Ok, I almost forgot I had chicken soup on the stove simmering away. 

Quickly, I was reading interesting articles on SOS site 3 part + other articles. Anyway, the CPU hit on older processors can peak @ 50% for the Wavestation but on newer processors it shouldn't go any more than say 25%. Poly6 moreso. The MS20 has a CPU Loading Threshold that can be set. The M1 is good though with 8x multi and the IFX it will of course add some CPU overhead. *Phew* OK, this time I've got to go and have my desserts. 



Edit: Just got back to add links -- these are 'old articles' but most of it still relevant:  

Korg Legacy Collection
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Update

M1 - Collections (Sounds) seems like they also included the kitchen sink....










So, newer systems should be adequate enough to run the MI, Poly6 and WaveStation simultaneously.

Both the M1 and WaveStation are 8x Multi-Part. 

IIRC Korg hardware, the sounds are quite rich and useable. Though I mostly recall the M1 and Poly 6, but I do trust that Wavestation is also pretty darn good after listening to demos on YouTube. 

It's also cool that Modulation and Arps can be sync'd to host and it's easy enough setting up CC.  

I've owned the Legacy Digital Collection since it first came out but stopped using it since I went all 64 bit.
 
Having now updated to the 64 bit versions I'm remembering how much I love the Wavestation.
 
Plus having recently bought a Kronos I've now got a real hardware joystick to use with WS!
 
Happy days.

If you have the Wavestation, make sure you get the massive collection of 132 banks in post #3 over here:
http://www.korgforums.com...3549557430e7da49357f22

A lot of them are very good & it'll take days just previewing them and creating banks of the best patches.

I've been messing w/ Wavestation for a couple of hours, piling up tracks and instances and the CPU meter in Logic merely shows any sign of stress, on my "old" MacBook Pro (late 2010). 

The Korg stuff certainly falls into the very CPU efficient plugs category.


And now that I have the Mono/Poly and WS, that MS-20 is really starting to look cool... :P

Rain


I've been messing w/ Wavestation for a couple of hours, piling up tracks and instances and the CPU meter in Logic merely shows any sign of stress, on my "old" MacBook Pro (late 2010). 

The Korg stuff certainly falls into the very CPU efficient plugs category.


And now that I have the Mono/Poly and WS, that MS-20 is really starting to look cool... :P

I didn't consider Korg Legacy earlier when I was shopping around for synths, I got a Synapse Dune instead which is also CPU friendly (can easily handle several instances) and I love the filters, they sound so silky smooth (particularly at the top-end). But I will definitely get the WS and other Korg Legacies soon.

Have fun :-) 


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Thanks Jeff M for that. I downloaded those only to find I already had them but they were well hidden! So your post was like finding a hidden treasure. Yes there are some great patches amongst them for sure.

I found another folder full of sysex files next to the above files and they seem to be for the Wavestation too. I could notget them to load in. I sorted that out. (read the Manual) Turns out I had a lot of sysex files but some of them were faulty and just did nothing when loaded in. ie no patches changed from previous bank. Most are fine and load in banks the same way as the other format files. (wsram)

Yeah, I just got the WS yesterday and I'm really liking it.
Going through the patches & figuring out how the sounds are being built and getting ideas on what the thing can do.

The building blocks are there to come up with some interesting stuff, just have to dig in a little and suss it all out.

Easily worth the $50.

Is this available for those who do not have the any of the colloection?

The Wavestation demo might let you load in those wsrams, but I'm not sure if there are any other restrictions other than the 30 day access thing.


It might just let you play but not load/save.

Mosvalve


Is this available for those who do not have the any of the colloection?

When these first came on the market, I recall that you could only buy bundles.  Now I think you can get any individual synth for $49.  Check the Korg site.