Description

8-voice polyphonic Wavetable Synthesizer

With M, Waldorf returns to its roots and revives the Microwave and Microwave II sound generation in modern Genwand as a hybrid wavetable synthesizer. The M features a 24dB/oct analogue lowpass VCF – SSI 2144 Improved Ladder Type – with resonance and analogue saturation functions, a true analogue stereo VCA with panning option and much more in a desktop-friendly format with a variety of unique sounds. The numerous presets – 2,048 in total (divided into 16 banks of 128 sounds each) – were programmed by world-renowned sound designers and also include all the classic Microwave sound sets such as MW1 Factory Sound Set, MW1 Soundpool 1-5, the fat-sounding Analogue and Bassco as well as PPG Wave 2.3 sounds. In addition, M also offers freshly programmed sounds that make use of the countless new functions – from real Hard Sync (in Modern Microwave II/XT mode) to the ARP (arpeggiator) and the MIDI-synchronisable global LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator).

• Hybrid Wavetable Synthesizer
• 2 wavetable oscillators with separate wavetable sound generation and two different models (Waldorf Microwave I and Waldorf MicrowaveII)
• 96 factory wavetables + 32 memory locations for user wavetables
• Polyphony: 8/16 voices (16 voices with Voice Expansion Board installed)
• Analogue low-pass filter with 24 dB/oct (SSI 2144 extended cascade filter) with saturation
• Amplifier: Analogue stereo VCA for each voice
• Four envelope generators: Time/level wave envelope with eight segments, VCF and VCA ADSR envelopes and a freely assignable time/level envelope with four segments
• 2 LFOs with different waveforms
• Arpeggiator with 16 preset patterns, chord mode, synchronisable to MIDI clock
• Sound memory: 2048 sound programs + 128 multi-programs
• quadruple multi-timbral (four parts can be distributed to four stereo outputs)
• compatible with Waldorf Microwave I sysex data (for soundbank transfer/sound transfer)
• colour display
• connections: Headphones, stereo out (L (mono) + R), stereo aux out (A – D), MIDI Thru/MIDI Out/MIDI In jacks, USB 2.0 MIDI connection, SD card slot, Kensington-compatible security lock
• Dimensions: 44 x 30.5 x 8.5 cm
• Weight: 5.7 kg