In his latest loopop video, synthesist Ziv Eliraz takes an in-depth look at the new Waldorf Protein synthesizer.
The Protein is an inexpensive, compact 8-voice polyphonic wavetable synthesizer, based on the original Microwave 1 ASIC oscillators and combined with modern features of Waldorf’s Iridium heritage.
Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
2:10 Overview
4:30 Workflow
7:00 Build
7:45 I/O
8:25 Oscillators
11:15 Noise/dirt
12:15 LP/HP filter
13:20 Drive “filter”
15:00 Pan
15:20 Envelopes
17:10 LFOs
18:15 Mod matrix
18:55 Effects
22:20 Arp
23:55 Sequencer
25:10 Multi modes
27:45 Flavor
28:30 Chords
29:05 Scale
29:50 CC map
31:15 Misc
31:35 Pros & cons
34:20 Some sounds
Check out the video and share your thoughts on the Waldorf Protein in the comments!
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Nice review from LooPop as usual but, let’s face it….
Protein is just underpowered hardware rompler….
I’m certain that Protein plugin is coming very soon 😉
You seem to be confused about what a Rompler is. Google ‘wavetable synthesis’.
If you just want to be dismissive of new digital synths, you can fall back to ‘VST in a box’!
Yeah the rompler comment is so off
Heh, these “just a rompler” arguments are way too common. I’d like to know which youtuber (because, let us face it, there’s where the majority of “personal opionions” seem to come from today…) made a joke dismissing a non-rompler product as a rompler, setting the stage for countless people regurgitating the same silly obviously false argument.
Behringer has really done themselves a disservice by releasing their PPG Wave clone only in keyboard format (and a crappy 4-octave keyboard length at that) and no desktop module like Sequential and Oberheim do.
This makes the Protein much more appealing to me, especially now that Waldorf has dropped the US price of the Protein to $400.
The Behringer Wave is awful to program. They’ve kept the worst part of the PPG Wave, which is the cryptic and confusing early 80s user interface.
Some people may find charm in those cryptic and confusing early 80s user interfaces 😉 But the parameters, which most users would touch are mapped to knobs on the surface, yes?
Believe it or not, but that’s precisely why I find the B-Wave so appealing.
It’s authentic in its nature.
Is it just me or does this apply to other people?
Maybe just you. It seems silly to try to be ‘authentic’ to a technically limited, confusing interface. For what reasons – nostalgia?
I kinda wanted this, because of GAS. But then I have a Blofeld, M, Iridum and Hydrasynth Explorer * , so there’s not like there’s shortage of wavetables in my home studio.
And after watching the video I saw that although nice sounding, the wave envelope, LFO and mod destinations are quite limited compared to the M.
* Hydrasynths are often mentioned as (being able to be) wavetable synthesizers, but to be honest I’m not sure it fits within my definition.
Don’t do it. Waldorf has been releasing official iPad apps, notably Blofeld and Microwave. Get those and keep waiting for even more by them. You gain nothing with the Protein.
The Protein is positioned to compete with the Roland Boutique line and similar modules from Modal, etc. Waldorf didn’t release this with no forethought, c’mon. It’ll win over a lot of newbies and people who want a decent portable synth. If it doesn’t have enough muscle for you, save up for an Iridium.
I have a module-d so I don’t need a 303, just another bass line without lfo or noise. It has fewer oscillators, waveforms and envelopes and its ladder filter is inferior.
The 303 is just redundant, I’ll probably sell it 🙂