I can only echo the other comments - a superb instructional video, just like all the others in this series. Sets the standard for this sort of video on RUclips! Waldorf should put a DVD of these lessons in the box of every Blofeld they sell.
Thank goodness for your Blofeld tutorials. I would be lost in this world with out them. God knows how long I would have had to stumble around this thing, before I really knew it.
I really appreciate the tips and tricks with the Blofeld. I hit an inspirational plateau with it within a few weeks of obtaining the unit, and these videos inspire me to push myself harder.
I have had a Blofeld for many year and have never heard sounds like this come out of it. Hopefully I can take lessons learned from your videos and finally bring my Blofeld to life.
This tutorial is excellent. I used to own a PPwave 2.3 and remember the sound of it. From this video I feel that I can recapture the essence of the PPG on the Blofeld with no problem. Gonna buy one soon. I do have the MW II XTk which I love but the Blofeld covers some other ground.
Excellent. Thanks for describing the details of the wavetables. The Blofeld is my first Waldorf and the manual doesn't do a good job of covering this stuff. There's a fantastic amount to play with with just what's shown here. Awesome bit of kit!
Great tutorial thanks for the wavetable explanation and how to use the filter envelope. ive had my Blofeld for about 6 months and was finding it difficult to get to use the filter envelope after watching your tutorial ive figured out out how to use it now, great, also ive picked up a few more programming tips of your vid so a big thumbs up. Thank you ☺👍
Good advices in this tutorial. In headphones the noise gate on the voice was a bit annoying though... :-) Oh, worth mentioning is to use the PPG filter also.
Great work. I wanted to know more about the relation between PPG, Microwave and the later Waldorf synths. You provided me with a lot of usefull information.
Thank you for this very informative video. About the overall tonal character of the Blofeld, I feel I should ask: Most of the patches in demos online sound not bright at all. It might be my personal impression, but to me they tend to sound muffled? Especially with the wavetable oscillators, I think. Any advice on creating harsh screaming sounds with lots of high frequences? I really feel, when I try to create a lead sound, I cannot dare to touch the filter cutoff, it just instantly kills the sound completely. Brilliance does not make much difference to me in this regard, unfortunately.
Yeah, the brilliance setting does sometimes just subtle changes to the sound. For "harsh screaming sounds" try wavetable oscillators together with oscillator sync (OSC 2 can be synched to 3) and maybe a bit crusher effect.
I must say this series is higly recommended. The correct amount of matter of factness, inspiration and historical background. Please apply this comment to all of your Blofeld series. vG.
I had a choice between the Blofeld or a used Microwave II. I went with the Microwave II. It's hard to describe but that "sound on the end" between the two both sound rather different.
I realise that the Blofeld is a very popular synth, which is why I'm amazed that Waldorf hasn't released a keenly priced successor in the past 3-4 years. They've just decided to add much more expensive products to their portfolio. A great shame really. I'd love to see a replacement, with a bigger screen and more buttons/knobs/sliders to make the interface more user-friendly.
I honestly suspect you know more about the Blofeld than anyone. I watch and re-watch these videos and always learn new things. Will you do more Blofeld videos?
If I may ask: Have you been able to find out what exactly the WT/Smp-Destination in the mod-matrix is doing? I expected it to allow some sort of 2D-wavetable to be created using wavetables above and below the current one. But this doesn't seem to be true. At first, I only hear an effect on note-on and then it seems to "wildly" jump around inside the current and maybe (but I am not too sure) in one or two of the above (below?) wavetables. So the result is most often nice but remains unpredictable...
I think that this matrix destination was explained in this video: ruclips.net/video/lWTew3_ks4M/видео.html It is changing the wavetable or sample when modulated but only for the next key trigger. And yes, it's quite unpredictable and yes, that's what it's for :D
@@SynthesizerVideo Yes, this (what you explain) is what I thought it would do, too. And while your explanation is absolutely correct for samples, it is not for wavetables... But I think that I have found out by now. It is surprising what it really does in case of WT-oscillators... (will do a video on this as soon as I can).
Your videos are awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time to do them. I've had a Blofeld for years, but never really explored it deeply as I have a pathological hatred of menu diving - i'm an old skool 1-knob-per-function kind of guy, which is why most of my other gear is Moog/DSI. I'm going to fire up the old Blofeld and explore it some more. One of the main reasons I bought it was to cover the FM and Wavetable bases that my other synths don't do. It's rare to find YT content with such in-depth knowledge! - wondering if you actually work or worked for Waldorf? ;-)
Blofeld mit externen Effekten wie die von Strymon ist kaum schlagbar, klingt dann richtig teuer. Ich hab mit dem Ding vorallem viele analoge Emulationen programmiert. Dank an Cotro lasslo lehel, ich glaub so heisst er. Das Editorprogramm wirft einem manchmal raus, aber unterm Strich absolut super.
Two more interesting ideas from the well known Waldorf expert "swissdoc": 1. Use linear envelope generators for wavetable modulation (you have to build a linear envelope yourself in the matrix) and 2. Reduce the resolution of the wavetable modulation by using the bit operators in the matrix.
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I can only echo the other comments - a superb instructional video, just like all the others in this series. Sets the standard for this sort of video on RUclips! Waldorf should put a DVD of these lessons in the box of every Blofeld they sell.
Thank goodness for your Blofeld tutorials. I would be lost in this world with out them. God knows how long I would have had to stumble around this thing, before I really knew it.
I really appreciate the tips and tricks with the Blofeld. I hit an inspirational plateau with it within a few weeks of obtaining the unit, and these videos inspire me to push myself harder.
This is really good my friend, I could watch this video series all day long! Danke!
Excellent tutorial about the depth of this synth's capabilities.
I have had a Blofeld for many year and have never heard sounds like this come out of it. Hopefully I can take lessons learned from your videos and finally bring my Blofeld to life.
This tutorial is excellent. I used to own a PPwave 2.3 and remember the sound of it. From this video I feel that I can recapture the essence of the PPG on the Blofeld with no problem. Gonna buy one soon. I do have the MW II XTk which I love but the Blofeld covers some other ground.
Did you get a Blofeld? How does it compare to the MW2 XT? Do one need the XT then anymore? You can it make sounds the blofeld can not?
just got mine and your tutorials were needed.
Your Blofeld videos are amazingly detailed, brilliant.
Excellent. Thanks for describing the details of the wavetables. The Blofeld is my first Waldorf and the manual doesn't do a good job of covering this stuff. There's a fantastic amount to play with with just what's shown here. Awesome bit of kit!
Great tutorial thanks for the wavetable explanation and how to use the filter envelope. ive had my Blofeld for about 6 months and was finding it difficult to get to use the filter envelope after watching your tutorial ive figured out out how to use it now, great, also ive picked up a few more programming tips of your vid so a big thumbs up. Thank you ☺👍
This is why I have one arriving next week. Thank you.
Good advices in this tutorial. In headphones the noise gate on the voice was a bit annoying though... :-)
Oh, worth mentioning is to use the PPG filter also.
Crystal clear explanation (and sounds!), thanks from a future blofeld owner
Great work. I wanted to know more about the relation between PPG, Microwave and the later Waldorf synths. You provided me with a lot of usefull information.
Thank you for taking the time to do this. Really useful.
Thank you for this very informative video. About the overall tonal character of the Blofeld, I feel I should ask:
Most of the patches in demos online sound not bright at all. It might be my personal impression, but to me they tend to sound muffled? Especially with the wavetable oscillators, I think. Any advice on creating harsh screaming sounds with lots of high frequences? I really feel, when I try to create a lead sound, I cannot dare to touch the filter cutoff, it just instantly kills the sound completely. Brilliance does not make much difference to me in this regard, unfortunately.
Yeah, the brilliance setting does sometimes just subtle changes to the sound. For "harsh screaming sounds" try wavetable oscillators together with oscillator sync (OSC 2 can be synched to 3) and maybe a bit crusher effect.
You could have a massive minimal techno track from the last arp. Love these tutorials!
Fantasy product more like Coil.
Stunning sounds
Wow this video was sooo helpfull ! Thank you so much, you're really good at teaching, and not even in your native language. I'm really impressed
Thanks for the video. You made me love my blofeld just a little more :D
I must say this series is higly recommended. The correct amount of matter of factness, inspiration and historical background. Please apply this comment to all of your Blofeld series. vG.
Wonderful tutorial. Simply and clearly explained. Thank you.
Great tutorial! Grazie dall'Italia :)
I had a choice between the Blofeld or a used Microwave II. I went with the Microwave II.
It's hard to describe but that "sound on the end" between the two both sound rather different.
I realise that the Blofeld is a very popular synth, which is why I'm amazed that Waldorf hasn't released a keenly priced successor in the past 3-4 years. They've just decided to add much more expensive products to their portfolio. A great shame really. I'd love to see a replacement, with a bigger screen and more buttons/knobs/sliders to make the interface more user-friendly.
I honestly suspect you know more about the Blofeld than anyone. I watch and re-watch these videos and always learn new things. Will you do more Blofeld videos?
Yes
If I may ask: Have you been able to find out what exactly the WT/Smp-Destination in the mod-matrix is doing? I expected it to allow some sort of 2D-wavetable to be created using wavetables above and below the current one. But this doesn't seem to be true. At first, I only hear an effect on note-on and then it seems to "wildly" jump around inside the current and maybe (but I am not too sure) in one or two of the above (below?) wavetables. So the result is most often nice but remains unpredictable...
I think that this matrix destination was explained in this video: ruclips.net/video/lWTew3_ks4M/видео.html
It is changing the wavetable or sample when modulated but only for the next key trigger. And yes, it's quite unpredictable and yes, that's what it's for :D
@@SynthesizerVideo Yes, this (what you explain) is what I thought it would do, too. And while your explanation is absolutely correct for samples, it is not for wavetables... But I think that I have found out by now. It is surprising what it really does in case of WT-oscillators... (will do a video on this as soon as I can).
Many thanks, your videos are clear and instructive. I really should get rid of my erratic encoders...
Thank you man this is brilliant! My Blofeld just grew a big pair of testicles!!!
Wow amazing tutorial!
Your videos are awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time to do them. I've had a Blofeld for years, but never really explored it deeply as I have a pathological hatred of menu diving - i'm an old skool 1-knob-per-function kind of guy, which is why most of my other gear is Moog/DSI. I'm going to fire up the old Blofeld and explore it some more. One of the main reasons I bought it was to cover the FM and Wavetable bases that my other synths don't do.
It's rare to find YT content with such in-depth knowledge! - wondering if you actually work or worked for Waldorf? ;-)
Fantastic tutorial , keep up the good work , i am subscribing for future tutorials ;)
Blofeld mit externen Effekten wie die von Strymon ist kaum schlagbar, klingt dann richtig teuer. Ich hab mit dem Ding vorallem viele analoge Emulationen programmiert. Dank an Cotro lasslo lehel, ich glaub so heisst er. Das Editorprogramm wirft einem manchmal raus, aber unterm Strich absolut super.
Great video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge :)
Two more interesting ideas from the well known Waldorf expert "swissdoc": 1. Use linear envelope generators for wavetable modulation (you have to build a linear envelope yourself in the matrix) and 2. Reduce the resolution of the wavetable modulation by using the bit operators in the matrix.
Very usefull video.Thank you much.
Superb
Great tutorial!
Hi, ...like this DEMO.
I like this...more and more ! Thx
Does the Blofeld only have 2 envelopes? 😱
It has 4 envelopes per voice.
very useful thank you
Fantastic thank you very much.
can I cook with the blofeld ?
Many people say it's a salad, anyway...
Put it in the microwave. Lol