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Classified by producers/distributers (alphabetical order)
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3D SoundCesium SoundDigital InformativeDigital MusicEasy SoundsElectron ArtistriesEye&I
GreytsoundsHit MusicHolophonHot TopKäng-KongKidNeproKorg
LiveWireMasterbitsMediacraftMetraSoundMSPNice BytesPro-Rec
RAC GADSHS-Sound SoftwareSoft SoundSoundArtSound FoundationSound Source UnlimitedSounds OK
SoundEngineSynthwareTechnosisUSAValhalaVoceVoice Crystal
XTrem Sound

Downloadable soundbanks are available in standard Sysex (*.syx), SMF (*.mid) and Midi Quest© (*.sqc) file formats
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR WS INTERNAL RAM MEMORIES
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your WS

MISSING
Following Korg WS soundbanks are still missing to my collection. Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it are welcome!
Voce Volume 4 "Oriental Colors" soundbank
Soft Sound "Volume 6" soundbank
Korg MCR-03 "Sweet Sequence" soundbank (programmed by J. Bower)
KC-001 "Sound Atelier" soundbank (I ignore the producer, perhaps Korg)
.... and, of course, any other commercial material that I ignore the existence!! If you own any requested informations, please e-mail me!!

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KORG
Korg produced and distributed four different series of ROM cards for their WS synths:
a) WPC-0** Series which contained Internal factory preload RAMs 1-3 soundbanks
b) WPC-** Series which contained original new soundbanks (10 volumes), some of them programmed by other societies
c) WSC-** Series which were double cards sets: one with an original new soundbank, the other one with new internal PCMs
d) MCR03-WS* Series which contained preloaded RAM cards programmed by independant sounddesigners
 Internal RAM1 factory preload soundbank (WPC-00PI ROM card)PatchlistImage
 Internal RAM2 factory preload soundbank (WPC-00PII ROM card)PatchlistImage
 Internal RAM3ex factory preload soundbank (WPC-00PIII ROM card)PatchlistImage
 Internal RAM3ad factory preload soundbank (WPC-0AD ROM card)PatchlistImage
 Internal ROM soundbank Patchlist
 WPC-11 "Performance 1"PatchlistImage
 WPC-12 "Performance 2" (WS SR RAM 3 internal factory preload soundbank)PatchlistImage
 WPC-13 "Performance 3" PatchlistImage
 WPC-14 "Analog & VS" PatchlistImage
 WPC-15 "Dance/Top 40" (by Sound Source Unlimited) PatchlistImage

 WPC-16 "Wavestation Omnibus" (by Voice Crystal) PatchlistImage

 WPC-17 "Studio Collection" (by KeyClique) PatchlistImage

 WPC-18 "U.K. Modern"  PatchlistImage

 WPC-19ex "Film Textures"  (by Sound Source Unlimited - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistImage

 WPC-20ex "Song Factory"  (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistImage

 WPC-J01 "Analog Freak"  (japanese limited edition)PatchlistImage

 WSC-1S "Piano"  double ROM cards set  (WPC-01+WSC-01 ROM cards - not for WS SR model)PatchlistImage

 WSC-2S "Drums & Percussion"  double ROM cards set  (WPC-02+WSC-02 ROM cards - not for WS SR model)PatchlistImage

 WSC-3S "Synth & Time Slice"  double ROM cards set  (WPC-03+WSC-03 ROM cards - not for WS SR model)PatchlistImage

 MCR03-WS "Legendary Prophet-VS Sounds" (programmed by A. Franz)PatchlistImage

 MCR03-WS1 "Standard Synthesizer Sounds" (programmed by P. Jung)PatchlistImage

 MCR03-WS2 "Future Pad Sounds"  (programmed by B. Scheuss)PatchlistImage

 MCR03-WS3 "Dancing Wavestation"  (programmed by M. Geisel)PatchlistImage

 MCR03-WS4 "Vocoder Effects & External Use"  (programmed by R. Osmond - for WS A/D model only)PatchlistImage

 MCR03 "Vector World"  (programmed by J. Bower)PatchlistImage



SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
This famous american society developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models (their products are distributed now by Greytsounds™). There were a total of 8 ROM cards for the WS model, most of them programmed by Manny Fernandez.
They also distributed 3 additional ROM cards especially programmed for the WS EX, SR & A/D features.
 WS01 "New Age Collection, Vol.1"PatchlistImage
 WS02 "Synthesizer Textures" (also distributed by SoundEngine as the SEP-014 "Synth Textures")PatchlistImage
 WS03 "Vector Atmospheres"PatchlistImage
 WS04 "SY77 Impressions" PatchlistImage
 WS05 "Granular Emulations" PatchlistImage
 WS06 "Hybrid Synthesis" PatchlistImage
 WS07 "Vector Atmospheres, Vol.2" PatchlistImage
 WS08 "New Age Collection, Vol.2" PatchlistImage
 AD01 "Super Vocoder Plus" (also known as SoundEngine SEP-016 "Super Vocoder" - WS A/D model only)PatchlistImage
 AD02 "Animated Orchestra" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistImage
 AD03 "Pop/Rock" (also known as SoundEngine SEP-017 "Pop Rock" - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)Patchlist



TECHNOSIS
Technosis is a californian company - apparently linked with a recording studio - which produced two original ROM cards programmed by Mike Peake.
One was dedicated to bass sounds/sequences and the other one to drums sounds/loops.
 "Bass Station" (also distributed by SoundEngine as the SEP-015 "Bass Station")Patchlist
 "Drum Station"Patchlist


SOUNDENGINE

SoundEngine is an american society who is distributing three Sound Source Unlimited and one Technosis soundbanks (certainly programmed by Mike Peake).
 SEP-014 "Synth Textures" (also distributed by Sound Source Unlimited as the WS02 "Synthesizer Textures")Patchlist
 SEP-015 "Bass Station" (also distributed by Technosis as the "Bass Station")Patchlist
 SEP-016 "Super Vocoder" (also known as the Sound Source Unlimited AD01 "Super Vocoder Plus"-for WS A/D model only)Patchlist
 SEP-017 "Pop Rock" (also distributed by Sound Source Unlimited as the AD03 "Pop/Rock"-for WS EX & A/D models only)Patchlist


VALHALA
The well known american sounds producer company which unfortunately went bankrupt on the early 90's.
They distributed a soundbank as the International Gold "WS-601" ROM card.
 International Gold "WS-601" (also known as the Sound Foundation "Gold Vol.1")PatchlistImage


DIGITAL INFORMATIVE DATA

Any informations about this obscur origins (USA? Japan? Europe?) company are welcome! I can just say that they produced four different soundbanks:
Volume 1&2, AvantGarde 1&2.
 "-Vol.1-" (RAM1 - needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "-Vol.2-" (RAM2 - needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks) Patchlist
 "AvantGarde 1"Patchlist
 "AvantGarde 2"Patchlist


PRO-REC
This american society is selling a large collection of soundbanks for several synths. They produced five ROM cards/floppy disks plus four additional especially programmed for the WS EX, SR & A/D features (a total of nine soundbanks).
 WS-1 "Super WaveDance"PatchlistImage
 WS-2 "Ultratexture"PatchlistImageOrder It
 WS-3 "Soundbrush"Patchlist
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 WS-4 "Power WaveSynth"Patchlist
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 WS-5 "Filmscape"PatchlistImageOrder It
 WSEX-6 "EX Super Pop/Dance" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistOrder It
 WSEX-7 "EX Pop Collection" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)Patchlist
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 WSAD-8 "AD Pop/Dance" (for A/D model only)PatchlistImageOrder It
 WSAD-9 "AD Filmtexture" (for A/D model only)PatchlistImageOrder It

SOFT SOUND
Soft Sound is a german company which produced six soundbanks for the Korg WS (I ignore if thew wear specific names).
Volume 6 is still missing to my collection.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
 "Volume 1"Patchlist
 "Volume 2"Patchlist
 "Volume 3"Patchlist
 "Volume 4"Patchlist
 "Volume 5"Patchlist


KID NEPRO

Another well-known american company which is developing soundbanks/samples libraries for a lot of synths/samplers models since 1984.
They edited a total of 7 Korg WS soundbanks (volumes 3-7 are for WS EX, A/D & SR models only).
 Volume 1 "Mixed Bag"PatchlistOrder It
 Volume 2 "Soundtrack Mix"PatchlistOrder It
 Volume 3 "Wavesequence Mix" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistOrder It
 Volume 4 "Performance Mix" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistOrder It
 Volume 5 "Jazz/Techno Dance Mix" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistImageOrder It
 Volume 6 "Synthesizer Mix" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistOrder It
 Volume 7 "Wavestation 2005" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistOrder It


MASTERBITS

Masterbits is a german company which produced 5 ROM cards for the Korg WS as the "Inspiration Series" (programmed by Chris Höppner).
You can visit their website, but I ignore if these soundbanks are still available (prices are still in DM!)
 Inspiration Series Volume 1 "Pacific Winds" (programmed by Chris Höppner)PatchlistImage
 Inspiration Series Volume 2 "Dancesation" (programmed by Chris Höppner)PatchlistImage
 Inspiration Series Volume 3 "Cyper World" (programmed by Chris Höppner)PatchlistImage
 Inspiration Series Volume 4 "Trance Age" (programmed by Chris Höppner)PatchlistImage
 Inspiration Series Volume 5 "Science Fiction" (programmed by Chris Höppner)PatchlistImage


VOCE

Voce is an italian society which produced 4 soundbanks for the Korg WS.
Their "Volume 1" was also distributed in the past by Mediacraft as the "Wave Invasion" soundbank.
Volume named "Oriental Colors" is still missing to my collection.
Any informations or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
 "Vol. 1" (also known as the Mediacraft "Wave Invasion" soundbank)Patchlist
 "80's Revival & Remix"  (commercialized with 41 Performances)Patchlist
 "Indigo"  (commercialized with 41 Performances)Patchlist


MSP

MSP (Mega Sound Production) is a german society managed by Volker Warmers, a sympathic synths lover (many thanks to him for his contribution).
They are proposing 6 Korg WS soundbanks on 3.5" floppy disks. The last volume "PAD STATION" can be bought on eBay Germany.
 "Future Shock" (programmed by Eddie Klotz - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only) PatchlistImageOrder It
 "Danger World" (programmed by Mike Danger) PatchlistImageOrder It
 "Dance 'Xcess" (programmed by Piet Wagner - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only) PatchlistImageOrder It
 "Loop'n Dance" (programmed by Stefan Horst - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only) PatchlistImageOrder It
 "Trance Waves" (programmed by Piet Wagner - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only) PatchlistImageOrder It
 "Glorious WS" (programmed by Volker Warmers - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only) PatchlistImageOrder It
 PAD STATION - "The Very Best of Pads" (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only) PatchlistImage


3D SOUND

I ignore all of this company, excepted that they produced 8 soundbanks for the Korg WS (any additional informations are welcome!)
 "Cyber Space"Patchlist
 "Time"Patchlist
 "Studio Z" (distributed jointly with "Mazer" soundbank - RAM2)Patchlist
 "Mazer" (distributed jointly with "Studio Z" soundbank - RAM1 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "East Vol.1" (distributed jointly with "East Vol.2" soundbank - RAM2 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "East Vol.2" (distributed jointly with "East Vol.1" soundbank - RAM1 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "Plasm Vol.1" (distributed jointly with "Plasm Vol.2" soundbank - RAM2 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "Plasm Vol.2" (distributed jointly with "Plasm Vol.1" soundbank - RAM1 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist



SOUNDART
SoundArt is a german company which developed two Korg WS soundbanks: "Golden Drumtracks" (programmed by Stefan Horst) and "Terra".
They are also distributing now MetraSound products via their website.
 "Golden Drumtracks" (programmed by Stefan Horst - for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)Patchlist
 "Terra"PatchlistImage


METRASOUND
This german company produced two Korg WS ROM cards: "Modern Times" (programmed by Greg Walker) and "Up To Date" (programmed by Peter Gorges).
Their products are now delivered by SoundArt (Germany).

 "Modern Times" (programmed by Greg Walker)PatchlistImage
 "Up To Date" (programmed by Peter Gorges)PatchlistImage


ELECTRON ARTISTRIES

Electron Artistries is an amercian society which produced five Korg WS ROM cards.
 "Heat Waves"PatchlistImage
 "Light Waves"PatchlistImage
 "Particle Waves"PatchlistImage
 "Pulsar Waves"PatchlistImage
 "Rhythmic Waves"PatchlistImage



CESIUM SOUND
Cesium Sound™ is a californian company which produced an original WS soundbank carefully programmed by Nick Longo.
 CesiumPatchlistOrder it



MEDIACRAFT
Mediacraft is an english society which produced a WS soundbank named "Wave Invasion" and distributed then by Voce (Italy) as the "Vol. 1" soundbank.
 "Wave Invasion" (also known as the "Volume 1" soundbank distributed by Voce)Patchlist


HOLOPHON

I ignore all of this company. They produced three WS soundbanks. "Chemistry" set contained in fact two soundbanks (RAM1&2) sold jointly.
 "Chemistry Vol.1" (distributed jointly with "Chemistry Vol.2" soundbank - RAM1 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "Chemistry Vol.2" (distributed jointly with "Chemistry Vol.1" soundbank - RAM2 / needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 "Psychobiophysics" Patchlist



VOICE CRYSTAL
Voice Crystal™ is an american company which is selling all Eye&I Productions products. They are proposing five WS ROM cards.
Particularity: volume 5 (called in fact "1") is for WS SR, ES & A/D models only

 "Volume 1"Patchlist
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 "Volume 2"PatchlistImageOrder it
 "Volume 3"PatchlistImageOrder it
 "Volume 4"PatchlistImageOrder it
 "SR Volume 1"  (for WS EX, A/D & SR models only)PatchlistImageOrder it



SOUND FOUNDATION
Sound Foundation is an american society which distributed soundbanks originally edited by Hit Music (they produced the famous cards with the hologram on it).
Volume 1 from this collection was originally sold by Valhala as the International Gold "WS-601" soundbank.
 "Gold Vol.1"Patchlist
 "Gold Vol.2"Patchlist
 "Gold Vol.3"PatchlistImage


EASY SOUNDS

Easy Sounds is a german company which produced a total of nine Korg WS soundbanks (programmed by Peter Krischker).
They are still distributing 4 volumes ("Universal 1&2", "SuperWave 1&2") via their website.
 "Universal 1" (Volume 1)PatchlistImageOrder it
 "Universal 2" (Volume 2)PatchlistOrder it
 "Volume 3"Patchlist
 "Volume 4"Patchlist
 "Volume 5"Patchlist
 "Volume 6"Patchlist
 "Volume 7"Patchlist
 "Super Waves 1"PatchlistOrder it
 "Super Waves 2" (needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks and RAM 1 & 2 Wave Sequences soundbanks)PatchlistOrder it



RAC GAD
RAC GAD is a german society which produced two Korg WS sets.
 "Set 1"Patchlist
 "Set 2"Patchlist


SHS-SOUND SOFTWARE
SHS-Sound Software is a german society which developed two particular soundanks (programmed by Stefan Horst) organized in such a way to turn your Korg WS in a General MIDI module.  They occupy both RAM1 & 2 and need to be loaded together. They also include a Performance Map and a Multi Setup.
 "General MIDI Set 1" (RAM 1 - needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks and RAM 1 & 2 Wave Sequences soundbank)Patchlist
 "General MIDI Set 2" (RAM 2 - needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks and RAM 1 & 2 Wave Sequences soundbank)Patchlist


KÄNG-KONG
Käng-Kong is a german company which produced 4 Korg WS soundbanks. Volumes 2&3 ("Contemporary") have to be loaded together to work correctly.
 WS-SS 01 "The Real VS-Set" (programmed by Dirk Fabritius)Patchlist
 WS-SS 02a "Contemporary 1" (programmed by Anton Hille - RAM1/needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 WS-SS 02b "Contemporary 2" (programmed by Anton Hille - RAM2/needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 WS-SS 03 "Electronic Wavedance" (programmed by Stefan Horst)Patchlist


GREYTSOUNDs
Greytsounds™ is the american society which is now distributing Sound Source Unlimited products via the Web.
But they also produced their two own Korg WS soundbanks (certainly programmed by Bob Grey): "Soundtraxx" and "Analog".
 Volume 1  "Soundtraxx"Patchlist
 Volume 2  "Analog"PatchlistImage



SYNTHWARE
Synthware is an american company which commercialized three WS ROM cards in the late 80's as the "Sound Pack" (or "Voice Pack") Series. All have been programmed by Scott Verret. They have been distributed for a while these last years as sysex files via the Waterfall 440 Studio Music website, but it seems now that they are definitively no longer available. Particularity: the three soundbanks do not  include Wave Sequences.
 Sound Pack 1 "Keyboard & Plucked" (programmed by Scott Verret) Patchlist
 Sound Pack 2 "Hybrids & Analog Synths" (programmed by Scott Verret)Patchlist
 Sound Pack 3 "Symphonic & Orchestral" (programmed by Scott Verret)Patchlist



SOUNDS OK
Sounds OK is an english society which produced four WS soundbanks all programmed by Paul Osborn.
 "Dreamwaves Vol.1" (programmed by Paul Osborn)PatchlistImage
 "Dreamwaves Vol.2" (programmed by Paul Osborn)PatchlistImage
 "Trancewaves Vol.1" (programmed by Paul Osborn)Patchlist
 "Trancewaves Vol.2" (programmed by Paul Osborn)PatchlistImage



LIVEWIRE
LiveWire is an american society which produced at least two Korg WS soundbanks (please, correct me if I'm wrong!)
 "Volume 1"Patchlist
 "Volume 2"Patchlist



XTREM SOUND
XTrem Sound is a german company which produced two Korg WS ROM cards (programmed by Hartmut Wessling).
 "Synth, Space & EFX" (programmed by Hartmut Wessling)PatchlistImage
 "Space & Movie" (programmed by Hartmut Wessling)PatchlistImage


USA
Even if they are named "USA", I may suppose that these soundbanks have been distributed by a french company. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
 USA71 "Studio 7 Vol.1" (RAM1 - needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist
 USA72 "Studio 7 Vol.2" (RAM2 - needs both RAM1 & 2 Patches soundbanks)Patchlist



DIGITAL MUSIC
A soundbank distributed by Digital Music. Any additional informations about it are welcome!
 "Digital Vol.1" Patchlist


HOT TOP
I ignore all of this soundbank, only that it has been programmed by a sounddesigner named E. Beranek. Any informations about it are welcome!
 "Vol.1" Patchlist



NICE BYTES

Nice Bytes is a society which developed soundbanks and samples disks for several synth/sampler models.
Their WS library is constitued of an eight 3.5" floppy disks set full of categorized soundbanks.
Yes, they essentially included into it slightly modified and renamed patches distributed by other societies (Korg, Sound Source Unlimited, MSP,...), but they are all reorganized in specific categories (Bass, Brass, Choir, Strings, Waves,...).



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