Exploring the Waldorf Q Keyboard

This a probably a boring video if you are not interested in the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer is driving the Synthesizers.com with a bass sound and the self-built Modular with the accompanying melody. The internal sequencer of the Waldorf Q Keyboard is synchronized with the MAQ16/3 MIDI clock doing a 8 step sequence which I transpose with the keyboard (to make the music a little bit less boring ;-). Fiddling with various dials but mainly the pulse width dials on VCO 1 and 2 to scan through the wave tables of the Alt1 wave selection, with the cutoff, resonance and envelop amount for the 24dB lowpass filter and with the decay for the filter ADSR. At 09:35 I switch to the PPG filter but then the video almost ends. You can see or download the full 15 minute version from my website.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Waldorf
• Keyboard
• Modular
• DotCom
• Doepfer
• MAQ16/3
• Synthesizers.com
• Sequencer
• Electronic
• Formant
• Martin
• Peters

[belagiorgo]

hey how much this cost this keyboard Waldorf Q synthesizer? you can control virtual mdi 2?

[attorks]

@belagiorgo I bought it 2nd hand for 700 euros. You can control it via MIDI but not as VST.

[bubblebottoon]

is there a download of this song,i love it,it has a faithlless sound to it,nice work

[attorks]

@bubblebottoon No, not yet. I'll see what I can do. I'll let you know.

[StudlyHero]

This is one of my favorite waldorf Q vids. I liked it so much that I recently acquired the yellow waldorf Q desktop. Also wondering if you upgraded your OS. I would like to do that on mine via Midi to usb cables with the turtle beach software on my PC. Do you know of a good Sysex Midi program for PC, and maybe a good tutorial? Thanks again for the the awesome vid.

[attorks]

@StudlyHero Congratulations with your Q. I upgraded the OS in the beginning because I wanted an initial configuration and the latest OS. If I remember correctly I used the QBankManager for that. I also uploaded some soundbanks with that. Can be downloaded from the Waldorf site in the downloads/q/tools section. But also Dumpster is a great and simple tool to dump and send MIDI Sysex.

[devmiles]

i had the yellow kb version. i sold all my VA synths and gone completely analog but have to say i sometimes miss this one. It's probably the best VA you can get. It sounds very convincing, harsh, vivid, bright..it has it all. waldorf has a very unique sound and you can go really deep. if you don't have the money to try out the big Q try the micro Q instead, great value for money.

[johnshima1]

lovely music mate, really good demo

[orientalflux]

dang.. I love this synths.. knobs gallore!

[belagiorgo]

nice price but to bad not control VST i looking exactly same keyboard has many knobs

[zenmachinefilms]

@bubblebottoon - You can download any YT video on Savevid.com. From there, it's just a matter of converting it to an audio only file.

[zenmachinefilms]

Really nice. Reminds me of Tangerine Dream from the Chris Franke years. I own a Q and don't play it enough.