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Microwave 1

🇺🇸 United States
Waldorf Music GmbH  | 
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App Rating
4.7
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73
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App Age
4m 16d
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Last Update
Oct 24, 2024

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4.72
4.55
+4%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
73
506.2K
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0y 4m
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In-app Purchases Price
$0
$42
Update Frequency
139d
43d
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Title Length
11
25
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11
27
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Description Length
3 173
2 786
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0
6
Size
64MB
189MB
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Waldorf's famous Microwave 1 synthesiser faithfully emulated in an iPad app including an AUv3 extension. 35 years ago Waldorf Music released its first instrument, the Microwave, which took the hearts of the leading musicians and producers of the nineties by storm. Its vibrate and distinctive sound transported the early wavetable sounds of the eighties into the rising electronic dance music of the following decade. Massive base lines, enigmatic wavetable modulations, brutal attacks and pads smooth like silk have been inspired generations of musicians. Microwave’s unique interpretation of wavetable synthesis combined with analogue filters defined what hybrid synthesis is at its best. Now’s the time to bring back this magical instrument in a software form into the hands of producers and musicians world-wide. The Waldorf Microwave 1 app was painstakingly recreated from the original hardware with all its idiosyncrasies and wonderful singularities. A multi-year effort and a labor of love which analyzed and modeled the original instruments down to the finest sonic details of every aspect of the hardware. Only the first generation of the Microwave and also the Waldorf Wave were based on a custom developed integrated circuit called the Waldorf ASIC. In combination with the legendary Curtis filter chips and a very unique 68k CPU based controller software the ASIC defined a very special flavor of wavetable sound unparalleled to none. No one else than the inventor of Wavetable Synthesis of the eighties, Wolfgang Palm, helped to design this unique chip. Waldorf took a huge effort to analyze and recreate this integrated circuit within the app. As the original, the app runs the internal synthesis with the ultra high sampling rate of 250 kHz regardless of the iPad's sampling rate. The recreated digital waveforms have been bit-by-bit compared with the original to be 100% identical. Digital Section (ASIC) - Internally running with 250 kHz sampling rate to match original ASIC sampling rate. - Modeling of digital-to-analog converters for each voice (DAC). - Two oscillators based on same wavetable per multi instrument. - Unique digital noise generator based on ASIC technology. - Digital mixer of oscillators and noise based on original ASIC including overflow bug. - Faithful recreation of non-interpolated pitch generation. Wavetables - All original wavetables of Microwave 1 based on the original coding and bit-identical to original. - Including algorithmic and speech wavetables. - Faithful recreation of 8-bit quantization and aliasing. - Easy to use wavetable editor based on internal control tables. - Full waveform catalogue of original instrument can be accessed. - User waveform editor. Filter - Faithful modeling of revision A and B analogue filters. - Voice individual calibration of cutoff and resonance to model detuned hardware. - Cutoff and resonance modulations. - Frequency response graphic animated by live modulations Amplifier - Modeling of voltage controlled analogue amplifiers and panning section. - Faithful recreation of control voltage DACs including stepping effects. For more details visit www.waldorfmusic.com. }
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4.7
73 voters

Some Latest Reviews

aasellyy
01 Mar, 2025
5
Sehr schönes Instrument: das Keyboard blendet nich, auch hier wurde alles richtig gemacht. Vielleicht eine Oktave mehr, für mehr fun:)
aasellyy
19 Feb, 2025
5
Key track für die Lautstärke funktioniert nicht bei der standalone version funktioniert init nicht richtig. Nach dem init, springt der Filter immer noch hin und her, bei der zweiten oder dritten Stimme. Es ist zu sehen und zu hören
xBruce
18 Feb, 2025
5
Microwave1 is an excellent representation of the hardware at a reasonable price. Microwave1 is a great sounding app. The diversity of timbres are highly useful while, when pushed can be exotic sounding. Wavetable synthesis has flexibility traditional oscillators simply can’t accomplish. In many ways the Microwave1 reminds me of their hardware Microwave and Q. The sonic flexibility is amazing and worth whatever it sells for. Highly recommended.
Dodu909
10 Feb, 2025
2
Ihr habt leider die Midikanäle vergessen. Die kann man nicht einstellen! Was soll das denn? Bitte um kurze Info, Danke.
xBruce
27 Jan, 2025
5
Unfortunately, the only Waldorf synthesizer currently available is the Microwave1. It is an excellent representation of the hardware at a reasonable price. I have a couple of other old Waldorf synths that I purchased a decade ago and it’s a shame that they’re not available because really they’re some of the best sounding synthesizers on the iPad platform Microwave1 is a great sounding app. It is favorable sounding and not that off from the actual instrument. I do hope at some point they release more material because they have a storied history. Highly recommended.
はまかたさあらまなやさたらあ
15 Dec, 2024
5
これは実機の雰囲気そのもの、凄い再現度です。しかもノイズレス。ずっと聞いていられます。点数は付けられないほど素晴らしいシンセです。
Zermosa
18 Nov, 2024
3
Nice instrument, but the patch browser is buggy when using more than one instance in a DAW. The layout doesn’t fit the screen in a DAW, so you have scroll using one red dot overlay. It would be easier to rid of that and make a two finger scroll or something. Sounds are great, but the browser is a bunch of random unorganized patches. Someone should organize them into categories.
c!Mo
05 Nov, 2024
3
Comment peut-on créer une application en 2024 sans options favoris ?!!!
simlogue
05 Nov, 2024
5
The microwave1, close to the PPG in sound but with a Curtis filter. This emulation is the real thing. The Curtis filter also recreated to perfection (a zero delay feedback filter)…very punchy…would love to have it also in a 3 osc synth as it would be so good for punchy basses.

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4.73
Voted: 73
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Categories: Music
Size: 64MB
App Age: 4 months 16 days
Release Date: Oct 24, 2024
Last Update: Oct 24, 2024
Version: 1.1.0
Version history
1.1.0
Oct 24, 2024

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