Waldorf MicroWave as a plugin?

[El°HYM]

There is beauty in combining 8 Bit WT with a smooth sounding analog filter, and the MW1 is not the only one. Ensoniq did the same with their ESQ1, the Prophet VS uses 12 Bit and so on. Furthermore the DAC used in those Machines added something different, which somehow still needs to be emulated until this Day.

[EfreetiSultan]

So, if you own usual suspects like Zebra, Hive, Serum, SynthMaster, Dune, Vital - what does this old digital Waldorf synth bring to the table (except maybe nostalgic feelings)?

The sound is completely different. It's a bit shrill, aliasy, metallic, but full at the same time, and sounds really nice. It got tons of character. In fact it has a very strong personality, that I haven't heard from alot if synths these days. I hate to use the word "musical" because wtf does that even mean but this synth has tons of musicality.

I have no experience of the original and was wondering the same as McDoom. I hear a downsampled quality, but I also see an explanation on the Waldorf YouTube channel of the limitations of the hardware processor resulting in variations in envelope timing. So that musical quality may be a constant variation in envelopes, an inconsistency similar to that of analog synths.

It just sounds good bro

[Synthman2000]

There is no synth I dislike entirely but I think there is a line somewhere and I am at this line. You can change the sonic character of any synth to a degree especially so degrading sound as opposed to making it cleaner, clearer. Either by programming it in specific ways or in this case use a bit rate reducer if it is 8 bit as someone says above, use EQ cut the top end away, turn your effects off if dry synths are characterful now.

You cannot polish a t*** but you can daub a diamond.

No effects on a synth is now a feature ?

I have no idea where they get this price from either.

It could also be this comes at a time when I am just synthed out and satisfied.

Disagreement is part of a healthy, balance of opinions.

I would love to hear a full track made by this synth. I wonder what it would be like what style ?

[stimresp]

You seem to be missing the point of this synth. Happily there are many others to choose from if it doesn't suit your tastes. Not sure who you are trying to convince here.

[chagzuki]

I would love to hear a full track made by this synth. I wonder what it would be like what style ?

It is pricey; if it were cheap I'd buy it just to play around with. I'm trying the demo and it sits in the soundstage very differently from everything else. I'm tempted to buy it just to for the experience of figuring out how it behaves. Maybe it will just teach me that I can do more useful things with bitcrush type FX than I'd realised.
I bought OB-1 recently and that took me on a learning curve back to appreciating Repro-1 more (which I've had for ages).

[Synthman2000]

You seem to be missing the point of this synth. Happily there are many others to choose from if it doesn't suit your tastes. Not sure who you are trying to convince here.

Not trying to convince anyone really just sharing what I hear, that is what the forum is for.

I am happy as is.

[Synthman2000]

I would love to hear a full track made by this synth. I wonder what it would be like what style ?

It is pricey; if it were cheap I'd buy it just to play around with. I'm trying the demo and it sits in the soundstage very differently from everything else. I'm tempted to buy it just to for the experience of figuring out how it behaves. Maybe it will just teach me that I can do more useful things with bitcrush type FX than I'd realised.
I bought OB-1 recently and that took me on a learning curve back to appreciating Repro-1 more (which I've had for ages).

It's silly money for not very much, May as well have released a rompler of the factory presets.

Unless you are selling presets you will be hard pressed finding anyone who actually programs it.

There will be fanboys and girls to be balanced, though very highly unlikely, who are loving the unique 'character' and heritage of Waldorf synths and that's it really.

Once the short lived dopamine hit wears off (literally after first use) It'll be in the sales for $40.00 a go soon. Just a flash in the pan a reissue of a dull digital synth trying desperately to be analogue.

People need something, you know.... any thing really, these days.

[martiu]

you seem to share a lot for someone that dislikes the synth, when i don't like a synth or FX plugin, i am not participating in dedicated threads about them at all

[Synthman2000]

I am a sound lover and just so happened to hear it mainly by chance. Mostly I don't bother but for some reason I disliked it quite a bit this time. It's 2024 and this is not good by 2024 standards.

It's all covered 10 x over.

There is a lot in between AI BS and this re-issue stuff.

None of which make the music you write any better.

YOU make you music better. So much distraction and $$$ down the drain, I see much more clearly now.

[Neon Breath]

you seem to share a lot for someone that dislikes the synth, when i don't like a synth or FX plugin, i am not participating in dedicated threads about them at all

He keeps hammering here that he doesn't like it. Dude is just trying to convince himself he doesn't like it and now is wondering why the hell he bought all those fancy pricey wavetables synths.

[martiu]

he regrets his serum purchase, i can tell

[Synthman2000]

you seem to share a lot for someone that dislikes the synth, when i don't like a synth or FX plugin, i am not participating in dedicated threads about them at all

He keeps hammering here that he doesn't like it, dude is trying to convince himself he doesn't like it and now is wondering why the hell he bought all those fancy pricey wavetables synths.

Yes in another reality that you have fabricated .

[Synthman2000]

he regrets his serum purchase, i can tell

Actually you are not that far wrong on that.

[El°HYM]

[Ah_Dziz]

I gotta say that they did a great job modeling their old synth. The pulse was always my favorite Waldorf synth by far and I don't think I can justify 100 bucks on this just for fun.

For those asking "who has ever used this", it's been used by damn near every band and producer that used synths while this synth was available and listening to the VST side by side with the hardware, I'm not hearing any major shortcomings on the the software. It's either something you like or it isn't. They did a damn fine job with it though.