ReKon audio has released the VST-AU Blofeld Editor for the Waldorf Blofeld keyboard and desktop model synthesizers running firmware 1.16B2, or the latest. None of these products are perfect, but they all have a decent sized GUI (Minitaur Editor is a bit large) and in terms of workflow/stability outperform the SP Rekon plugin or Sound Tower librarian. So how about having the Minitaur developer churn out a new editor for the SP? Charge us $60 if need be.
The editor runs as a VST plugin in a DAW or VST host, but there’s one major drawback- the editor needs exclusive access to your Blofeld’s MIDI ports; if your DAW is configured to “see” the Blofeld’s ports, you won’t be able to use them in the editor. And an unfortunate side-effect of this limitation is that once you configure your DAW to let the editor control the Blofeld’s MIDI ports, you can no longer send MIDI notes to the device. So unless you’ve got one of the Blofelds that has its own keyboard, you won’t have any way to test out your patches while you’re editing them! Before You Start 1.
Download the Blofeld Virtual Editor. Copy the DLL file into your 32-bit plugins folder. For example, on my system, I keep all my 32-bit VSTs in: C: Program Files (x86) Vstplugins 3. Load up your DAW and make sure you can load the plugin. Make sure you have a USB connection to your Blofeld. Full functionality of the editor is only possible with USB. Plug a 5-pin MIDI cable into an available MIDI OUT port on any MIDI interface or device you may have available, and plug the other end of the cable into the MIDI IN port in the back of your Blofeld.
Both the Blofeld’s MIDI and USB ports should now be occupied. In the External Instrument device, set MIDI To to the physical MIDI port that will be sending MIDI notes to your Blofeld (in my example, I'm using the MIDI out from my Virus TI).
Next, set Audio From to the audio input ports where your Blofeld sends its audio output. If you don’t see the desired port listed in the MIDI To list, you might need to make sure that port is turned on in the Track column of Options Preferences MIDI Sync. The same goes for the Audio ports, which are activated in Options Preferences Audio Input Config.
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I've had one a while, I bought it second hand and it came with the SL license which was great. Loads of great sounds in the preset libraries I've found but I really don't find it fun to program - I really wish it had a software UI you could use with it like the Virus has.Actually there is some software UI you can get for it.
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That one is in beta but it's free. There's a couple others other I think you can pay for - you just load'em up as a VST though like anything else. I'd have to disagree though unless you had some other kind of presets on your Blofeld. I thought the factory ones were quite uninspiring with the exception of a few ones (Event Horizon Pad, PPGJesus, etc.). For the money, there's not another hardware synth on the market than can compare to Blofeld. You're getting access to an exclusive set of Waldorf wavetables, samples, an arpeggiator, effects, randomizer, three oscillators, over 20 voices, PPG and comb filters all with a nice graphic display.
It's not difficult to program although it can be a bit time consuming because of the limited dials and menu diving. It has a very distinct raw and digital sound which is a nice departure from the typical 'warm' and 'fat' tone most hardware synths shoot for. It can be buggy at times and some of the effects are weak (reverb for example) but again for the price, it's shortcomings are completely tolerable. I don't use this synth very much but it always manages to deliver something unique with time invested.