Korg WaveState - Modulation Matrix, Routing & Assignments

One of the best things about the Korg Wavestate is its modulation matrix.

Pretty much all the controls & screen parameters can be modulated.

Any modulation route is made up of three parts:

Source, destination & intensity.

To make a modulation route pick the destination first.

Once you have picked a destination (eg filter cutoff) , you can pic a modulation

source such as the joystick, the mod wheel, or a dampener pedal.

You can have many sources for the one destination.

 

Modulation Sources:

There are 5 groups. These consist of:

a} Controllers

b} Mod Knobs

c} Generators

d} CC +

e} CC +/-

 

a} The controllers are

+Mod Wheel CC 1

+Joystick Vectr JSX CC 16 

+Joystick Vectr JSY CC 17

+Damper Pedal CC64

+Pitch bend wheel

 

b} there are 8 white mod pots or Knobs.

These can modulate any number of parameters in its Program.

The knob names are just suggestions.

 

 Note the on/off button.

When this is on, the knobs control the Performance Mod Knobs, which can modify

 parameters in any or all Layers at once.

 

When off, the knobs control the values for the current Layer’s Program.

They are just called "Mod Knobs" in this case

Thus these 8 knobs have the potential to control up to 40 parameters.

 

c} Generators

+Filter/Amp/Pitch Envelope These are the three standard ADSR envelopes

+Vector Envelope A/B/C/D

+Filter/Amp/Pitch/Pan LFO . These are the four LFOs.

+ Filter/Amp Key Track .

   These are the Key Track generators from the Filter and Amp, respectively.

 

+ Mod Process 1/2. These are the two Mod Processors

+ Tempo. This lets you use the system tempo as a modulation source

 

+ Step Seq Lane. This is the output of the Wave Sequence’s Step Seq Lane.

 

+ Program/Performance Note Count and Program/Performance Voice Count .

These use the number of notes played on the keyboard, or the number of voices being played by the synth engine, as modulation sources. 

The Performance variations count all notes or voices in the Performance, while the Program variations only include those in the current Program.

 

d} CC + 

This is a list of all of the MIDI CCs, interpreted as unipolar signals. 

MIDI values 0-127 are zero to maximum modulation.

 

e} CC +/- 

This is a list of all of the MIDI CCs, interpreted as bipolar signals. MIDI value 64 is 0; values below 64 produce negative modulation, and values above 64 produce positive modulation

 

 

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The best way to make a mod assignment is to 

press the MOD button and then the right arrow >.

It will say "add new modulation".

Then move a target knob.

To view existing modulation routings:

1. Hold MOD and press <.

This box will appear:

Use the arrow <> , value knob, and "enter" to activate the different sources and destinations

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As an example: how to use the lower performance knobs as volume controls.

1. highlight layer A

2. Press MOD and >

3. Twist the AMP level knob

4. Twist 5/shape knob

5. Press enter

6. Change intensity to 100%

7. Repeat the above steps for layers B, C, D.

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