Single resonator oscillator playing a single 6 note chord.  It's using a simple saw wave single-cycle waveform sample and s&h LFOs modulating timbre, spread, a tiny bit of q and LFO speeds.  Resonator oscillator output is direct to VCA, so no filtering is being used.  Inbuilt chorus, delay and reverb.

Waldorf Quantum iridium Resonator Ambient Drone - single patch/chord

Single resonator using simple single cycle saw waveform sample. Doesn't sound too impressive, but this isn't using any filtering - this is just a resonator oscillator output direct to VCA.  It uses timbre-mode sin-saw and then random modulation of timbre to effectively use that as a low pass filter.  it has q at zero, but max q curve to give the resonance effect.  Using komplex modulator instead of envelope to give a variable decay curve with a bit of modulation for KM speed to alter the decay time.

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Resonator Bass Sequence

This is all waldorf quantum - it's just a single latched 5 note chord.  It uses one wavetable oscillator of 800 random Adventure Kid waveforms, which are moved through via s&h LFO, and a waveform/VA oscillator sounding a low-pitch sawtooth with s&h to warp.  The levels of the two oscillators are modulated via the same s&h in opposing directions. It uses a single analog filter, swept via slewed s&h.  The LFOs used for wavetable position and oscillator level have their rates modulated via additional s&h LFOs.  Effects are onboard chorus, delay and reverb. (patch ref: one voice ambient 2).

Waldorf Quantum Random Generated Ambient akwf - single patch/chord

Just a modulated single resonator oscillator - direct to VCA with no filter. This uses a very low level looped noise sample to trigger the resonator q, which causes its 32 bandpass filters to act like 32 partials. Spread is then set very low, pulling all the bands into the low end of the frequency spectrum. s&h LFO modulates timbre in peak-mod modes. second s&h LFO modulates first LFO's speed. Played with single sustained 5-note chord.  Uses inbuilt chorus, delay and reverb. (patch ref: res other world fx)

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Resonator Alien Soundscape FX - single patch/chord

Latched chord patch. This uses a saw-down LFO against filter cutoff to give the impression of repeated individual notes (no sequencing/arps).  all 3 oscillators are wavetables containing different sets of 200 random adventure kid waveforms.  s&h LFOs are used against wavetable position (kept in sync with the saw-down LFO), LFO speed etc.   Komplex Modulator provides occasional pitch variation for oscs 1+3.  Uses only inbuilt effects of crunch (wavefolder) drive, chorus, delay and reverb. Bass boost=off. Recorded on iridium with no additional processing. (patch ref: wt rnd notes).

Waldorf Iridium Quantum random generative notes akwf - single patch/chord

Single patch played with simple 4 note latched chord. Patch uses 3 kernels oscillators, each with all six operators/kernels set up using FM, AM and some wavetable position modulation.  The bulk of the modulation is from the main mod matrix sent via the macro knobs.  Uses 1 saw down LFO and 5 s&h LFOs in various amount/controller combinations, with LFO speed being modulated. Komplex modulator brings in a very occasional pitch bend in oscs 1+2. Uses all 40 rows of matrix. Digital filter with a bit of movement, small amount routed to digital former in parallel with no movement but just shaving off a bit of the top end.  Recorded directly from quantum using internal effects - delay (dry/wet and feedback modulated by LFO) and reverb. (patch ref: fm genr8 1)

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Generative FM Soundscape - single patch/chord

A mixed bag of generative soundscape patch snippets played with just a 2-note latched chord. All are single layer using 3 kernels oscillators, each oscillator comprising 6 operators and 5 macros. Masses of s&h modulation.  Recorded direct from quantum - patches only use digital filters (the first 3 and last one are direct to VCA, so no filters at all) so sounds identical on iridium.

Waldorf Quantum Iridium  Kernels oscillator soundscapes mixed - single patches/chord

Single patch played with simple 3 note latched chord. Patch uses 3 kernels oscillators, each with all six operators/kernels set as sine waves using FM. The bulk of the modulation is from the main mod matrix with various amount/controller combinations of the 6 s&h LFOs sent via the macro knobs to operator level/pitch.  LFO rate is modulated by other LFOs. Komplex modulator brings in occasional pitch bends in oscs 1+3.  All oscillator output is direct to VCA, so all digital with no filters (sounds the same on iridium). Recorded directly from quantum using internal relay+reverb effects. (patch ref: fm genr8 6 3note)

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Generative FM Soundscape 2 - single patch/chord

just 2 voices, one per layer, triggered by single middle c press - uses five kernels oscillators spread over the two layers, with 22 saw wave sub-kernels in total. 

All the sub-kernels are set with their end pitch, the komplex modulator offsets them all via various amounts but brings them back to that original pitch over time.

Everything goes via wide open digital filter, so will be same on iridium and quantum (recorded on quantum - only effect is inbuilt chorus - patch ref: thx6)

waldorf quantum iridium thx-like

Expressive plucked string type patch - uses 3 waveform (VA) oscillators. Plays a pattern through twice, then a series of 3 notes with varying velocity, then the same with mod wheel at 50% which affects reverb and release. Direct recording out of iridium, no external effects.

Waldorf Iridium Quantum WF String

Just one patch, using a single wavetable oscillator (factory: formant1).  Lots of s&h modulation against wt pos, wt spectrum,  dual filters cutoff, digital former as per voice ring mod's frequency etc. This was recorded on an iridium keyboard and poly-at was used to attenuate individual held notes.  Would sound the same on quantum in all digital configuration. (patch ref: 1 wt)

waldorf iridium quantum single wavetable/patch/chord soundscape

2 operators/kernels in a single kernels oscillator doing slight exponential fm as source. Komplex modulator running 15 triangles per cycle at 70Hz, so effectively a 1,050Hz triangle LFO, against pitch and filter cutoff.  Filter is raiser in dirty -24dB mode. Mod wheel increases cutoff+resonance, reduces filter decay and brings a bit of delay and reverb. Only effects are built-in - slight chorus and drive, plus the delay/reverb when brought in with the wheel. Recorded on iridium, so all digital - would sound same on quantum in all-digital mode.

waldorf iridium quantum bass using KM at audio rate

Attempt at making the bass sound in perturbator's god complex,

Uses 3 wavetable oscillators using single cycles from the adventure kid waveforms, going into digital former set with drive to crunch (waveshaper) into parallel "dirty" (distorted) LPF and HPF in the dual filter section. inbuilt drive+chorus+reverb+eq. 3 note unison. Definitely needs work. recorded straight out of iridium.

Waldorf quantum iridium perturbator god gomplex bass attempt

All digital analog-style bass patch.

3 wavetable oscillators using a series of saw waves from raw moog matriarch oscillators (converted using built in "analyze audio" tool).

These go into digital former which is set as a high pass filter, then into the dual parallel filters which are running in digital mode. Both are set to 24dB SVF, filter 1 is set to saturated mode, and filter 2 is set to dirty mode but the level is lower, just to blend in a bit of heavy distortion.

The filter envelope to cutoff amount is controlled by the mod wheel, with the same envelope+wheel source used to raise the cutoff of the high pass filter, dropping some of the bottom end to better emulate the moog ladder filter dropoff.

the Komplex modulator has 2 patterns of 32/31 steps of random values per cycle, blended 50% with full entropy, running at 100Hz, resulting in digital noise. A tiny amount of this is routed to the filter to add a bit more grit.

Lots of small amounts of random modulation to pitch, envelope decay, resonance, wavetable position.

There's a tiny bit of drive effect at play too.

Sound is recorded directly out of quantum, but as this is all digital it would sound identical on iridium.

Waldorf Quantum Iridium All-Digital Analog-style Bass

Single resonator oscillator with random Q, timbre, spread and exciter. Resonator in modulo mode, no samples being used. Analog filters pegged fully open (so sounds very similar on iridium), inbuilt FX: chorus, delay and reverb. Just latching a 5 note chord and using arp in random mode with rhythm pattern 4.

Waldorf Quantum Resonator Random Bells

3 wavetable oscillators using different phase distortion morph wavetables pitched as a chord, with slow slewed  s&h to position, a saw down LFO routed to filter cutoff to give the pluck and some s&h to filter cutoff, pan and osc 2/3 pitch.  Effects are built in chorus, delay and reverb.

Filter is digital (raiser model), so sounds same on Iridium as Quantum.

Manual filter cutoff across the recording.

(patch ref: wt chord pluck)

Waldorf Quantum Iridium LFO'd chord pluck

Analog style bass using digital filters (raiser model). 3 oscillators of wavetables - 2 saws and a square from different hardware analog synths. S&H LFO mod to pitch, cutoff affected by envelope, wheel and slight s&h LFO. Little bit of rand trig to osc 1 pan. 

Uses parameter sequencer to cycle 5 sets of values routed to cutoff, osc1 pitch and VCA, simulating 5 voice cards. 

Plays through twice with no wheel input, then with manual mod wheel.

Only effect is built in chorus.

Recorded out of quantum, but would sound same on iridium given all digital. (patch ref: wt classic bass aged)

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Analog Style Bass 2

Example patch using analog filters with new "cuff" drive type

Waldorf Quantum 16 Voice - FM Cuff drive

Bass that uses the new "16 voices: alternating" mode in 3.0 beta 14 firmware to alternate between analog and digital filters and it uses the new cuff drive type.

Waldorf Quantum 16 Voice - bass alternating analog and digital

Patch alternating between analog and digital filter on each note press in 3.0 beta 14 firmware - digital retains stereo information from oscillator.

Waldorf Quantum 16 Voice - alternating analog/digital demo

Patch that uses unisono and "16 voices: alternating" mode in 3.0 beta 14 firmware so that every note plays through both the analog and digital filters, showing the effect of the combined timbral and spatial difference.

Waldorf Quantum 16 Voice - analog and digital simultaneous demo

Simple demo showing Quantum's 3 oscillators in one layer being treated as 3 different timbres using the new per-oscillator key ranges introduced in 3.0 beta 14 firmware. The main amp envelope has a long enough release to cover the envelopes used for the 3 oscillators, where each oscillator has an envelope controlling its mix level to mimic individual VCAs. OSC1 is the bass using a saw waveform oscillator running into the dual filters, OSC2 is the arp using a square waveform oscillator going into the digital former which is running as an LPF with random panned output, dual-filters and digital former are running parallel so completely separate, OSC 3 is the saws pad using an 8- saws waveform oscillator running direct to VCA with no filtering. Sequencing via an external hardware sequencer.

This could be doubled to 6 timbres under midi control using a second layer.  Quantum could route that second layer to the aux outs for external processing as 2 pairs of 3 timbres.

Quantum is running in 16 voices: digital only mode in the new 3.0 beta 14 firmware.

Waldorf Quantum 16 voice - 3 timbres in one layer demo

This is a bass made using the 3.0 beta 14 firmware in "16 voices:alternating" mode and 2 voice unisono. Every note plays both a voice with analog filter and a voice with digital filter (set to "raiser" filter model).  This is playing 2 notes (so 4 voices) at a time spaced an octave apart.

Osc1 is a waveform (VA) oscillator set to 2 medium-duty pulse waves. 

Osc 2 is a waveform oscillator set to a single narrow pulse. 

There is a very small amount of per-voice post-filter drive in the digital-former (using new "cuff" mode). 

6 s&h LFOs providing tiny amounts of modulation to cutoff, res, pitch, attack, release and overall VCA (which is now before the amp envelope)

Only effect is very small amount of short reverb.

Waldorf Quantum 16 Voice Nasty Pulse Bass

2 wavetable oscillators using homebrew phase-distortion+bit-reduction wavetables and wavetable drive fx, plus a waveform (VA) oscillator providing PWM sub. Filters are all digital SVF going into Digital Former as drive in cuff mode.  Effects are chorus, compressor, reverb and more cuff drive. Recorded direct on quantum with no external processing - all digital so would sound same on iridium.

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Braaam Trailer Sound

Test to see how much variety I can get from a single 2-layer patch, playing a simple pattern one note at a time and using each layer's (mono) sequencer. I'm using mod wheel and XY pad to bring elements in and out. The image for this soundcloud track shows all the notes being sent to the quantum across the entire track.

No multi-tracking, this is a single take recorded out of quantum with no external processing . Uses all digital mode, so would sound same on iridium.

Layer 1 osc 1 is the kick drum which disables keytrack so it doesn't follow sequence notes - its overall level is controlled with mod wheel, but uses sequence parameter lane for the hits. Made using sine wavetable with wtFX=drive, routed to dirty LPF.

Layer 1 osc 2 is simple 3x saw waveform bass, which plays constantly but uses a sequencer parameter lane for level.

Layer 1 osc 3 is a wavetable oscillator that uses random waveform position to provide the metallic highs.

Layer 2 osc 1 is the chords via simple 3x saw waveform with the chord baked into the sub-osc's/kernel's pitch spread. Level controlled by padX.

Layer 2 osc 2 is the pluck sound, using saw-down LFO to break the held note into shorter notes. PadY controls level and increases the speed of the synced LFO.

Layer 2 osc 3 is the resonant filter sweep sound - this is key-ranged solely to F2, so it only sounds when that key is played (new feature in 3.0 beta 14 firmware).Uses the komplex modulator to control pitch and an LFO sweeping filter.
(ref: kick seq mw xy)

Waldorf Quantum Iridium Single Patch, Single Take Track

All digital mode, 3 wavetable oscillators using wavetables made from moog matriarch raw osc samples, 2x digital SVF filters panned hard left/right with slight variations, drive+chorus, lot of small random modulations to wavetable position, cutoff, resonance, pitch etc.

waldorf quantum iridium analog-like in digital

Patch on waldorf quantum - direct sound recording, no external effects/processing.  3 waveform (VA) oscillators, mod wheel opens the filter + digital bandpass filter and brings in more delay.

Played through once with zero mod wheel, then again with full mod wheel.

Waldorf Quantum VA Stringy MW

3 waveform/va oscillators - saw/square+square sub osc.  analog filter set to 24db dirty mode, lots of random mods to filter, pitch etc.   Slow LFO bringing the amount of filter envelope in and out.

waldorf quantum Funk Bass

Another variation of this:  Single voice, but using the 3 oscillators to generate individual drum sounds (not samples) controlled via the sequencer. Osc 1/kick is waveform/VA sine going into analog filter, osc2/snare is waveform white noite going into digital filter, osc3/perc/hats is kernels (beta) oscillator doing fm going straight to VCA.  This version has more modulation going on affecting osc3/fm/perc.

As it's just single voice, can have this on one layer, with a single key set to act as an on/off toggle, and have the other 7 voices available for whatever patch we want on layer 2.

Waldorf Quantum Q Drum Synth2

A second example of this.

This is a Waldorf Iridium preset that uses 2 wavetable oscillators, each containing 800 random Adventure Kid Waveforms. The patch sweeps across a few of those waveforms with the speed of the sweep affected by decay and release - holding a note gives a slow sweep, releasing the key is very fast. Uses legato glide.

Manually changing the wavetable position gives different sets of waveforms to sweep between. This track is 3 run throughs with different positions set for each.

Patch here: www.dropbox.com/s/vuty7k1xt8dvgka…0wt%203.qpat?dl=0

Waldorf Iridium bassmaker akwf wt example 2

2 x sine waveform (VA) oscillators going into digital former running as "drive" with type set to "crunch" (sine waveshaper) with amount modulated by komplex modulator

Waldorf Quantum Spikey Wf Crunch Seq

2 x saw waveform/VA oscillators (one using 3 kernels) routed to digital former in drive:crunch mode (wavefolding).  There are no filters used in this one.

Bipolar random being used as controller for envelope routed to wavefold amount.  The same envelope is also used to slightly boost the wavefolder gain as the level drops when folding amount is increased.

master bass boost=on and compressor at 35%

First run throughs are with a master drive effect using pickup mode and eq.

Then there's a second run with onboard chorus/delay/reverb.

Both have some manual tweaking of the wavefold amount.

Waldorf Iridium Wfold - no filters just wavefolding

These waldorf quantum/iridium patches explore all aspects of the sound engines on offer, especially the more unusual areas, rather than being a "best of".   Explanatory notes are attached in the descriptions for each track.

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