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Original Message 1/29 15-Jan-03 @ 06:43 PM - something interesting from waldorf
http://www.waldorf-music.com/afb/
Message 2/29 15-Jan-03 @ 07:42 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
oh and, i'm raving about the concept if you're wondering. no idea if i'd actually want to own the thing, but concept-wise i think this is the was to go. i remember this conversation from a while ago about why dont synth manufacturers build compact analog boxes with digital control. and now- hey! look whats this right here
Message 3/29 15-Jan-03 @ 11:36 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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that's pretty damn cool. don't know if i would
buy one, but it's rad that companies are going
to start doing this.
Message 4/29 16-Jan-03 @ 12:21 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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Message 5/29 16-Jan-03 @ 07:41 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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too bad there are only lo pass filters. hi band
and a few more would've been killer.
Message 6/29 16-Jan-03 @ 08:27 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 7/29 16-Jan-03 @ 10:14 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
So take the pricedifference between Q and Q+...
I don't think that it will be cheap.
Message 8/29 16-Jan-03 @ 10:35 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 9/29 16-Jan-03 @ 08:41 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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Message 10/29 21-Jan-03 @ 11:34 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
increased polyphony is the biggest, i would say. 16/32 voice versus variable up to 100 voice?
I would imagine pricewise this will go somewhere betweent the µQ and µQ keyboard, probably closer to the µQ. i can't imagine anyone would pay much more for it than that. it's a filter module, not a synth.... and its not like it costs a lot to implement usb 2.0 on things.
Message 11/29 22-Jan-03 @ 02:58 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 12/29 24-Jan-03 @ 09:20 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
no frickin way... you can get a 32 voice Q for a litte more than that... there's no way that thing would be more than $1000.... seriously, no one would buy it if it was more than that.....
Message 13/29 24-Jan-03 @ 10:42 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
I think that Waldorf aims to the professionals market where softsynth are on the march. The AFB might find it's place among the other expensive FX-Boxes like for example a Lexicon PCM81. This thing will be for those who pay 1700 $ for an RME ADI 8 DS AD/DA converter box etc, not for us poor home users ;-)
Message 14/29 28-Jan-03 @ 08:30 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
$.02
Ape
Message 15/29 30-Jan-03 @ 04:09 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 16/29 30-Jan-03 @ 09:52 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 17/29 30-Jan-03 @ 11:39 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 18/29 30-Jan-03 @ 10:31 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 20/29 04-Feb-03 @ 12:00 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
To be able to do this you need a filter per voice.
With theAFB you'll have aa anolog filter per (up to 16) voice(s).
How can you do that with an xpole or 4 pole ?
Message 21/29 04-Feb-03 @ 05:41 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 22/29 04-Feb-03 @ 10:15 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
Message 23/29 08-Feb-03 @ 09:36 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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Message 24/29 14-Feb-03 @ 10:36 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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Message 25/29 24-Feb-03 @ 07:20 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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Message 26/29 26-Feb-03 @ 08:23 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
threads, it occurred to me, how is the analog
filter unit integrated into the Q+'s sound
engine... considering that the Q is essentially
a digital synth emulating analog circuitry,
integrating the analog filter unit would kind of
create the necessity to interface the analog
circuitry with the DSP algo's, and i imagine the
AFB is just merely a new application of the
technology developed there.
Has anyone seen the inside of a Q+? I
opened up my Q once a while back just for the
fun of it... really quite interesting what was
inside....
Message 27/29 26-Feb-03 @ 10:53 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
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This is the additional filterboard of the Q+
Message 28/29 27-Feb-03 @ 11:03 PM Edit: 28-Feb-03 | 12:39 AM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
The AFB could not be implemented this way as a retro fit for the Q/Q Rack, because you have to take the signal out of the CPU then send it back into it per voice to do what the Q+ does. That means and extra set of convertors in the chain from the outset of the signal generation.
Personally, I see the AFB16+ as a flop in the making. Retail is $2500 US. EEEEKKKK!!!!! For that price, spend the extra thousand, and get the 32 voice synth engine, nice keyboard, control surfaces, sequencer, and effects thrown in as well, if you're so desperate for the Waldorf VCF sound.
Ape
Message 29/29 14-Mar-03 @ 11:09 PM - RE: something interesting from waldorf
flop in the making is right!!!!!
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