KORG Legacy Collection 64-bit Compatibility!

Thanks for the heads up.
 
Once I get back home I will get MonoPoly installed on my new DAW, hopefully I will not get any reoccurance of the licensing issues I was having.
 
If it all sweet I may pick up the M1 at some stage.

My pleasure guys.

Hope that fixes your issue, Glyn. I've experienced similar problems (if I understand correctly) w/ Focusrite's plug-ins and Cakewalk. In both cases, I had to re-authorize the plugs every x days or months.

Looking at the install instructions for the KORG Legacy Collection it looks like the plugins need your DAW to be connected to the internet for activation, is this correct?.

This is good news, looking forward to trying these out again

aries


Looking at the install instructions for the KORG Legacy Collection it looks like the plugins need your DAW to be connected to the internet for activation, is this correct?.

Don't complain.  The first release of M1 and Wavestation required a custom dongle.  Happily Korg saw the light of reason. 

I have had both the real Wavestation and the software version and believe me the software sounds incredible and there is NO difference. I have a real M1 right now but would not hesitate to ditch it for the plugin. With the M1 plugin you also get every PCM card that Korg released for the M1 which is quite a thing to have.

I have heard also that Korg made some subtle refinements in the software versions that are not in the hardware. One reviewer actually said he thought the software sounded a little nicer and I would not doubt it either.

I think Korg are possibly the best people to model their own hardware. The analog synths are meant to sound amazing also.

It is easy to authorise any of their plugins and once you have done it you don't have to be on line ever again for them to work. A while back I had a C drive issue and had to replace it. I used Acronis to make a clone of my C drive in real time and it worked perfectly. The Wavestation plugin was the only thing that knew that I had done it though and needed to be re authorised but that was painless as well and it has been working ever since.

Rain you will not be sorry investing in Wavestation. And please don't think it is only good for spaced out complex evolving textures. It is full of bread and butter patches that also sound incredible. 

But I must admit Wavestation is one hell of a synth and really there is not much out there that can do what it does. I fell in serious love when I first heard the hardware. Like the M1 you get all the RAM cards and all the internal memories that were around at the time. You can work the joystick and record all its moves too and play them back. That is when things start to get interesting.

Do me a favour when you get it Rain go to Rom 11 and select sound 1 'Deep Atmosphere' you will fall over when you hear it!

I do a lot of complex ambient stuff and really it is an essential synth for that. But there are tons of normal sounds in it too. It also works as a stand alone very nicely so you can just audition patches and have fun with playing with it that way too.

:) 

Thanks, Jeff. I most certainly will. I'm just trying to wait after tonight's session, but I may not be able to wait that long.

ok.. I guess someone here will know

the bundle with the keyboard.. does it have to be used to use the legacy bundle??  much like EMU's special version of something checks for emu hardware.
reason why, 
legacy bundle off korg site = £130 *ROUGHLY*

legacy bundle from UK shop = £139 *WITH keyboard* ... if they are only charging £9 for a 5 octave keyboard.. I'd rather go with that.

Dick Martini



BTW - first post! Long time lurker, long time cake/sonar user. 

Welcome to these boards from a fellow (expatriate) Canadian.

The Korg controller keyboard is just like any other controller keyboard, USB etc.

The Legacy software is just bundled with the keyboard and is independent of the keyboard.  just a really nice thing Korg threw in.

They work independently of each other.

I have the Legacy M1 software - it's so so nice.  The bundle is to expensive with keyboard or just the bundle for me right now.

I am thinking of just paying for the Legacy Wavestation and the effects products as I want those and am not really interested in the analog plugins.  $49 +$20 doesn't seem that bad for everything included.

There are so many banks for these synths on the internet the amount of sounds is just incredible.  for M1 and Wavestation I have found about 8000 sounds that were once purchased hardware cards and companies just threw the sounds on the web free - can even purchase some add on banks still from some companies.

I thought of Legacy as old maybe useful but have found I use these all the time now.  I use them more than Rapture or Zeta from Cakewalk.

glad they are 64 bit now - though the 32bit worked just fine in Sonar x64 with no issues.

if your on the fence at all just take the plunge - totally worth it and there are many sounds to be had that are not throw away sounds.

MachineClaw


I have the Legacy M1 software - it's so so nice.  The bundle is to expensive with keyboard or just the bundle for me right now.

the joke is , for me to buy the bundle.. *WITH* the keyboard from the shop it's only £9 / $18 ish more. I only can get the software version from the website *NOT* any shop. so it's pointless to just get the synths.. the keyboard is easily worth £30-50 of anyone's money :)

korg confirmed it would work standalone also..

I never assume stuff that is bundled will work elsewhere.. due to using vst's that are DAW specific and won't work elsewhere.

Hi Rain. If you are thinking the output level from the Wavestation is a little on the low side you are correct. I tend to go to the Global settings and add + 6dB to the output level. It seems to help a lot and bring the Wavestation level up to other things a bit more.

Hope you are enjoying it!  It is one cool puppy you have to admit.

SongCraft


Rain: It's already quite amazing how affordable Korg make this software. I've seen synths that were pretty average by comparison sell for 2 or 3 times as much. 

It's even more amazing that the upgrade is free for us 32 bit users!

Not much, very acceptable CPU hit (Wavestation anyway)