This is hands down the best video on explaining wavetable synthesis to the uneducated listener. Thank you so much for sharing. Now it's starting to make sense! 😊

I do love Waldorf gear. Even on the old synths you still know you can dial in a sound with a really striking character.

"like a sweet ripe orange filled with hate" A+ sir

I am the proud owner of Waldorf Q and Waldorf Micro Wave xt, they are as Jean-Michel Jarre once said about synthesizers their quality will be much sort after and equal in time to the beautiful "Stradivarius" string instruments. The engineering of this Waldorf company still fascinates me even beyond 20 years, the sounds constantly evolving and it is always pleasure to perform and listen to these living works of art. Thank you for the presentation Miguel, its quite a gem. Take Care. Keep the Synths Alive!! Jeff Ps I was always looking forward to one day seeing a Green Waldorf, as the Q = Yellow, Micro Wave xt = Orange.

WHOA 15:03 is a mind blowing sound

the waldorf microwave xtk is one of the greatest instruments in my opinion - i love this beautiful treasure since over twenty years - thx for your videoupload - very good job . best greetz from austria!

How come you only have 1k subs?! Amazing video, and explanation. I am no expert on wavetable synthesis but I know the subject and that's why I am saying amazing video. Plus: all the historical background, it's invaluable. Bravo Miguel!

The wave sweeping graphics were great, really demonstrated how to understand what the sound sculpting possibilities can be like. Thank you for this video!

wavetable synthesis has come so far since even the microwave blofeld was my introduction, which added many new features the waldorf M seems to be a revisit of the ppg wave, with a VERY pretty front panel my favorite in terms of hardware has been the korg modwave, which I really think youd enjoy in terms of software things have gone to unimaginable lengths, ofcourse serum really changed the game, but now vital and phaseplant have taken wavetables to another level some new software innovations are wavetable lfos, where the lfo shape is described by a table position, and now wavetable distortions, where a wavefolder shape is described by table position wolfgang palms legacy lives on in some of the most cutting edge synthesizers to this day with zebra 3 on the horizon, taking the frame by frame approach and bringing it into the future with full vectorized tables, to remove all stepping edit: I should note that when I say fully vectorized tables, I do not mean "vector synthesis" which I personally believe is a poor name by fully vectorized tables I do mean wavetables, but with infinite resolution between frames, as values are calculated not approximated think bitmap vs svg image files

Only synth I regret selling is my XT! Great vid. Thanks.

Miguel, I love hearing your take on synth history and I find you inspiring when my own mind is blank. Many thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

I'm fascinated by Waldorf synths. I wish I had them all! Just discovered the Rack Attack. didn't even know it existed.

This is incredibly well put together.

really well explained and put together. Thanks!

It can make lovely sweet sounds as well as sharp nasty ones. Very versatile

Good lord... you know that machine inside out. I have a gazillion questions for you. 😅 I'm lucky that still have machine but I get lost many times in it. I used a software that you can lock or unlock some parameters for the random sounds generator. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. You're too funny with you organs on the racks 😂

wavetable synthesis is really beautiful for ambient music. Thanks for this superb video - just subscribed 👍

I have an entire bank on my Blofeld dedicated to randomized sounds. You're are right that the vast majority are not useful, but every once in a while you get something that's either so beautiful or so frighteningly alien sounding that you have to save it. It looks like this feature is much better implemented on the XT, though, as it takes numerous button presses to do on the Blofeld.

I love my xTk...totally unique. It is a nice juxtaposition to the Andromeda A6

Lovely hearing you love the Xt . I personally never found my connection with XtK I had . The Q( I owned the same as your yellow rack unit but it was blue ) was more my thing .

Very nice. It's worth it digging through all the small YT channels and drop all the PR sites. Here, get my Non-Gulf Monaco upvote!

Amazing video! Just bought a Q and now i have a dangerous urge to buy an XT... Cheers!!

Just my dream synth so glad I bought it years ago, still enjoy it!!

LOL. I've been a Waldorf user for 10 years, and the second I heard the soundtrack on that awful doc, I was like "This is Max Waldorf". Thank you for verifying my suspicions.

One of the best video of the XT

Brilliant video Miguel. Might be picking up a shadow XT tomorrow, fingers crossed. I have an iridium that is just so incredible, I think the XT will be a great addition 😊

Brilliant! 👍 Subscribed.

Love my XT, brought it new in the late 90's or very early 2000's. Bit of a vague memory now. Just got to keep that Nextel from melting....

Brilliant video. Thank you

Had an XT.. sold it ,had Blofeld...sold it ...loved them... tryed Largo,Nave, but now for abstract stuff i prefer doing sound design in the computer with granular & spectral softwares.. so many possibilities for futuristic sounds..the best solution would be Kyma.But of course,not as fun as hardware :)

"The second sound you hear will be their heads exploding" pfffhaha great. Very nice I learned a few things.

I just ordered an M desktop. I can’t wait to play it

Amazing vid bro. I learned a lot. I never really understood wavetable until now. So now I have to get one!

Ah the old Waldorfs back before the 08 crisis I had a big multi color rack with the Xt, Q, Pulse + , Rack Attack , and a cute but powerful little 37key Micro Q kB to control them . The Xt was the last and hardest to let go . Truly a special beast that industrial, dystopian, ethereal worlds portaled out of Great vid . Cheers !

Great overview thanks! Don’t have any of the “classic” waldorfs...not sure I really make the sort of music for Waldorf wavetable ( the new M is interesting!) but certainly a company with a great history & unique approach.

great video!

Great video.

really entertaining, informative too..subscribing

Lmao you are a funny dude. I also much prefer the lack of background music. That can get a bit irritating when I’m listening to vids like this in the background

Thank you. I am very impressed by the XT and your telling of the Wavetable story. Thank you. I found this video after searching for comparison video with the Iridium and M synthesisers from Waldorf. I am nervous of buying second hand so I ould be interested to know if you have had a chance to explore either of these two devices.

The company that builds synth that crate „sounds nobody has ever heard before“ namely waldorf is the reason I am making music today. The microwave and later the Q blew me away as a teen. I own a Q+ and it’s the only synth I would never sell for anything. I’d love to pair it with a microwave xt but they are so expensive and hard to track down nowadays.

A really great video Miguel :D Such a great synth! I was surprised to find the Blofeld was a lot closer to the XT than the Quantum.. BTW if you are bored one day check out my Fairtlight build clip #5 where I use the Fairlight CMI to create wavetables (which is what it was originally designed to do)

great info..thank you.

Waldorf M. 8 voices, one monster sound. Don't need much more.

awesome video - subdcribed! I got all the uncool waldorfs - pulse 2 and uQ rack. Love them both.

Nice video. Good sounds. I have an Iridium Keyboard and Waldorf M but don't know what I am doing. The history of PPG and Waldorf was very interesting.

Great!

nice! Thanks

My understanding is PPG instruments change the clock frequency in order to read off the wavetable at the pitch being played. PPG DACs are not the same as the kind of DAC chips used now. Today's instruments have a fixed clock frequency like all digital audio, and create the required pitch mathmatically, through sample dumping, sample doubling and interpolation. I want to try a Waldorf M before I buy!

nice

I find myself searching for this depth in my synths. I'm currently working with a Super JV-1080 and some outboard effects. Is there a new Waldorf model that you might recommend? Great video good sir. Thank you for sharing.

I want to give you an award for your dad jokes 🤠

The xt is just such an awesome synth theres just something about those old converters I love, and I also really love the digital filters, and the ones on the Q as well. Even though I got the limited black version which looks pretty cool the Nextel version with the fat knobs is just awesome and how an XT should look in my book. They really didnt do it any favours ditching the nextel and the display bubble. But an XT is an XT. Even if its the ugly paint and the "better" converters.

Very interesting, thank you! Can Waldorm M replace that Microwave nowadays?

How well does Largo vst stack up to these I wonder....can the Q be recreated in vsts.....I like some of the sounds you got here....sometimes I get tempted by the micro q keyboard

WOW!

What do you think of Waldorf M? Really hard to appreciate this synth without these context. Also the Waldorf M has the ability to "replay the transition" in osc 2. It sounds very weird and purcussive. Don't know what is good of it and why it has been wavetable fans "dream" according to the manual. Thanks for the vid!

me too, can not sell mine, bought it the day it came out- so i have the same encoders like yours, they are great.did yours get a free repaint too back then?

You get such smooth sounds out of the Xt... are you running it through preamps or the like? I’ve got a Q rack and I know it’s smooth but even then.

Great video. What are you running the XT into when recording? I can see some 500 series modules. Do you use those?

Great video I had the XT I do miss it as it looked fantastic ❤ but it does sound very thin and scratchy or at least My One did And that is the reason I would never buy another one

I returned the XT to the shop due to very slow envelopes for techno in the late 90´s at clearance price ( I wanted fast as SH101) . But the power of the machine are slow sounds, damn. I regret it

I'll have your juno 6 'organ' if you dont want it! 😜

How do you feel about the waldorf M compared to the XT... After 20 years, I'm finally going to buy XT or an M. But no matter how many videos I see, the XT just sounds more alive and just has more presence. Specially for industrial which is what I make.

You say @11'00" that you can have a single wave per note (61) and that we should not try that... UhmUhm. There's wavetable made for that purpose. If you want to make the infamous PPG choir that's the way to do, as each wave is a formant.

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are you using the kemper for guitar or keys?

Why not the new M from Waldorf?

Nice voice yours

you are calling classic synths a glorified doorbells? im in

So why are Waldorf sounds so generally noisy and distorted, whereas PPG sounds were conceptual and otherworldly? That's ever been a disappointment to me.

You never mentioned the brilliant 😂 cheetah ms800 a 🥴to program.

I have those two. They go beyond.

Nothing worse than organ sounds on a synth, yuck!