Members Teoman Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 My answer is % 60 Roland JX10/MKS70 and % 40 Oberheim Matrix 6. My Q Rack hasn't seen so much use for some time and after getting my WavaStation A/D I attempted to see how these two compare. With my fresh ears I found something Roland and Oberheim in this yellow devil. The funny thing is that I haven't digged it seriously so far but I changed my mind This synth is in a league of its own. Enjoy your Q ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I would say that the Q sounds like NO analog nor hybrid of analogs, with the possible exception of a Buchla modular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kooki_sf Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 the q+ is marginally analog... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I cant think of any analogue synth that sounds like a Q. The only synth that sounds even remotely like it (to my ears at least) is the Z1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teoman Posted February 12, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I accept that analog emulation is not its strongest point, but without much cut off it sounds analog to me. It is possibly not intended to emulate a certain brand. Still meaty and organic pads remind me these two guys that I mentioned. I made some decent Juno-106 sounds easily. I mean it sounds really close. Add to that the above average Moog leads and basses. Wave sweeps are more competent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members U&I Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 I've always found that comparison an insult when it comes to Waldorf. The make truly unique digital synthesizers that should stand on there own as pure digital synthesis machines in a class few other's can attain. I would put the Wavestation AD, Kawai K5000S , Yamaha SY99 and there short lived FDSP synths and the FS1R, Waldorf Q/Xt hell even the MicroQ and Microwave in that lot. Also Roland'd D50, JD990/800 the Kurzweil K2000 and up along with the Emu Morpheus and Ultraproteus also. None of them should be compared to analog synths. All of them are truly superb digital synths in their own right none the less and should be viewed as such IMHO. Nuttin' wrong with a great digital synth irrespective of how much the "we love analog synths" worship I see here or anywhere else on music forums that I frequent. Hell a Casio CZ5000 and some great outboard is one hell of a useful synth even today for example and then some. I :love:my digital synths. Always have done to be honest. You just gotta know which ones are worth more love than others . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mytee2.0 Posted February 12, 2008 Members Share Posted February 12, 2008 some kind of modular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 I've always found that comparison an insult when it comes to Waldorf. The make truly unique digital synthesizers that should stand on there own as pure digital synthesis machines in a class few other's can attain. I would put the Wavestation AD, Kawai K5000S , Yamaha SY99 and there short lived FDSP synths and the FS1R, Waldorf Q/Xt hell even the MicroQ and Microwave in that lot. Also Roland'd D50, JD990/800 the Kurzweil K2000 and up along with the Emu Morpheus and Ultraproteus also. None of them should be compared to analog synths. All of them are truly superb digital synths in their own right none the less and should be viewed as such IMHO. Nuttin' wrong with a great digital synth irrespective of how much the "we love analog synths" worship I see here or anywhere else on music forums that I frequent. Hell a Casio CZ5000 and some great outboard is one hell of a useful synth even today for example and then some. I :love:my digital synths. Always have done to be honest. You just gotta know which ones are worth more love than others . Top tier boxes, thems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CTB Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 I have Q, MKS70, and JX10. The two analogs sound NOTHING like the Q, and vice-versa. Not even close. The JX is about 100x warmer than anything I've ever heard come out of the Q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ummm....isn't the MKS-70 just a rackmount JX-10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marzzz Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 The Q sounds absolutely nothing like the MKS-70; I consider them opposite ends of the spectrum. Maybe someone with a Jomox Sunsyn can comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 The Q sounds absolutely nothing like the MKS-70; I consider them opposite ends of the spectrum. Maybe someone with a Jomox Sunsyn can comment? I heard a murderously sweet Sunsyn demo the other day. FACK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 I played a Waldorf Q and it doesn't sound analog to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 That's WHY I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members droolmaster0 Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 Just got a Q+, and it combines the Q's defiantly un-analog sound, with analog filters - which you can combine with the digital filters...so you can get it to sound more analog if you want. But sometimes the digital filters just sound better....but in any case - I think that the question about what analog synth sounds like the Q is to some degree relative to how immersed in the Waldorf sound you are. To me, Waldorf synths have a distinctive sound - so NO other synths sound like them, analog or digital. but to someone who isn't a synth nut, my Q+ would probably sound very much like a Virus. On the other hand, would it be cheating to say that a Pulse sounds a little like the Q? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members droolmaster0 Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 The Q sounds absolutely nothing like the MKS-70; I consider them opposite ends of the spectrum. Maybe someone with a Jomox Sunsyn can comment? The Sunsyn sounds great, but nothing like the Q or Q+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pighood Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 Been feckin' with the mod matrix his evening & doing VERY BAD things between the LFO's. Nothing analog, short of a modular (or perhaps an Arp 2600) can make noises like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DocT Posted February 13, 2008 Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 I played a Waldorf Q and it doesn't sound analog to me. It's particularly bad at analog guitar sounds: http://www.trippler.net/files/wishbone3.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teoman Posted February 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2008 Let me correct one thing: I have no claim about Q sounding exactly analog or very close to MKS70. I just haven't played it for a long time and the first thing that came to mind while playing it is the meaty digital sound that resembles MKS70 and Matrix 6. I think I am not exagerating when saying this, because it can do analog sounds as good as many VAs. It is not perfect emulation of course, and is much more beyond that. Patches that directly reference to these analogs sound good to me. Maybe it is just me, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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