The Wavedrum

After playing with a Wavedrum or two for a few months, I've come to really enjoy them. No, it will never replace a high quality doumbek, riq, snare drum, cajon, or djembe. That's not the point of the Wavedrum anyway. It is however the most 'live' sounding and feeling electronic drum I've ever played with. To get the most out of it, I've found generally you have to dive in and create/modify your own sounds. I Mostly did this video for 3 reasons:
1. I wanted to see what the quality of recording the wavedrum directly into the stupid little 'line in' jack of my computer was.

2. I wanted to perhaps demonstrate some capabilities of the Wavedrum in standard and subtle playing using different customized programs (some are brand new, others are just tweaked a little). I got kind of frustrated at some of the videos on youtube where many people were using the most bizarre and (in my opinion) useless sounds on the Wavedrum to showcase it. I get into some of the Oriental algorithms later in the video (they are not changed too much).

Anndd 3. I wanted to see how well a 7D could record some compressed 720p video at 60fps with a very shallow DoF :).

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Korg
• wavedrum
• wavedrum oriental
• korg wavedrum
• wavedrum sound
• wavedrum play

[DJeATt]

Please more...you convinced me to get one.

[MrLlamajockey]

@DJeATt Lol. Cool! Ok, well, maybe after Christmas I'll post a little guide on how to edit the sounds with an example.

[mirageguitar]

By far, the best demo on some very usable sounds.

Very skillful drumming too!!

[VibrationsfromMirror]

that is very cool. thx for the uploud, do more jammin'.. around 3 am lol.

[hirodotsu]

Of all the Wavedrum videos I've watched on Youtube, you certainly made the best, really showing the potential of the instrument and the different sounds it is capable of. Plus demonstrated how sensitive it is to subtle playing techniques. Kudos. Question though- mind sharing the settings you set for the sound at 2:45? Just the algorithms and PCM's would suffice, or if you want to go into more detail I certainly would not object. Many thanks!

[TheBirdMamma]

this thing is awesome

[iffecita]

wow... speakless 

[Pennyn1310]

Hey thanks LJ, I dont get on youtube much but appreciate your input :D

[leefuji]

@MrLlamajockey thanks for the explaining!

[MrLlamajockey]

@leefuji On the standard there are 100 presets, all of them are able to be modified however you want. The Oriental has 150. Editing is a very in-depth process...there are algorithms and PCM sounds that can be mixed, there are also settings that involve delay, reverb, sensitivity of the pad/rim, etc. It's actually somewhat complicated, some of the reason being you have to use the on board controls to do it. It's not hard, but, it can be tedious. However, it's very deep regarding what can be done.