Waldorf Microwave XTK

Digital wavetable synthesizer (1999)

Keyboard version of module microwave XT

Overview

OVERVIEW 49 full sized velocity sensitive keys Orange outfitwith a 2 x 40 character display, backlighted, classic red data encoder and 40 hands-on knobs buttons and 4 knobs changing relative parameters on the screen (All of the knobs transmit MIDI information). Buttons Bonanza!

RELATED MODELS:
- Waldorf microwave XT : module version with same controls
-Waldorf microwave 2: rackmount version with less controls

Terminal connectors:

- Midi Interface IN / OUT / THRU

- main signal out

- 2 aux out
- analog input
- 2 pedal cv/inputs

- Power supply is internal

rear of xtk

Sound

OSCILLATORS Polyphony :10 voice (expandable to 30) , synthesis based on 2 oscillators per voice (with sync and FM) of DSP wavetable. Famous PPG Wavetable synthesis is the ability to sequence through a table of different waveforms during the duration of a single note, internal ROM features 64 preset wavetables (64 Waves per Wavetable)+ 32 user-programmable wavetable.

ENVELOPE 8-level Wave-Envelope with loop + 4-level Free-Envelope

LFO 2 modulators (syncable to MIDI-Clock) shapes: sine, triangle, square, random, S&H

FILTER there are 10 digital models including 24dB and 12dB Lowpass MOOG, Sine Waveshaper, 6/12/24 LP/HP, FM Filter, Sin (x)-LP, Dual Lowpass/Bandpass , Band Stop.

Effect , arpeggiator and memory

EFFECTS Effects: Chorus, Flanger 1 & 2, Autowah BP, Autowah LP, Overdrive, Delay, Amp Mod. Sounds... bad.

ARPEGGIATOR rogrammable Arpeggiator(Can be synced to MIDI-Clock)

MEMORY 64 to 256 user patches and from 64 to 128 performance patches. Sound can be saved only by midi sysex.
MW2 have a special import for MW1 patch but they do need a tweak.