The Waldorf Pulse is a monophonic synthesizer equipped with three oscillators and an arpeggiator. Its 100 patch programs are divided into 59 presets, 40 user sounds and one random sound. In addition to some standard modulations, four freely routable modulation units with selectable source, amount and destination give almost unlimited possibilities for analog bass and lead synth sounds.

On the Pulse Plus model, there is a built-in MIDI to CV converter with CV/Gate input and output for communicating with your old analog gear. All parameter changes are sent and received as MIDI controller messages. There are up to 16 modulation sources, 4 routable modulation units with adjustable source, amount and destination parameters, 6 knobs and 4 buttons for convenient editing. This and a lot more puts the Waldorf Pulse a class of its own. It is used by Hardfloor, 808 State, Sneaker Pimps, Nine Inch Nails, Moby, Jimmy Edgar, and Bushflange.

22 VISITOR COMMENTS

Ed

January 22, 2012 @ 9:38 pm

In more recent news, Waldorf has announced at NAMM a new Pulse. Appropriately named the Pulse 2, it has been scheduled for release some time around Summer of 2012. More information including specifications available on their official website.

DLovas

January 4, 2012 @ 12:40 pm

Key is correct. If nashsnazzy had continued to read the article - he would have noticed that they actually state the synth they were talking about (the one creating the pulsating sound) is an Elka Synthex.

Key

November 21, 2011 @ 5:44 am

nashsnazzy, they don't. Nick is talking about a pulsating sound, not the Pulse instrument !
Stop spreading nonsense please.

nashsnazzy

September 28, 2011 @ 11:40 am

You can add Duran Duran to the list of artists. I read about it in KB Mag, http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/duran-duran/5584

Numanoid

August 25, 2011 @ 11:01 am

Homegrown sound has made available a VSTi that can be used as a controller for the Waldorf Pulse/Pulse Plus from within a sequencing host:

http://www.hgsounds.com/shop/vst-plugins/hg-pulse-contr ol-vsti

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