Left part explains each combination of the 3 Blo’s oscillators:
Yes there is a bug when syncing externally where the arp has a slight delay between the very 1st beat and the second one, thus whacking everything out of sync. I had some email exchanges with Waldorf support some time agi where they acknowledged the issue, saying they were working on it but we never heard back. But when used with a Octatrack, you can use the OT’s midi arp which I think is superior to the Blofelds’ one anyway. A bit annoying sometimes but you get over it easily. The Blofeld is a very good synth for the price.
Yep, that’s it. I didn’t know about comb filter reducing voices too before I did it.
Feel free to add lines with comb filters!
Ah I see. So using, for instance, a multiple voice wavetable eats up voices really quick.
Means I would have to manage voices and maximize utility if I want to make a full fledged live set with just the octa and the blofeld. But that’s really fine. The guy can send it over this friday. so excited!!
I would like to, but I don’t know how exactly parameters can affect polyphony. Only know a few theory, without precise datas, like filter type, fx, or unison can affect poly. Your chart is the best resource I know about oscillators/unison impact on poly. Thank you for sharing this 
How that can be achieved? I would be happy to use 2 or 3… =D thx
Use the Blofeld’s Multi Mode, as described in its manual.
I didn’t know that the different parts can be played with different midi channels… =D I thought multi was on same channel only
thanks for your answer
Did you finally get the Blofeld and perform live along with the Octatrack?
I got the Blofeld, and it’s amazing together with the Octa. It’s a super versatile setup.
I’m still performing with ableton and my APC, because this setup asks for a very different approach. But I’ve made some interesting tracks, and eventually want to make a full set to perform but it’s different from my usual music.
You have to be careful with polyphony on the Blofeld, but I’ve gotten away with programming like 6 different synth lines with interesting patches.
So making full use of the Octa’s midi and audio! Really opens it up.
Just adding one good synth to the octa, and you have a real powerhouse electronic music creation setup. It does tend to nudge me towards more dance music kind of grooves, but I love that.
This is cool, what other synths can be played like this through the OT, multi channels I mean
I love my Octatrack/Kodamo EssenceFM combo. Blo could be cool too!
Welcome to the forum!
These are called multitimbral synths, and you can find plenty of recommendations already on the forum; so many that you will need to think more about what kind of synth you want:
I love sampling by my blofeld but I would never trust it in a live scenario, I have found it drops midi and will lose tuning on your patch if “too many” midi messages are coming in.
I’ve noticed very few issue with just one or two patches to control.
If I go up to three or four, voices start to drop occasionally depending on the complexity of the patch.
Definitely recommend OT & Access Virus. If you get Virus Ti/Ti2 you can send up to 16 channels of MIDI to it, plus you can save 16 multi programs, without overwriting the single patches they are derived from.
I’d still quite like to try a Blofeld at some point though
ok, guys. bought blofeld for syncing with ot. i want to make 8 midi tracks with 8 different blofeld patches. can someone provide step-by-step guidance to do this?
You will be using the Blofeld’s Multi Mode (manual, page 24 and 25).
You will use 8 Parts in a Multi program.
For each Part in turn, select which sound program to use and select which MIDI channel number it will respond to.
For each Part, you can also set volume, pan position, transpose, detune, and a few other parameters. Make sure that the MIDI parameter is set to “receive”. You might want to disable reception of Program Change messages at least temporarily.
Remember to store the Multi program (manual, page 23).
You have to know that each patch will use their own fx slot 1, but fx slot 2 (the one that manages reverb, delay, …) will be shared between all patches. They will all use fx slot 2 defined for the first patch you add to your multi-program.
ahh! thanks, guys! i’ve figured it out. it much simpler than i thought.