Waldorf Blofeld

Most important features

* Unbeatable price tag

* 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 the 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

* up to 25 Voices

* 16 part multi timbral

* more than 1000 Sounds

* sturdy Metal Enclosure

* 7 endless stainless steel Dials

* 5 Buttons

* Graphic Display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED

* MIDI LED

* Volume Control

* Power Switch

* Stereo Output

* Headphone Output

* MIDI In

* USB Connector for MIDI In / Out

o uses standard USB MIDI Driver provided by host computer OS

o Windows ME minimum, Windows XP or newer recommended

o Mac OS X 10.2 minimum, Mac OS X 10.3 or newer recommended

* External Power Supply

Per Voice

* 3 Oscillators

Virtual Analog Models:

o Pulse with Pulse Width Modulation and adjustable Brilliance

o Sawtooth with adjustable Brilliance

o Triangle

o Sine

Wavetables:

o Q Alt 1 and Alt 2 Wavetable with adjustable Brilliance

o All Wavetables from Microwave II/XT/XTk Series with adjustable Brilliance

o 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

o Filter FM

o Resonance up to Self-Oscillation

o Low Pass 24 dB / 12 dB

o Band Pass 24 dB / 12 dB

o High Pass 24 dB / 12 dB

o Notch 24 dB / 12 dB

o Comb Filter with positive / negative Feedback

o PPG Low Pass Filter

* 2 Drive stages per voice with adjustable Drive Gain and selectable Curves

o Clip

o Hard

o Medium

o Soft

o Sine Shaper

o etc.

* Modulation Matrix with 16 Slots, freely programmable

o Modulation Speed far into Audio Range

o Modulation Sources include all internal Modulation Sources plus various MIDI messages

o Modulation Destinations for almost all continuous sound parameters

* various pre-routed Modulation Destinations with selectable Sources

o Pitch Modulation

o Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Frequency Modulation

o Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Pulse Width Modulation

o Filter 1 / 2 Cutoff Modulation

o Filter 1 / 2 Frequency Modulation

o Pan 1 / 2 Modulation

o Amp Modulation

* 4 Modifiers for transforming Modulation Sources with various Algorithms

* 3 fast LFOs

o syncable to MIDI Clock

o Note Retrigger with adjustable Start Phase

o monophonic LFO

o Keytrack

* 4 fast Envelopes with selectable types

o Single Trigger / Retrigger per Envelope

o ADSR

o ADS1DS2R (2 Decay/Sustain stages plus adjustable Attack Level)

o One Shot

o Loop S1S2 (Loop between Sustain 1 and 2)

o Loop All (Loop over all stages)

* Poly, Mono, Dual or Unisono Mode with selectable Voice Count

Per Part

* powerful Arpeggiator

o Hold and One Shot modes

o syncable to MIDI Clock

o Direction Up, Down, Alternate

o Range up to 10 Octaves

o various methods to modify Note Sort Order

* freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound.

programmable per Step:

o Accent

o Timing

o Length

o Glide on/off

o Pause

o Chord

o Previous note

o Random not from Note List

o first and/or last note from Note List

* 1 Effect slot per part

* 1 Effect slot globally for all parts

Effect types:

o Chorus

o Flanger

o Phaser

o Overdrive

o Triple FX (S&H, Ring Modulation, Chorus)

o Delay (only available on global Effect slot)

o Clocked Delay (only available on global Effect slot)

o Reverb (only available on global Effect slot)