Bad Gear - Waldorf Pulse 2
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Waldorf Pulse 2. Is this recently discontinued modern analog synth ticking all the boxes? Was it discontinued for a reason?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:02 Overview Waldorf Pulse 2
01:38 Oscillator Section (Sync, PWM, APW, X-Mod, Unison)
02:16 Paraphonic Mode
02:24 Oscillator 3 Shenanigans
02:39 Modulators (Loopable Envelopes, LFOs)
02:58 Arpeggiator
03:06 Filter (Sorry for the VERY long tweak)
03:32 Drive, Fuzz
03:46 Mod Section
03:58 Display Limitations
04:21 Patch Memory, Presets
04:50 Additional Features (Glide)
04:58 What Else??? Pricing
05:34 Hate
05:59 Jam 1 (Bass Meditation)
06:54 Jam 2 (Waldorf Party)
08:04 Finale (German Trance)
08:31 Verdict 
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What a nice sound, perfectly airy, round, delicate and sturdy, all at once. It's like listening to very polished steel blades. Waldorf knows what they do.
Nice description!!!
@@AudioPilz nice synth
Pulse 2 rocks, but I greatly dislike the glassiness of its sound when I try to use it for anything other than plucks or basses.
That new Roland S-1 is so memeworthy it's almost like they designed it with Bad Gear in mind.
True that! I want it so bad!!!
Everyone I know who has one raves about it
@@exhumus it does look fun
Excellent !! 🤣
@@AudioPilz I have it at work.
It. Sounds. Amazing.
I almost cried when I first turned it on and flipped on a sequence and tweaked knobs.
However it deserves to be on bad gear simply to acknowledge the shift function hell that you are partially submerged in, in order to get to deeper settings. Usually I don't mind but Roland made it unintuitive to find out naturally or without a manual. Their manual could be better as well.
But.. every bit of frustration is worth it. Fantastic sequencer perfect for people who don't know chords but want to design a good progression. You'll see what I mean.
Loving the sound of that Waldorf party - thank you for bringing a neon glow to rainy East London!
Thank you!!! Cheers!!!
I suppose he'd get copyright blocked if he used pics of the hotel. 😃
I’m glad you pointed out how hilariously weird it is that the screen constantly shows you in huge characters which program you’re on but very little of that large display shows you any useful feedback.
It's actually quite comical;)
@@AudioPilz That’s the dry German sense of humor I’ve been told about.
True story: I ordered my Pulse 2 online while in an intensive care unit due to high blood pressure. They told I was the first patient to be able to use a laptop while there.
Wow, that's what I call dedication!!!
@@AudioPilz letting a GAS patient order synths while being treated is like might as well offer junk too 🙃
Fridays tend to be my worst days, and this is a spot of brightness in the sea of shit. Thanks man
I feel you❤️❤️❤️
Bad Gear then the Pro Synth Network show stream, what's not to love :)
Ah, hell yeah, another one of my bad gear won the badgear badge - that's the 7th 🤣 It really gives me a sense of pride and accomplishment. Never stop, AudioPilz, you are the best.🤟
Congratulations!!!
With my new gear today I'm up to a 2/3 Bad Gear to not ratio. 😅
@@AudioPilz I'm still waiting to see my much loved Volca Bass show up here lol. Collecting Bad Gear Volca vids is almost as much fun as collecting Volca Synths themselves.
I know the feeling... many of my favourite bits of gear have been featured on this channel. Keep on collecting those badges!
@@AudioPilz "High Functioning Synth Addict." 😂😄😁😉😨😰😱
I was lucky enough to get a mint blofeld and pulse 2 with a wooden stand for £400 last year! They’re amazing pieces of kit 😊
Nice find!!!
@@AudioPilz it was from my neighbour (now friend), it’s like a swap shop with us both 😂
Great as always, thanks! I really do look forward to your weekly Nick Batt memes… love watching him and Sonicstate for so many years now. They always crack me up in a good hearted way.
Thank you!!!
The Saw one and the lil Batt one - hahahahaha, I love how that turned into a thing, and gave us so many memes. Nick seems to have embraced it, as well, which is cool
Today I was watching another episode, the one about the Blofeld, and I was wondering “How come there’s none on Pulse2?”
Like they say: be careful what you wish for 😂
Nice, you're prophetic;)
The stereo image even on the raw waveforms sounds wild! I'm with my mixing headphones and it melted my brain
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great demo and review!! I love this synth, picked up 4 of them
I work in an automotive assembly plant. The last last track is now my work anthem. Thanks!
Thank you so much!!!
Putting the synth aside the image at 3:75 is an absolute gem it's the I've been clubbing for 5 days and I haven't slept yet great stuff as always
Thank you!!!
3:15 Florian is like a lovely and reassuring mother, knowing the end of the filter sweep made me feel taken care of and safe
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wie immer kurzweilig, informativ, unterhaltsam und humorvoll....super...
Vielen Dank!!!
One thing is fact: I want a trance/electro dance party hosted by DJ AudioPilz!
Thank you!!! Let's see if I can find the time for this
Maybe the best version of the intro tune yet. Excited to hear the rest.
Thank you!
On the way for 100K... Keep up the Bad Gear job!!!
Thank you so much!!!
You can almost hear the Roland reps angry response when they log into RUclips today to see you covering something other than their product. "We just made a new Aira device for you and this is how you pay us back!!!!".
They could have sent me one;)
Aira Compact anyone? 😅
@@AudioPilz They shall pay for their insurrections!
glad i didn't peek on patreon (shh) and waited for the friday release, always a good end of week treat
That's what I call discipline;) Thanks!!!
Another SUPERB video. :) The finale track is epic, too (as always) :D
Thank you!!!
Saw you on superbooth but I was to shy to talk to you and you were also quite busy. Was a nice day and to see you there was soooper. Thought I am gonna see Bobeats, lol but it was you.. thanks from a fan for your relentless work 🎉
Hey, don't be shy!!! I'll be at Bo's meetup tomorrow at 1PM
4:06 expected a Humungous from Mad Max image. Another great video, man!
Thank you!!! Oh, I should have put that in!
Love the timer on the filter sweep to avoid copyright strike.
Lol forgot about that (I was afraid people would switch off;)
4:20 omg i never thought i would see Jankon Betoni on this channel, well played sir
Thank you!
holy hell , after listening to this i have serious respect for what a waldorf can pump out.
Yeah, that stuff is tight!!!
nah they always a bit dodgy - my mate used to fix them. worked for the distributor. Hardware and software issues.
Finally, one of my favourite pieces of gear gets featured on your show. I was starting to feel a little left out.. Love this little clanky metal box, and it's my favourite thing to track in a increasingly DAW dominated world. Gives me a sense of being the last man standing, on the bridge of USS Enterprise from Star Trek, complete with wobbly metal nobs 😬
Nice! The Enterprise certainly had wobbly knobs;)
"Bad Gear" = "Stuff that you didn't realise is actually really cool gear" :D
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I admire the production quality of these videos.
Thank you!!!
The intro tune sounded huge this time! Great episode!
Thank you!!!
I love the sounds in this episode. I thought about a Pulse 1 a few times, but never pulled the trigger. Pulse 2 sounds great!
I'd love to give the rack pulse a try!!!
no friday without some Bad Gear, baby!
Hell yeah!!!
As a Spanish Galician, that map of Europe took me completely out off guard 😂
Listenbourg. Never heard of it?😂😂😂
I sold my Pulse 2 for gas money, but I never understood why this synth got widely ignored. It could make some brilliant sounds. Not as complex or versatile as the Blofeld, but it sounded big and made great 'classic' electronic sounds.
Agreed!!! Yeah, sometimes synths have to go...
2:12 love the Super Mario Land 1-3 theme you snuck in
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You are on fire, dude. Kickass music ❤🎉😊
Thank you so much!!!
Well done. Really liked the sound of the pulse.
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Damnnnn that psy groove though!!
(And the hihat is climbing out of the mix and sitting in my room, staring at me like some evil gargoyle)
Love gargoyle-based percussion;)
Okay, I had to watch this twice to make sure I wasn't mistaken that you didn't really make any negative critisism of the Pulse 2. The intense Waldorf goodness that oozes out of the Pulse 2 is immense. Everything you have marked as cons are the niggles at most (if you own an og Pulse 😉)
I paid a ridiculous amount a decade ago and when it arrived decided it was worth every penny. Oh and I loved the Atari meme. Pulse 2 does an amazing Nanoloop emulation.
A Pulse 1 and 2, Blofeld, Streichfett, your favourite set of drummachines (which reminds me you need to get your hands on a Rack Attack for a show, you will suddenly love the stabilty of your Blofeld encoder), tie them all together using a couple of Arturia sequencers and you are in for some legendary lost hours! ✌
Yeah, that's a great Waldorf setup!
Thank you for this one. It makes my second bad gear owned piece after the dx7. The midi out does thru - so with a usb it can serve as a midi interface. A true swiss army knife.
Always a pleasure!!!
It always feels like martial arts training set by Mr Miyagi to me, when I am fixing my encoders by turning them clockwise and anticlockwise a bunch of times to clear them up..
So far I've not taken the plunge on a Pulse 2 and stuck with my Pulse 1s. Great vid as ever 👍
Wax on...
Ok but cost aside, I loved every sound you made with this synth. Really makes me wonder why we don't have Waldorf burned into our collective memories alongside Roland, Korg, Moog and Yamaha. They make some absolutely killer gear but always come as an afterthought like "oh yeah, I remember those guys... I think they made some pretty goood synths. I just can't remember which ones"
I think it's just not that big of a company punching above its weight
@@AudioPilz I think they get so frustratingly close to perfection and then just fumble the bag at the last minute leaving you screaming “WHYYYY?” … like not putting a delay or filter section on the Streichfett.
We do, the Micro Q, Q, Microwave, Rack Attack and Pulse are legendary devices, but where also over engineered heavy indestructible enclosures and very expensive, but the current Waldorf company is not the same company, it went bust and some investors came along.
Its because they have issues, Blofeld was the worst purchase I have ever made. A real fuckin lemon. But at least it forced me to look for something else, a Virus TI Snow. Shits all over it
Loved my old Pulse and Pulse+ when I had them. I've nearly grabbed a Pulse 2 several times. Sounds lovely IMO.
Nice!
As having a Blofeld and liking the pulse2 those questions of you are the same of mine!😅
Thanks for the vid
Thank you for watching!!!
Aaah Waldorf. Still the most beautiful sounding synths. The microwave and later the Q sparked my wish to be a musician back then.
Love it!
The microwave rules! Unique sound.
the "extra mile" thing made me chuckle sensibly
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weeeeeeeeeeeee! You are my Friday ritual! :D Happy weekend!
Have a nice weekend!!!
Waldorf always in my ❤️! Just like Ensoniq, Quasimidi and all the others I forgot about.
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I'm putting this here just because its the most recent review. Please check out the 0-coast. Your volca modular review made me think youd get some enjoyment from this little machine and I want to live vicariously through your experience with something I don't own
Great suggestion, thanks!
LOVE that u flash the pic of the Mods when talking about the 'Mod Section' !! You ever listen to The Who's second rock-opera Quadrophenia (about the Mods)? Decently synthy
Love the Who movies!!!
I have both. The 1 sounds warmer, the 2 more modern, cuts through the mix...but my god, both of them have bottom end like no tomorrow. Hands down goto's for bass or leads. Great to see someone else with the dark editions of the Blofeld & Pulse 2.
Agreed!!!
Another great episode Florian.
Pre orders opened yesterday here in Oz for the Roland S-1 - can't wait to see memes featuring Tweak from South Park. Wondering if this compact will be a straight to Bad Gear release? It may even appear on your channel before mine has been delivered.
Have a great week.
Thank you!!! Yeah, that thing is moving up my list!
Like it! I've got a MicroQ which is really capable with an editor, but with the price drop I *would* be tempted but I couldn't resist the Aria S1 as an impulse purchase (Im normally the same - meticulous planning and review watching is the norm)
I want that S1 so badly!!!
The Micro q is a beast, and with the editor tons of fun - especially those comb filters......
I remember suggesting that a few months ago (maybe years?). One day I plan to open up my Pulse 2 and reverse engineer that mysterious drive module option.
I'd buy that as a stompbox!!!
yep youve done 5 out of my previous owns. Love it keep rocking
Thank you!!!😀😀😀
6:35 You know, General Motors used to tune their car horns to two notes, and every division used a unique pair of notes so you could tell a GM marque from the sound of its horn alone.
Wow, didn't know. Thanks for posting!!!
Managed to snag one almost brand new in the US for just $350 days after they were announced discontinued. Lucky, I didn't know about that until now. I love the sound and learned subtractive synthesis on matrix style synths so no gripes! Haven't seen the Hartmann 20 before but the Quantum looks sick
Nice find!!!
I have just got my hands on an immaculate second hand Pulse 2. My god it sounds good! It’s rich and creamy, thin and gnarly, deeper than Atlantis, wide and spacious, thick and dark, precise and clinical, open and hands on - all at the same time. Such an excellent all-round (mono)synth - wildly flexible with multiple modes of engagement and operation. Set up an external MIDI controller encoder knob array with CCs and it’s so playable. I can’t believe how lucky I am to own one of these things. I have it in a little rack next to its Blofeld cousin. BTW thanks for this excellent review!
Another Fantastic Review, few suggestions if you haven't already done them. Roland SH-32 Groovebox thingy would be a good choice Novation K-Station or the A-Station rack I guarantee will annoy you. I like some of the Yamaha rack synths from the late eighties early 90s. I could go on so many 80s and 90s rack synths they've all annoyed me in some way or another. 😂
Thank you! Great suggestions!!!
Never thought about this synth at all, but I'm surprised how lovely it sounds. Monosynths can be all a bit samey after a while so this has some neat tweaks on it. UI does seem to be a bit unintuitive or weird, but hey. I'm going to keep an eye out for one now.
I recently bought a JD-08 after you showing it off on here, and frankly it's become my go-to synth for just composing and playing around.
Definitely worth a try!
@@AudioPilz I'm going to give it a go over when I see one out and about. Thanks for showcasing it as this would have totally passed me by.
Thanks for another masterpiece!
Bought roland se-02 and Waldorf pulse 2 to compare for mono duties ... eeeh.... Both stayed😅
Please, please do production/composition masterclass !
Or maybe second playlist/ yt channel!
Your three-duty-tunes per synth is my personal benchmark for synth demo!
Thanks 🙏
Thank you! Sometimes you have to go all in;)
Luckily Waldorf has encoders available on their website. BTW: I didn't hear anything about encoders for MC-101 sold separately on Rolan's website ;) Great video - as usually!
Thank you!!! Yeah, Roland isn't really reliable here
@@AudioPilz But AFAIK they don't have so many issues with encoders ;) I love my Blofeld and I was thinking to buy also Pulse 2... but finally I went different path.
This has to be one of my favorite RUclips series hands down! Would you consider the Yamaha CS01 to be potential bad gear material?
Thank you so much! Great suggestion!
Waldorf Pulse 2 is the waldorf minimoog and it's octaphonic, it can make incredible 8-note chords, the sound of jupiter 8 and CS80 for example and the arpeggiator is identical to the one the blofeld has.
It's the only analog that Waldorf has in their catalog, and it's really great with its filter and PWM. Great little machine with spectacular sound.
I use mine with waldorf blofeld keyboard, and have both machines play from the keyboard, while blofeld sounds routed to the input of his filter.
That sums it up nicely!!!
Oh noes more Good Gear on Bad Gear. Sounds so gnarly.
Gnarliness for days!!!
If IBM made synths 😳😳😳
Lol, there's some truth to that!
I wonder if the Deepmind 6/12 would be a fit for this channel. Roland snobs in particular seem to despise it because it lifted the filter circuitry from the juno 106 etc. Tho to me it still takes very much it's own path. It has a control sequencer which you can route to pretty much anything in fact you can internally route everything to each other as long as you don't go over the 6 modulation slot limit you, you can also modulate anything in the FX section, it has 2 LFOs built in aftertouch, a generous display (which can show you the slider placement settings for the patch you loaded in so you can adjust the knobs to to where they should be for the patch. It also does not just have midi in and out.. but also thru. Generally it just seems (and feels) like a great package, even if it's behringer. It's one of their only unique pieces of gear and i just wish they'd do something like that again
That one is super interesting!!!
I had to look through all his vids because I keep suggesting gear he already has made a video about. This is a good suggestion. I also own a ghetto-juno module and I really like it. Way more powerful than it gets credit for. The uno pro is quite powerful too, but herr Florian already did that piece.
@@jjrusy7438 i once suggested the Roland Gaia SH-01. A few weeks later, guess what synth he made a video on.
XD a great learning synth, bit difficult to integrate in your work but absolutely wonderful for ambient drones and the likes.
Please do it!
The Sound of that machine reminded me of early Nitzer Ebb tracks sometimes
It's got that flavor!
not waldorf-related but i just saw behringer’s JT-400 micro on facebook and thought, “that’s a future bad gear episode” 🤣
Lol that might be true;)
Dang, sounds pretty good!
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Do the Studiologic/Waldorf Sledge 2!
I love mine but it is surely the most "Bad Gear" worthy Waldorf.
Great suggestion, thanks!!!
Damn that sounds really good
Really liked that one!!!
Happy Friday Florian!
Have a nice weekend!!!
Damn... I already wanted one... Now i reeeeaally want one!
Sorry Erika;)
Always enjoy your content !
Akai Timbre wolf 4 voice synthesizer sequencer
Thanks!!! Already had the pleasure in one of the early episodes
1st Bad Gear video endorsed by Waldorf themselves....subscribe 😋👍 Have a sunny weekend.
Nice, just visited them at their Booth in Berlin
Ngl I either did not know this was actually released, or I forgot that it was. I figured it was another Stromberg situation tbh. It sounds great tho! Definitely it’s own character that seems to defy buzzwords as you said. You made it sound awesome too and the music is great fun!
Thank you!!!
Very cool as usual! 😄
So, what is the actual method to re-patch the opening theme every time? Pick whatever presets you like and run it through the usual midi pattern? What about fx?
Thank you!!! It's an Ableton template but it very much depends on the synth what further effort is needed
You said 'Waldorf' very authentically! 🤣
Of course;)
The Pulse always cut through stuff. Happy days back in the 90s listening to techno produced with a Pulse. It has stood the test of time! They have retained their brand no doubt. When you see their name you think 'Quality'. This was an interesting return to the product. I wonder what they will do next....
Tonight, I was mainly playing slimgerland drums and hagström bass from 60s. End message.
Nice!!!
The visuals of the construction plant steal the show this time. Could watch this for hours
Thank you!!!
I bought one last month from waldorf bstock shop. Awesome synth
Nice find!!!
I love the sounds of Pulse 2. Imagine if it came with a built-in advanced step sequencer....
Agreed!
This was my best gear and it was better than my Moogs. I strongly suggest it's editor for patch editing. When I sold my all hardware, this was the last one to sell. And I had plenty of gears.
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I sold almost all my hardware, and the Pulse is one of the few I kept, alongside the TX81Z.
What can I say, I love their character.
Wow I never knew there was an editor for it! I'll have to give it a try :)
Another great episode from our beloved synth guru ! Hope you enjoyed or still enjoy the Superbooth ! So much new products to potentially review in ypur channel 😂
Thank you!!! SuperBooth is so great!!!
Excellent memery and nice jams. :)
Thank you!!!
I had the OG pulse. It’s a freakin classic🤘such a beast!
Nice one!!!
They were such good value back when they first came out, we bought 3 of them in the end. Just to cheap and usable not to.
Actually sounds nice !
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New to synth: I wanted to learn analog so I got a Behringer neutron and Arturia keystep. I want to focus on live music production, what would you recommend for my next step?
I'd probably get something with sample playing capabilities: maybe a Volca Sample if your budget is tight...
@@AudioPilz Thoughts on AKAI MPC ONE?
If you have the time, that is, love your content!
I love the sound of mine but it's GREATLY let down by a lack of per-function knowbs and poor use of screen real estate. I still yearn for the perfect bespoke knobby midi controller to use with it. One can dream...
Great vid as always, sir 👍
Thank you!!!
YEAH hear that bass on the intro! the Pulse 2 is my bass machine
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Very specific question, but is it possible, with this thing, to apply an LFO to the pitch of only one oscillator, while the other two would just play normally? Thanks!
That should work out fine
Great sgow again! I would like to see all my synths. The Peak, Hydrasynth Deluxe, Micromonsta2 and this week I will purchase the badest of them all, the Jupiter X. (Maybe I'll lend you thre MM2 if you wish)
Thanks!!! Jupiter X is moving up my list!
Another of my synths ticked off on the Bad Gear treatment list, and it's another Waldorf *hugs Quantum and thinks, don't worry my love, Florian will never get to you*
Just had a jam on the new MK2 today (but not for Bad Gear;)
@@AudioPilz *nervously chews on fingers nails* But seriously thanks for the wonderful Bad Gear content, geniunely your videos are one of the highlights of my week.
I feel personally attacked! I have one of these and I like it. Gotta admit I haven't tried crafting sounds on it though. I'd really like Blofeld as well.
Great vid as always!
Thank you!!!
This actually makes me want one! 😅
There are still some new ones available;)
@@AudioPilz I’m definitely considering it 😀
Again well succeeded especially the sound files. So far that synth sounds quite properly through my headphones. (Perhaps the latter white-wash the sound a bit.) Loss of bass & volume with high rezz settings most likely cascade VCF's guilt.
Thank you!!!
Big laughs 😂
Nick been very busy for this one.
€500 buys a lot of volcas is my thinking 👍
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