However, if you think the Wavestate is a 'larger' Wavestation, you'd be mistaken in one essential way. The Wavestate synthesis engine is built on samples and multi-samples known as Waves, which may be played separately or stringed together to generate a variety of rhythmic sequences and developing sounds. Despite the difficulty of editing [one critic at the time compared editing in the rackmount version to "wallpapering your hallway through the letterbox," producers were thrilled about using Wavesequencing. It was stylistically associated with genres ranging from new-age and ambient to industrial, trance, and rave. Its characteristic sound was heard in a slew of cop-show TV dramas, nature documentaries, and popular feature films of the day. The synth was recognized for its rich developing pads, spacey atonal clusters, goofy drum-n-synth sequences, and meticulously created mesmeric waveform jams. It provided an innovative way to sound production and live performance by combining step-sequenced looping chains of short-duration waveforms with a Vector Joystick to crossfade between four levels of these sequences. The Wavestation was hampered by memory constraints and user interface limitations of the time, yet it was a beguiling computer that piqued people's interest. It was a sleek, eye-catching instrument with few front panel controls, but more crucially, it was the first device to use Wavesequencing paired with Vector synthesis, courtesy to a cooperation with Dave Smith and the Sequential Circuits team (responsible for the Prophet VS Vector Synthesiser).
Korg released their first Wavestation in 1990, following the spectacular success of the M1 and the more sophisticated T series.
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