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Originally Posted by onion  i'm surprised to hear that. i have a blofeld, and it is pretty deep. didn't upgrade to the sampling yet; is it a full-featured sampler? multi-sample keymapping? chokes/voice groups? looping, loop point adjustment, loop modes? velocity switching?
what's disappointing about the wave as a programmable synth? |
Hi, sorry for the late reply. I was meaning to dig up the details for a more thorough response, but didn't get around to it. Basically, I think the modulation options are quite limited in the Wave. I think there is no unison detune. Sample memory could be better for a modern sample based synth. The LFOs don't sync to MIDI clock. I think there may be only one destination for each LFO?
I think the Blofeld can treat each sample based oscillator (2 of?) the same as any other oscillator. The modulation options in Waldorf's architecture are well featured IMO. I also like some of the Blofeld effects. Heard some saturation curve material recently which was really sweet.
It seems from our_swimmer that the sample handling may not be so convenient in the Blofeld. Sounds somewhat like the behaviour of the uWave series (maybe built on the old code base), where you can dump in your waves over sysex.
I don't own either the Wave or the Blofeld.
I own three Nord synths, but I actually feel that none of these would be so great for an only/first synth. I do think a Blofeld or Virus would probably fit the role better. I think a used Virus TI desktop + control keys would go pretty far to satisfy synth urges. I don't own a Virus either, btw, though have enjoyed playing with them.
There is a bug fix OS update due for the Blofeld at the end of September. Hopefully that will fix some annoyances with the thing.