DW-8000
Programmable Digital Waveform Synthesizer
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DW-8000 |
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DW-8000 |
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BANK A
Stream all examples from Bank A
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Patch name with audio demo |
My comments |
| Solid, analog-sounding, classic synth brass, typical of the mid-1980s | |
| Gorgeous, hypnotic bells with the classic Korg DDL digital delay. Perfect for Soundtrack / New Age styles | |
| Nice emulation of Korg's own, classic CX-3 combo organ, a classic Hammond clone | |
| Beautiful chorused electric piano, similar and probably inspired by the DX7. | |
| Nice, expressive string ensemble | |
| Classic synth slap bass of the era | |
| A nod to the fantastic modular systems of the 1970s | |
| Very cool Science-Fiction Special Effect | |
| Notable effort, great sound in 198 | |
| Classic 1980s FM-style Rhodes sound | |
| A piano sound with electric guitar overtones | |
| Yep | |
| The classic "King of Funk" instrument from Hohner | |
| Great emulation of a Hammond B-3 with percussion engaged | |
| Another Hammond emulation, with chorus | |
| Typical, warm Hammond sound of the 1960s | |
| Huge analog strings | |
| Realistic and expressive | |
| A bit thin | |
| Gorgeous, classic 1980s sound, when samplers were still very expensive and this was good as a choir sound as they came. | |
| Ditto as above.. | |
| Cool church harmonium-type sound | |
| Realistic, large pipe organ | |
| Yup | |
| Another great synth brass on-board | |
| Yes | |
| Classic Keith Emerson- style sound | |
| Realistic and breathy | |
| Very nice, with excellent reverb emulation from the DDL | |
| With obligatory slide | |
| Camping by the cactus | |
| Nice! | |
| Realistic and moody | |
| Excellent, woody emulation | |
| Yep | |
| Excellent, realistic emulation of the classic Island vibe | |
| Nylon string guitar | |
| A bit digital but nice | |
| The famous Japanese instrument | |
| and another one | |
| Classic digi-synth solo of the 1980s | |
| Excellent filter-response to velocity | |
| Classic Korg filter of the '80s | |
| Nice effect | |
| Cool vocal sound, a bit "Tomita" style | |
| Mega-powerful synth bass, classic hybrid analog/digital of the 1980s | |
| Another great synth bass | |
| Nervous synth bass | |
| Phenomenal, cinematic synth pad with nice sweeping filter | |
| Cool | |
| Another beautiful Bell Special Effect | |
| Nice | |
| Another cool synth with oscillators one fifth apart | |
| Yep | |
| Aliens | |
| Amazing emulation of a jet airplane | |
| The classic Simmons | |
| and variation | |
| Pitch effect | |
| Yep | |
| More 5ths | |
| Outstanding sound inspired by a snoring big guy ;-) | |
| Martian factory | |
| Awesome rising synth pad. |
BANK B
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Patch name with audio demo |
My comments |
| 11 GLIDE BRASS I | Reminds a bit of that sound logo |
| 12 GLIDE BRASS II | the opposite |
| 13 BRASS I | Big, powerful analog brass of the '80s |
| 14 BRASS II | Nice and brassy |
| 15 MELLOW HORNS | Yep |
| 16 AUTO BRASS | Large synth brass |
| 17 BRASS III | Smaller section |
| 18 AUTO BRASS (4th) | Yup |
| 21 NEW WORLD | Synth FX |
| 22 SYNTH SITAL | Nice emulation of a sitar |
| 23 SPACE GOHST (sic) | oh yes. |
| 24 SHOOTING STAR | Typical 1970s-style synth FX |
| 25 SYNTH HARP | Beautiful harp sound with the excellent Korg Digital Delay Line effect |
| 26 DIGITAL INVASION | Sci-Fi FX |
| 27 NOISE DROPS | Typical '80s sound |
| 28 DEEP SEA | Lots of modulation |
| 31 BRIGHT STRINGS | Nice |
| 32 BOWED STRINGS | Full strings |
| 33 STRINGS | Very nice analog strings |
| 34 FLANGING STRINGS | Superb. |
| 35 HIGH STRINGS | Thick analog strings |
| 36 VOICE I | Stupendous, hypnotic synth vox |
| 37 VOICE II | Wonderful syn vox |
| 38 VOICE III | Classic syn vox patch |
| 41 ANALOG SYNTH-BASS | Moog style bass |
| 42 BASS I | Classic '80s bass |
| 43 BASS II | Huge Moog-style synth bass |
| 44 DIGITAL SYNTH-BASS | Digital bass |
| 45 JAZZ GUITAR I | Yep |
| 46 JAZZ GUITAR II | another version |
| 47 GUITAR | Beautiful electric guitar emulation |
| 48 CHORUS GUITAR | with the chorus |
| 51 LEAD-SYNTH I | Typical synth lead |
| 52 LEAD-SYNTH II | variation a la Minimoog |
| 53 LEAD-SYNTH III | Digital solo synth |
| 54 BEAT IT | Inspired by the typical Synclavier FX at the beginning of Michael Jackson's classic song. |
| 55 MELLOW SYNTH | Gorgeous analog synth pad |
| 56 SYNTH ORGAN I | Wonderful digital sound of the '80s |
| 57 SYNTH ORGAN II | Superb, almost PPG-like sound |
| 58 PORTAMENTO | yep |
| 61 ELECTRONIC GRAND | Nice piano |
| 62 E PIANO | Great recreation of the classic Yamaha DX7 electric piano patch. |
| 63 CLAVINET | yes |
| 64 FLANGING CLAV | yup |
| 65 HARPSICHORD | classical style |
| 66 HONKEY TONK PIANO | that's it |
| 67 METALLIC PIANO | Beautiful, spacey piano |
| 68 TOY PIANO | yep |
| 71 SPACE SYNTH I | More special FX |
| 72 SPACE SYNTH II | Sci-Fi |
| 73 ROCKET NOISE | Blast off! |
| 74 HORROR | Scary! |
| 75 SPACE SYNTH III | Spaceship approaching |
| 76 SYNTH DRUM I | Typical Simmons electronic drum sound |
| 77 SYNTH DRUM II | Typical Simmons electronic drum sound |
| 78 SYNTH DRUM III | Typical Simmons electronic drum sound |
| 81 FULL-ORGAN | Organ with all drawbars out |
| 82 ORGAN I | Awesome lounge-type organ of the 1950s/1960s |
| 83 ROTARY EFFECT I | Emulation of an organ through a Leslie speaker set at low speed |
| 84 ROTARY EFFECT II | Emulation of an organ through a Leslie speaker set at high speed |
| 85 NEW WAVE ORGAN I | Nice |
| 86 NEW WAVE ORGAN II | Typical Farfisa style organ as used by New Wave bands of the late '70s / early '80s |
| 87 KOTO | nice |
| 88 HARP | good |
| Korg DSS-1 specs | |
| Year of release: | 1985 |
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| Preset memories | |
| MIDI: | in, out, thru |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | no |
| Sequencer | no |
| Arpeggiator | yes |
| Velocity | yes |
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| Manufacturer site | home page | |
Korg DW-8000 review with audio demo - October 16, 2010