K-WASUB

K-WASUB cheat sheetmodern bass synth · M-VAVE FM-1 · firmware 1.1 beta

BUTTON pressBUTTONHOLD keep it pressedK1 a knob

The basics

SELECT
choose a row
ALGO
change the row chosen
K1–K4
the view's first four settings (written at the bottom)
PRESETS
sounds on HOME and the lists · elsewhere: the views
page button
first view · again: next view
OCT− OCT+
octave down / up

Holds

PLAYHOLD
HOLD: keys stay on
SELHOLD
COMPARE with the saved sound
FXHOLD
FX PADS: keys play effects
HOMEHOLD
COMBINE A + B
GLOHOLD
CLASSIC ⇄ SHIFT mode
EDIT SEQHOLD
RANDOM: shake the view

Shortcuts

OCT−+OCT+
PANIC, any time
OCT−/OCT+HOLD
UNDO / REDO
RECHOLD
stopped: PANIC · playing + knob: AUTOMATION, alone: erase
REC
TAP tempo (off the SEQ views)
PERFORM OCT+HOLD
keys are FX PADS
SAVEHOLD+OCT
UNDO / REDO window

Modulation

LFOHOLD+knob
LFO 2 on that setting (+OCT− LFO 1 · +OCT+ LFO 3)
ENVHOLD+knob
MOD envelope on it
LFOHOLD+white 1–8
WOBBLE TAP 1/2 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 1/4T 1/8T 1/16T
MIDI CC
1 wheel · 74 cutoff · 71 reso · 123 notes off · any CC: MIDI LEARN

SEQ BASS SEQ button

PLAY
start / stop bass + drums
white keys
the 16 steps · tap: on / off
whiteHOLD+
K1 note K2 length K3 condition K4 velocity
OCT− OCT+
page of 16 steps
REC
write notes · playing: record live
SEQ again
PIANO ROLL · SAVE names the pattern

DRUMS SEQ, third view

black 1–8
choose the instrument, play it
black 9 · 10
mute the track · clear it
white keys
its steps · held + K1–K4: locks
OCT−HOLD+black
mute that instrument
OCT− OCT+
page of 16 steps
kits
808 · 909 · dub techno · acoustic

FX PADS FX held

white 1–8
wobble speed
white 9–16
wobble depth, shape
black 1–4
stutter (held)
black 5–11
tape stop · DJ low · DJ high · pump · saturate · FREEZE · crush
K1–K4
cutoff · reso · filter type · morph A/B
ALGO
QUANTIZE: bar … 1/64

Sounds & saving

SAVE ×1
SAVE · keys type the name
SAVE ×2 · ×3
SELECT PATCH A (factory) · B (yours)
SAVEHOLD
on SAVE: WRITE · in a list: favourite
SEL on SAVE
LOAD the slot chosen
K4 in a list
CAT: SUB · REESE · GROWL · WOBBLE · PLUCK · 808 · DRONE
K4 ×2 on SAVE
left NEW PRESET · right NEW SONG

The menus press the button again for the next view

HOME play

  1. CURRENT PATCH
  2. LIVE MIX
  3. QUICK

EDIT the bass

  1. COMBINE A + B
  2. OSC A
  3. OSC B
  4. SUB + NOISE
  5. OSC C · SAMPLE

ENV envelopes

  1. FILTER ENV
  2. AMP ENV
  3. MOD ENV

SEL filter & live

  1. FILTER / COLOUR
  2. FILTER MOD
  3. PERFORM
  4. MORPH X/Y
  5. FX LIVE
  6. MACROS
  7. MORPH A/B

SEQ sequencers

  1. SEQ BASS
  2. PIANO ROLL
  3. DRUMS

LFO movement

  1. LFO 1 · WOBBLE
  2. LFO 2
  3. LFO 3 · GLOBAL
  4. STEP FX
  5. MOD MATRIX

FX effects

  1. SATURATION
  2. REVERB
  3. DELAY
  4. DYNAMICS
  5. EQ
  6. MOD FX
  7. CRUSH
  8. MASTER

SAVE sounds

  1. SAVE
  2. SELECT PATCH A
  3. SELECT PATCH B

ARP arpeggio

  1. ARPEGGIATOR

GLO system

  1. GLOBAL SETUP
  2. DISPLAY
  3. ADVANCED
  4. MIDI

Each effect's first row is its ON / OFF · DYNAMICS = compressor + OTT · MOD FX = chorus + phaser · DEEP BASS and SUB HARMONICS: GLO › GLOBAL SETUP.