by John Bowen » Wed May 11, 2011 3:03 pm
n1nj4 wrote:John, or anyone in the know, how much Zarg Quantum Wave type functionality will be included in the Solaris? I'm very much interested in getting as close as I can to the functionality of the Waldorf Wave or any of the Microwave series.
Not too much. The 8 stage Looping Envelope is 'inspired' by the one in the Wave, but we've added a few extras in the keyboard Solaris. Another module I planned on having from the Quantum Wave is the Shaper, but unfortuntely this did not get coded yet.
The Quantum Wave is a multitimbre synth with 4 parts. For its initial release, the Solaris will not be multitimbral.
What I can say is that the Solaris keyboard reproduces the Waldorf interpolation scheme just the same as the original, which is not the case with the Quantum Wave plug-in for Scope. When I was brought in by Hans to work on the plug-in at his studio, we set up his Waldorf Wave in the room with a Scope system, and once I had everything ready for a one-on-one comparison, I immediately knew that the Scope version was not going to be able to re-create the hardware Wave sound, because of the difference in playback interpolation. I went out and asked Hans to come into the room, so I could play for him the differences before I proceeded with the project, because I wanted him to know right from the start what was and wasn't going to be possible.
john b.
[quote="n1nj4"]John, or anyone in the know, how much Zarg Quantum Wave type functionality will be included in the Solaris? I'm very much interested in getting as close as I can to the functionality of the Waldorf Wave or any of the Microwave series.[/quote]
Not too much. The 8 stage Looping Envelope is 'inspired' by the one in the Wave, but we've added a few extras in the keyboard Solaris. Another module I planned on having from the Quantum Wave is the Shaper, but unfortuntely this did not get coded yet.
The Quantum Wave is a multitimbre synth with 4 parts. For its initial release, the Solaris will not be multitimbral.
What I can say is that the Solaris keyboard reproduces the Waldorf interpolation scheme just the same as the original, which is not the case with the Quantum Wave plug-in for Scope. When I was brought in by Hans to work on the plug-in at his studio, we set up his Waldorf Wave in the room with a Scope system, and once I had everything ready for a one-on-one comparison, I immediately knew that the Scope version was not going to be able to re-create the hardware Wave sound, because of the difference in playback interpolation. I went out and asked Hans to come into the room, so I could play for him the differences before I proceeded with the project, because I wanted him to know right from the start what was and wasn't going to be possible.
john b.