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Waldorf Quantum & Iridium Series
Family of Waldorf multi-engine digital synthesizers
The Waldorf Quantum and Iridium form a family of flagship multi-engine synthesizers sharing the same five oscillator modes per voice - wavetable, waveform (virtual analog), particle (sampling and granular), resonator, and kernels (FM) - with patches interchangeable between them. The Quantum is the keyboard flagship; the Iridium condenses the same engine into a desktop unit.
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Synthesizers
Hardware synthesizers, synth model families, and related electronic instruments.
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Waldorf
Waldorf is a German synthesizer maker founded in 1988, known for wavetable synthesizers such as the Microwave and the Blofeld.
Family models
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Waldorf Quantum
Synthesizer · Germany
The Waldorf Quantum, introduced in 2018, is a flagship digital synthesizer offering five oscillator modes per voice - wavetable, waveform, granular and sampling, resonator, and kernels FM - feeding three stereo filters, with both digital and analog filter paths. The current Quantum MK2 provides up to sixteen voices of hybrid polyphony on a 61-note polyphonic-aftertouch keyboard.
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Waldorf Iridium
Synthesizer · Germany
The Waldorf Iridium, released in 2020, is a sixteen-voice duo-timbral desktop synthesizer that condenses the Quantum's full synthesis engine into a rack-compatible unit. Each voice provides three oscillators with five selectable modes - wavetable, waveform, particle, resonator, and kernels - three stereo filters, a 40-slot modulation matrix, and a color touchscreen. Patches are interchangeable with the Quantum.