

Waldorf synthesizer company plus#

Waldorf synthesizer company software#
We talked with Christian ‘Bubba’ Ayoub, who gave us an overview and demo of the new synth.Īccording to the company, the Waldorf Quantum ‘combines the raw power of a classic digital & analog hybrid synthesiser, with futuristic sounds that are only possible with today’s software synthesisers.’

Furthermore, four programmable ENVELOPES allow adventurous users to manipulate sound parameters via rate or timed modulations.At the 2018 NAMM Show, Waldorf introduced the Quantum synthesizer, a new flagship synth that builds on the company’s wavetable technology, along with the power of analog filters. M also features a performance-oriented ARP with 16 preset patterns, chord mode, and an ability to synchronise to MIDI clock. Making a conscious design decision to set up M’s modulation facilities directly on the corresponding display page, its creators are again playing at paying tribute to the 1989-vintage Microwave. However, unlike other Waldorf synthesisers, there is no modulation matrix in M. Meanwhile, two LFOs can be used for modulation purposes. 45 additional dials and many buttons are spaciously spread across the full-metal housing. The central dual dial governs the oscillators, with Wavetable (outer black ring dial) selecting the 96 factory wavetables and any user’s custom wavetables (UWT 1-31) for the corresponding oscillator and Wave (inner red dial) determining the start point of the wavetable. Consequently, there is no hard Sync or ring modulation available in the Classic Microwave I mode, where 16-bit wavetables are bit-reduced to 8-bit and a 240 kHz non-anti-aliased sample rate is offered, whereas the Modern Microwave II/XT mode offers a 40 kHz sample rate with band-limited wavetables, although both oscillators - OSC 1 and OSC 2 - offer the same panel parameters. Two wavetable oscillators with independent wavetable-generating Classic Microwave 1 and Modern Microwave II/XT modes, meaning that the wavetable oscillators behave differently in both of those modes (accessible by pressing the Mode button beside the high-resolution graphic display with four endless encoders). Waldorf Music is bringing back classic Microwave and ‘modern’ Microwave II tone generation as part of its roots-returning M, a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesiser with an analogue lowpass 24dB/Oct VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) with resonance and analogue saturation feature, true stereo analogue VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) with panning option, and much more to explore in a desktop-friendly form factor featuring a wide range of unique sounds.Īt M’s heart is an eight-voice polyphonic, four-part multitimbral wavetable synth.
