Waldorf Blofeld

[Guest Promo]

What are you thoughts people? Looks quite good. And apparently you get a lot of bang for your buck and it has a lot of synthesis options. Superficially I'm quite tempted to get one at some point in the future. Either this or Roland's Sonic Cell.

 

[Guest Tamas]

It seems interesting, though it needs more knobs. For $800 (the site I saw it on) it seems like an ok deal, though I'd have to play it to really get the feel of it.

 

I really want to purchase a piece of hardware that will suit my needs, I have an MS2000B which I love, but I'd like something with more polyphony to tackle the melodic parts of my songs, so I'll definitely keep an eye on this. I think if the knobs/LEDs/display are used intuitively (which isn't the case for the Alesis Micron I have), it could prove to be an extremely powerful synthesizer.

[Guest iep]

not bad, if you like this sort of thing, but not up to (old, original staff) waldorf standards either.

i'd say take the money and buy a 2nd hand waldorf microwave xt.

[Guest sysex]

Its like the MWXT and Q Series rolled into a desktop box with added features. Sounds incredible. Has all the wavetables of the XT and Q/Q+

 

Filters are extremely smooth and has self-oscillation. Comb filter is my favorite so far.

 

Very comprehensive routing matrix. Recursive modulation (ie. think Massive, in terms or modulation routing)

 

Very nice arpeggiator, flexible, highly programmable.

 

I love mine, have only had it a week now, so I'm still getting acquainted with it. Out of the box it sounds amazing with 1k+ patches that can be filtered by sound type. This synth can pull off great lows all the way to screaming highs very nicely. I'll admit I was saving up for a TI Snow but definitely do not regret purchasing the Blofeld.

 

Cons: No midi out port, only thru USB. Max 2 effects per voice and depending on the mode, the 2nd effect is global for all parts. No audio-in. Only 1 stereo out.