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That is extremely cool!!

Unfortunately for me, part of the XT/XTk being the greatest is the hardware aspect of them.

But! I love that there is an emulation of it. :slight_smile:

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The beta, Seems to be crashing on m1 Mac.
Maybe Iā€™m doing something wrong.

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For sure, Iā€™d love the hardware one day, itā€™s so orange :heart_eyes: But itā€™s amazing what this project is doing, saving the digital soul of these old devices :heart:

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It works okay here on m1. Is it actually crashing your whole DAW or just an error? They have a Discord linked from their site where someone will be happy to help Iā€™m sure.

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Mine has the infamous Nextel paint problem. It is not orange any more ā€¦

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ā€¦it comes down to the simple question, do u prefer direct twiddleabilty via heaps of knobs or clean logics via matrix column editingā€¦

that microwave xt in orange was the most beloved synth of an old collegue of mine in the 90iesā€¦
and itā€™s a great catch and addition alongside something like the ot for sureā€¦

but u canā€™t be too much into flawless looks, since this rough orang coating tends to show any heavy use pretty soonā€¦getting one nowadays, means it will look used for sureā€¦

but itā€™s defnitly the last synth of waldorfs truu original hey daysā€¦
microwave one, digital oscā€™s meet truu analog filters, was my all my heavy bottom basslines back thenā€¦

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Itā€™s a little weird they went with ā€˜Xeniaā€™ as the name considering thatā€™s already the biggest Xbox 360 emulator around. Maybe thatā€™s only potentially confusing to quite a small subset of their users :upside_down_face:

I spent quite a bit of time with Largo a few months back when I was deciding whether or not to get a Blofeld keyboard and Iā€™m surprised at how similar the core tone is. The XT always sounded very distinctive to me in demos but scrolling through presets on this Iā€™m not quite hearing it jump out of the speakers the same way. Just me?

Great to have this to complement the M though, especially for the wavetable FM.

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Not to mention the name of at least three or four DJs. :smiley:

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The M has both the analog filter, and a digital filter which when in MW2 mode, has all the digital filter models of the XT + a few added variations (Like HP+FM). Both filters can be used at the same time, with the digital filter running in series before the analog one.

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Not really. It was more intended to be a modernised MW1 with some of the MW2 thrown in for good measure, and updated to be vintage-sounding-digital but modern synth. Then a very VERY devoted and communicative FW-developer happened, and things got a bit messy, but pretty great. The M specification on the waldorfmusic page is FAR from up to date. (Omitting ā€œsmallā€ details like: Waveterm-style sample playback on OSC2 in Microwave1 mode, the digital second filter with all the modes from XT and then some in MW2 mode, a third in-progress OSC mode with algorithmic oscillators, basic MPE support, and well stuffā€¦)

Compared to the XT, it does sadly lack the Osc FM (atleast so farā€¦), and it uses the MW1-style of modulation routings, so no modulating-itself-mod-matrix/modifiers-shenanigans.

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Itā€™s alive! My XT has been tucked away for years due to ye olde disintegrating knobs. Finally found a set of knobs that fit technically, aesthetically and werenā€™t super expensive. And now itā€™s back in business :tada:

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Crumbling old knobbos

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What knobs did you get?

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What a gorgeous device.

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Itā€™s a Sifam:

This other Sifam model is also a candidate (though a bit wider at the base and taller):

I considered it, but decided to go for the slimmer one. Should probably check if the wider base will cover the labels on the interface. Donā€™t think so though.

The color is darker than on the original knobs. More black than grey. But I think it looks fine. And I am not particularly fond of the one that people usually recommended for Waldorf (ALBS?).

Like these: Waldorf XT Potentiometer Knob Set | Ocsidance Pro Audio

Also not a fan of paying that much for a set of knobs :money_mouth_face:

You could use any knob that:

  1. Is for 6 mm D-shaft
  2. Has an internal depth of minimum 12 mm (IIRC)
  3. Is meant for encoders (i.e. with no pointers)
  4. Fits the design
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Tempted by the beautiful yellow XTk at Perfect Circuit: :star_struck:

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Wow that price isnā€™t even that bad for the rarity of those XTKs

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I miss mineā€¦ XTk is the only synth I miss that I no longer have.

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If you can swing it, do it. I only had the Xt but itā€™s one of the few things I really regret letting go of.

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this happened to mine as well; luckily the knobs are still intact but they did feel slightly sticky. i removed the white coating and some have pretty much lost their stickiness but it seems like they are turning white again.
i will probably have to change them at some point i think, i would like to find a non-tapered version which i prefer over these onesā€¦and use the XT a bit more as it hasnā€™t seen much love recently.