That December 1992 as well as the January 1993 issues of Keyboard also had two other ads that may also played a role in giving the SR ad the boot. The SR's multi-sets can play a complex split layered performance on each of 16 MID channels. The unit is also compatible with Wavestation program cards and Korg's 0/1W PCM cards. With three RAM banks and eight ROM banks, the SR contains a collection of performances from the Wavestation library. Korg has introduced the Wavestation SR, a single-space rack-mount synthesizer with 550 sounds (600 performances with optional program card). In the December 1992 issue, The SR turned up in the Spec Sheet section of Keyboard - a good replacement for an ad in my books - and free! I'm doubt Korg gets a courtesy call before a Spec Sheet blurb their gear appears, but it would have given them good reason to switch out the SR ad and use the Spec Sheet appearance as a substitute: And on purpose or not, it allowed the SR to lengthen its eye-ball run considerably in Keyboard. But, if you look a little closer, there often seemed to be a possible reason for its absence. And then, didn't make another appearance until June. After appearing in the November issue, there was a month break before re-appearing in February and March. It spent the whole holiday season - November 1992- February 1993 in Electronic Musician (albeit not near the coveted front of the magazine), but Korg opted for a more spread-out approach in Keyboard. Plus I'm sure the spouse got something of equal value too. This ran exactly a year after the last Wavestation A/D and EX ad ran in Keyboard, and just in time for the Holiday buying spree! And Korg probably figured out that since the Wavestation SR was a lower-cost rack-mount, it probably had a better chance of getting permission from the spouse for purchase and entry into the house.

Korg Wavestation SR '15 sounds' 1-page advertisement from inside front cover of Keyboard Magazine and page 48 in Electronic Musician, November 1992.

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