Members Karma1 Posted September 25, 2008 Members Share Posted September 25, 2008 I'm looking for info about doing a factory reset or initialization on a Wavestation A/D. It's got 1 rom bank and 3 ram banks. I know the proceedure for doing it but, I read somewhere that in doing a reset, it loads the rom bank into all three ram banks. Does anybody know if that is true? I would think that the 3 ram banks would all have been loaded with factory sounds that were different from the rom bank. But I bought it used a number of years ago and don't remember what was in there. I've tried filling the ram banks with sounds from rom & ram cards and from a Wavestation SR in the past, but they came out sounding different and not as good - probably having to do with the building blocks of the sounds not being in the same positions in the A/D. (I think I understand this but am not sure how to articulate it). Anyway, I'm looking at selling the A/D and wanted to restore it to it's original factory sounds, but not if the ram banks are all going to contain the sounds in the rom bank. I hope this makes sense, and someone can enlighten me about it. I never thought I'd be considering selling the A/D, but I need the cash to put towards some new equipment. I've been trying to find out what the going price range is on the A/D. I know that they are the most sought after Wavestation model and sell for considerably more than the SR or EX. Prepal shows avg. price at $451. That's about what I was thinking - anybody know about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poumtschak Posted September 25, 2008 Members Share Posted September 25, 2008 I know the proceedure for doing it but, I read somewhere that in doing a reset, it loads the rom bank into all three ram banks. Does anybody know if that is true? Did you check Dan Phillips' FAQ?http://danphillips.com/wavestation/ws_faq.htm#initializing_ws He also has the factory sound banks SysEx files at the bottom of this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cydonia Posted September 25, 2008 Members Share Posted September 25, 2008 Just do the reset and then reload the factory RAM banks using SYSEX. About the price, it depends if the display is still bright, general condition, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xpander Posted September 25, 2008 Members Share Posted September 25, 2008 my advice as a former Wavestation A/D user... get the Korg Legacy version- it's the BEST sounding softsynth i've ever used and actually sounds better than the original to my ears. you lose the vocoder, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted September 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2008 Thanks to all for the responses - much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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