The Wavestation lineup consisted of four models: the Wavestation and Wavestation EX keyboards, and the Wavestation A/D and Wavestation SR rackmount sound modules. Keyboard Magazine readers gave the Wavestation its 'Hardware Innovation of the Year' award, and in 1995 Keyboard listed it as one of the '20 Instruments that Shook the World.' WaveStation is a software synthesizer that combines multiple complex waveforms. The CEM 3320 VCF filter is an OTA 4-Pole (24db/octave) filter chip with flexible configuration to operate in low pass, high pass or band pass modes. 8 parts (Wavestation, EX and A/D) and 16 (SR)Ĥ x 32 digital oscillators with over 200 waves eachĢ x 32 – Triangle, Square, Sawtooth, Rampĭigital vector synthesis with Wave Sequencingĭesigned as a 'pure' synthesizer rather than a music workstation, it lacked an on-board song sequencer, yet the Wavestation, unlike any synthesizer prior to its release, was capable of generating complex, lush timbres and rhythmic sequences that sounded like a complete soundtrack by pressing only one key.