WALDORF Q - Synth Review, Sounds & Demo | A Powerful Digital Synthesizer From 1999

Waldorf Q synth review, sounds and demo featuring an overview of Waldorf Q's features, patches and music making capabilities. In this Waldorf Q synthesizer review I do a walk through of the synth, play various sounds, and showcase the Waldorf Q's live performance and sound design abilities.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:40 - Overview
02:10 - Oscillators
04:15 - FM
05:30 - Osc Sync
06:11 - Osc Layering + Glide
06:49 - LFOs
09:02 - Ring Mod
09:38 - Noise + Summary
10:13 - Filter Routing & Types
13:14 - Filter FM
14:38 - Filter Pan Mod
15:39 - Amp Mod
16:03 - Effects
20:13 - Arpeggiator
22:56 - Arp Pattern Editing
24:39 - Envelopes
25:21 - Step Sequencer
26:11 - Patch Morphing
27:09 - Mod Matrix
27:31 - Multi-timbrality
29:48 - Drum Maps
30:11 - Summary

30:33 - Sounds, Presets & Patches

50:23 - Pros
55:57 - Cons
01:02:28 - Final Thoughts

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Released in 1999, the Waldorf Q is one of the most powerful virtual analog digital synthesizers ever created. It comes in 16 or 32 voice (rare) versions and is 16-part multi-timbral, which allows for many sounds at once in live performances, and features a ton of hands-on control.

The Waldorf Q has 3 oscillators (saw, triangle, sine, square w/ PWM and 2 wavetables on osc 1/2), a ring modulator, oscillator sync, FM between osc 1-3, glide, noise, pitch mod, and supports external audio-in and a vocoder. The Waldorf Q also has 3 LFOs with 6 waveshapes (sine, tri, saw, square, S&H, random) which go into audio rate and support sync, delay, keytracking, fade, clock, and phase.

The filter section of the Waldorf Q is very flexible thanks to a dual filter setup for both serial and parallel filter modes, and the routing can be adjusted by various amounts. There are multiple filter types (LPF, PPG Lowpass, BPF, HPF, Notch, Comb), slopes (12 and 24 dB), and controls (cutoff, resonance, keytracking, envelope, pan and pan mod, FM, drive) for the filters.

In addition to this, the Waldorf Q features 4 envelopes (filter, amp and 2 mod envelopes), all of which can be looped. It also has 2 FX engines with multiple effects (chorus, delay, phaser, reverb, downsampler, 5.1 delay, tap delay, overdrive and more), a programmable arpeggiator (accents, timing, swing, glide, chords, velocity and more) and a 32-step polyphonic sequencer with saveable patterns.

Furthermore, the Waldorf Q has a 16-slot modulation matrix which runs at audio rate depending on the type of routings, has "modifiers" (addition, subtraction, multiplication, XOR, AND, OR, min, max) to further enhance routings, and has a patch morphing capability (Xphorm) between 2 sounds at once.

The Waldorf Q's extension output options, including digital S/PDIF, provides pristine sound quality, and the 61-key aftertouch keyboard feels great. With room for 300 custom patches, drum maps and 100 performances, there is plenty of room to store your sounds.

The Waldorf Q is exceptionally powerful and versatile for sound creation and live performance, and can do everything from pads, leads, basses, effects, FM tones, to all types of soundscapes and wavetable-based sounds. It is a fantastic synth to get lost in and can take you places most digital synths can only dream of. From my observation they are available on the second hand market but are somewhat difficult to come by, and prices have been rising over the years.

The Waldorf Q represents the pinnacle of their virtual analog digital synthesizer design and even though it was released in 1999, it still remains far ahead of its time even 20+ years later. If you have the opportunity to get your hands on one, you won't be disappointed.

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