Waldorf Blofeld demo part 2 of 2 by WC Olo Garb

[sonorzepp]

Thanks for the great demo, I'm convinced :)

[OnlyOmari]

These sounds are wonderful! Fantastic work!

[TolloBanan]

3:36-4:08 .. Whatta trip! Sonic and music-wise just a perfect blend

[mynmyself]

i love how u could make any synth sound raw, nasty, dirty and gross!!! great to see someone has its own style!!! im the total opposite...

[drumfish78]

oh my ... you are a nut case man ... great work ... how is the midi implementation in those machines ? i'd like to know more about cc# et prgch please because i'd buy the rack version & i always needs a lot of midi data from a machine. i read here & there that the blo often crashes & is unstable ... true ? keep your flow

[theHackerOfMayhem]

so Solid sound....  its a mirracle!!!

[sajlente]

8:53 sounds amazing

[lemsta007]

I have a waldorf Q , is it still worth adding this to my set up...

[javiceres]

@lemsta007 I had a micro Q and thought this would be the one and bought the desktop version. I like it but I recall the microQ sounding kinda more powerful and thicker, now I wonder if it's just nostalgia... or may be the Q would be it for me. I never got it because is so expensive the makes me feel guilty paying that for a digital synth, when you can have an old Virus, Blofeld... etc for so much less.

Have anyone compared the Q and blofelnde?

[javiceres]

@javiceres I must add that I've just get a Novation Nova and it just sounds so loud that gives you a certain impression of superiority over the blofeld, and that kind of crashes my dream of the Blo being the perfect synth.

I thought it would be a super-microQ but it actually sounds different.

[Tri3Dr]

@javiceres

Sorry, but i disagree with you in every part. At first i had Nova 7-8 years ago and i sold it soon forward. It had no balls. Too thin oscillators and it was needed to use all three, detune them slightly and every possible trick to get even little fatter sound out of it. I gave up pretty soon. IMO it was totally useless synth.

[javiceres]

@Tri3Dr Did you just turned the filter overdrive up a bit? OK, you can also do it with the Blo, but it would distort (nicely although) almost from the start, in the Nova the overdrive adds pure warmth and thickness (considerably) in first place (it seems to just enlarge, oversize the sound) and then it starts to distort at some point. And it has a quite nice double saw algorithm.

Just my opinion.

[Tri3Dr]

@javiceres

And what comes to Waldorfs.. you were disappointed about Blofeld even if you compared it to microQ?! Say whaat?

Blofeld is SUPERIOR to that. It's more like all previous Waldorf combined together plus even more. :D

It's microwave + Q + XT and having some extra capabilities like different wavetables at the same time. Plus option to load 60MB of samples to it (if licence is bought).

It's BTW also first time when Waldorfs wavetable synth has decent effects on board.. . .

[javiceres]

@Tri3Dr I just said:

" I like it but I recall the microQ sounding kinda more powerful and thicker" I didn't said better, besides specs aren't necessary what makes one instrument superior to another.

[Tri3Dr]

What comes to Blofelds sound it has crispy and thick sound when needed, can be sweet and very smooth as well. It also has vast amount of parameters compared to Nova. Or even microQ.

[javiceres]

@Tri3Dr Well I really like the Blo, but the amount of parameters is almost identical to the microQ. It has more clipping/overdrive curves and wavetables for sure, it also has the samples and the really nice brillance parameter for the oscillators, but it hasn't ring modulator as effect and VoCoder, both of them useable with the external audio inputs... and the reverb has less parameters ; ) although it sounds less artificial (I liked that artificial reverb for some over the top fx though).

[theHackerOfMayhem]

@javiceres - Q is the father & Blofeld  the son __ XT is a transvestite* :)))

[javiceres]

@theHackerOfMayhem ^_^!

[javiceres]

@javiceres Ok, no I have a Q ^_^

[Tri3Dr]

@lemsta007

Yes. Even if you would have XT and Q, even then this would bring something new to setup. Of course user interface lacks all of those nice knobs that there is in Q and XT.

[javiceres]

@lemsta007 If you have a chance to conpare them, please let me know your opinion.

[drtritri]

@javiceres

Yes, like i said: i have had both and there is no sense to talk about Nova in same day as any of this Waldorfs that has been discussed.

At the moment i have Blofeld, XT and Q. And i have to take some words back. Though Blofeld has more wavetables and some other parameters that Q or XT does not have, those older knobby machines have "that something" that Blofeld lacks.

It might be also that it's Blofeld that has some kind of annoying factor in its typical sound characteristics.

[javiceres]

@drtritri It's also a matter of knowing it.

I had the Nova IIX and now I have the Q (wich sounds great from the ground= Initialize a sound, sweep the filter and you can really FEEL the sound) and the Blofeld. First thing I'd do with Blo is turn off all the FX and then reduce the Amp Velocity to make it sound much louder without having to press the keys like there was no tomorrow. Also work with the OSC Brillance.

[drtritri]

@lemsta007

Depends how much money and how big studio you already have.

Blofeld brings some new dimensions and capabilities to Q but in certain aspects Q is much better. Maybe only way to really know is to try..? :)

[theHackerOfMayhem]

@drtritri both of them are kick ass instruments - ;)

[bealtown]

I have to say this fellow is a good player! He has his finger on so many cool synth feels, a whole catalog of 70s, 80s and 90s music.

What band is he in?

[rouncer81]

it really takes guys that can use synths to make synths, and this ones got some good sounds on it for sure. :)

[mynmyself]

hahaha johny balma and synths! great!

[kovacs111078]

yeah dude, waldorf synths for gold :P

[hogdriver32]

just the same as i said about pt1 10/10 dude

[nomanibot999]

urywa nogi razem z kapciami

[beatifictatter]

Amazing demo. I've not had time to dig in to my blofeld yet, going to bring it home from studio tonight...also what video effect/editing software are you using? It's cool, looks like old VHS or something

[009relic1]

i know you don't use presets..:) so are these the factory sounds you made sound better by tweaking? or your own samples put in the blofeld? thanks.

[H4NDCRAFTED]

I'm all about 6.27....yumyumyumyum :)

[coylesolid]

6:09 :) That's beautiful, reminds me of an old movie I saw in the mid-80's. Beautiful spacey music with lovely oscillators, one of my first memories.

[DeTzardis]

Forgot to say... your playing is awesome.

[uurpoo]

11:30 great

[ashlayyxlauren]

i threw up

[TRaddcliff]

wow 5:40 ....thats great!

[q7spiz]

Must be an expensive piano.

[kolby386]

The bit at 1:15 is just incredible.

[RYETJEAN]

=O  ohemgee

[chrissphinx]

motherfucking WIZARD nice

[shortinos]

man.......amazing. just amazing

[francislalan]

Now I want one... argh way too much cool gear to buy %-)

[TheBasshumer]

great vid!

Do any one know the size of this thing? I been searching like over the hole web.

[dr3tri]

Weight: approx. 8kg (9.5kg with packaging) 49 keys.

[corri303]

ok, plug in a drummachine and this is enough material for a whole effin amazing album!

greatest synth demo ever

[traumatek]

All your synth demos are amazing, but these two blofeld demos really stand out. It really seems like you finally have a machine that can possibly cure you of your G.A.S. You are just rocking out so.damn.hard, way more than anything else you posted.

Cheers and dont ever stop!

[francislalan]

@traumatek AGREE!

[djsmithy]

You should never buy a synth based on Jexus' demo of it,

he could make any synth sound good!

[hdebbache2000]

True but he emphasises differences between synths. Like here you can see a lot of distorted stuff, arpeggio use and downgraded (8-bit type) sounds. The demo of the Ion for instance had a disgusting organic sound from the use of the Comb filters. Nyways

[djsmithy]

Hehe, just trying to warn people who expect to get the same sounds instantly when they buy the synth! ;)

And funny you mentioned the Ion demo,

my favourite, even before his demo i digged the sound, i think i should get one.

[rezisehtnys]

Yep, thanks to Jexus I'll have horrendous nightmares of some man lady...

[00watcher]

I think that's a man

[JumpCheckProductions]

@StickyX10 LOL yeah she is

[synthxplayer]

I hear more gold from the Grand fingertips of Jexus.

You keep making videos, these are fucking sick.

:D

[Sakkinaama]

The part on 5:40 was AWESOME

[ItaloBen]

gee, just about every sound is harsh and utterly indigestible. Thanks for making a loud harsh recording. Suck my balls! And now, everybody give me a thumb down.! Quick, before somebody agrees with me!

[swisstony123]

Why the anger? No need to get upset

[shootyyy]

You need to calm down and go outside. This was an awesome video!

[009relic]

another KILLER session here. WOW!

[deisian88]

ahh,finally the long awaited Blofeld demo vid ;),well done,the synth is a monster!

[bgerkes]

*AMAZING*. That sound around 10.30 is goosebumps all over! Fantastic job.

[3z3three]

outstanding!

[jppf2006]

I´m Selling my Blofeld (desktop. New buyed june)

[RetroSoundsDA]

5:40 , sounds a lot like an old Atari game ;)

[TemporalCircuits]

terrific demo. you are a very unique sound designer and musician.

[mattsynth]

It is funny but I never really liked the sound of Waldorf equipment. I do like my Pulse + but for bass lines only. I had a Q and a XT but sold them both. Maybe it is the wavetable thing I do not care for. Great demo video Jexus. 5*****.

[dr3tri]

Mattsynth: I vice versa hooked to both of them.. that's why i propably wont buy Blofeld as i have them and they are filled with knobs also! :D

[gianfuzzi]

beautiful video. when tests the waldorf q?

[weatherkop]

I had to post again, 10:34 is serious

[lasseluktarsvavel]

awesome! just awesome

[weatherkop]

now there is a fucking synth, welcome to wavetable land my friend

[PlutoPig777]

Fantastic video! Wonderful art!

[SynthFreakShow]

I was waiting for this one.

Very nice video.