Waldorf – Microwave 1 v1.1.0 for macOS

Microwave defined hybrid synthesis at its best with its unique interpretation of wavetable synthesis combined with analog filters. Now Waldorf Music brings this magical tool back to DAWs worldwide with the release of the Microwave 1 plugin.

Even the old-school D/A converters of the original hardware have been modeled, with their nonlinearities and tone shaping colors, leading to the two versions of the Curtis filter chips used for the A and B revisions of the original hardware. The plug-in allows for further artificial detuning and recalibration of the analog components. 

Brutal attacks, sharp decays, and a wealth of wonderful transients define the sound of the first generation of Microwave. But the Microwave 1 Plug-In goes one step further: its modern and attractive graphical user interface reveals many aspects of the synthesis engine that were previously hidden in the original hardware by its sparse, difficult-to-use interface.

Its existence, never mechanical but always distinct, was based on a unique architecture of envelope, LFO and modulation creation, which were painstakingly recreated by the plugin down to the smallest detail.

A fully scalable modern interface with easy-to-read, high-contrast fonts supports intuitive audio editing with multiple graphical representations of wavetables, envelopes and filter response curves, with animations for modulations and playback positions. Microwave 1 has never been so close to your fingertips. A joy to edit sounds.