From Mike Perkowitz Sent Wed, Dec 15th 1999, 19:41
> Waldorf is a bit overrated. I have a Microwave XT also, and that, too, was a > bit "too made over" when I actually got it after all the buildup. I had > really thought I would want a Waldorf Q, but then realized I was responding > to hype again and the need to simply get another board. I don't need another > thing that imitates analog. I have that, and it's not going to sound any > better than anything else there. It'll just sound like "Waldorf imitates > analog," just like "Access imitates analog," or "Roland imitates analog." actually the waldorf microwave sounds like nothing else around, except maybe the waldorf wave and the old ppg. the wavetable synthesis, with lots of modulation, plus the weird (and grimy 8 bit) samples in those things are quite nice and not at all analogueish. i have an original microwave. if only played with the MWII (and XT) a bit, but it seemed to me they'd "smoothed" out the sound a lot. or at least, the presets leaned heavily toward ambientish pad crap and cheesy techno sounds. my advice is to dump the presets and experiment, or just get an original microwave, or a ppg, if you want something that sounds like nothing else in your studio. by the way, if you like wavetable synthesis and the microwave still isnt grimy enough, get the doepfer sampler module, which includes a wavetable mode. m ______________________________________________________________________________ Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp; Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live. --Dorothy Parker ______________________________________________________________________________ xxx@xx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx || work: www.cs.washington.edu/homes/map/ xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx || look: www.perkowitz.net/photo mike perkowitz || hear: www.mp3.com/perkowitz