We categorized the Performances with the tags like M1 plugin. A brand new sound list view to let you find sound more easily. That is available from Utility button in the top screen. The plugin was crashed when clicking the search button in the Performance list view in some environments.

WAVESTATION sometimes crashes when you select a patch/wave/waveseq from the list. Some of the parameters were not listed as automation parameters in AudioUnit version. If you want a late '80s or early '90s digital sound they are both ideal, and I don't really know of any other VSTs (Romplers excluded) that cover the same territory.- Version 2.1.0 standalone version sometimes did not work properly. The M1 and Wavestation are the two that really stand out to me.

Probably the M1 because its presets are organised nicely, whereas the Wavestation's are all jumbled together. The Wavestation covers very similar sonic territory to the M1, and I don't know which I would recommend. Some synthwave producers who I know with certainty use the M1 are Mitch Murder, Dynatron and VHS Glitch. It is very much a workstation synth designed for using presets, rather than a synth for designing your own patches. The VST ships with every expansion ever made for the M1, so you'll never be short of presets to explore. The type of sounds you can't make convincingly with an analog synth. It excels at things like pianos, slap basses, choirs, guitars, bells etc. I picked it up in the sale, so it hasn't gotten a lot of use yet, but I like it. The Mono/Poly is more versatile, since it has two oscillators and more on board effects. But one of them is that bass patch, which many people would consider justifies the purchase. Also, if you're a preset user rather than a sound designer then it's worth noting that it only ships with 32 presets. I am sure the Polysix is good, but honestly the only thing I have ever used it for is that bass patch, and only once.

So here's my 2 cents on the Korg synths I own. I'm coming to this too late, but if you passed on the sale you always can pick it up next year (and the Korg synths are cheap even at full price).

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