Waldorf Blofeld virtual analogue synthesizer

General

The Waldorf Blofeld has been modelled after the revolutionary PPG Wave synthesizers from the 1980s. No matter which style of music you’re into, the Waldorf Blofeld’s got what it takes.

Envelopes

The Blofeld allows you to use up to four envelopes with either a single or polyphonic trigger - particularly compelling with the monophonic voice allocation, as you can set the filter envelope to be triggered by just the first note, while the amp envelope is triggered on each note. It’s great for organ percussion sounds, for example. The envelope types include a standard ADSR and an enhanced ADSR variation.

Oscillators

The Blofeld is equipped with three oscillators with circuit models of analogue waveforms: pulse (with variable pulse width), sawtooth, triangle and sine wave. Oscillators 1 and 2 offer wavetables that were also used for the Waldorf Q, Wave and Microwave XT/II, and both feature a ring modulator that enables you to create pounding bass tones and leads.

Filters

The Blofeld offers two stereo filters per voice, which can be routed in series or parallel. Filter types include low pass, band pass, high pass and a notch filter, and each filter has a range of 12dB/oct or 24dB/oct slope.

Effects

The Waldorf Blofeld provides you with a number of built-in effects. Two effect slots with various effects are at your disposal. Set to multimode, the first effect slot is available per part, while the second slot can be used for all parts simultaneously. Chorus, flanger, triple FX, delay, clocked delay and reverb are all there for you to choose from.

Arpeggiator

Naturally, the Waldorf synth features an arpeggiator - one with variable clock divisions from 1/64 triplets to more than 1,000 bars, a swing/shuffle function and a range of up to ten octaves. Up, down, in a selectable play order from low to high note, low to high velocity, variable note length, different velocity notes, and more - take your pick. With the Blofeld Pattern Editor, you can easily create the arpeggios you desire.

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