DW-8000
 Programmable Digital Waveform Synthesizer

Korg DW-8000

DW-8000

DW-8000

 

Korg DW-8000 audio demos

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Patch name with audio demo

My comments

11 BRASS DELAY

Solid, analog-sounding, classic synth brass, typical of the mid-1980s

12 BELLS SE 1

Gorgeous, hypnotic bells with the classic Korg DDL digital delay.  Perfect for Soundtrack / New Age styles

13 CX-3

Nice emulation of Korg's own, classic CX-3 combo organ, a classic Hammond clone

14 CHORUSED E.PIANO

Beautiful chorused electric piano, similar and probably inspired by the DX7.

15 STRINGS 1

Nice, expressive string ensemble

16 SLAP BASS

Classic synth slap bass of the era

17 MODULAR LEAD

A nod to the fantastic modular systems of the 1970s

18 DISINTEGRATOR

Very cool Science-Fiction Special Effect

21 ACOUSTIC PIANO

Notable effort, great sound in 198

22 E.PIANO

Classic 1980s FM-style Rhodes sound

23 GUITARISTIC PIANO

A piano sound with electric guitar overtones

24 HONKY-TONK PIANO

Yep

25 CLAVINET

The classic "King of Funk" instrument from Hohner

26 JAZZ ORGAN 1

Great emulation of a Hammond B-3 with percussion engaged

27 JAZZ ORGAN 2

Another Hammond emulation, with chorus

28 JAZZ ORGAN 3

Typical, warm Hammond sound of the 1960s

31 LOW STRINGS

Huge analog strings

32 SOLO VIOLIN

Realistic and expressive

33 PIZZICATO

A bit thin

34 CHOIR

Gorgeous, classic 1980s sound, when samplers were still very expensive and this was good as a choir sound as they came.

35 VOICE

Ditto as above..

36 CATHEDRAL ORGAN 1

Cool church harmonium-type sound

37 CATHEDRAL ORGAN 2

Realistic, large pipe organ

38 HARPSICHORD

Yup

41 BEND BRASS

Another great synth brass on-board

42 CRESCENDO BRASS

Yes

43 5TH BRASS

Classic Keith Emerson- style sound

44 CLARINET

Realistic and breathy

45 FLUTE

Very nice, with excellent reverb emulation from the DDL

46 TROMBONE

With obligatory slide

47 HARMONICA

Camping by the cactus

48 WHISTLE

Nice!

51 VIBRAPHONE

Realistic and moody

52 MARIMBA

Excellent, woody emulation

53 TOY PIANO

Yep

54 STEEL DRUM

Excellent, realistic emulation of the classic Island vibe

55 GUT GUITAR

Nylon string guitar

56 HARP

A bit digital but nice

57 KOTO

The famous Japanese instrument

58 SYAMISEN

and another one

61 UNISON LEAD

Classic digi-synth solo of the 1980s

62 TOUCH SYNTH

Excellent filter-response to velocity

63 LFO-MOD.

Classic Korg filter of the '80s

64 AUTO-PULSE

Nice effect

65 MOUTH WAH

Cool vocal sound, a bit "Tomita" style

66 SYNTH BASS 1

Mega-powerful synth bass, classic hybrid analog/digital of the 1980s

67 SYNTH BASS 2

Another great synth bass

68 SYNTH BASS 3

Nervous synth bass

71 PROLOGUE

Phenomenal, cinematic synth pad with nice sweeping filter

72 5TH SYNTH 1

Cool

73 BELL SE 2

Another beautiful Bell Special Effect

74 SYNTH KOTO

Nice

75 5TH SYNTH 2

Another cool synth with oscillators one fifth apart

76 SPACE INSECT

Yep

77 PULSE MOD. SE

Aliens

78 AIRPORT 8000

Amazing emulation of a jet airplane

81 ELECTRIC TOM 1

The classic Simmons

82 ELECTRIC TOM 2

and variation

83 GLIDE UP/DOWN SE

Pitch effect

84 TWINKLE MUSIC BOX

Yep

85 5TH SYNTH 3

More 5ths

86 SLEEPING GIANT

Outstanding sound inspired by a snoring big guy ;-)

87 ELECTRONIC MACHINERY

Martian factory

88 EPILOGUE

Awesome rising synth pad.

 

 

BANK B

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
Polyphony:  
Sound generation method:  
Preset memories  
MIDI: in, out, thru
Sound expansion capabilities: no
Sequencer no
Arpeggiator yes
Velocity yes
Aftertouch  
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Korg DW-8000 review with audio demo - October 16, 2010