Wave, microWave II, Q Yellow, Q Classic Blue, black microWave XT.
The Classic Blue Q ended up more of a greyish slate blue, and the black XT became known as the shadow XT. I forget if it was officially called the Shadow XT or that just became how it was refered to. The Classic Blue Q oddly became known as the Halloween Q because of the yellowish orange on dark grey.
"After 2 years of crazy synth buying, Vincent has the new Secret Records studio down to a mere 26 synthesizers that he claims are better than the rest..... Before you watch, maybe you can make your own list of what you would have kept or make some guesses about what Crazy Vincent kept. Remember..... he's not like other people.
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Chapters:
00:00 Opening Music
00:14 Introduction
01:32 Overview
03:04 Stack One
04:49 Stack Two
05:48 Stack Three
07:23 Stack Four
08:43 Stack Five
09:23 Stack Six
09:55 Stack Seven
11:12 Stack Eight
13:19 Outro
14:50 Some Music
"This is a true classic from Waldorf. It's known as possibly the best VA synth ever made (kills the MS2000, JP8000, etc etc) but also has those classic German wavetables for that PPG style. Multiple filters, egs, etc etc. 4 part multi-timbral. It can do so much but I have too much stuff and more on the way so this has to go. The original Q was a terrible, bright yellow monstrosity but this is the beautiful, rare version that is now known as the Halloween version."
100 custom classic patches for the Korg Prologue.
Inspired by the old classic analog, FM, waves/PCM hybrid synths like Yamaha DX, Roland D50, Sequential Prophet VS, PPG Wave, Korg DW 8000, M1 & Wavestation, Waldorf Q, etc.
120 custom vintage classic patches for the Korg Prologue.
Inspired by the old classic vintage analog synths like Roland Junos & Jupiters, Sequential Prophet 5 & Pro-One, Oberheims, Korg Polysix & Mono/Poly, Solina, Crumar, PPG, etc.
"An unexpected visitor from 1999; The Waldorf Q in the "Halloween" colour scheme.
The Q is a DSP-based virtual analogue synthesizer from the era when knobs, sliders and analogue sounds came back in fashion, but when digital engines were able to handle the reproduction, provide comprehensive control over them and add newer features. The Roland JP-8000 and Korg MS-2000 are two other examples of this era of instrument.
The Q has three oscillators (plus two sub) per voice with your usual pulse, saw, sine and triangle, but the first two oscillators also have two "alt" settings that are wavetable generators somewhat in the territory of synths like the PPG wave. Not overly surprising as Waldorf founder Wolfgang Düren had been a distributor for PPG in the 80s. In fact, the dual multimode filters even have a dedicated "PPG" setting along with 24db/12db low pass, high pass, band pass, notch and comb.
There's three LFOs that can be clocked with various note values or they can be free running. There's also four envelopes that are bipolar and can loop if desired.
It's multitimbral and has 16 or 32 note polyphony (with expansion) dependent upon how many parts you're using.
There's a sequencer and arpeggiator, eight different on board FX, ring mod and even a 25 band vocoder which I used in the vocal section at the end.
Everything is controllable over midi CC and even though there's loads of knobs for quick access, there's quite a lot of menu diving and the knobs can have numerous secondary functions dependent upon what you're doing via the main menu. I did have to use the manual quite a bit so I could figure out what I was trying to do.
It's got 300 single patches and then 100 multis. I set up a few sounds of my own from scratch and also took some of the presets and altered them. The presets are usually overblown to demonstrate what the instrument can do, so they are quite unusable in a mix, but if you cull all of the whistles and bells, you can get at a part of the sound you like and mold it.
I did quite a few sounds via midi with the cc mapping various parameters and clocking things. Whilst this got everything where I wanted it, filming a static synth with a midi cable going into the back of it didn't make for compelling viewing, so this video isn't quite as hands on as my others. However, I did make sure to perform some parts so that I had something to show."
"Waldorf Q Halloween Edition Synthesizer. Condition is used but what a stunning example. Beautiful condition. 16 voice version with the latest OS 3.02. Comes with a power cord."
It's too bad the Nextel paint on the Waldorf models that have them do not hold up over time. These were gorgeous when first released.
"All buttons and encoders are responsive but I haven't tested fully, but reading forums these things rarely go wrong without use - its is a virtual analog synth after all! In any case I had my tech go over it just to make sure its all tickety boo and apart from the obvious signs of wear and tear as seen in the pictures its good to go.
"The Micro-Q has an odd factory patch called "Tire Guy" so I decided to have some fun with it. Poor Tire Guy. . Great for Halloween. The effects are Korg Mini Kaoss Pad patch 12 (radio isolator) through an Alesis Microverb"
Note this is just the original Nextel paint bluish grey Q. When the Q was first released it was available in Yellow and this color. I do not remember it ever being referenced as the "Halloween Edition". According to the listing, "This is evidently the Halloween version as shown on the Waldorf Wikipedia page." And sure enough, here it is. It's interesting how nicknames for synths form over time, for example the ARP 2600 Grey Meanie. Does anyone know when this one came about?
