Korg Modwave £699
CONTACT WHO: Korg WEB: korg.com KEY FEATURES Dual-layer, 32-voice digital wavetable/sample synth. Feature 3-octave keyboard, Kaoss Physics modulator, Motion Sequencing 2.0 sequencer, arpeggiator and digital effects
Modwave is the third of Korg’s recent line of digital synths, kicked off in early 2020 with Wavestate and expanded a few months later by Opsix. The Modwave follows a similar blueprint to those two; again, an all-digital instrument that wears its DSP-power on its sleeve.
All three synths present a modernised take on some of the synthesis concepts pioneered in the ’80s and ’90s. With the Wavestate, that involved updating the wave sequencing synthesis of Korg’s own Wavestation, while Opsix expanded on the FM format popularised by Yamaha’s DX series. For Modwave the focus is on wavetable synthesis.
The design is, at least according to Korg, loosely based on the company’s cult classic DW-8000,
