Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard (Black)

Description

The Blofeld Keyboard by Waldorf builds upon their award-winning, desktop synth module by adding 49 professional-quality, semi-weighted keys with velocity and after-touch, plus 60 MB of sample RAM. With that kind of onboard memory you can import your own selection of samples and manipulate them using the legendary, Blofeld 16-part multi-timbral virtual-analogue synthesis engine.

It also has 25 voice polyphony, over 1000 factory patches and a programmable 16-step arpeggiator sure to excite and energise your audience. But things don't end there; the Blofeld keyboard also features an on-board effects section and the classic Microwave II/XT/XTk wavetables.

Add that to its all-metal black enclosure, stainless steel rotaries, pitchbend and modulation wheels, large graphic LED display and multiple oscillator and filter modulations and you'Voe just scored yourself what is destined to become another Waldorf classic.

Features

Soundsets

• Genres by Rob Lee
• Jorg Schaaf's Blofeld Xperience Volume 1
• Analogue vs. Digital by Ingo Weidner

Powerful Arpeggiator

• Hold and one shot modes
• Can be synced with MIDI Clock
• Direction up, down, alternate
• Range up to ten octaves
• Various methods to modify note sort order

Programmable 16 Step Arpeggiator

• Accent
• Timing
• Length
• Glide on/off
• Pause
• Chord
• Previous note
• Random not from note list
• First and/or last note from note list

Effects

• One effect slot per part
• One effect slot globally for all parts
• 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)
• Poly, Mono, Dual or Unisono Mode with Selectable Voice Count

3 Oscillators Virtual Analogue Models

• Pulse with pulse width modulation and adjustable brilliance
• Sawtooth with adjustable brilliance
• Triangle
• Sinae

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

• Filter FM

Oscillator Synchronisation

• Resonance up to self-oscillation

Ring Modulator for Oscillator 1 and 2

• Low pass 24 dB / 12 dB
• Band pass 24 dB / 12 dB
• High pass 24 dB / 12 dB

Noise Generator with Noise Colour

• Notch 24 dB / 12 dB

Two Independent Multi Mode Filters

• Comb filter with positive/negative feedback
• PPG low pass filter

Two Drive Stages Per Voice with Adjustable Drive Gain and Selectable Curves

• Clip
• Hard
• Medium
• Soft
• Sinae Shaper

Programmable Modulation Matrix with 16 Slots

• 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

Four Modifiers for Transforming Modulation Sources with Various Algorithms

• Syncable to MIDI clock
• Note Retrigger with adjustable start phase
• Monophonic LFO
• Keytrack

Four Fast Envelopes with Selectable Types

• Single trigger / retrigger per envelope
• ADSR
• ADS1DS2R (two decay/sustain stages plus adjustable attack level)
• One shot
• Loop S1S2 (loop between sustain 1 and 2)
• Loop all (loop over all stages)