18th October 2012
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#31 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
Haven't been able to use it enough to see the bugs yet, but that's my plan with it. To have something that can create most sounds. And I want to get an analog synth for some other types of sounds. Right now I'm thinking Pulse 2 or Mopho x4 or both, but I want to hear the Pulse 2 before I decide what to do. I'm expecting it to certainly be more affordable than the DSI synth.
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18th October 2012
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#32 | | Lives for gear
Joined: May 2010 Location: Great White North
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Is there even any news on the Pulse 2? Seems like vapourware at this point... no demos, no nothing.
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18th October 2012
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#33 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
It's real. Just like those flying cars in Back 2 The Future.
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19th October 2012
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#34 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Sep 2012 Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,023
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Happens.
We buy synths, you either click with it or you don't. Give it 3 months using it like crazy. If you can't stand it, sell it.
Nothing wrong with figuring out you aren't made for each other.
I bought a Korg Prophecy, did not click with it at all!
Sold it and was so happy it was out of my life. Someone else is enjoying it now. That's cool.
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19th October 2012
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#35 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
So far I like my Blofeld. I don't think a tube pre-amp is gonna give me the exact effect I want. I think I'm just going to get a value pre-amp and find a VST to add a little warmth and saturation.
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19th October 2012
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#36 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Croatia
Posts: 1,509
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Get to know Blofeld's drive curves. They can really influence the sound a lot. Try Tube curve.
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19th October 2012
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#37 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
This may not make a difference in the sound or be non configurable, but...
Do the drive curves in Blofeld / Largo apply before or after the filter? Is it possible to drive it after the amp or just before?  | |
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19th October 2012
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#38 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2008 Location: Watching over Brooklyn
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Greatest thread title in months!!  | |
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19th October 2012
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#39 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2012 Location: Hellbourne, OZ
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I had a Blofeld about 4 years ago and I thought it sounded huge.
It is however not a great synth for a beginner to learn synthesis on.
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19th October 2012
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#40 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Croatia
Posts: 1,509
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Originally Posted by dbjungle  Do the drive curves in Blofeld / Largo apply before or after the filter? Is it possible to drive it after the amp or just before? | They are pre-filter, IIRC, and you cannot change their placement.
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19th October 2012
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#41 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX | Quote:
Originally Posted by cuckoo.old I had a Blofeld about 4 years ago and I thought it sounded huge.
It is however not a great synth for a beginner to learn synthesis on. | I've been using VSTs for years, but would never have considered myself to be even remotely experienced with synths up until maybe the last 4 - 6 months. Still a real novice with them, but I find the Blofeld pretty easy to program and I love the Waldorf Matrix.
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19th October 2012
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#42 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX | Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilDragon They are pre-filter, IIRC, and you cannot change their placement. | Thanks, that gives me a better idea of how to utilize them.
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19th October 2012
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#43 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Baltimore
Posts: 2,520
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the Blofeld and a laptop running SEQ 24 are my only tools for the next few months while i tear down my studio and pack it up for a relocation in the spring. i'll be very in tune with this thing. i did some very nice ambient stuff last night. the low output is a PITA, but i will have to live with it.
__________________ a 909, a box of paper clips, and an anvil
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Originally Posted by Entrainer The 303/808/909 are the clouds. | | |
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19th October 2012
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#44 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Feb 2010 Location: Baltimore
Posts: 2,520
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by cuckoo.old It is however not a great synth for a beginner to learn synthesis on. | why not? it's very in depth and has tons of variables that can really teach someone who actually wants to learn and understand.
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19th October 2012
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#45 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
The low output is my biggest complaint so far. Second biggest complaint is that it makes the Largo VST sound like a Jupiter 8 by comparison. It just sounds so thin and cold, but overall I am still very happy with my purchase.
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19th October 2012
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#46 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Croatia
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To me Blofeld doesn't sound thinner than Largo by comparison. Quite the contrary, in fact.
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19th October 2012
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#47 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
Are you recording into a DAW or hardware? I'm recording into Studio One via an EMU 1616M. Maybe the EMU is killing the audio quality? I'm going to plug some headphones directly into it and see if there is a big difference.
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20th October 2012
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#48 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 514
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Originally Posted by EvilDragon To me Blofeld doesn't sound thinner than Largo by comparison. Quite the contrary, in fact. | Yeah, I would have to agree with this. I found I was always running Largo with compression, EQ and a limiter to get the sound where I liked it (I actually made it a live rack for convenience). I ended up getting Blofeld because the Largo UI seems to really lag on my MBP. I noticed immediately that I could kill all the effects I was using with Largo.
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20th October 2012
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#49 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
I tried with headphones and it still sounds thinner to me. I ended up buying a new audio cable (better one) today and it sounds a little better now (and a little louder). But this hum noise is driving me crazy.
I think I'm gonna get a new audio interface anyway, I've had my Emu 1616 for several years and it's nice, but I lost the MIDI breakout cable. :( I think I'll be buying more hardware synths in the future and I'm already using up the 2 inputs this thing has.
Can anyone testify that the output hum goes away using standard MIDI instead of USB?
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20th October 2012
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#50 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Philly
Posts: 1,871
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Originally Posted by dbjungle I tried with headphones and it still sounds thinner to me. I ended up buying a new audio cable (better one) today and it sounds a little better now (and a little louder). But this hum noise is driving me crazy.
I think I'm gonna get a new audio interface anyway, I've had my Emu 1616 for several years and it's nice, but I lost the MIDI breakout cable. :( I think I'll be buying more hardware synths in the future and I'm already using up the 2 inputs this thing has.
Can anyone testify that the output hum goes away using standard MIDI instead of USB? | Yes
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20th October 2012
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#51 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
Thanks, I think I will go that route then.
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20th October 2012
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#52 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Philly
Posts: 1,871
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Originally Posted by dbjungle Thanks, I think I will go that route then. | there was a USB isolator mentioned earlier..thatll work too, then you can use one of the vst editors...I just havent got round to buying one
Im putting mine through a line mixer at the moment and once you get the output on par with your other synths its doesnt sound thin at all  | |
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20th October 2012
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#53 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX | Quote:
Originally Posted by kcearl there was a USB isolator mentioned earlier..thatll work too, then you can use one of the vst editors...I just havent got round to buying one
Im putting mine through a line mixer at the moment and once you get the output on par with your other synths its doesnt sound thin at all | I think I'm gonna do something like that too with the mixer. What kind of mixer are you using?
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20th October 2012
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#54 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Philly
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Im using a roland m120...
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20th October 2012
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#55 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX |
Wow that's a line mixer alright. :D
I found that Nomad Factory Magnetic works wonders on adding warmth and saturation. I think I'll be picking this baby up soon. Once I get rid of the hum and pre-amp it I'll probably be in virtual analog heaven. | |
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20th October 2012
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#56 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2012
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This thread title gives me a giggle everytime I see it.
By the way dbjungle, don't underestimate the 1616M. You would have to spend A LOT more money on an interface to get a noticable increase in sound quality. I speak from experience here.
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20th October 2012
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#57 | | Gear Head
Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Houston, TX | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBrightSide This thread title gives me a giggle everytime I see it.
By the way dbjungle, don't underestimate the 1616M. You would have to spend A LOT more money on an interface to get a noticable increase in sound quality. I speak from experience here. | No argument there. I'm looking at the Focusrite Saffire 18i6. I think it's in the same class, but with more inputs and midi is built in so I won't worry about a midi breakout ever again. This is my first hardware synth, but I'm alright thinking of the Pulse 2 and Mopho x4. So the ins will serve me well. I'm really craving that DSI sound, I just't don't have $1300 to drop on it right now.
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20th October 2012
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#58 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,047
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I got the sample license and managed to get Spectre to work. But how do you import user wavetables (once you've created them) into the Blofeld?
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20th October 2012
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#59 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Nov 2011 Location: Croatia
Posts: 1,509
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You use the editor you created them with to send them to the Blo, I think. Kotró László Lehel
It's sent via MIDI IIRC.
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20th October 2012
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#60 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 918
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Originally Posted by cuckoo.old It is however not a great synth for a beginner to learn synthesis on. | I think its very intuitively laid out. For a beginner, just start at the first menu and flip the main knob clockwise through each menu till the end, adjusting the two parameters on each menu to see what they do. The menus are laid out in a perfect order for sound design for a beginner, each building on the last. Can be much less confusing for a beginner than staring 50 knobs in the face not knowing the flow. Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilDragon Get to know Blofeld's drive curves. They can really influence the sound a lot. Try Tube curve. |
Yes this is where the magic is at in this guy.
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