Another synth that is really nice and if you like Wavestation you are going to like this. It is called Plex 2 by Wolfgang Palm. It is totally free. I am running the 32 bit version and it is perfect and stable. I believe the latest update includes 64 bit operation.

It is very nice, comes with a lot of patches and is of a very similar vibe to Wavestation in terms of interesting textures, single shots and rhythmical things. It has an interesting interface that allows you endless variations on patches too.

I believe it was something this guy started and in the end did not catch on in terms of a business product. Don't know why but it should have though. He is giving it away now which is very nice of him.

http://plex.hermannseib.com/

Plex was first released by Steinberg years ago. Here's an old review:

http://www.soundonsound.c...cles/steinbergplex.asp

Being a Steinberg plug-in, it was typically short-lived, but Palm re-released it on his own a few years ago.

His last post on Facebook's page for Plex is dated November 2012, so I'm not sure if he has abandoned it or not.



Too bad for me it's Windows only (though Logic's own Structure is a more than decent alternative).

That Plex looks pretty cool - I'll have to check that one out.
Thanks for the link!

I feel I must add - for anyone who may be a bit less educated about those Korg synths (like yours truly), Poly Six isn't just a stripped down version of Mono/Poly...

Which is what I sort of expected when I bought Mono/Poly, but after tweaking it for a bit trying to match a file that had been recorded w/ the Poly Six, though I could get in the ballpark, downloading the demo of Poly Six and giving it a shot I was settled in a matter of minutes. 

They are different beasts. And now I need that one too. :s

Is buying the Korg Microkeys 61 controller the better deal to get the Legacy collection ? 

The controller cost 179/= (if I read correctly, included the Legacy collection, including other software as well)
http://shop.korgusa.com/p/microkey61

But the software collection alone is 199.99 
http://www.korguser.net/shop/software/

If you need a new controller or one that has more than 49 keys - and you do not or have not purchased any of the Korg legacy plugins then yes buying the Microkeys61 is the best deal around.

I have been using the M1 and Wavestation since the old dongle days and I have upgraded them every time and upgrade was available. Unfortunately there are no stand alone versions in the 64 bit Win upgrade. I hope they come out with a stand alone patch soon.

I just upgraded from M1 LE to the entire Legacy collection and just used M1 and Wavestation today in stand alone mode. Actually, by default, the install placed the icons for the all the modules on my desktop.

When you first open them you need to set the preferences to see your sound card and midi inputs and then your good to go.

Kind regards,
Rick 

Rain


I feel I must add - for anyone who may be a bit less educated about those Korg synths (like yours truly), Poly Six isn't just a stripped down version of Mono/Poly...

Which is what I sort of expected when I bought Mono/Poly, but after tweaking it for a bit trying to match a file that had been recorded w/ the Poly Six, though I could get in the ballpark, downloading the demo of Poly Six and giving it a shot I was settled in a matter of minutes. 

They are different beasts. And now I need that one too. :s

I use to own the hardware version way back in the early 1980's and love it. That is why I mentioned it (in your other thread).  Also owned the MI, so IMO the PolySix, M1 and Wavstation are the three I would love to get. 

The Poly 6 has good solid filters, it's very fat and grunty when you need it, can stack up to 16 voices along with detune and spread.  No joking, this baby will cut through a dense mix of thumping bass and chainsawing lead guitars. I know because I have used the PolySix 'LIVE' many times in exactly that situation. 

NOTE I posted several links to SOS because the info on their site is much more informative and such compared to Korg's site.  If anyone wants to learn more?... then do yourselves a favour and check out those links. 

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rtucker55


I just upgraded from M1 LE to the entire Legacy collection and just used M1 and Wavestation today in stand alone mode. Actually, by default, the install placed the icons for the all the modules on my desktop.

When you first open them you need to set the preferences to see your sound card and midi inputs and then your good to go.

Kind regards,
Rick 

Thanx Rick for the heads up. I just thought it was a VSTi upgrade only.
 
Interesting that the install program did not install the stand alone programs or icons. I tried a reinstall and it let me repair the installation and then both the M1 and Wavestation icons appeared on my desktop.
 
Everything is fine now.
 
Thanks again.