                     Owain F Pedgley's Demo Bank of Wavestation
                                    Performances

Date made public: 29 Oct 1995
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I have compiled the file "pegs-ws1.syx" so that you can have a taste of my home
brew when it comes to programming the Wavestation.  I am submitting this in
direct response to the requests, discussion etc.. on the Wavestation Mailing
List.  The drive to get more patches on the 'net is extremely well founded, and
I am happy to participate.  

THE RAW SYSEX FILE IS ADDRESSED TO RAM BANK1 ON MIDI CHANNEL 1

All of the patches use just the internal (expanded) PCM data, except for a few
of the basses, which use Synth & Time Slice Waves because these were easily the
best for the sound I was looking for.  Sorry for all those folks who don't have
this very-hard-to-come-by card, but that's the way it goes :(  I'm sure you can
tweak the patches so that they work for you....S & T Performances are marked
with an "*".

Just a brief overview of the sounds: These are a selection of my own-making,
although you will notice that some of them address ROM based sequences etc..
I have included a wide variety of what I class as my "quite good" sounds, to 
see what you think.  In general, I am pretty liberal with the reverb and tend 
to like to use EQ a bit. I like exploring the Wavestation's effects, since
these are SUPERB IMHO. Some of my patches are reliant on effects to make them
work, but don't let that put you off..

Please email me any comments at:-

o.f.pedgley@lut.ac.uk

I claim (c) to the patches as they stand, but feel free to doctor them !!

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Owain

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RAM 01:00       "TightsTempest"
                This short synth stab has a very fast attack and uses multiple
                oscillators running the same PCM to produce a phased effect.
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RAM 01:01       "Analogue Rezz.."
                The key to controlling this little monster is a combination of
                HIGH key velocity and twiddling the MOD WHEEL at the same time.
                I reckon it's got a fairly good analogue feel, with the WHEEL
                controlling the hot spot on the effect.
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RAM 01:02       "Overdrive Fling"
                A very gritty synth sound, heavily distorted and great for 
                pumping out a driving rhythm.
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RAM 01:03       "Sanctuary Choir"
                One of my more inspired choral patches, best played as two-
                fingered chords around middle C.  Try playing long and short
                chords, as both work well.
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RAM 01:04       "Filter Pizzio"
                I like this one a lot: it's got a soothing quality because of 
                the low-pass filter.
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RAM 01:05       "Weather"
                Yep, it's a wavesequenced wind coming up tunnel, complete with
                dual mono delay to give it some space in the mix.
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RAM 01:06       "ReflectChorGuit"
                This is supposed to be a chorused guitar in a room, but make of
                it what you will! I think chords around middle C work ok.
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RAM 01:07       "StrutYaStuff"
                Mad patch.  MOD WHEEL controls speed of rotary speaker and adds
                a huge amount of reverb.  Great fun, though.
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RAM 01:08       "Air/Bass Split"
                A very playable combination. Best to play the bass part fairly
                lightly....
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RAM 01:09       "ClearDigiPiano"
                A nice and open DigiPiano, good for a relaxing mood....
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RAM 01:10       "Don'tSkidTheBog"
                It's "The Wave Song" played down the toilet! The MOD WHEEL cuts
                out quite a bit of the reverb.  This was for fun only, honest.
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RAM 01:11       "Massive Synth"
                This has got to rank among my favourites.  It's got a very
                powerful sound and is perfect for pretending you are on stage
                with Jean Michael Jarre.
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RAM 01:12       "Symphonetta 2"
                I was in two minds whether to put this on this demo collection,
                but hey, you want some good sounds out of me don't you!  I
                don't want to blow my own trumpet too much, but I think this
                is one of the best orchestral "all in one" sounds I have come
                across on any synth.  Very lush and full, and surprisingly 
                smooth at the bottom end.
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RAM 01:13*      "Imposter Bass 2"
                A VERY deep bass, guaranteed to do some damage to your speaker
                system, so be careful.  
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RAM 01:14       "Mad Dawg Bounce"
                This is a light-hearted electric/acoustic piano combination
                which bounces along quite nicely.
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RAM 01:15       "Vince"
                Had to do something to acknowledge my admiration for Mr. Vince
                Clarke, he of Erasure fame.  This patch is cool for erasure-
                esque ditties.
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RAM 01:16       "SequenceSynth"
                You may have noticed that up until now, a lot of my patches
                have not been using prolific wavesequences.  A lot of my
                earlier stuff tended not to...  Anyway, this is a fairly
                recent patch which has a couple of wavesequences banging around
                at the lower octaves and an airy timbre on higher octaves. The
                vector control modifies the wavesequence mix and the MOD WHEEL
                controls phaser speed and depth.
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RAM 01:17       "Road Sweeper"
                A comprehensive resonant sweep patch, just hold it down for a
                long while and it'll go full circle.
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RAM 01:18       "Real Juicy Pad"
                Almost hot off the press, this one. The MOD WHEEL MUST BE UP 
                to have the full effect of this smooth lush pad.
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RAM 01:19       "What on EARTH?"
                Crazy. Use the MOD WHEEL to turn the monster on and off.
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RAM 01:20       "Messenger Flute"
                The flutescape has an extra helping of vibrato if the MOD WHEEL
                is introduced.   I really like this one.
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RAM 01:21*      "AnalogueHipBass"
                Have the MOD WHEEL DOWN or this sounds far too wobbly.  I did
                this patch with the intention of simulating a serious analogue
                squidge factor.  The squidgy effect is produced using KEYDN as
                the modulating source for the parametric EQ.  Enjoy squidging!
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RAM 01:22       "Suit You Sir,Oh"
                Vocoder variation on "The Wave Song" with the correct delay
                set for a duration of 9 on the wavesequence.
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RAM 01:23       "Slow Hall Piano"
                Take it gently and slowly........
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RAM 01:24*      "Fx-Bus SpltBass"
                The FX Bus has been programmed here so that one half of the
                keyboard plays out of one ear and the other half out of the
                other ear.  Moreover, each half of the keyboard has been 
                modified so that it plays the same range of notes.  A
                parametric eq has been added for more squidge factor.
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RAM 01:25       "File"
                Very raspy sound, good around middle C, and not just a hint
                DX-7 ish.  Have the MOD WHEEL DOWN.
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RAM 01:26       "Shine On Analog"
                Finally, my tribute sound to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. I
                have used a horn sound and combined this with re-triggerable
                monophonic play to produce a 70's sounding keyboard.  Ranks
                highly amongst my "playable" sounds.
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As a quick note, I use a Wavestation EX and have the S&T PCM card set. I have
no other Wavestation-related PCMs, cards etc...

I hope you enjoyed the sounds.

                
