KVR Audio

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:30 am

filter303 wrote: KVR is so weird sometimes

Does anyone know what that XOR osc mode could possibly mean?
Is it somekind of ring mod or what?

I am really interested knowing this.

I know nobody has this synth yet but at least we can speculate, right?

I just found this article:
http://www.sequencer.de/synth/index.php/XOR

It's german, sorry. Maybe you could use a translation like Babelfish.

Ingo

filter303 · Post by **filter303** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:31 am

That makes sense

I think you are probably right.

djshire · Post by **djshire** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:03 pm

Ingonator wrote:
filter303 wrote: KVR is so weird sometimes

Does anyone know what that XOR osc mode could possibly mean?
Is it somekind of ring mod or what?

I am really interested knowing this.

I know nobody has this synth yet but at least we can speculate, right?
I just found this article:
http://www.sequencer.de/synth/index.php/XOR

It's german, sorry. Maybe you could use a translation like Babelfish.

Ingo

Or use Chrome which prompts you to see if you want it translated, then translates it.

filter303 · Post by **filter303** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:11 am

Thanks for this link. This is much nicer way of communicating than someone telling: "use google search"

I just played with my Pulse+ for a while.
I guess there are many people who don't like the way it sounds, but I find myself loving this synth so much.
To me it can be very agressive and in your face if I want it to.
It's so Different to how the voyager sounds. It's actually very different to any of the synthesizers I own atm. Many analog synths have this very smooth and liquid sound, but Pulse can be so harsh and metallic. Not as liquid as squelchy as old Roland synths for example. There is definitely something weird about the DCO's. I don't know what it is though but I love how they sound and I wouldn't change them to VCO's if I had a chance.

I just saw that someone is getting rid of his pulse, probably to fund the Pulse2 when it comes out. This idea has crossed my mind too, but because nobody knows how it's going to sounds I better keep my unit to myself.
Afterall it's also very useful as a CV/Gate converter in case if I buy any old monosynths in the future.

My guess is that P2 is probably going to sound very different to the original pulse because of the fact that it has a multimode filter.
Many modern synths analog synths sound too sterile. I really hope this is not the case with P2.

EnricoGaruda · Post by **EnricoGaruda** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:00 pm

What is exatly a cascading filter ?

Ashe37 · Post by **Ashe37** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:55 pm

aka 'ladder filter'-a moog-type filter

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:03 am

EnricoGaruda wrote:What is exatly a cascading filter ?

A filter realised from several less steep filters connected in series one after another.

Acrobat · Post by **Acrobat** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:43 pm

filter303 wrote: Many modern synths analog synths sound too sterile. I really hope this is not the case with P2.

It happened with the Blofeld, for many people its filters are a bit rounded and not cutting sharp like Q/microQ ones.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:49 pm

EvilDragon wrote:Wave 2 for a price of Kronos? I WOULD BUY THAT IMMEDIATELY!!!

But, alas, it won't happen.

hmm, why not? All they'd really have to do is add analog filters to the Blofeld, sort of like the Q+ or AFB16.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:50 pm

sinkmusic wrote:Well, yes, a polyphonic mode. Using a single oscillator to get polyphony, like in old string machines.

Oh? I thought the oscillators would be true 8-voice but with only a monophonic filter.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:01 pm

Ingonator wrote:At this video the Pulse 2 was not connected so i don't know how far it already worked.
Release should be in Summer 2012 so this means around 6-7 months to go. Hopefully they will have a working version at this years Musikmesse in March.

It wasn't working at all at NAMM.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:18 pm

filter303 wrote:I just played with my Pulse+ for a while.
I guess there are many people who don't like the way it sounds, but I find myself loving this synth so much.
To me it can be very agressive and in your face if I want it to.
It's so Different to how the voyager sounds. It's actually very different to any of the synthesizers I own atm. Many analog synths have this very smooth and liquid sound, but Pulse can be so harsh and metallic. Not as liquid as squelchy as old Roland synths for example. There is definitely something weird about the DCO's. I don't know what it is though but I love how they sound and I wouldn't change them to VCO's if I had a chance.

The Pulse is more about its filter than its oscillators, anyway. The filter is saturating pretty hard when all three oscillators are at 127, quite a bit more than you'll hear from a Minimoog or a Jupiter 8.

I just saw that someone is getting rid of his pulse, probably to fund the Pulse2 when it comes out. This idea has crossed my mind too, but because nobody knows how it's going to sounds I better keep my unit to myself.

Waldorf told me the Pulse 2 will sound different from the original Pulse. For one thing, the output stage is being upgraded.

Many modern synths analog synths sound too sterile. I really hope this is not the case with P2.

Agreed. That's why I was so impressed with the Minitaur, it has that old Minimoog/Micromoog vibe that I feel is missing from the Voyager and Little Phatty, as well as from the Dave Smith, MFB, Vermona, and AnalogueSolutions synths.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:40 pm

filter303 wrote:I just played with my Pulse+ for a while.
I guess there are many people who don't like the way it sounds, but I find myself loving this synth so much.

btw:

http://hgsounds.com/product/pulse-control-vsti/

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:01 pm

Hi everyone,

today i visited the Musikmesse 2012 in Frankfurt. Many thanks to Wolfram Franke and Kurt "Lu" Wangard from Waldorf Music for inviting me again after i was already there last year.
Also many thanks to the whole Waldorf team for having lots of fun and treating me like a member of the "family".

I had the chance to have a look at the prototype of the upcoming Waldorf Pulse 2. The unit which they got there was a working one, at least in the hardware part but the software/firmware was still not working stable enough to present a working unit at the Musikmesse.
As i am one of the Waldorf Betatesters and sound designers Wolfram Franke from Waldorf mentioned that i (and other testers) will get a unit for both testing and factory sound design purposes as soon as possible.

The release date is still around Summer 2012 and the price should be around 499 Euros.

About the paraphonic mode:
It looks like there are 8 oscillators available so with using 2 OSCs in the synth engine you could play 4 notes polyphonic.

Cool features of the Pulse 2 are the multimode filter (LP, HP, BP), an analog filter drive, analog FM (with OSC 3), an programmable Arpeggiator and an audio input.

Here are some pictures from the Musikmesse which show the Pulse 2, some of the Waldorf guys (including Wolfram Franke and Lu Wangard) and a comparison with the Blofeld desktop module:
https://rapidshare.com/files/2963788103 ... e_2012.zip

Some of those pictures were supposed to be funny so don't take it too serious...

Here is a picture (included in the ZIP above) which shows the Zarenbourg Piano, a blofeld keyboard and a Pulse 2 together. Would be a nice setup or not?

Ingo

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:20 am

Ingonator wrote:About the paraphonic mode:
It looks like there are 8 oscillators available so with using 2 OSCs in the synth engine you could play 4 notes polyphonic.

What about with three oscillators?

Cool features of the Pulse 2 are the multimode filter (LP, HP, BP), an analog filter drive, analog FM (with OSC 3), an programmable Arpeggiator and an audio input.

Sounds sweet! If it's anything like the original Pulse, it'll overload a lot more than the Little Phatty is capable of.

Waldorf announces "Pulse 2" Analog monosynth (pictures from Musikmesse 2012 added)