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Waldorf Electronics GmbH was founded in 1988 by Wolfgang Düren, who was then the German distributor for PPG. The name "Waldorf" refers to the German town of Waldorf, located near Bonn, the former capital of West Germany, where the company was established. Later, the company was headquartered at Schloss Ahrenthal.
V-Synth; System 8; Fantom 6/7/8 [up to 32 bands] Soundart Chameleon with the Infiltrator "soundskin" Symbolic Sound Kyma/Pacarana; TC-Helicon VoiceTone Synth (HardTune & Vocoder Pedal) Waldorf Q STVC (String synthesizer with a vocoder) [M 19] Yamaha Yamaha PLG100VH; Yamaha MOTIF XS/XF; Yamaha Montage; Yamaha MOX6/MOX8; Yamaha MOXF; Yamaha Tyros ...
The Waldorf Blofeld is a synthesizer combining virtual analogue synthesis with wavetable synthesis and FM synthesis. It is available as a small desktop unit and as a ...
The availability of string synthesizers was influential in adding string orchestration to popular music that would not otherwise be able to afford the use of a human string ensemble, and their characteristic sound, which was almost, but not quite, like that of a real string ensemble, was one of the distinguishing sounds of the era.
The Elka Rhapsody 490 string synthesizer. This was the earlier, smaller version with 49-key keyboard. It had two sounds, violoncello and strings which could also be combined to produce a fuller sound. There were two other controls; volume and sustain. It also had a master tuning control on the rear panel of the instrument.
Synth-pop (also known as electropop or technopop) [1] [2] is a music genre that uses the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. With the genre becoming popular in the late 1970s and 1980s, the following article is a list of notable synth-pop acts, listed by the first letter in their name (not including articles such as "a", "an", or "the").
The technique has since been used as the primary synthesis method in synthesizers built by PPG and Waldorf Music and as an auxiliary synthesis method by Ensoniq and Access. It is currently used in hardware synthesizers from Waldorf Music and in software synthesizers for PCs and tablets, including apps offered by PPG and Waldorf, among others.
It is a hybrid model which combined both the Solina String Ensemble string synthesizer and the ARP Explorer monophonic synthesizer. It was built in Bodegraven, Netherlands by Eminent B.V. Supposedly only about 100 were ever produced. [1] The addition of the ARP Explorer to the Solina string sounds made for a very powerful combination.