Review

ManualsBrandsWaldorf ManualsKeys8-Voice Hybrid Synthesiser

Waldorf Quantum £3,500

Waldorf’s intriguing Quantum pairs a futuristic interface with

boundary-bending synth technology! Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman

travels into the future!

CONTACT WHO: Waldorf / Hand-in-Hand Distribution WEB: www.waldorfmusic.com KEY FEATURES 61-note velocity/aftertouch keybed. 8 voices.

4 engines. 3 digital oscs per-voice. Sampling/import. Dual analogue 24/12dB LPFs. Digital Former with comb, high-pass, band-pass and notch ﬁ lters, bitcrusher. 40

slot mod-matrix/6 envelopes/6 LFOs. Sequencer/Arpeggiator. 5 effect blocks per-layer. 8 effects types. DIMENSIONS: 1006 x 401 x 131mm WEIGHT: 17.9kg

REVIEWS

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FM | REVIEWS Waldorf quantum £3,500 Waldorf’s intriguing Quantum pairs a futuristic interface with boundary-bending synth technology! Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman travels into the future! CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Waldorf / Hand-in-Hand Distribution WEB: www.waldorfmusic.com 61-note velocity/aftertouch keybed. 8 voices. 4 engines. 3 digital oscs per-voice. Sampling/import. Dual analogue 24/12dB LPFs. Digital Former with comb, high-pass, band-pass and notch filters, bitcrusher.
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Waldorf Quantum | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + It’s capable of so much sonically but somehow remains largely intuitive Built like a tank, with solid controls, clear and snappy touchscreen and beautiful graphics Spec’d to the hilt! - Rattling noise from master compressor at higher settings on our review model No multimode for the analogue filter (though the Digital Former makes up for this) Certain select boxes are a little narrow onscreen F rom the beastly Wave, through to their Nave and Largo software
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Reviews | Waldorf Quantum THE ALTERNATIVES Sequential Prophet X £3,359 DSI’s new flagship, coupling 8DIO multi-sample sets (150GB included) and user sample import (50GB space) coupled with DSI’s digital-oscillator engine, powerful modulation features, effects and stereo analogue filters davesmithinstruments.
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Waldorf Quantum | Reviews your own via SD card. You can cycle through the wavetables in many radical ways using the Travel parameter or set the position the wavetable starts at when you press a key, change the harmonic spectrum, get the Quantum to speak typed words and much more besides. With just one wavetable oscillator (and using the many onboard parameters plus modulation), Wavetable mode is capable of vastly complex shifting and evolving sounds.