Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard

Blofeld

The little villain grows up

Not only on the outside did he gain weight, also his inner qualities have seen a remarkable step-up: besides the virtual-analog synthesis and the classic wavetables it now sports a whopping 60 megabytes of sample memory.

Just imagine to add a vocal-like noise spectrum to a typical Wavetable pad, spice-up a virtual-analog solo sound with a strong attack sample or just process any other sample with the countless oscillator and filter modulations.

Play your sound creations on the high-quality keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. Pitchbend and modulation wheel are at your disposal and, as a matter of course, you can connect a sustain pedal.

All this is packaged in a sleek metal enclosure with a big graphic display, endless stainless steel rotaries and an internal power supply.

And although it comes for an unbeatable price tag, we add something very special. It comes:

From Waldorf with Love!


Most important features

  • 60 MB Sample memory
  • Virtual analog, Wavetable and sample-based Oscillators
  • high-quality semi-weighted keyboard with 49 keys, velocity and aftertouch
  • internal power supply (100-240V, 50-60Hz)
  • pitchbend wheel
  • modulation wheel
  • sustain pedal connector
  • Octave Up / Down buttons
  • freely programmable button
  • sturdy metal enclosure
  • 7 endless stainless steel dials
  • graphic display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
  • more than 1000 Sounds
  • 3 Oscillators per voice
  • Frequency Modulation between Oscillators
  • All Q Oscillator models
  • All Microwave II/XT/XTk Wavetables
  • 2 independent multi mode Filters per voice
  • Filter FM
  • 2 Drive stages per voice with selectable Drive Curves
  • 3 fast LFOs per voice
  • 4 fast Envelopes per voice
  • powerful Arpeggiator
  • freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound

General Features

  • high-quality weighted keyboard with 49 keys, velocity and aftertouch
  • internal power supply (100-240V, 50-60Hz)
  • pitchbend wheel
  • modulation wheel
  • sustain pedal connector
  • Octave Up / Down buttons
  • freely programmable button
  • up to 25 voices
  • 16 part multi timbral
  • more than 1000 Sounds
  • sturdy metal enclosure
  • 7 endless stainless steel dials
  • 8 buttons
  • Graphic Display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
  • MIDI LED
  • volume control
  • power switch
  • stereo output
  • headphone output
  • MIDI Input / Output
  • USB interface for MIDI In / Out
    • uses standard USB MIDI Driver provided by host computer OS
    • Windows ME minimum, Windows XP or newer recommended
    • Mac OS X 10.2 minimum, Mac OS X 10.3 or newer recommended
  • weight approx. 8 kg (17.65 lb)

Per Voice

  • 3 Oscillators
    Samples:
    • 60 MB Sample memory
    Virtual Analog Models:
    • Pulse with Pulse Width Modulation and adjustable Brilliance
    • Sawtooth with adjustable Brilliance
    • Triangle
    • Sine
    Wavetables:
    • Q Alt 1 and Alt 2 Wavetable with adjustable Brilliance
    • All Wavetables from Microwave II/XT/XTk Series with adjustable Brilliance
    • Separate Wavetable selectable for Oscillator 1 and 2
  • Frequency Modulation between the Oscillators
  • Oscillator Synchronization
  • Ring Modulator for Osc 1 / 2
  • Noise Generator with Noise Colour
  • 2 independent Multi Mode Filters
    • Filter FM
    • Resonance up to Self-Oscillation
    • Low Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
    • Band Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
    • High Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
    • Notch 24 dB / 12 dB
    • Comb Filter with positive / negative Feedback
    • PPG Low Pass Filter
  • 2 Drive stages per voice with adjustable Drive Gain and selectable Curves
    • Clip
    • Hard
    • Medium
    • Soft
    • Sine Shaper
    • etc.
  • Modulation Matrix with 16 Slots, freely programmable
    • Modulation Speed far into Audio Range
    • Modulation Sources include all internal Modulation Sources plus various MIDI messages
    • Modulation Destinations for almost all continuous sound parameters
  • various pre-routed Modulation Destinations with selectable Sources
    • Pitch Modulation
    • Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Frequency Modulation
    • Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Pulse Width Modulation
    • Filter 1 / 2 Cutoff Modulation
    • Filter 1 / 2 Frequency Modulation
    • Pan 1 / 2 Modulation
    • Amp Modulation
  • 4 Modifiers for transforming Modulation Sources with various Algorithms
  • 3 fast LFOs
    • syncable to MIDI Clock
    • Note Retrigger with adjustable Start Phase
    • monophonic LFO
    • Keytrack
  • 4 fast Envelopes with selectable types
    • Single Trigger / Retrigger per Envelope
    • ADSR
    • ADS1DS2R (2 Decay/Sustain stages plus adjustable Attack Level)
    • One Shot
    • Loop S1S2 (Loop between Sustain 1 and 2)
    • Loop All (Loop over all stages)
  • Poly, Mono, Dual or Unisono Mode with selectable Voice Count

Per Part

  • powerful Arpeggiator
    • Hold and One Shot modes
    • syncable to MIDI Clock
    • Direction Up, Down, Alternate
    • Range up to 10 Octaves
    • various methods to modify Note Sort Order
  • freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound.
    programmable per Step:
    • Accent
    • Timing
    • Length
    • Glide on/off
    • Pause
    • Chord
    • Previous note
    • Random not from Note List
    • first and/or last note from Note List
  • 1 Effect slot per part 1-4
  • 1 Effect slot globally for all parts
    Effect types:
    • Chorus
    • Flanger
    • Phaser
    • Overdrive
    • Triple FX (S&H, Ring Modulation, Chorus)
    • Delay (only available on global Effect slot)
    • Clocked Delay (only available on global Effect slot)
    • Reverb (only available on global Effect slot)
 
Preliminary information. Subject to change without notice.

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