Waldorf uQ
-my first hw synth
Well known Waldorf Q available as 2U rack module. It has 25 voices polyphony, 5 oscillators per voice (pulse with pulse
width modulation, sawtooth, triangle, sine, 2 wavetables with 128 waves each and sub-oscillator per alt-wave) plus cute noise
generator. It can store up to 300 single programs, 100 multiprograms and 20 drum maps. Filter sections consists of
2 filters (including FM and distortion): low pass (12dB/24dB), band pass (12dB/24dB), high pass (12dB/24dB), notch (12dB/24dB),
comb filter (positive/negative feedback). Effects unit is powerful as well: 2 effects per program, up to 5 effects in
multimode (effects: chorus, flanger, phaser, distortion, delay, 5 FX, vocoder). It has no sequencer. Anyway it consists of
mighty arpeggiator with 16 preset plus 1 user pattern, including accents, timing information, swing, glide, chords and more.
The Micro Q is not an analog synth, but it can emulate them very well. It is great for punchy analog bass, 303 lines, synth
leads, cute pads, swirling effects, analog drums, percussion, beats, and some noise experimental sounds. It's quite hard
to program it but I often use a wonderful random function with some little tweakings to get sound I want.
It's built like a tank. It has a nice LCD display (two rows). It's funny to edit arpeggiator sequence on it. This little
synth has a soul and that's why I love it.
Price paid: around 400€
