Outstanding review, thank you a lot! The only thing I miss here is Aston Martin DB-12 :) Tip to the small bugs, you mentioned. I did watch the video precisely and presume that here is one of the very first 73 units, which were produced with FW set System 1.02 / DSP 1.01. This does not excuse us in Waldorf, but I would like to say that bugs with Mode switching (no LED react) and LFO globalization were actually fixed in the 1.03/1.02 firmware set. Again, thank you for the wonderful review. It's always nice to see how our products made people a bit happier. This is the way and this is the goal.
Aah that’s annoying … I was sure I checked for the latest version!! They were only minor anyway, and I thought they’d be picked up sooner rather than later. Pinned btw.
Great walk-through and review! I had always wanted an original Microwave I, but the used prices were out of control ($2500, then you had to ship it overseas THEN change out the power supply for USA 120V) and most units looked like crap with the Nextel peeling off. This was an insta-buy for me, and I am really loving it.
This is great. I mean, I can't afford any of the Waldorfs, but it's a great video, and I never spotted the Bond reference. And how timely is this? And if you've a Blofeld spare, send it to me.
Interrupting my viewing of this to ask about the knobs. When you’re dialing the red knobs at around 15:45 or so, it looks to me like there is some wobble. They don’t look firm. How do they feel? At this price, it would be disappointing if they felt light and cheap. Enjoyed the sounds only video and this one, a third in, seems very informative and helpful so far. Thanks.
No wobble… :) or none that I’ve noticed. I’ll have to go back and have another tweak. As far as I recall they’re easy to turn - not too much resistance but no play in them.
Just tried agin... there's some minor movement if you push them sideways..but no more than on any of my other expensive synths (tried vs the P5, P6, S37 PolyBrute) - nothin that feels 'wobbly' or cheap. So maybe just a little movement was visible because its quite tall - they're about 20mm high.But its definitely not like the MS20 mini for example, which feels like the shafts are bending.
@@StarskyCarr Thanks. Pretty tempting synth, but build quality is becoming a higher priority for me as of late, and because of where I live it’s hard for me to try some things in person. Good to know it feels solid. One more thing, if you don’t mind... are the knobs metal?
Great review Starsky - you're fast becoming the go-to guy for reviews. Nice Monkey Suit and theme! One thing.... 11:40 How I can instantly load a 3gb 4k video on my iPhone and scrub through it seamlessly, but the Microwave pops up a “transferring UWT” progress bar to load an 8-bit wavetable which is probably a few KB? Still love the machine but wow. This thing is the price of two iPhone 13 Pro's and tax ...and AppleCare :). BUT I'M STILL BUYING THIS SYNTH ! when they get Stateside - which I'm hearing is late October/early November.
Haha.. not a chance :) just ‘a bit of fun’ that sometimes runs into days of effort!! It doesn’t quite pay for itself (although I need to sell some of the synths I’ve bought … but they always come in useful for comparisons). It’ll never make enough to pay anywhere near minimum wage unless something spectacular happens.
@@StarskyCarr I’m part-time as well and I can so relate to your statement of “Just a bit of fun’ that sometimes runs into days of effort!” - you said a mouthful man! Keep up the good work - love the Bond intro too. 🕵️♀️
Hey Starsky, first thanks for all the thorough fully reviews. I don't know if this is the right place for an question but I do it any way :D. A thorough fully review on the new sequential Take 5 would be great. Heared a lot of great things about it. But have not yet seen an in depth review on the moment from someone who knows his stuff... .
Owning two original MicroWaves and a PPG Wave 2.2, this is a very nice instrument, but only if you don't own either of it's older siblings. Sure the new SSM filters bring it somewhere between the PPG and Waldorf initial offerings, but the MW1 is still very well-priced on the second hand market - and with the Stereoping programmer - to me, for a similar price, and with the Wave 3.v (excellent - coming from a PPG owner), it's a better combo. If they'd only make a KB version with wave and wavetable creation, this would be a real zinger!
I guess M is for Moscow Mule :) finally get the details wanted to know ! What do you think are the chances Waldorf making their own VST at some point? 3rd party can be fine, though it beats me why W ignore (or saving on dev expenses) making proper soft companions for quite powerful base, to tweak guts automating from DAW. Which I'm sure can improve on synths visibility. One of the reasons I returned Iridium.
@@jimb12312 Xactly my point. They have very good Software base (I like their mobile apps too). Not making accompanying VST for M, Iridium, or Kyra is a missed opportunity to extend use (and user base) for good hardware synth. I'm spoiled with luxury of Moog Sub37CV and Polybrute VSTs and can imagine a synth without :)
@@samprock M has analog filters, so that's not possible to do with VST. Also using a VST user interface sucks, even with an external controller. These are real instruments, made to be used hands on with full immersion as a performance instrument, not tweaked on a screen or as a preset machine.
@@jimb12312 Moog Sub 37 and Polybrute are full analog though that does not stop their VST companion to control things. And the other way around. When I tweak a filter on hardware the movement can be recorded as automation into a DAW. I can additionally automate VST from other hard/software ...... while two hands are still free to keep tweaking other hardware knobs as you go. Another dimension to performance. No one wants to use $2K-$3K synth as dummy VST, just changing with presets... we want to go beyond, taking best from from both worlds - analogue hardware and software control/automation for it.
Thanks for the nice review! Would you prefer the OB6 or the M if you had to decide? (I know they´re different synths but I mean in terms of „vibe“ and „character“)
@@StarskyCarr Yes the filter design of the OB is really beautiful! :) And who knows how long the OB will be available … too much good synths out there these days 😊
Thank you for your review! Fast transients are the key ingredient of the original Microwave’s directness and special sound. Would have been nice to hear you play with the attacks and decays of the filter and VCA. Forming a bass drum with the self oscillating filters would give all information you need about filter character, saturation of the VCA and transients. None of the reviewers does that.😢 Yet that’s the first thing I do with a synth.
And they’re getting better zzz the Minilogue XD has some great reverbs and you can add your own - the Take 5 also has a really good modern sounding reverb.
No FM between OSC/Filter ... That's bad for the price, on Blofeld you can even put sample in 2 of the 3 OSC then use them like FM modulator even do FM on samples...
As a Bond Fan myself, you would give quite a good one as well... If Daniel Craig quits his service you should think about to get on his feets.... Then as funny anecdote ... if your in your Hotel room waiting your Bond girl to finish in bath you just bit noodle around on a M... The new musically Bond... haha
whats the shape of the profile of the m? i know it deep in my feeling but i cant say it... many things looks like this but one is the original.... i go crazzy hmmmmmmmm
Nice to se someone watching closely :). No, they're fine. I don't know what those white marks were, maybe dust from something but they're not there now. ... you got me to check!
The manual says that "Modern Mode" emulates the MW2/XT wavetables: but these machines also had 8-bit wavetables just like the MW1. The Blofeld had 16-bit wavetables. I wouldn't describe this as a PPG at all. The design was pretty straightforward: it's a attempt to largely replicate the *Microwave 1,* but using a *Microwave XT interface.*
@@StarskyCarr The M is definitely using 16-bit wavetables (also potentially non-symmetric) in modern mode, and reduces them to 8-bit symmetric in "classic" mode. But the XT used 8-bit too. So it's not entirely clear why Waldorf is describing Modern Mode as like an XT. Classic mode is of course *almost identical* to the MW1: that was the primary design goal.
I thought the xt was 16 bit? Using the 8 bit wave tables but inverting the wave in the ‘new’ added 8 bits creating.a 16 bit sample. This would explain why they sound different - same original 8 bit waves but one using 16 bit calcs etc the other only 8 bit. This would also explain the confusion.
@@StarskyCarr Exactly. Internally M uses 16-bit WTs, and yes, some of them are non-symmetrical (True PWM, for example, or any of user WT could be). But, and this is something hard to explain. The big bunch of wavetables is actually NOT predefined, and they are calculating on the fly, using the same algorithm, as MW1, actually converted from original assembly code to modern C. However, MW2 contains the wavetables, apart from users' wavetables, pre-rendered. So here is a key point of difference - the M in modern mode still uses reconstruction approach, based on original samples and control tables, and then, expands it to the 16 bit signed, normalizes, etc, to be similar with MW2. Perhaps here is the source of uncertainty. I will study this detail later, cause now I lost access to my MW2 :( Greetings Vladimir.
Really like this and might get it over the forthcoming year. I particularly liked the Tangerine Dream style noises it seems to generate. My only dedicated wavetable synth until this afternoon, was the Modal Argon 8, that's lost half its voices, but they've kindly offered to fix it for me. I do have the Peak, which can do WTs, but it's sold more as a hybrid analogue synth with Digi oscs than a WT one and only has around 80 WTs. Today, I ordered a Korg Modwave - I just wanted a second WT unit but without shelling out nearly £2k (it was £625) - I liked the sounds in the demos.... The Argon has nice features like the Modal App,FATAR keyboard and MPE support and the lovely little metal joystick, but it's not a monster WT by any means. It's quite polite sounding really doesn't go into really wild, Sci Fi weird territory or anything... I was also considering the ASM. Thing is there are 4 now options. I don't want the pad-based module, but then it gets less easy to choose. Go for the all singing, all dancing 6 octave, twin engine version at a relatively hefty £1500, the standard 4 octave OG at around £1k, or even the new mini version (same synth engine) at only £500....? So many choices.
In a similar boat, had been planning on a Modwave and then the Hydrasynth Deluxe looked exciting as a poly aftertouch master keyboard as well - but I just put the money down for a M. I have a Fred's Lab Tooro, which is a similar wavetable+analog filter machine but it's small and not that much fun to program (also more limited in the available wavetables). The Tooro kicked me over to the M in the end - lofi wavetables, pitched low + analog filters seems to just be one of those sounds I hear in my head as 'right.' The Tooro will be sticking around, though - USB powered and the size of a couple of packs of cigarettes.
FWIW, I had the Peak, currently have the ASM HS Module, and now the M. I absolutely prefer the sound of the M, with its analog filter and VCA. Plays great even without effects.
Normally this is one of my two favorite video channels and I had high expectations on this review, but I was disappointed because I barely heard the wavetables in 5 minutes of oscillator talk! ... I need more wavetable action on a wavetable synth! Anyway, I still love your videos, this one only loses to the others you've made
Yeah here I’m trying to show how it works and what functions it has. How to modulate the various sections and its limitations and unique differentiators. I edited out a lot of running through the oscillators as in the end they’re mainly the same we’ve heard on PPG MW1 MW2 MWXT Largo Naive etc . It was just becoming too long-winded without getting to the point (or what I was trying to get across). I did think twice or three times before cutting it out. Anyway you can’t win them all 😂 glad you like the channel overall.
@@StarskyCarr well, most people seems to be happy with it, so your editing instinct was right! I know they (Waldorf) recycled their classic waveboards here, but they never get old! and I would love to hear them through the new filter. Also the public is renewed Starsky! you have to play them again for the newbies!
the video hase tilt a problem here. a high tone makes sound from time to time here... now i know the frequency and resonance.... thank you very much... 7,8k-8,5k in my brain ... the tone feels much higher iff you dont know it and surreal... now i have a look to all filter and chenals .... this is no nice frequecy ... the brain remembers in it. or a parttime tinitus 😀
It's really nice, but looking at the specs I had assumed that the RRP would be about half of what it turned out to be. A little rich for my tastes. Also, I find it weird that they've pandered to purists by making a 'classic' mode that turns off certain functionality. If anyone is hung up on classic sounds, just don't use the sync or the ring mod, we don't need a discrete mode to do this.
wow, this is a documentation!!!!! the light are very nice to feel the surfaces and details. ich konnte aus dem beitrag sehr sehr viel gewinnen! vielen herzlichen dank! hard striplight from above and a soft spot next the m? diffuse spotlight quasi? grüße
i like that design far better than these old waldorf designs, material surface aesthetics included. i just can´t stand these round eliptical stuff, it looks like someone got his hands on his first corel draw app in the 90s and makes some really "crazy" stuff ...^^
You youngsters don't know the true true legacy of M - the Wavetables are from the PPG Wave 2 and the analogue the filter & amp design from the Microwave🐣
But didnt the original Microwave use CEM filters? The PPG 2.2 and 2.3 used SSM2044 filters, and the filters in the Waldorf M are the modern equivalent of the SSM2044, the SSI2144. So the filters in the M resemble the PPG rather than the original Microwave.
Incredibly compelling video, if only there weren't competitors like Korg's Modwave. Behringer jokes aside, it would be fantastic to own a PPG Wave, which means an A-B comparison video on YT for certain. My introduction to wavetable is with a Waldorf NW-1 Eurorack module (supply your own filter, and amp envelopes).
I’ve a Microwave XT… love it, although never got the most out of it when I first got my hands on it. The apps/editors/librarian that are now available really open it up.
sorry but there is stepping. you hear and see it at the filter test. Are there a modern synth that doesnt have this steps at the parameter? filter needs at least 10bit = 1024 steps.
Yes - the Blofeld doesn't have such nice filters and displays, but it has many more mod options, and second hand I could buy about 6 Blofeld modules for the price of this one new.
@@xfloodcasual8124 I’ve actually got it in front of me at the mo. The latest update allows it to act more like a PPG as it can now load the transient wavs and play one shots etc.. quite cool. And I still like it!
Outstanding review, thank you a lot! The only thing I miss here is Aston Martin DB-12 :)
Tip to the small bugs, you mentioned. I did watch the video precisely and presume that here is one of the very first 73 units, which were produced with FW set System 1.02 / DSP 1.01. This does not excuse us in Waldorf, but I would like to say that bugs with Mode switching (no LED react) and LFO globalization were actually fixed in the 1.03/1.02 firmware set.
Again, thank you for the wonderful review. It's always nice to see how our products made people a bit happier. This is the way and this is the goal.
Aah that’s annoying … I was sure I checked for the latest version!! They were only minor anyway, and I thought they’d be picked up sooner rather than later.
Pinned btw.
Very nice! Thank you so much!! :) Just got mine yesterday and I'm blown away by the sounds coming out of this synth.
Great walk-through and review! I had always wanted an original Microwave I, but the used prices were out of control ($2500, then you had to ship it overseas THEN change out the power supply for USA 120V) and most units looked like crap with the Nextel peeling off. This was an insta-buy for me, and I am really loving it.
Wow this is the first hands-on video I've seen with this synth after Superbooth! Nice walkthrough!
Welcome to the channel :)
The intro is top notch!
Thanks.. once I had the idea I had to do it.. couldn't resist :)
How did I miss this ? 5 days late ; the YT algorithm has left me behind. But here I am, with an hour of bliss to consume.
grrrreat mr. Carr as always!
perfect documentation!
Good effort on the video as always
Thank you !!
Very dapper mate
haha... couldn't resist keeping the drink spill in there as well.
Can't wait to have this bad hybrid boy.
This is great. I mean, I can't afford any of the Waldorfs, but it's a great video, and I never spotted the Bond reference. And how timely is this?
And if you've a Blofeld spare, send it to me.
Interrupting my viewing of this to ask about the knobs. When you’re dialing the red knobs at around 15:45 or so, it looks to me like there is some wobble. They don’t look firm. How do they feel? At this price, it would be disappointing if they felt light and cheap.
Enjoyed the sounds only video and this one, a third in, seems very informative and helpful so far. Thanks.
No wobble… :) or none that I’ve noticed. I’ll have to go back and have another tweak. As far as I recall they’re easy to turn - not too much resistance but no play in them.
Just tried agin... there's some minor movement if you push them sideways..but no more than on any of my other expensive synths (tried vs the P5, P6, S37 PolyBrute) - nothin that feels 'wobbly' or cheap. So maybe just a little movement was visible because its quite tall - they're about 20mm high.But its definitely not like the MS20 mini for example, which feels like the shafts are bending.
@@StarskyCarr Thanks. Pretty tempting synth, but build quality is becoming a higher priority for me as of late, and because of where I live it’s hard for me to try some things in person. Good to know it feels solid. One more thing, if you don’t mind... are the knobs metal?
Great review Starsky - you're fast becoming the go-to guy for reviews. Nice Monkey Suit and theme! One thing.... 11:40 How I can instantly load a 3gb 4k video on my iPhone and scrub through it seamlessly, but the Microwave pops up a “transferring UWT” progress bar to load an 8-bit wavetable which is probably a few KB? Still love the machine but wow. This thing is the price of two iPhone 13 Pro's and tax ...and AppleCare :). BUT I'M STILL BUYING THIS SYNTH ! when they get Stateside - which I'm hearing is late October/early November.
Thanks… I think it has to do some interpolation calcs. Which is why it takes a few moments.
Another excellent display, Mr. Carr!
Thanks… I had fun with the intro 😀
I’m enjoying it
Neat Stuff! A random question for you. Are you a full-time creator at this point? Your format/philosophy is spot on - thanks!
Haha.. not a chance :) just ‘a bit of fun’ that sometimes runs into days of effort!! It doesn’t quite pay for itself (although I need to sell some of the synths I’ve bought … but they always come in useful for comparisons). It’ll never make enough to pay anywhere near minimum wage unless something spectacular happens.
@@StarskyCarr I’m part-time as well and I can so relate to your statement of “Just a bit of fun’ that sometimes runs into days of effort!” - you said a mouthful man! Keep up the good work - love the Bond intro too. 🕵️♀️
Hey Starsky, first thanks for all the thorough fully reviews. I don't know if this is the right place for an question but I do it any way :D. A thorough fully review on the new sequential Take 5 would be great. Heared a lot of great things about it. But have not yet seen an in depth review on the moment from someone who knows his stuff... .
I need to get my hands on one...
Nice 👍
Owning two original MicroWaves and a PPG Wave 2.2, this is a very nice instrument, but only if you don't own either of it's older siblings. Sure the new SSM filters bring it somewhere between the PPG and Waldorf initial offerings, but the MW1 is still very well-priced on the second hand market - and with the Stereoping programmer - to me, for a similar price, and with the Wave 3.v (excellent - coming from a PPG owner), it's a better combo. If they'd only make a KB version with wave and wavetable creation, this would be a real zinger!
Or a wavetable creation app. I’ve a couple for the XT but they’re impenetrable! I’ve never been able to get either of them to work properly. Duh 🤦♂️
I guess M is for Moscow Mule :) finally get the details wanted to know !
What do you think are the chances Waldorf making their own VST at some point? 3rd party can be fine, though it beats me why W ignore (or saving on dev expenses) making proper soft companions for quite powerful base, to tweak guts automating from DAW. Which I'm sure can improve on synths visibility. One of the reasons I returned Iridium.
.... and dancing buttons on Iridium, cool they improve this :)
Waldorf have been making VSTs since the 90's. They have a bunch of VSTs for sale right now.
@@jimb12312 Xactly my point. They have very good Software base (I like their mobile apps too). Not making accompanying VST for M, Iridium, or Kyra is a missed opportunity to extend use (and user base) for good hardware synth.
I'm spoiled with luxury of Moog Sub37CV and Polybrute VSTs and can imagine a synth without :)
@@samprock M has analog filters, so that's not possible to do with VST. Also using a VST user interface sucks, even with an external controller. These are real instruments, made to be used hands on with full immersion as a performance instrument, not tweaked on a screen or as a preset machine.
@@jimb12312 Moog Sub 37 and Polybrute are full analog though that does not stop their VST companion to control things. And the other way around. When I tweak a filter on hardware the movement can be recorded as automation into a DAW. I can additionally automate VST from other hard/software ...... while two hands are still free to keep tweaking other hardware knobs as you go. Another dimension to performance.
No one wants to use $2K-$3K synth as dummy VST, just changing with presets... we want to go beyond, taking best from from both worlds - analogue hardware and software control/automation for it.
Thanks for the nice review! Would you prefer the OB6 or the M if you had to decide? (I know they´re different synths but I mean in terms of „vibe“ and „character“)
Hard as it is to say… I think the OB6 for overall tone…. I think. I just love that notch.
@@StarskyCarr Yes the filter design of the OB is really beautiful! :) And who knows how long the OB will be available … too much good synths out there these days 😊
I learned analog synthesis by reading the microQ manual 20 years ago... (HOLY SHIT... where does the time go!!??!?)
Thank you for your review! Fast transients are the key ingredient of the original Microwave’s directness and special sound. Would have been nice to hear you play with the attacks and decays of the filter and VCA. Forming a bass drum with the self oscillating filters would give all information you need about filter character, saturation of the VCA and transients. None of the reviewers does that.😢 Yet that’s the first thing I do with a synth.
lots of synths have good FX. Peak for example. New korgs have good fx as well.
And they’re getting better zzz the Minilogue XD has some great reverbs and you can add your own - the Take 5 also has a really good modern sounding reverb.
I want to modulate the arp's rate / patterns with the LFOs !
I'd this Loopop bit with a huge watch? Or viceversa?
Can you do a M vs XT video?
I'm trying to work out how to approach it tbh.. ie whats best to focus on but yeah.. it's on its way soon.
No FM between OSC/Filter ...
That's bad for the price, on Blofeld you can even put sample in 2 of the 3 OSC then use them like FM modulator even do FM on samples...
This has analog filters. Totally different.
@@jimb12312
I talk about FM between the Digital OSC
As a Bond Fan myself, you would give quite a good one as well... If Daniel Craig quits his service you should think about to get on his feets....
Then as funny anecdote ... if your in your Hotel room waiting your Bond girl to finish in bath you just bit noodle around on a M... The new musically Bond... haha
haha.
whats the shape of the profile of the m? i know it deep in my feeling but i cant say it... many things looks like this but one is the original.... i go crazzy hmmmmmmmm
i think cardesign... bmw? i7 oder i8 oder so the lights?
Those midi ports look oxidized already. That may spread to the PCB
Nice to se someone watching closely :). No, they're fine. I don't know what those white marks were, maybe dust from something but they're not there now. ... you got me to check!
The manual says that "Modern Mode" emulates the MW2/XT wavetables: but these machines also had 8-bit wavetables just like the MW1. The Blofeld had 16-bit wavetables. I wouldn't describe this as a PPG at all. The design was pretty straightforward: it's a attempt to largely replicate the *Microwave 1,* but using a *Microwave XT interface.*
The Manual says "16-bit wavetables are bit-reduced to 8 bit in the Classic
Microwave I mode." ..?
@@StarskyCarr The M is definitely using 16-bit wavetables (also potentially non-symmetric) in modern mode, and reduces them to 8-bit symmetric in "classic" mode. But the XT used 8-bit too. So it's not entirely clear why Waldorf is describing Modern Mode as like an XT. Classic mode is of course *almost identical* to the MW1: that was the primary design goal.
I thought the xt was 16 bit? Using the 8 bit wave tables but inverting the wave in the ‘new’ added 8 bits creating.a 16 bit sample. This would explain why they sound different - same original 8 bit waves but one using 16 bit calcs etc the other only 8 bit. This would also explain the confusion.
@@StarskyCarr Exactly. Internally M uses 16-bit WTs, and yes, some of them are non-symmetrical (True PWM, for example, or any of user WT could be). But, and this is something hard to explain. The big bunch of wavetables is actually NOT predefined, and they are calculating on the fly, using the same algorithm, as MW1, actually converted from original assembly code to modern C. However, MW2 contains the wavetables, apart from users' wavetables, pre-rendered. So here is a key point of difference - the M in modern mode still uses reconstruction approach, based on original samples and control tables, and then, expands it to the 16 bit signed, normalizes, etc, to be similar with MW2. Perhaps here is the source of uncertainty. I will study this detail later, cause now I lost access to my MW2 :(
Greetings Vladimir.
Really like this and might get it over the forthcoming year. I particularly liked the Tangerine Dream style noises it seems to generate.
My only dedicated wavetable synth until this afternoon, was the Modal Argon 8, that's lost half its voices, but they've kindly offered to fix it for me.
I do have the Peak, which can do WTs, but it's sold more as a hybrid analogue synth with Digi oscs than a WT one and only has around 80 WTs.
Today, I ordered a Korg Modwave - I just wanted a second WT unit but without shelling out nearly £2k (it was £625) - I liked the sounds in the demos....
The Argon has nice features like the Modal App,FATAR keyboard and MPE support and the lovely little metal joystick, but it's not a monster WT by any means. It's quite polite sounding really doesn't go into really wild, Sci Fi weird territory or anything...
I was also considering the ASM.
Thing is there are 4 now options.
I don't want the pad-based module, but then it gets less easy to choose.
Go for the all singing, all dancing 6 octave, twin engine version at a relatively hefty £1500, the standard 4 octave OG at around £1k, or even the new mini version (same synth engine) at only £500....?
So many choices.
I should add, I watched your other video on this. I will watch this one all the way through later in the week....
In a similar boat, had been planning on a Modwave and then the Hydrasynth Deluxe looked exciting as a poly aftertouch master keyboard as well - but I just put the money down for a M. I have a Fred's Lab Tooro, which is a similar wavetable+analog filter machine but it's small and not that much fun to program (also more limited in the available wavetables).
The Tooro kicked me over to the M in the end - lofi wavetables, pitched low + analog filters seems to just be one of those sounds I hear in my head as 'right.' The Tooro will be sticking around, though - USB powered and the size of a couple of packs of cigarettes.
@@mvsr990 I’m thinking this might be a fun one. I’m real close to jumping on the pre order. I really like the looks.
FWIW, I had the Peak, currently have the ASM HS Module, and now the M. I absolutely prefer the sound of the M, with its analog filter and VCA. Plays great even without effects.
30:24 F1 racing anyone?
haha that's exactly what I thought!!
Some sounds are so high that they hurt my ears even via my tiny phone speakers. 😣
trying to demo the aliasing - while trying not to damage anyones hearing. a careful balance... maybe not quite right sorry.
Normally this is one of my two favorite video channels and I had high expectations on this review, but I was disappointed because I barely heard the wavetables in 5 minutes of oscillator talk! ... I need more wavetable action on a wavetable synth!
Anyway, I still love your videos, this one only loses to the others you've made
Yeah here I’m trying to show how it works and what functions it has. How to modulate the various sections and its limitations and unique differentiators. I edited out a lot of running through the oscillators as in the end they’re mainly the same we’ve heard on PPG MW1 MW2 MWXT Largo Naive etc . It was just becoming too long-winded without getting to the point (or what I was trying to get across). I did think twice or three times before cutting it out. Anyway you can’t win them all 😂 glad you like the channel overall.
@@StarskyCarr well, most people seems to be happy with it, so your editing instinct was right! I know they (Waldorf) recycled their classic waveboards here, but they never get old! and I would love to hear them through the new filter. Also the public is renewed Starsky! you have to play them again for the newbies!
@@liantrosretrospectiva4134 haha… that’s why I made this for the sonically curious. th-cam.com/video/DT4BmG8r9TE/w-d-xo.html
the video hase tilt a problem here. a high tone makes sound from time to time here... now i know the frequency and resonance.... thank you very much... 7,8k-8,5k in my brain ... the tone feels much higher iff you dont know it and surreal... now i have a look to all filter and chenals .... this is no nice frequecy ... the brain remembers in it. or a parttime tinitus 😀
It's really nice, but looking at the specs I had assumed that the RRP would be about half of what it turned out to be. A little rich for my tastes. Also, I find it weird that they've pandered to purists by making a 'classic' mode that turns off certain functionality. If anyone is hung up on classic sounds, just don't use the sync or the ring mod, we don't need a discrete mode to do this.
wow, this is a documentation!!!!! the light are very nice to feel the surfaces and details. ich konnte aus dem beitrag sehr sehr viel gewinnen! vielen herzlichen dank!
hard striplight from above and a soft spot next the m? diffuse spotlight quasi?
grüße
Aw crap… I think I’m gonna have to get this. That means something is going to have to get sacrificed to make space.
i like that design far better than these old waldorf designs, material surface aesthetics included. i just can´t stand these round eliptical stuff, it looks like someone got his hands on his first corel draw app in the 90s and makes some really "crazy" stuff ...^^
Has this Waldorf effects unit section? 😔🙏
no.. no effects on this one.
@@StarskyCarr 😱🙏
You youngsters don't know the true true legacy of M - the Wavetables are from the PPG Wave 2 and the analogue the filter & amp design from the Microwave🐣
But didnt the original Microwave use CEM filters? The PPG 2.2 and 2.3 used SSM2044 filters, and the filters in the Waldorf M are the modern equivalent of the SSM2044, the SSI2144. So the filters in the M resemble the PPG rather than the original Microwave.
@@steveelbows3797 You are absolutely right :)
Nice review. Seems like a great interface but to my ear the MW1 rev A still has a more satisfying sound
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Incredibly compelling video, if only there weren't competitors like Korg's Modwave. Behringer jokes aside, it would be fantastic to own a PPG Wave, which means an A-B comparison video on YT for certain. My introduction to wavetable is with a Waldorf NW-1 Eurorack module (supply your own filter, and amp envelopes).
I’ve a Microwave XT… love it, although never got the most out of it when I first got my hands on it. The apps/editors/librarian that are now available really open it up.
Another unaffordable synth by Waldorf :) thanks for such a good review though! 🖖🏼
sorry but there is stepping. you hear and see it at the filter test. Are there a modern synth that doesnt have this steps at the parameter?
filter needs at least 10bit = 1024 steps.
Underwhelmed. I'm yet to hear a sound I really like on it in any of the available demos.
I'll stick with my Blofeld.
Yes - the Blofeld doesn't have such nice filters and displays, but it has many more mod options, and second hand I could buy about 6 Blofeld modules for the price of this one new.
No FX on a modern digital synth is a crime... pity.
@@antgreen3254 Haha.. there is that. The reverb on the Kyra is a disaster!
People buying one already have good fx
I like synths without effects, though. Rather focus on the raw tone.
This thing sounds so bad I can't believe it. my Adlib music card from 1992 had more character.
Ouch! And I’ve bought one 😂
@@StarskyCarr Well your reviews are good but lets be honest lol
@@xfloodcasual8124 I’ve actually got it in front of me at the mo. The latest update allows it to act more like a PPG as it can now load the transient wavs and play one shots etc.. quite cool. And I still like it!
@@StarskyCarr I would like to hear that. Ill post something cool in a month regarding an XT I've totally rebuild under the hood