Waldorf Blofeld My Favorite Sounds

[bitcrushnpranksta]

hey do you have the midi controller mapped out to the blofeld?

[RazKfir]

2:25 what song is it from please?

i remember its a house track if im not mistaken...

[KotroLaszloLehel]

@RazKfir Every Breath You Take - Police

[Aeromester]

Nagyon jó!!

[HGFSynthesizer]

Thanks for your helpful tools for the blofeld ;-)

[GekoMusic942]

NIce video!

[ziggystardust48]

This is my first time hearing the Waldorf Blofeld - some interesting sounds....working incorperating other synths is certainly worthwhile looking at...methinks....

[shckltnebay]

wow this seams to sound much better than the jp8080 I had.

[hardweird]

Nice demo...but the recording is totally lo-fi...maybe a youtube thing and you might get an idea of how it sounds like but well...it's just not even 80% what the blofeld sounds due to bad mp3 compression here. If you want to buy that synth...check the hifi audio demos elsewhere. 7:45 and 8:18 is the nice stuff you can't get out of most other VA's.

[charliecromo]

SHOW MUST GOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOON!

[MaximKorobov]

@charliecromo, yeap! The preset with large reverb in the mix quite similar to original.

[lemsta007]

just bought one , while I pissed up on a bottle of JD , but looking forward to add to my Q ..

[javiceres]

Thanks for programming the Wavetable editor/creator, simple and genious !!!!!

[ErikVilardo1]

whats the song at 7:45?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

@ErikVilardo1 Vangelis - Hymn

[mynmyself]

could it be compared to a nord or even access virus when speakin of REALLY digital sounding patchs? i have two analogs, so i have that covered, now i want some cool digital glitches and chords and stuff...

[orientalflux]

I luv that Axel F

[melo477]

sander van doorn uses it too :P

[DAVIDAS94]

What is the song starting at 4:51 ? is it Emile Waldteufel ?

I love it....but can't remember its name....

[KotroLaszloLehel]

@DAVIDAS94

Orchester Les Humphries - Derrick (TB series)

[DAVIDAS94]

@KotroLaszloLehel

Thks !

[Brianthesuperdog]

this sounds utter shite to me...

[NickDrake101]

This was the best demo on YT. Got me to buy the Keyboard Blo! BTW Fav here...DAS BOOT obviously.

[kormanmanu]

does this synth worths to buy it?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

@kormanmanu

Yes!!!

[Fsicken]

@KotroLaszloLehel does it work with every keybord?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

@Fsicken Yes, with every midi keyboard.

[muggle911]

@KotroLaszloLehel thanks for the great demo, definitely considering the blofeld now. i'm a newbie so excuse the dumb question, but with the blofeld can i layer sound on sound live and play them simulataneously e.g. first drum, then bass synth, then lead synth etc. or would i have to do that using some recording/mixing software like ableton?

[kormanmanu]

does it worth to buy somebody the blofeld?

[auxili160]

upside down text. thumbs down for silliness

[pomfrit93]

how many voices?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

@pomfrit93

1024patch and up to 25 voice polyphoni

[mrbouncelol]

i cant believe these sounds for such a low price

[LikidySplitz]

Does the synth have an arp or is that your midi controller output?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, the synth have arp.

[Rockab33]

Hello do you share your presets ?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, available on my website.

lady rdsor ro / ~kotro

[djilyaz]

I think this sounds more useable than the Mopho. It may not be analog, but who cares?

[foofeo]

@djilyaz I'm with you, not to mention its polyphonic.

[jamesallan87]

is that an EMU Xboard? Ive been using the 49 key version for a few years now, keys arent great but the aftertouch is awesome :)

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, EMU Xboard 49!

[X5092X]

Im thinking about using this sound modul thogheter whit an M-AUDIO KEYSTATION 88ES

You think thats a good idé? Sorry if my english sucks Im from Sweden :p

[KotroLaszloLehel]

The M-AUDIO KEYSTATION 88ES (keyboard for a life) is a very good keyboard but not have aftertouch and with aftertouch you can controll many parameters on Blofeld.

Sorry if my english sucks Im from Romania and my mother toungue is Hungarian:p

[X5092X]

@KotroLaszloLehel No problems I understand you :p

[bixiecribs]

Sounds like a very typical synth. Hope you didn't pay too much for it.

[v8bert]

@bixiecribs I can understand why this vid with presets and limited sound quality could give you that idea. However, the Blofeld is incredibly powerful and versatile, and incredibly cheap in addition.

[Hammelfurz]

funny, you even have the synthesizer and midi keyboard

[FieserBauer]

i would like to know if theres any kind of rhodes sound in it?

great video, great skillz!!! =)

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes! Thanx.

[dante666diaz]

Is there a purpose for the text being upside down? Or is it just an error?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

No error.

[dante666diaz]

Am I missing something? Do people just enjoy reading text upside down?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes. Sorry but, I like this.

[beerdekoele]

Nice video. I didn't know that there are organs in the blofeld. Are there more organs in it?, I'm thinking of buying the blofeld?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes You can create new sounds, new organs with or without my software.

[MrHeiko1970]

Hi, because of this video i decided to buy the machine. really high quality sounds. thanks a lot, greetings from germany.

[Aykeybeatz]

Great demo.

I assume you can hook up your waldorf to a DAW computer system and play everything through a midi keyboard and record all the sounds right into a DAW?

Since it's usb and midi.

thanks for the info

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes. Midi over USB and audio signal recorded over the soundcard with ableton live.

[ColiniskOoLeR]

so you just hook this up via midi to any keyboard and you've got a synth?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes.

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Eminem Ft. Dido-Stan

[Vondur]

The sound that starts at 3:20 is amazing.

[weaponEX]

yeah sorry! it sounds brilliant by the way

[weaponEX]

Wow, it's not even upside or anything

[CynikalProductions1]

Cool thanks for the demo. Is the song at 0:24 from the game Castlevania?

[djjessebase10]

I just have the mixer from FL and a midi one to control it <_<. But I've got an alrigt m-audio soundcard

[djjessebase10]

Does this thing have stereo if you use audio through usb?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

No audio over USB(only midi).

[djjessebase10]

Thx, is it dynamic panning or do I have to record like 50% at left then 50% at right or is it perfectly balanced already? My SH-201 does not have dynamic panning :(

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, it is perfectly balanced already!

[djjessebase10]

Very nice! Thx again ^^. This will be the next thing I'm buying for my studio. Its awesome!

[JonnyBoyWeb]

Io mi domando se i suoni sono i preset del Blofeld o li hai creati tu.

[lalelalelas]

name of the song at 0:58 pleaseeeeeee

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Axel F (Harold Faltermeyer)

[BatesyBatesMusic]

Heh, Heaven one of my favourites as well :)

[Tetsuoha]

A Mezga Csaladnal rajottem, h magyar vagy :))

[KotroLaszloLehel]

:) Igen!

[ittaital]

Hi,

Thanks for this demo. It surely helps with deciding what to buy.

I just bought my own Blofeld. You can hear the first track under:

blofeld waldorf - sounds and presets

Ittaital

thanks !

[SyntherL]

6:50, what is the song, please?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

U96 - Das Boot

[FCO0710]

how much poplyphony does this thing have? Some of the pads and chords are just beautiful

[KotroLaszloLehel]

25 voice.

[DigitalJMusic]

Thanks for showing this:D sounds really cool, another question, is it possible to tweak your own sounds? because i'm looking for something like a Virus Ti

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, of course.

[adultricola]

yes

[Musanuka]

i'm considering gettin the blofeld.. does it have a drum machine?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

No drum machine only arp.

[electroflux]

If you get the sl expansion you can add your own drums.

[karlharleman]

Hey! I've got the same keyboard as you and I'm considering buying a blofeld! Can you midi control anything on the blofeld from the knobs on the keyboard?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes! Very good combination (xboard + blofeld)!

[karlharleman]

That's really cool!

The only downside to the blofeld is the cold sound. From what I've heard on the youtube videos it doesn't really sound that warm or fat, it has more of a thinner ambient sound (maybe it's just all the reverb everyone puts on). I think I'm looking for a more mainstream sounding synth if that makes sence..

Please tell me I'm wrong because everything else on this synth is so right, the small size, the knobs, the large screen and the price.

[KotroLaszloLehel]

You can do any type of sounds with blofeld. The sounds can be very fat. Try the DSI Mopho (Tetra, Prophet) or MiniMoog for more fat sounds.

[karlharleman]

I use a lot of trumpet sounds in my productions. Can I make the blofeld sound like a trumpet?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, only Trumpet like sounds!

[sacredgeometry]

do you mean synthesized horns? because any synth can do them. Its a matter of setting it right, if you want actual trumpet sounds your better off looking at a sampler or hiring some session musicians because no matter how good you are at synthesis there will allways be a difference.....well for now haha

[Gwyo]

"cold sound", yes. They look great, but I find the Blofeld sound grating, annoying. I have two working prototypes here on my shelf collecting dust...

[fizzydiodes]

kind of weird or maybe not as i keep thinking the same thing ? i put it down to the online videos as i dont own one , can anyone else comment on this ? sounds really brittle ?

[testclipper]

@karlharleman fuck warm synths. buy one of the million virtual analog synths to replicate 'warm'. this is a wavetable synth and it's all about "ICE COLD"..

[R31Bi]

@testclipper still a VA, not a wavetable - based on number of tables, the access virus ti would be a wavetable synth too; they're virtual analogues with added (sweet) features. the blo sure can sound digital and cold, even with waldorf's signature pleasant sound, but it CAN be warm. If it had not lost any features of the uQ (and maintained the new ones...wavetables, more filter saturation types...) i would get one in no time. Luckily, i do own a uQ

[bearlinrecords]

great synth! :) Just got one last week.

I love my Waldorf Blofeld!!! :D

[gmuchiutti5150]

Amazing!

[caprine888]

Az a kis doboz a szintihez jár vagy az külön még valami hangmodul?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

A kis doboz a szinti (Waldorf Blofeld) a billentyűzet (Emu XBoard49) pedig csak billentyűzet!

[caprine888]

Ja tényleg .leesett hát én is ezt a midi billt akartam megvenni... És azt meg tudod mondoni hogy így mennyi a szinti?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

398 Euro (thomann de)

1399 Ron (soundcreation ro)

117000 Huf (absolute hu)

[Eclipsepoland]

this little shit sounds good..

[adamkukuk]

great sounds. thanks for the vid.

[ProgRog]

Did you play some russian tunes in here, or was it just my imagination?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes, at 7.32 to 7.45 (the majority is hungarian song).

[Haushaltsgeraet]

Question: Is it possible to link it up with a bass via a bass-to-midi-engine and thus use the bass as a midi controller?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Answer: Yes! Blofeld has standard midi in port (no out and thru) and usb midi in/out port.

[waynegacy666]

If you have a Midi interface with standard Midi out, you can

[veiss8801]

Great synth demo.. Except for the upside down text hah

[forjustnu]

Dude, this Synth! <3

[stupidfli]

how many sounds does it come with

[KotroLaszloLehel]

1024 sounds (rewriteable)

64 multi sounds

[DJBlackedHeart]

Blofeld + Midi controller

or

microkorgXL

I will playing a lot everywhere and I really love the voocoder of the XL but man it got great sounds !!

[GamerConor]

go with the blofeld, microKORGs are gay.lol

[indieclock]

that arpeggiated electric harp made me cry my dick off.

[raizumichin]

Nice demo, but you kinda rush over some of the presets, would've been nice to hear some more of each sound. But still, a very nice demo.

What keyboard controller are you using?

[XYtoTheDoubleG]

Very well done!

Such a great number of patches demoed

I will hopefully be doing a blofeld demo soon.....

[pidgin]

Great to hear some of the more conventional presets. And nice to see someone else with an XBoard :) great controller.

Now I'm getting a Blofeld for sure.

[Fender1976uk]

Just ordered one of these :)

[krunk1586]

i think i heard queen show must go on in their somewhere

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes! On 1:48.

[vizistep]

Nice video. And XBoard rocks too - an unbeatable midi keyboard for the price together with an unbeatable synth for the price - priceless!

[HoxygenSound]

thank you for demo. now I want to buy it

[SSJ2D2]

WHOA. Want one.

[mamadiego]

please what is the name of the song that begins on 4: 42 i a searching it for ages

[KotroLaszloLehel]

The answer: Kalinka Russian Song (Katyusa).

[tyggy]

No, the song name is Podmoskovnye Vechera or Подмосковные Вечера in russian. Try search it

[djRen78]

Have one of these in my setup and i love it. Versatile little gizmo with plenty of features to create some extrordinary sounds that stand out from other machines.

[benskia]

Have you got any clothes on?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

No, of course :)

[wumpibatz]

Very very good demo - thanks - dangerous for my banking account !

:-)

[djjessebase10]

Ohh I bet you can do some superb electronic weird background and leadstuff with that thing :)

[Sailjunkie61]

I'll add one more to MarctheDarc's list...an Access Virus Ti desktop. I have one and it is something to behold. I want more arpegitation though, so I'm looking at one of these or possibly a DSI Evolver

[xwanbawx]

sounds amazing considering how much it costs

[fluegelc]

great. makes me buy one thx alot!

[CountYorik]

Definitely getting one. The first 2 presets sound like they're the eerie synthesizer sound from the Command & Conquer map screen. Briliant video.

[MarctheDarc]

There's only 2 desktop competitors at this price-range, the DSi Mopho and the DSi Evolver desktop. They all pretty much share the same interface limitations. I havent seen much of the Evolver but i know both the Blofeld and Mopho to be strong items at great value, pair either with a good midi keyboard and you have an instrument that offers real competition to the new MicroKORG XL, the Roland SH-201 or any low cost Analog Modelling synth really.

ALL good options, dont count out the Blofeld!!

[carter1210]

I bought one at Christmas and sold it within 2 weeks, for the way I work it's just not practical, really slows me down and the preset sounds aren't good for techno. There are loads of them on ebay saying 'virtually brand new' which leads me to think other people have done the same. By all means, if you want to mess about for ages with it then get one, but I found much better results using my virus and software lie the sc 1080v and Minimoog.

[lilbizbone]

WHAT MIDI KEYBOARD IS THAT?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

E-mu X-board 49.

[RealMemoryDecay]

Great sounds!!!!!

[victims00]

hey guys i have just seen that there is now a new keyboard of this. Is this exactly the same as the blofeld just with added keys? also i am loving the sounds, is this easy to use as i am just starting out? please help someone as need a synth quickly. thanks x

[jewto0b]

The keyboard is just a midi controller. The Blofeld doesn't have keys, it's just a tabletop synth. It's pretty easy to use, but creating patches can be a harder task especially with such a limited interface and controls. It's much much easier to program that other similar synths such as Viruses. The Blofeld also has no midi out so interfacing with other synths will be a problem.

[callmebetty89]

This video just inspired me to save up for one of these.

[sharpazn]

woaaaa... very PHAT sounds!

[TjugoGotoTio]

What is that song ur playing at 4:52 ?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

The "Derrick" TV series.

[TjugoGotoTio]

Thanks!

[hard2start427]

add &fmt=18 for stereo

watch?v=Gj6tEdQGrFA&fmt=18

[Biopharmer]

I'm ordering one today! I'm so excited because I've been trying to get a ppg wave 2, and could never find one. And I know this doesn't replace a ppg, but It's the closest thing today.

[aikighost]

So how is it? Can you get close to the PPG wave Sound?

[Biopharmer]

actually i don't know how close it can get to a ppg, it's gotten really close to what i've heard of a ppg. It also nails a microwave, if you turn the oscillator brilliance up all the way.

[Biopharmer]

i'll just use my dx7 for keys

[HoweGavin]

omg I cant wait to get these

[HoweGavin]

OK so Im sold on the waldorf, now Im trying to find a good midi keyboard for under 400

any recommendations?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

My favorite midi keyboard is Novation X-Station (the best feeling) & Emu X-Board.

[HoweGavin]

ok cool, I was looking at the emu and it looks like the one you got in the vid right?

its alot cheaper than the xstation, does it lack in quality at all? or just knobs and functions?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes.

The Emu Xboard = midi keyboard + 1 VST instrument (aprox 1500 sampled instruments)

The XStation = midi keyboard + soundcard + virtual analog synth

The XStation keyboard feeling little bit better.

[HoweGavin]

yeah, the xboard has more keys for half the price though, so Ima go with it. are those 1500 sampled instruments on the actual keyboard, or on on the computer?

[KotroLaszloLehel]

The xboard is (not have sounds) only a midi controller(). The 1500 instruments only the computer (PC only)!

Try emu site.

[HoweGavin]

thats what I thought, I was just hoping lol

I have micro x anyways with about that many instruments, I cant wait to get the blo

this thing just sounds so amazing

[HoweGavin]

oh yeah, one more question, does it really have a vocoder?

all the websites say it does but blofelds, this leads me to assume it doesnt

[KotroLaszloLehel]

For this price No! All Waldorf synths have vocoder except blofeld :(

[HoweGavin]

oh, thats disappointing, but I think Id only use the vocoder in like 2 songs anyways, and I can always buy microkorg, so Im not trippin

[Romxero]

that was a great video, I was deciding when I get some money to buy either the Evolver or the Blofeld, and now I made my decision.

[HoweGavin]

what was that decision, Im trying to decide between an r3 and an evolver, or just this thing

[nm87]

great vid, thanks.

[jaxter73]

the waldorf blofeld is great!!!!!!

[synthisist]

Hi Biopharmer was right... I've just seen that there is a new Blowfeld with a keyboard called the Blofeld Keys....

An interesting option along with the emu x-board...

[danmusicstoke]

this is defanatly my next synth

should prove very usefull =]

great vid

[Biopharmer]

WALDORF BLOFELD KEYBOARD!

[synthisist]

Hi, I also have an x-board with after-touch control. Does the after-touch work with the Blofield? What if you combined the 2 together - using the 0029Breather, or the guitar sound Grusty. You can also combine it with the fantastic Arturia Analog Factory (or CS80V) and the incredible G-Force String Machine..

One day I might do a video of my own...

Could you do more Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis sounds and songs for us with this great instrument...

[KotroLaszloLehel]

Yes Blofeld have aftertouch!

[massia68]

Very good!!!! But please turn the name upsidedown! :) I can't stay so much time with my laptop turned!

Ciao Max!