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Waldorf Kyra SE Seablue 128 Voice FPGA Virtual Analogue Synthesizer

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Waldorf Kyra SE Seablue 128 Voice FPGA Virtual Analogue Synthesizer
Product no: 9000-0103-5968 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

There are synthesizers and then there are synthesizers that have literally dropped out of a sound-designer's wet dream. While it may look like most desktop synths, the Waldorf Kyra is born to battle with the virtual world. Beneath the metal housing, this analogue champion has breathtaking polyphony and multi-timbre sound via 128 voices with multiple oscillators per voice, 8 parts and 9 simultaneous effects per part.

The Features of the Waldorf Kyra

Besides classics like sawtooth and pulse waveforms, the Kyra also offers wavetables. Ok, this is not particularly unique but the difference here is the volume: 4096 short, cyclical waveforms for producing not just a sea, but oceans of sound. Add this to the hardsync and FM and the number of potential sounds multiplies to make an unimaginable number even before you add the filters, three envelopes and three LFOs. And, while most synths would generously offer maybe one bank of 128 slots to save user presets, the Kyra sardonically laughs in their faces by giving you 26 preset banks, each with 128 slots to save user presets, giving you a total of 3328 directly accessible and bespoke sounds. You might want to read that again.

Audio interface

Naturally, the Kyra is also a USB audio interface so it can be directly connected and recorded to a DAW via 24-bit and 96 kilohertz of signal quality and, in turn, the signal from your DAW can be sent to the Kyra. The build and face of the Kyra is incredibly clean: populated by a host of buttons and rotary knobs and finished with a detailed display. Not ones to shy away from displays of self-confidence, the German manufacturers, Waldorf themselves have been heard saying that this really is the best performing synth currently available in its class. Whether this is true or not, it's undeniable that this politely designed, synthesizing monster would add much, much more than mere charm to any stage or studio setup.

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Please note: This is a limited edition model! Only a few will ever be made.

Specifications

Product features

19-inch rack size	not applicable
Number of keys	none
Arpeggiator/sequencer	arpeggiator
Control	none
Sustainable product	not specified
Synthesizer inputs	none
Sound source	not applicable
MIDI & other	MIDI in, MIDI out, MIDI thru, MIDI over USB
Synthesizer options	extensive
Synthesizer outputs	line out jack, headphone
Synthesizer kind	standard
Type of keys	not applicable
Vintage remake	no
Synthesizer type	desktop module
Difficulty level	difficult

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	6,3 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	59,0 x 41,7 x 18,2 cm

Product specifications

Waldorf Kyra
synthesizer
virtual analogue synthesise, wavetable-synthesise
polyphony: 128
parts: 8
per voice:
- 2x waveform oscillator
- 2x pulse oscillator
- 2x saw oscillator
- 2x noise oscillator
- 2x sub oscillator (diverse waveforms)
- hard sync
- hypersaw mode
per part:
- effects: 9x (simultaneous)
- modulation matrix (6 slots)
2x filter (12/24 dB, LP, BP, HP)
3x envelope
3x LFO (128 waveforms)
preset storage: 26x
double-mode: unison with detuning
robust metal housing
display: 256 x 64 px
Kensington lock
audio interface: 24-bit, 96 kHz
8x balanced outputs
dimensions: 440 x 305 x 85mm
weight: 5.7 kg

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