Waldorf Protein Synthesizer Offers 8-Voices Of Wavetable Synthesis + Mysterious ‘Flavour Knob’
Waldorf Music has introduced the Protein, an inexpensive, compact 8-voice polyphonic wavetable synthesizer, based on the original Microwave 1 ASIC oscillators and combined with modern features of Iridium heritage, including the arpeggiator, a step sequencer, chord mode, effects and more.
“The Protein goes back to the very beginnings of Waldorf’s instrument making,” they say, “interpreting the original ideas in a contemporary and innovating way.”
Features:
- Protein’s 8 voices can be organized in up to 4 layers, allowing for complex sonic layered arrangements, round-robin modes, or split by MIDI channels for poly timbral operation.
- With the Load Layer feature new sonic arrangements can be created in seconds by simply recombining existing layers from the extensive preset collection.
- It comes with 150 factory presets of huge variety and can store up to 250 user presets. Using the 4-layer concept, users can mix and match from the existing library and create new combinations with the Load Layer feature.
- Each layer features an eight-slot modulation matrix, offering a multitude of modulation possibilities for shaping sound.
- The Protein also supports polyphonic aftertouch modulation.
- A “Flavour knob” adds an extra layer of organic behavior, from tiny micro-fluctuations up to “sweet disturbances” to keep digital sound lively.
- Waldorf Music recreated the original gritty 8-bit quantized and aliased sound of the Microwave 1 ASIC oscillators, running at 250 kHz sample rate, just like the original.
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The Waldorf Protein is available now, with an intro price of € 329.00 (normally 379.00).
