thank you so much!!! Wait for it, they all come down eventually;)
AGING SYNTH NERDZ 4 LYFE!!! FTW!
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Things have really improved: Sequential Circuits Pro-One ( mono analog ) in the 80's: $600. new
Hydrasynth Explorer ( 8 "voice" polyphony with wave morphing etc. ) : $600. new
Another fantastic video! FYI, if you hold down ENTER, it scrolls thru values like Tempo much faster.
Thank!!! Ah, I tried shift;)
@@AudioPilz That’s what I tried first too. I had to check the manual and saw it was the non-obvious Enter. 😫
@7:37 Nice jam! Way to make that DR-550 slappp!
Thank you!!!
Ha!!! I love that Volca Bass Keyboard!!! Hadn't seen that pic before :D It's up there with the one key keyboard ;)
The Modwave actaully sounds pretty nice! I'm partial to the 3rd Wave, but this thing does some really interesting things!
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"HAWK TUAH GIRLZ" might be an unironically lit band name.
Agreed!!!
As someone who is the owner of a JDXA, system 8, wavestate, modwave etc, i find it funny and entertaining that they are on your BAD GEAR channel.
The thing is i love these instruments and can produce some unique sounds that inspire, and some of the sounds and sequences you produce yourself are very good.
Never change the style of your channel that inter cuts reviews with movies/cartoons etc, it's very entertaining , reminds me of the mad synth genius Jexus/Olo garb's channel 👍
All that a synth needs to qualify for this show is to have enough internet haters - and that's a pretty low threshold for any synth!
Thank you so much, love Jexus!
Nice demo!
Thank you!!!
“I learned to make my 808’s bang my way” LMAO
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That Volca Bass SE is so lol on point ❤😂
I’d totally get that one!
I have the first version of this with the keyboard (at least the keys are full sized). I upped the input with a line shifter, and it has some balls now. The effects section is actually very good so I didn't put an effects processor on it. I love my Modwave.
Nice technique!!!
The biggest takeaway for me regarding Korg's KAOSS-pad, is not to swipe your finger but instead to tap it and move the position as you do. Missed opportunity, much?
Nice technique
“The Stratocaster of EDM” Man you have some insight there. 👏🏻 Maybe the Les Paul and Vital the Strat? Or is Vital the Squire? 😮
Vital is the Ibanez RG550 of EDM.
Sylenth1 is the Paula
thanks for this review. I've been wondering what it's really about. It looks and sounds killer to me. I don't have a problem with the build ( I have a wavestate and opsix) and to keep the price down, it think they are all classics. they just have to have time and effort put in, and gives back plenty.
Thanks!!! It is quite time consuming though...
You don't get enough credit for your significant contribution to the creation of "meme pausing"
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Meme game 8/10 but community reference gives you two extra points. Lucky 10/10. 😉
Thank you so much!!!
Damn you and your lightspeed memes I've had to pause rewind and pause again about 20 times and I'm a minute in to the video 🎉
It's your technique, dude. it's all wrong. You gotta get super comfy & make sure your finger is poised on the space bar. keep practicing. You will improve!
Bang on trend with the hawk2 ref
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Love my Modwave. It covers a lot of bases.
And Basses. And even some brasses! (I'm so, so sorry for this)
@@jeredorsey lol
Based;)
Awesome video as always! This overview *is* a little bit weird in that modwave native (the VST) exists (so, like, modwave hardware is literally the modwave VST in a box with a lot of useful controls), and is a vastly better interface than the editor for the hardware editor... but that aside: The main differences between the modwave engine and Serum come down to the handling of things like aliasing and the assortment of effects.
There are many Serum effects that have essentially become EDM tropes in and of themselves. modwave makes little attempt to emulate them (though some like Serum's "hyper/dimension" are better implemented in modwave as what middle-aged-synth-nerds would expect -- e.g., an actual unison mode inside the voice architecture). modwave takes a proper approach to anti-aliasing and makes a wavetable for each octave when a wavetable is loaded (this enables the other wavetable processing options such as "odd only", "even only", and options like Vintage 8 and Vintage 12 modes that allow for some aliasing). Serum, on the other hand will actually make a sound if you present it with wavetables/waveforms that are entirely above Nyquist, which is clearly "incorrect", but well, makes for a different kind of sound.
One thing that is a specific quirk of modwave having been designed as a hardware-first synth is that it makes some tradeoffs that it really doesn't "need" to as a software instrument -- for example the reliance on 64-frame wavetables. Serum supports up to 256 frames and it turns out that this is actually important/desirable in certain contexts, where a wavetable is using/expressing an interpolation technique that is radically different from time-linear morphing. This leads to a new sort of aliasing where we're not hearing aliasing of the bit-depth sort, but a lack of smoothness in the transition from one wavetable frame to another.
That aside, modwave native is my favorite wavetable synth to date (and, as a wavetable developer, I support all of them), but there's no "perfect" wavetable synth just yet. The modwave software might get there at some point.
If anyone is reading this far, you're a wavetable nerd and will appreciate my channel and "Mathwaves" project... go peep that.
Thanks, that sums it all nicely!!!
Maybe I'm getting soft, but I like this Korg. Don't know if the filters sounds analalog, but who cares if they sounds cool.
Sadly I already have 5-6 hardware synths that I already don't have a spot for. damn you!! (Thank you)
You need more space;)
8:15 I call it "put some saturation and EQ on your Serum instance and save yourself the money, space and trouble". This is, however, a less wealthy man's solution.
I'd call that "pro solution";)
It could be done in Volca form, simplified and cheap. Then it would be fine. Having some good patch points could make it even a very good synth companion to other Volcas.
I’d love me a Volca Wavetable
If you find it unintuitive what chance do we meer mortals have? Another great production guys
Thank you!!!
Interesting, placement of knobs seems cramped. Great vid!
Thank you!!! It is...
Mint as always defo the best Music Hardware reviews on the web and sarcasm that can slap a giant squid ha ha
Thank you so much!!!
dude you HAVE to go on tour with those fire jams at some point
Thank you so much!!!
Since a couple of months, I hesitate to get rid of my modwave for a Gaia 2. Less possibilities for sure, but way easier to use. I like tweaking sounds but arranging my songs more.
Everytime I’m in front of it, I’m reluctant at all those menus (and I don’t speak about the motion sequencing)
Not a big fan of the GAIA2
@@AudioPilz yep, I saw that ☺️
I had the Modwave and I loved it. MKII came out and thought about going to rack, but found a good deal on MKII and sold MKI. I’m happy.
Nice find!
6:07 So funny thing about this. One of my friends just sent me a BTS pic of Kraftwerk's current live setup, and Ralf is using a Berimoog lmao
Tasty Chips GR-1 meme beckons to see that car crash on this show
😂😂😂shots fired
So many knobs, so little time; and what happened to that cramped keyboard?? Yeah, it’s a synth. 😎🤪 Had to watch this twice to enjoy all the world class visuals too!!
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for brightening another Friday morning.
Thank you!!! Have a nice weekend!!!
I forgot about this gem. Thank you! 🙏
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Looking forward to a video on the new 'Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval'. I thought it was a joke at first!
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With the Korg Modwave making its Bad Gear debut, I celebrate the 21st piece of gear I own getting the Florian treatment! The Korgsberry Pi trio of the Wavestate, Opsix and Modwave having gained the Pilz-itzer Prize for outstanding meme achievement makes me smile like I found a mint Yamaha CS-80 at an estate sale where they called it an "old junk organ" and slapped a $50 price tag on it. I'm feeling great now! I think I'll go find a popular VST forum and tell them that software synthesizers would not exist if they didn't have hardware synths to copy. Thank you Florian and Korg for all the Bad Gear!
Thank you so much, Bad Gear Bingo!!!
if its Serum in a box than its not a Bad Gear it's an Excellent Gear
Spoiler alert: it's not;) (and yes, there's a SERUM episode too)
At this point, good wavetable synthesis workflow has been designed around VSTs. I guess this could be cool for live play, or for DAWless jams, if you like the sound, but it seems like a lot of effort for a fish out of water (as someone who owns and enjoys their blofeld)
Agreed!!!
3:18 I like that filter. When I start getting decent results with wavetables on my MicroFreak, I'll consider the modwave but so far it seems a lot of work to make good wavetables.
Great video as usual 😎👍
Thank you!!!
That last video was. . . . Groovy. That was the wrong music for a Mod Squad episode though.
Thank you!!!
TV trivia: 2/3 of the Mod Squad was on original Twin Peaks.
Always wanted one since it felt like a hardware version of my WaveDuo reaktor synth, however more powerful and with more voices.
Gotta check this one out!
0:48 when a screen cap is so old that the company changed its account name, and the other two accounts no longer exist. When 9 years old is vintage. (Edit: Actually, djcarnage is now GordoSZN)
Wow, true that!
Catch the rave. Catch the wave.
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This reminds me the Drumlogue took a price drop of around 20% and is now half decent value and an underrated piece of gear...
Yeah, that seems to be part of Korg's business model atm...
@@AudioPilz An inflation busting business model from Korg, maybe Roland can join in, i need a SP404 as well as the drumlogue...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Badgear*
(*But Were Afraid to Ask) - What are the 7 deadliest synths?
1. Your sexiest synth of all time? It`s a question of lust.
2. Which one is a pure time-eater? (Gluttony)
3. Which synth did you buy under "GAS"? (Greed)
4. Which of your synthesizers do you use the presets most often? (Sloth)
5. Which of your synth makes you the most angry? (Wrath)
6. Which synth you always wanted but could never get? (Envy)
7. Which synth in your studio are you proud of? (Pride)
Answer when you're in the mood, wave from town of the supabooth. A.U.
Wow, you just did the entire conceptual work for an episode...
@@AudioPilz Ick gloob, ick spinne, ditt is ja ma dufte. Noch nen Baba aus Berlin. A.U.
Either I had enough caffeine this morning, or you left the memes on longer than usual. I can actually read some of them.
Florian, youve done it again
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