Wavetables can be extracted from WAV files (Waldorf Microwave, Wave Series)

WALDORF… Wavetables can be extracted from WAV files using emagic sounddiver (used only today! mac: on apples site for some time, pc: used only) . but what kind of sample makes sense? you might select 10 waves to let sounddiver convert the sample (WAV format) to the wavetable spectra , one single wave is simply one sonic spectra. of course you CAN choose up to 60 waves, but it sounds very rough and isn’t worth it! so my recommendation is: use around 10 waves.. depending on the changing of the…

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WALDORF Q+ (Waldorf Q Plus) – checkup & audio

WALDORF Q+ (Waldorf Q Plus) – Waldorf Synth overview.. whats new – read on! (deutsch unten) // a first quick-and-dirty sequence mp3 here -> COMPARE the Q+ / Q with Alesis Andromeda A6? some words about it (english).. DEUTSCH:ein aktueller Test mit weiteren SOUND von mir befindet sich hier ;) waldorf micro Q test (deutsch) hier ENGLISH: find some info below, there are some more sounds and a german review that I wrote That mp3 is simply 2 filters max and drive.. What I tweaked: drive, cut/reso, env amounts etc..…

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WALDORF Ideas & things to remember Part 3 Soundprogramming

WALDORF… Ideas & things to remember Soundprogramming… how many voices can the microQ do and what about the DSP-power??.. go HERE! > > yesterday I tried to create a bunch of sounds (drones) that share the characteristics of being ‚airy‘. The german word ‚hauchend‘ might describe it quite well, though the similarly named preset is not really what I mean. I tried to use some noise as well as the wavetables with lots of higher harmonics – but it sounded to buzzy and to harsh to my ears. After some…

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WALDORF Ideas & things to remember Part 2 Ideas & Tricks

WALDORF… Ideas & things to remember Ideas & Tricks… how many voices can the microQ do and what about the DSP-power??.. go HERE! UPAW wavetables.. how to make some..? 1) Use the UPAW assembler which is available as open source on the FTP-server. 2) Use the Polyframe (atari ST, was what is now sounddiver) Adaption georg müller created back in time for the Atari. 3) Use a Hex-Editor to code the SysEx directly. but normally you can use the ones,that are already in: FM, and some more using sounddiver. upaw…

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Waldorf Info – Things to remember Part 1 Basics

WALDORF… Ideas & things to remember Basics… how many DSPs are in the XT? One!!!!! IIRC they are the same type used in Kyma, correct? Nearly, the Kyma uses Motorola DSP56309 and we use DSP56303, the only difference is that the 56309 has more on-chip RAM than the 56303.Waldorf V2.0 Beta team in 1994 and coding was done by Andreas Busse and Stefan Stenzel. Stefan focussed much on the Wavetable loader then. The machine use to code V2.0 was named RESI ;-) it was done on a SAM68K system, and…

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Synthesizer Service – Reparatur nötig? Need Synthesizer Repair?

VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER / ANALOG SYNTHESIZER -SECTION!! ANALOGUE & HYBRID & VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER AREA WERE TO REPAIR A VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER? SYNTHESIZER? WO REPARIEREN: back to Moogulatorium (analog & vintage synthesizers seQtion) manuals / service manuals / schematics I still got some schemtics and service manuals.. habe noch folgende manuals/serviceunterlagen/schaltpläne als kopien: Schaltpläne / service manuals yamaha cs01,oberheim xpander,roland promars (mrs2),roland tr808, moog prodigy 10€ pro gerät. nur nach D. (wegen porto!) more schematics online here use the manufacturers and DIY sections (like search moog section for moog schemtics) use the main…

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Euphonix Controller

New at NAMM (starting after the Macexpo at 17.Jan.08) are the Ethernet-Connectable Euphonix Controllers. there are not many infos out there, yet. There seems one version with touchscreen, the Protocol is a new one (called EuCon), so any DAW etc will need a driver – so let’s check how they handle it.. Some Links: Alternative_Controller Forum: neuer Controller mit Touchscreen (NAMM 2008)

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