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. 
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The beta, Seems to be crashing on m1 Mac.
Maybe Iām doing something wrong.
For sure, Iād love the hardware one day, itās so orange 
But itās amazing what this project is doing, saving the digital soul of these old devices 
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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 Iām sure.
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 itās a great catch and addition alongside something like the ot for sureā¦
but u canāt 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 itās defnitly the last synth of waldorfs truu original hey daysā¦
microwave one, digital oscās meet truu analog filters, was my all my heavy bottom basslines back thenā¦
Itās a little weird they went with āXeniaā as the name considering thatās already the biggest Xbox 360 emulator around. Maybe thatās only potentially confusing to quite a small subset of their users 
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 Iām surprised at how similar the core tone is. The XT always sounded very distinctive to me in demos but scrolling through presets on this Iām 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. 
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.
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 āsmallā 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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Itās 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 werenāt super expensive. And now itās back in business 
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What knobs did you get?
What a gorgeous device.
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Itās 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. Donāt 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 
You could use any knob that:
- Is for 6 mm D-shaft
- Has an internal depth of minimum 12 mm (IIRC)
- Is meant for encoders (i.e. with no pointers)
- Fits the design
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Tempted by the beautiful yellow XTk at Perfect Circuit: 
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Wow that price isnāt 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.
If you can swing it, do it. I only had the Xt but itās 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 hasnāt seen much love recently.