Bad Gear - Waldorf Rocket - Analog/Digital Hybrid From Hell???
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2020
- In this episode of Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools, we are going to talk about the Waldorf Rocket. Is this analog digital hybrid from hell just another piece of Bad Gear that sneaked into my life?
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Friday? Yes. Beer? Check. Bad Gear? Hell yeah. All hail Moby Schwarzenegger
Mobyegger? Schwarzoby?
Ahnold Gilbert Mobyneggersauce
Hahahaha, Moby Schwarzenegger. Good one🤣👍🏻
Does he drive a tank like Arnold or maybe just a Volvo or Lada?
@@MetalHeartsOfSteel I live in Vienna, best public transport in the world. No need for a car ;)
One knob envelope is part of the Feng Shui for synth minimalists.
☯If you listen to the envelope, the envelope will speak to you☯
A real minimalist (or should I say Synth Puritan) would remove the envelope pot and replace it with a single resister
Alex, do you know if Geert van Schlanger lives far off from Vienna? Would love to have him visiting bad gear episode! 😈
“The rocket is tickin’ boxes like an auditor at a bank that is too big to fail” I’m dead 😂 👏
Oh, you seem to know the subject ;)
@@AudioPilz Too well! 😄
Everything is so good in your videos. The organization, the humour, the production, and of course the great music you get out of every single piece of equipment.
Thank you so much!!!
If i got as much praise as Florian does, it'd send me into a creatively blocked panic. It must be so stressful to try to equal one's past masterful works
Unpopular take: Paraphony is like... dope.
Also do a video on that old XP pc, absolutely
Damn, I so want to ;)
Yessss, agreed!
Looking forward to that Hammerhead + Rubber Duck intro! ;)
I seriously loved those plugins, especially the filter which had a overdrive that could go so much "over" that I am running out of ways to describe it. You could probably break speakers with it. I bought 2nd versions to get a nostalgy trip, which are more tempered but still crazy.
Considering this 2nd edition Waldorf Collection is easily available, cheap, it has VERY usable emulation of PPG 2.3 and Attack, it is very much under the radar of everyone, it would definately make sense to make episode from the both editions.
@@spintonik Agree Attack is cool!
There really is no channel like yours on TH-cam now. I love how well detailed your videos are and how you always stick to this snappy short length instead of making videos where the content is spread thin over 20-40 minutes. Might be my favourite channel on TH-cam!
Thanks!
A Bad gear episode when I'm about to enter a week long break in school, Best day ever
Thanks! Happy to have you around
Nothing like tweaking your rocket to get things moving.
C'mon, this is family friendly content!
Hey @Migraine Gainn *phrasing* (boom)
I have both a Rocket and a Streichfett. I love them both and can actually get them both to sit in a mix very nicely. For the price they can't be beat!
I agree, great synthesizers
Which of the two do you enjoy more?
@@swishyfish325 For me, it really depends. They both scratch a different itch.
I'd say that the Rocket is probably useful more often…but when the Streichfett is a fit, nothing else will do!
Me too the two plus Pulse 2 and Blowfeld I Like it when he likes synths I have.lol
Estava esperando por mais um episódio. E mais uma vez surpreendeu... Quem dera existisse um canal como o seu, em português. Seu trabalho é fantástico !! Abraços da Bahia, Brasil !!
Muito obrigado!!!
This is one of the few channels that consistently makes me chuckle. I can just watch your videos all day.
Thanks for watching!
Just found this and binged this channel. Takes me back. Love it. Looking forward to more. I’ll make a suggestion once I have a good one in mind.
Thanks! Looking forward to it!
That auditor joke slew me. Keep it up, your videos are hilarious and informative (started recommending to people who aren't even synth hobbyists)
Thank you so much!
Just hearing the fixed chords alone at 2:35 made me want to buy this thing.
Best feature!
Yes. They 💥!!!
Flippin' fantastic video. Always entertaining and alarmingly informative. Keep going!
Thanks! I'm on it!
You have in a short while become my favorite gear info you tube channel. Healthy dose of satire aimed at the genre and I love how you don’t take yourself too seriously. Keep going man your audience appreciates you.
Thank you so much!
You put out an extraordinary amount of excellent content. Not sure if there is a huge team behind you or if you are just a work horse. Either way, huge kudos from me!
Thanks! Could you please tell me where this team is hiding? I'd like to work with them😅
Jimothy he is a cloned prototype, he is not aware of his other incarnations, hence the confusion...
Those capybara visuals had me laughing, great video as always man!
Thanks! Capys are my spirit animal
Your videos get better and better every upload! Love your work man
Thank you so much!
Your videos just keep getting better.
Thanks!
Love the PWM Nick Batt shoutout.
❤️Nick❤️
lol nice "tropical" footage. Especially the capibaras taking a shower
❤Capys❤
You can't go wrong with reverb and capybaras
Once again, brilliant content and creative production, oh and some great deets about the featured synth. Do'nt know how you find the time to keep pumping out this cool content. much respect.
Roland Sh -32 needs a kind bashing!
Man, I just LOVE your videos, I get so excited when a new one comes out.
100k subscribers coming fast.
Thank you so much!
Did you ever do that video about the old computer and it's plugins? Sounds like a fun change of pace.
Yup, there's an episode about it and I even played a set for the local synth nerd group with it;)
I absolutely love my Korg Electribe 2 Sampler, even with its quirks and limitations. I look forward to seeing it featured in an episode of Bad Gear.
Thanks for the suggestion
You are a genius...and I am always excited to wait for your new BAD GEAR video. Thanks!
Thank you so much
Easily, hands down, without question, undoubtedly, perhaps, my favorite channel on TH-cam.
Happy to hear that! Thanks!
From Rocket's manual: "Do not leave your Rocket near children, mothers-in-law or pets. This could lead to critical interactions." At least 33 mothers-in-law have seen this video.
Mothers-in-law are welcome too!
Finally! A Bad Gear video of a bit of kit I actually own. Bit disappointed that you actually like it. I'm going to have go and replace it with a Timbre Wolf now...
Get a Red Sound DarkStar with the Timbre Wolf. Perfect match!
Timbre Wolf is actually decent. Get one cheap
AudioPilz Ha ha! I have a rare Red Sound Elevata in a closet!
@@sheepkillindog wait a minute.
Great edits and sounds!! Awesome content everytime!
Thank you so much!
Just in the intro and I already knew this video was going to be great.
Thanks!
I love your channel, especially Bad Gear. I am a DJ with limited production experience, almost exclusively with software. I recently bought a Yamaha djx 2b for £18 and this has inspired me to put together a dawless setup using only "Bad Gear". My next purchase will be the zoom arq ar-48 followed quickly by the Roland tb3. Thanks for the videos, they really are fantastic.
Thank you so much, it means a lot to me
@@AudioPilz
Do you know if the part mixer on the djx 2b can be controlled using a midi pad controller? Also, could it be modded to add external audio to the signal path?
Tengo el rocket junto con arturia keystep y me encanta su sonido… etc…y no he exprimido ni un40 %… sin música no soy nada” ni nadie. Gracias por compartir experiencia y tiempo 🤙🏼
Gracias por mirar
Great episode as always! The Rocket sounds better than I thought it would. Filter has some nice depth to it. Also the OSC Sync function is pretty killer as well. Input for a future episode - The Korg DW6000.
Thanks! Great idea, I'll take a look
Once again your creative force hitting me in face!!! Great episode.
Thank you so much!
I totally agree with you. I own a Waldorf rocket and is one of my favorites synths. It's really straightforward. The arpegiattor with a delay is amazing and with just a little tweeking you can have nice leads and bass sounds. If I had to sell my equipment I would keep it until the end. I like your videos your reviews are objective. You don't let people influence your judgement. Objectivity is rare nowadays. People thinks with emotion and are obsessed with analog.
Thank you so much!
The last time I was this early, you could still go to concerts...
lol ;)
So glad you covered this unit, came across my radar several times during my gear quest over the last couple of years. Came close to grabbing it but having got rid of the Microbrute knew it wasn't for me. Sounds pretty damn cool though! Have a great weekend bro.
Thanks!
Consistently excellent channel.
Thanks!
The bad gear guru has spoken again, long live to bad gear
Bad Gear in all eternity!
by the way, I really like how it sounds, and yeah, would be super cool for you to review computers and software man
@@AudioPilz LOL
Sounds great to me. I have the Blofeld keyboard and I love it, so I was quite surprised to find out it gets a lot of hate. Perhaps people buy stuff expecting it to magically compensate for their own shortcomings, then blame the gear when they still suck.
The hate for that one really surprised me
You're happy with blofeld? Thought of picking one up, the sound design capabilities are promising boasting loads of modulation options but the demos I found on yt don't fit my taste. Can you wring 'current' sounds out of it?
@@7177YT It's worth checking out the demos of the patch sets Waldorf sell for the Blofeld. They show it can cover a broad range of sounds. I find that programming it is very easy - despite the fairly small set of controls it is very well thought out with the way the controls and screen interacts.
@@AudioPilz There was a lot of bugs in the firmware when the original desktop version was new. They seem to have fixed that, but the hate seems to go well beyond issues with the firmware
@@chriswareham Thx, gonna take another close look at it. It's multitimbral right?
Love these episodesss!
Thanks!
Your channel will be the next big thing next year!
Thanks! Working on it!
I'd love to see a rundown of that old XP system, especially seeing what is going on in that ancient Ableton version. I haven't used anything from before late Live 8.
Started out with version 2, if I remember correctly ;)
I see the Zoom FX still in good use. I was going to get one of these but ended up getting a PiSound hat and case to run MOD UI from Blokas. Not a hardware based solution but this is amazing for price. The setup with Pi and case is about 200 euro. But you get over 300 sound FX, synths and MIDI tools that you can patch in lots of crazy ways. And once you set it up to run in MOD UI mode it just boots up in seconds and is ready to go like hardware standalone. And pressing the button switches between presets of FX patches. You can patch and edit the FX with any browser on the same wifi; I use a hotspot on smart phone and connect for laptop to that same hotspot and patch away. This setup gives stereo in and out and midi in and out, patch the midi in MOD UI for thru, input gain knob and level knob, plus the button that is programmable. It has low latency and on a Pi 4 4gb lots of power and memory, not hit limits with some crazy patching running off 5v USB. And can run at 192k, for tighter latency but less resources - for a tight guitar FX unit. I currently use in on the output of a Lyra 8 for crazy reverb, and I am thinking of getting a few more for other instruments. Best 200 euro I have spent - apart from that time in Amsterdam, but we don't talk about that. This is really just a ModDevices MOD Duo X for a faction of the price.
Interesting. Never went down that rabbit hole...
this actually makes me want to buy it
love the videos you make bro keep it up
Thank you so much!
Video editing was even more awesome than usual on this one 😀
Thank you so much!
I can’t comprehend how your subs aren’t growing quicker!
Can't complain, better to have subscribers who are really into the show. Thanks for sticking around!
They are, 1000 subs in 1 week is not bad, right!?
because so many people today are easily offended.. Keep the videos coming, very entertaining!.
Waldorf is a great brand. They make synths like no other company has the courage to do.
Too bad their firmware upgrades never quite fix everything. And so many product die on the vine. Some without ever reaching market.
Still, if not for Waldorf, would anyone still be talking about Wavetables?
Innovative company!
Best current channel on TH-cam.
Thanks! Happy to hear that!
man, just discovered this channel and already love it hahaha
Thanks for watching! Stick around!
I love my Rocket. Last time my band performed in Europe, it was the only hardware synth we took with us and it served its purpose admirably. I was so happy with how it went, I bought a Pulse 2, thinking it would be even better, but I didn't like it nearly as much and ended up selling it after a year or so. I'll never sell my Rocket.
Yeah, I currently think about getting a second one!
The Rocket was my first synth. It's still my favorite.
Not my first but I like it a lot!
Good man! This is such a cool clip. And your musical skillz are damn good, too. Thanks for these reviews. I like a lot. Thumbs up.
Thank you so much!
Another great video, thanks! 'Play' is one of my favorite albums btw, thanks for that too. Def do a video on the XP machine!
Thanks! Will do!
For digital oscs and a really nice analogue filter, I can't recommend the Microfreak enough. Though it does suffer from a lack of sync mode and no drive built in.
Only heard good things about the Microfreak
The Streichfett though... 😘👌
Heard them a few times at live shows. Nice mellow sounds
Sounds really great. And there even is a decksaver for it which makes it easy to transport without the risk of destroying the knobs.
Very funny episode! Would love to see that PC shine. Always liked nerdy stuff like that. Also always like the concept of the waldorf streichfett. Not expensive and pretty dank sounding.
Thanks! Yeah, DAW archeology ;)
I'd love a video on the blofeld, not really bad gear but it did catch some flack for being buggy and still does a little bit to this day.
I'll take a look at it!
@@AudioPilz yes and constantly being berated for being 'cold'
@@guyburton9394 With all the modulation options it's incredibly easy to get into analog territory, to me it's my do it all substractive synth. I truly believe that this is one of the synths that are getting tossed now but will be considered a classic in the future. Just like today's classics in the 80s.
I don't know who doesn't like the Rocket. It is limited, sure, but damn doesn't it sound good? And for the era and price it was surely a good option.
I have the Streichfett, and that is a good option from that line of modules too.
The hate for the Rocket surprised me as well
I. CANNOT. STOP. WATCHING. THIS. CHANNEL.
No need to;)
you’re going to hit 500k subs and still reply to comments u da man! another killer video 👍🏼
Always a pleasure! Thanks!
Hahahaha, there it is, the Bad Gear episode of the Waldorf Rocket as I predicted 😅🤣.
Keep up this great stuff. I love your content!
Thank you so much!
your a G, for real homie. In my country thats called innovation, when people can create from ...not so much...
When I started recording all we had was just the fostex, 4 track tape recorders and maybe a dr sample if one could find it at a store/..... however i know even that wasnt as bad nor primitive as it can get, heck i did some great mixing that way....
Oh that moment where you mess up the last part of the song and have to re record the whole take lolololololll
Love what you do bro, also showed some peeps that performance you did a few months back, very impressive esp with the gear
Thank you so much!
@@AudioPilz Do you have like a template song and then just use each piece of gear to ''Hotswap''lol , (ableton term) in instruments?
because A ) that is Genious, it gives a constant reference point- while highlighting whatever you are using.
B) because its interactive people then like to listen to the intro, ( it is catchy too:)
C)It shows that ANYTHING can be used JUST ABOUT if the WILL is there. I used to tell my friends in the studio at the time, as it was well past ''shabby'' that it is not what you have but more what is done with it. Sure its Great to have the best EVERYTHING.... nut realistically when does that happen for a ''STRUGGLING/STARVING artist'' hence the name.
These videos are so awesome!
Thank you!
This is the cutest end jam video you have ever done :)
Capys & pigs ❤️❤️❤️
Really regret selling this to a friend who couldn't apreciate it
Still available - get another one!
You can buy mine !
@@AudioPilz maybe... They are a bit rare around here, though, so its not that easy
Felt the same way giving away an original pressing of Substance by New Order to one of my friends.
Turns out he hated it and i found it out of the case on a coffee table.
Imagine the horror
Der Rocket ist absolut geil für fette Bässe und schneidende Hardcore-Leads.
Rocket mit nem Sampler (zB Renoise) ist ein riesiger Spaß und die Sounds brauchen im Grunde keine nennenswerte Nachbearbeitung mit EQ's oder Kompressoren, der drückt so schon richtig gut.
Hab ihn damals gebraucht für ca 130€ gekauft, absoluter No-Brainer.
Ich stimme dir absolut zu
Dude, you are just the funniest, Paul Gilbert, would never have thought of that one! Love the show, Ya Vol!!!
Thanks!
Seas! Just stumbled upon your channel.
Great stuff!
Griasdi! Thanks!
Why do people hate the Waldorf Rocket again? It sounds great! Is it because it doesn't have a standard ADSR? A lot of synths don't. My Behringer Wasp clone has the weirdest filter/adsr I've ever used but that's what makes it sound unique.
It's mainly the oscillator, the envelope and Waldorf not being Waldorf anymore;)
Tbf it's the oscillator
I am kinda liking the rocket. Is it bad gear??
I think you sold me on a piece of bad gear finally. I keep tossing the tomcat from akai in my head too. So bad i like it.
I have a stomp box ment to send vocals to midi notes into a keyboard, which if used as intended isn't that great. However if I run a synth without midi into it, then the midi out from it into my phrase lab in bass mode, then run my talking machine stomp box off the phrase lab audio out I can get crazy robot chorus lines going with my synth.
Everything is modular in my book 😁
Which stomp box is it?
One more amazing review! 😎
Thanks!
Best introduction by far!!!
Thanks!
Waldorf D-Pole! One of the OG vst plugins. If I remember correctly the resonance was evil.
The whole plugin was evil ;)
Yes, that bundle were my first VSTs!
For that intro... I really don't care if my own instruments are apparently "crap". If they are, that just makes *me* more impressive for making them sound good, doesn't it? :D
also rocket... serpent... don't go thinking I don't see what you were doing there! XD
And... I get most of the animals in your tropical bit, but... a polar bear? Srsly?
Wait, a POLAR BEAR?!? WHERE???
Oohh.. the layers.. the music.. All great stuff👍🙏🙏. Presse make more bad gear video's!! 😊😊
Thanks!
This channel is pure gold.
Thank you!
so what's wrong with the Waldorf Rocket? To me it sound perfectly fine
Some hated the envelope and there is some criticism towards the oscillator
I sincerely prefer the Rocket over my Doepfer modular. Yes, I said that!
It does what it should do well and I can quickly build layers of it in a DAW. For a more complicated synth, I prefer software.
It’s fun, spontaneous and very compact. I simply love mine
@@lagunagfx It does great Super Saws. Thats all I use mine for.
Can u review the Hologram Microcosm with any synth? U rox, cheers from Chile.
Great suggestion, thanks!!!
If I could re-subscribe because of that epic intro, I would. Kudos sir!
Thanks! Just create another account;)
Man,the intro in this episode is an absolute kill!!! :-)
Thank you!
6 minutes 46 seconds of feeling I am 22 again... That little rocket can generate really powerful bass lines. Little bit of make up might be required
Happy to hear that! The signal actually sounds quite finished
ive personally actually bought and sold it three times... solid though, completely disappointing....
I don't know what, but there's something hilarious about your comment. Why did you buy it three times?
Will you buy it a fourth time?
@@AudioPilz No, i have Model Cycles and Modal Craft synth... i do not need old sounds..
@@MouldySoul because i am stupid.
@@scottarmstrong8585 may the fourth be with you! :)
Now you have to do the Streichfett too! Love the show, keep it up!
Thanks! Many Streichfett fans around...
thank you for including the humble oxygen8 v2, i showed this video to the one sitting on my desk
That's how you treat an Oxygen8 V2 ;) Thanks!
As a fellow Austrian. Yes on everything else, hard no on the Schwarzenegger part. Try pitch shifting your voice waaaay down. :P
The difference seems to be very subtle for an English native speaker
This synth comes with non unlikability, I'd dare say noone who used it hated it.
The thing you really underplayed in your video is the amount of powerful brainmelting sound it can output. Sounds almost too tame in the demo parts 🤔
Yeah, it can really produce some heavy sounds. Rejected Synths video about it?
@@AudioPilz Here you go 😜 th-cam.com/video/ebYnJOvjNqA/w-d-xo.html
Also, massive congratiolations on your stellar success! It's great to see someone very successfully singing the praise of all those 'bad' synths! There is great things to be found in every machine, even if you have to look very closely with some machines 😜
Cool and funny video, and thumbs up for the sideless XP machine.
Looking forward to working with the XP machine again
@@AudioPilz our works sent everyone home back in march and then the IT team disassembed all our xp machines that where in use running legacy apps without asking first and stored them nicely in parts on a shelf.
Found you through the Alex Ball colab. Love your style. Keep it up.
Thanks! Stick around!
TLDW: he doesn’t think it’s bad gear so if that’s what you came for don’t watch.
Spoiler alert!😅
At this point I'm trying to figure out your favorite setup. Microkorg, Rocket... What else?
...Jomox WhateverBase, Moog MF-Drive, Roland Space Echo, Arturia Beatstep Pro, Zoom MS-50g,...
This intro is NEXT LEVEL! You've reached self-referential meme greatness, I love it! Haven't even finished watching yet XD
Fantastic episode! Love Nick's little PWM cameo. Trying to think of gear that wouldn't be too expensive for you to obtain or too difficult to track down, but also that might be hated... 01W maybe?
Thanks! Ancient Korg rompler on the list!
@@AudioPilz heh! I'm sure there's probably forum hate for it but it's probably been used in pop classics, right? Does it count if it's been heard on the radio? Oh wait, DX7 is calling & wants its niche status back XD
Great Intro 😎🤘
Thanks!
Jesus Christ, a computer with Windows XP. Who do you work for? German School?
Isn't it still the most used OS?
@@AudioPilz Vista is the future.
I still have a machine with XP. For some reason I am too nervous to try to connect to the Internet.
I still watch yt videos on my xp desktop.
HAHAHAH ELTON JONG
That one had me rolling when I found it
@@AudioPilz Really smart lol
The filter on the Rocket is really great!
Classic analog Waldorf goodness
The channel I’ve been waiting for my whole life. Long live audiopilz
Thank you so much!