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Microwave XT

Microwave XT

ManufacturerWaldorf
FunctionSynthesizer (Black LTD)
Produced1998
CountryGermany
Form FactorDesktop / 19" Rackmount Convertible
Signal PathDigital Hardware
LinksSound on Sound review · Manual at carbon111 · Manual at waldorf-music.info
Notes* Two wavetable oscillators plus noise generator and ring modulator. * Oscillator Sync and FM. * 10-note polyphonic, 8-part multitimbral. * 256 User Patches, 128 Multi setups. * Arpeggiator forms part of patch meaning up to 8 simultaneous arpeggiators can run in multi mode. * Arpeggiator and LFOs can sync to MIDI clock. * Two filters with a total of 12 filter types. * DSP effects -- the first three parts in a multi performance can use their full effects settings, the remainder are limited to chorus. * External signal input to filters/effects. * 65 wavetables plus 32 user wavetables. * 44 knobs, 9 switches, 2 x 40 character display, shift key, alpha dial. * All major parameters have a dedicated MIDI controller numbers. * Knobs send MIDI controllers. * Quite large (5 rack units). * And it's orange!