Waldorf M Wavetable Synthesizer

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It's Anthony ROther? Great!

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I was interested until i saw it was 8 poly only and the (Over)price :)
At $500-600 i would get it or if it had better specs that matched their Pricing.

Selling it as a 8 voice at that price and give you the option to buy 8 more voices later is just pure greed and nothing else.

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Quite a big unit, looked small and fiddly in the early pics, but a decent size really.

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I'm lusting for this, but I already have a MW Rev A with Access controller, MW XT, Blofeld and Quantum.
It would be great if the M will be able to replace the first three.
It's hard to tell from the videos.

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D-Fusion wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:14 am I was interested until i saw it was 8 poly only and the (Over)price :)
At $500-600 i would get it or if it had better specs that matched their Pricing.

Selling it as a 8 voice at that price and give you the option to buy 8 more voices later is just pure greed and nothing else.
You're wrong on many levels :)

There's no way this could ever cost $500.

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D-Fusion wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:14 am Selling it as a 8 voice at that price and give you the option to buy 8 more voices later is just pure greed and nothing else.
Are they planning to do so?

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Yes they are, beginning of next year. Manual also mentions voice expansion.

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Ew... well, let's just say that I can understand why that could be seen as a bit... special. :P The synth is already expensive for me, and then you have to purchase the 8 voice expansion on top...

As I mentioned earlier...
chk071 wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:34 am Guess you really have to be into hardware to be... into hardware.

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I mean it follows in Waldorf's tradition. Q, microQ, MWII/XT, Wave, Microwave, they all had voice expansions.

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I see.

I wonder why they don't put more voice into the synth by default, instead of selling the expansions as (more expensive) single items later. On the other hand, I think I alread gave the answer with the question. ;)

Well, fair enough. I don't want to criticize anyone doing business, when everyone can take their buying decision themselves.

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EvilDragon wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:49 am
D-Fusion wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:14 am I was interested until i saw it was 8 poly only and the (Over)price :)
At $500-600 i would get it or if it had better specs that matched their Pricing.

Selling it as a 8 voice at that price and give you the option to buy 8 more voices later is just pure greed and nothing else.
You're wrong on many levels :)

There's no way this could ever cost $500.
I took a closer look at the Manual and it is actually more advanced than it looks like with it's different modes.

So i guess $500-600 was to optimistic :oops:
But around $1200-1400 for the 8 voice and the Asking price for a 16 Voice would peak my interest more.

I guess things are starting to get more expensive these days because of various shortages (Even graphic card prices are starting to get expensive and harder to get atleast where i live).

I might try one out when my local shop get it and see if i like it and if it is worth the asking price for me since the Manual did make me more curious.

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chk071 wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:21 pm I see.

I wonder why they don't put more voice into the synth by default, instead of selling the expansions as (more expensive) single items later. On the other hand, I think I alread gave the answer with the question. ;)

Well, fair enough. I don't want to criticize anyone doing business, when everyone can take their buying decision themselves.
So would you rather it was 16 voices from the get go and €2300 with no cheaper option, or...? :)

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Yeah, while I think the starting price is a bit high, offering a voice expansion board from 8 to 16 makes a lot of sense.

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