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Waldorf is proud to announce a new chapter in their tradition of designing high-end ground breaking synthesisers.

Starting with Waldorf’s famous wavetable technology developed decades ago, it was always a challenge to give our instruments a powerful flexible beating heart.
Our digital oscillators coupled to the enormous power and efficient simplicity of our analog filters started the digital revolution back in the 80’s.

Quantum combines the raw power of a classic digital & analog hybrid synthesiser, with futuristic sounds that are only possible with today’s software synthesisers.
Its 3 Oscillators offer four synthesis algorithms each:

• Waldorf-style Wavetables with the latest additions from Nave, including speech synthesis and wavetable generation from audio
• Classic Synthesizer Waveforms with multiple waves for an ultra fat sounds right out of the oscillators
• Granular Sampler with multi sampling plus traditional sampling mode
• Resonator for virtual sound sculpting

The flexibility emanating from Quantum’s powerful oscillators and their interaction with one another is simply breath-taking.
Never before has it ever been possible to create such a wide sonic bandwidth with one synthesizer. Stretching from classic analog, with precise sample playback, through to harsh or animated digital sounds, escalating all the way up to sound
and sequence clusters, that can only be achieved with a modular synthesiser system.

Quantum’s beautiful ergonomic and intuitive user panel supports an artist’s workflow with a previously unknown elegance.
The carefully crafted array of aluminium knobs and encoders surround an ultra hi-resolution multi touch display. Waldorf engineers spent many long hours perfecting the interaction between the display and the physical control elements. The stunning display is a highly flexible extension of the tactile experience, and is light-years ahead of any synthesiser currently on the market today.

To help understand functional correlations between one knob and another, each control knob is individually illuminated by a multi colour LED.

This makes it instantly obvious when viewing complex settings and modulation settings, where related parameters can be adjusted quickly and efficiently. With the help once again of the gorgeous central display, precise settings can be handled with ease, much the same as the experience when using your cutting edge computer tablet.

When the Waldorf engineers decided to develop Quantum, little did they realise it would take several years of painstaking work. There were areas of Quantum that our years of experience with sound generation were bought to the fore. But Quantum is so powerful it took our team into uncharted territory, involving both sound and the way it was felt the
musician would interact with it.

Quantum was designed and developed by our dedicated team in Germany. All essential components have been designed, manufactured and assembled here in Germany. This has allowed us to manufacture Quantum with an unparalleled build quality.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank a world class array of sound designers that have contributed to a multi-facetted factory sound set.

Quantum Specifications (subject to change without notice):

• Digital-Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer
• 61 Keys high-quality Fatar TP8 keybed
• 8 voices
• Dual timbral: split or layered mode with separate stereo audio outputs
• 3 stereo digital oscillators each capable of four synthesis algorithms
• Wavetable: Waldorf style with latest additions from Nave including speech synthesis, wavetable generation from audio 
   and new features
• Waveform: Waveform with up to 8 simultaneous waves per Oscillator in detuned or chordal mode with hard-sync, warp & PWM
• Particle: Granular sampler with multi-sampling and traditional sampling mode
• Resonator: Exciter plus filter bank sound model
• Two analogue lowpass filters per voice each in 24 or 12 dB configuration
• Digital former: Additional digital algorithms per voice like comb, high-pass, band-pass & notch filters
  (Nave, Largo or PPG models),  bit-crusher, drive and more
• 6 LFOs in poly and global mode with extensive parameter set
• 6 loopable envelopes
• Complex: multistage LFO/envelope modulator
• Extensive modulation matrix with 40 slots and easy control assignments
• Intuitive modulation assignment via panel control LEDs
• 5 master effects with separate sections for each timbre
• Compressor for main output
• Arpeggiator, step sequencer, chord and latch functions
• Unison modes
• Module-based Preset System for Effects, Oscillators and Complex Modulator
• Single-function potentiometer and encoder controls for intuitive editing
• Visualisation and deeper sound editing via multi-touch display
• Spectrum Analyzer and Oscilloscope at various processing stages
• 4 GB internal Flash memory for presets, samples and wavetables
• Export & import of presets, sample & wavetable via SD card and USB
• Import of Nave presets
• 2x stereo audio out for main and aux timbres
• Stereo audio input for sample recording and real-time processing
• Headphone out
• Sustain & control pedal
• USB host connector
• USB device connector
• SD Card for sample/preset exchange and software updates
• DIN MIDI In, Out & Thru
• Integrated power supply unit