any users of waldorf microQ here?

[Triptonizer]

hi guys,

I'm considering buying a micro-Q Keyboard and wanted some advice.. I make IDM - broken beats - clicks 'n cuts - leftfield electronic music.

I'm a software guy really, my current setup includes mostly NI software: Reaktor (the program I use in all my projects) - Absynth - FM7 - Kontakt - Battery and Cubase SX on a P4 1500. The only hardware I have (and absolutely love) is a Clavia micro modular. Now I would like to add a hardware synth to do more bread-and-butter stuff, to save up cpu for tasks the computer performs best.

There are also more positive reasons for going hardware ;-) : knobs, more intuitive approach..... What I like about the Clavia modular is the clarity of its sounds, unriveled by anything else, hardware or software... I'd be better off with a Nord lead or a full Modular (mine is a micro) perhaps, but then, I would'nt extend the pallette of sounds at my disposal. A few things I like about the Q specs : modulation possibilities (at audio rate), comb filters (I tried them out, they sound great), drummaps.

O yeah I would go for the keyboard version because I than can get rid of my cheepo roland pc midi keyboard and save up some space in the process.

Does anyone detect any flaws in my reasoning? :D

Thanks in advance!

[piscaries]

while i don't own a microQ, i have played with one a bit. i've also played a bit with the microwaveXT. i think for the kind of stuff you want to do, the microwave would be much better. wavetable synthesis can be very wonderful for choppy synth sounds, as i'm assuming that's what you're going for. the microQ seems to be more of a lead-oriented synth, and you can do most of that kind of stuff on your modular (which i also own and love). you can't do wavetable on the modular, and the microwave is also really good for floaty pads and has a decent array of drum kit. to be quite honest though, i'm doing kinda of the same things with my setup, although i make no sounds with my computer. i've got a nord modular rack, an s3200xl sampler, and an oberheim matrix 6 (anyone want to buy my matrix 6?) and the only thing i've felt i've been lacking is instantaneous synth programming. i have to build and program all of my sounds from the ground up, which i like.. but it can take away from your creative flow. i just got an arp axxe and it has totally opened my creativity up. just sample up the sounds and rework the sounds and with the nord filters and effects and with your computer and effects... damn. it just makes life more fun. so i guess after all this rambling, i'd say fuck the new digital stuff (cause what you got can already do everything the microQ can offer) and get a nice, warm, fuzzy, analog synth... damnit!

[pille'ocheoni]

had the waldorf xtk for about six months and had to sell it.:illin:

[mattp]

Most positive benefit for me (going the hardware route) is not having to sit in front of a computer …..

I do it for a living so it’s nice to go home and stare @ LEDs and little LCDs, rather than more bloody monitors for long periods of time …..


It makes a refreshing change ...

[pille'ocheoni]

amen