![]() It was to the latter that the Wavestation bore the keenest resemblance, sharing with it a powerful vector synthesis technique that allowed multiple oscillators to be blended over time via the use of a joystick. The Wavestation rose from the ashes of Sequential Circuits - the company behind many a classic instrument, including the Prophet-5 and the Prophet VS vector synthesiser. Other such synths of the day were pitched as preset playback devices, but this… this was different. No nylon string guitars or grand pianos here, thank you. Sure, it was packed with samples, but in its initial version, those samples tended toward innovation rather than imitation. Released in the early 90s heyday of (often generic) sample-based hardware ROMplers, it offered a decidedly distinctive sound.
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