Alesis Micron Piano VS. Waldorf Micro Q

[MULTIKILLIONARE]

This absolutely beautiful. The soundscape you create just fills my mind.

[zero33AD]

nice sound design!

Question on the Ion, can you pla audio e.g. a cd player through the audio on and play over the top, so you have in effect a backgin track to play with?

And also I know theres no usb, but is there a software editor for the micron at all?

[cbulen]

Gtechture

I am looking for a small keyboard that I can layer sequences with, to make simple songs (I am a hobbyist, and a noob, not really a muscian). The Micron and the MicroQ have both caught my interest. I know the Micron has a sequencer, but I cannot determine if the MicroQ does as well. I downloaded the manual, and it's not obvious.

I could buy a Micron now, or not buy it, and save up for the MIcroQ (used). Can you make any recommendations?

[hypotheria]

Im so gonna buy a micron and use my bcr2000 to controll it.

[Vanopelli]

Got MicroKorg 1st, to accompany my Roland D2 and me playing Native American Flutes and vocals. Hard for me to program. (I'm technically challenged).

Just purchased Micron, and what a breeze, and now I've opened the manual. I feel free in saying that with my limited experience, the Micron "smokes" the Korg, though I'm sure in more capable hands such as yours, the Korg might be quite wicked. Namaste, vanopelli

[jppf2006]

I have a blofeld about 2 weeks, great machine but no multi sounds or combinations from factory. Where to find sounds for this "beast". Neither waldorf have a decent suport for machine.

[oktology]

It's a synthesizer, not a Casiotone. Program it.

That's what those knobs are for.

[mjh0055]

Nice work!

[Agenor333]

I've carefully listened to both in isolation. And i can say i largely prefer Warldof stuff. I don't know about micro Q, but the Blofeld completely smoke the Alesis toy.

[Gtechture]

An objective comparison of the synthesizers would be more helpful than arbitrarily stating that one 'smokes' the other. You may start by comparing the structures of the synths or their sonic idiosyncrasies. Referring to the Alesis as a toy only underscores your lack of understanding of it and whatever biases you may have.

[astashrider]

@Gtechture Strangely, I bought my micron when a Micro Q I ordered from eBay ended up being DOA. The micron is not a toy, it is a powerful and extremely programmable synthesizer!

[bogdanmarcol]

Shut up and let the kid play!

[brwest16]

totally mindblowing

[J1mmyS1des]

Alesis should pay you commission mate, cos you've sold me!

[Gtechture]

hahaha, I e-mailed them asking about that but they said there was nothing to do about it. I was trying to get an andromeda or at least a fusion out of them. Its a great synth though wether you are playing presets or programming. Cheers

[HoweGavin]

Im considering buying one (depending how much birthday cash I get) its just, i read about how alot of peoples microns broke, and Im scared of this.

[103959770979]

You can not compare Any Waldord with any Alesis, Alesis is cheap poop from China they only have one ok one the Andromeda plenty of issues with the knobs, Waldorf is Daddy in Synthies, old school and decades of musical history worldwide.

[Gtechture]

Overall the Micron and Waldorf are practically the same except the Waldorf has wavetables and 24 notes of polyphony. They Waldorf is much more digital sounding than the micron. Both have very extensive parameters and modulation matrixs. Waldorf is actually quite a young company and lacks any historical presence, they began by emulating the PPG's of the mid-eighties. Alesis makes an outstanding synthesizer for the money.

[Gtechture]

"Alesis is cheap poop from China"- The origin of manufacture has nothing to do with the quality of the instrument in sound or build quality. The notion that it does manifests its self in the imagination only. The Micron may not be built like the Micro Q but that is because it is less than half of the price. As far as sound quality goes, alesis is warmer and more natural sounding and the waldorf is digital, ppg, digital synth sounding.

[R31Bi]

Gtechture: the only thing i do not agree with is the "practically the same", because the ION / micron engine is very different from the micro q's, which is more traditional virtual-analogue, whilst ion/micron use the proprietary waveshaping/morphing from alesis :)

[Gtechture]

The Wave-shaping function on the micron achieves similar results as the Pulse Width parameter on the Micro Q. In the end they are completely different sounding synthesizers but their structures are indisputably similar. They both have 3 Osc ,dual filters, 3 EGs, a freely assignable modulation matrix...

[sevensevenwhy]

add additionally 2 OSCs and 1 EG to the Waldorf and then it's correct! :D

[simulache]

did you program the drums using the micron or the microQ?

also, you can connect rack synths and play them through the micron, right? i look up the microQ and don't see any keys.

[Gtechture]

The drums were programmed on the Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard. The Waldorf Micro Q comes in keyboard form but they are extremely hard to find. See in the video the synth looks like the rack with keys attacked to it

[naakkve10]

Reminds me of Black Moth Super Rainbow

[FrailPumpkin]

Wow thats really nice :) I love your work gtechture, you really should set up a website or something which us not so amazing Micron users can learn a thing or two :)

[KallMeKris]

"Outter Space Beautiful"...(is what i i would title that)

[robbelliii]

Wish you could dump me some of the analog pianos you have programmed.  I followed Mitch Sigman's Key Mag article, but it didn't sound right to me. My E-MU E-Synth nails it though.

[robocelot]

You are the only other person I've seen besides myself with both a Micron and the (relatively) rare Micro-Q Keyboard! I guess I'm not the only one who thinks that having two virtual analogs isn't a bad thing.

[Gtechture]

I like analog synths but I love digital synths. They are far more flexible, cheaper, and more mysterious. I even enjoy playing and programming PCM based synths.

[weirdo50]

oh sorry, i didn't see that it's a wire behind the knob

[weirdo50]

great demonstration of both synth's capabilities! what is that you have hooked up to the micron's control knob?

[fischek]

very nice sounds and great atmosphere