Comments on: Waldorf Microwave Wavetable Synthesizer http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/waldorf-microwave-wavetable-synthesizer/ Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:01 -0500 hourly 1 By: Oli http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/waldorf-microwave-wavetable-synthesizer/#comment-136310 Oli Sun, 10 May 2009 20:11:55 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13735#comment-136310 So, anyone owned both revisions A and B of the MicroWave Mk1? These have some different components. I'm ordering a Mk1 Revision A at the moment. I haven't heard really good comparisons of the two though. I read somewhere that the full featured Wave (keyboard with all the knobs, lots of voices etc) was more like Mk1 Revision B - not sure if that's true though. It sure would be nice to have all the knobs, and modulation of an XT with the analogue filters. I think I may build a MonoWave (X) some time too. They're just that bit different. So, anyone owned both revisions A and B of the MicroWave Mk1? These have some different components. I'm ordering a Mk1 Revision A at the moment. I haven't heard really good comparisons of the two though.
I read somewhere that the full featured Wave (keyboard with all the knobs, lots of voices etc) was more like Mk1 Revision B – not sure if that's true though.
It sure would be nice to have all the knobs, and modulation of an XT with the analogue filters.
I think I may build a MonoWave (X) some time too. They're just that bit different.

]]> By: aL: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/05/waldorf-microwave-wavetable-synthesizer/#comment-136191 aL: Wed, 06 May 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=13735#comment-136191 Absolute different, indeed... the Waldorf synths are great for doing side-by-side comparisons of how much good analogue filters change the sound. Being a born sceptic, I never really believed that there was so much difference in analogue, until I heard a side by side comparison between the Waldorf Q and Q+ keyboards. Like seeing one in black-and-white and the other in blazing colour.... yes, its the same picture, but one's just pretty while the other is truely breath-taking. On the Microwave, the analogue filters take a lot of the thin harshness out of the top end of the digital wavetable sounds. I would love to own a mk1 Microwave, but I've made do with my mk2 (XT rack model) and putting it through the Curtis filters on the DSI Evolver desktop. Or putting together a wave monster by running the output of the Microwave XT into the inputs on a Korg Wavestation A/D and then through the filters on the Evolver, for a huge wavetable/wavesequence/vector-mixed evolving sound (but really complicated to plan out). Absolute different, indeed… the Waldorf synths are great for doing side-by-side comparisons of how much good analogue filters change the sound. Being a born sceptic, I never really believed that there was so much difference in analogue, until I heard a side by side comparison between the Waldorf Q and Q+ keyboards. Like seeing one in black-and-white and the other in blazing colour…. yes, its the same picture, but one's just pretty while the other is truely breath-taking.

On the Microwave, the analogue filters take a lot of the thin harshness out of the top end of the digital wavetable sounds. I would love to own a mk1 Microwave, but I've made do with my mk2 (XT rack model) and putting it through the Curtis filters on the DSI Evolver desktop. Or putting together a wave monster by running the output of the Microwave XT into the inputs on a Korg Wavestation A/D and then through the filters on the Evolver, for a huge wavetable/wavesequence/vector-mixed evolving sound (but really complicated to plan out).

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