The Blofeld presets that vanished

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Deep dive into Blofeld’s forgotten factory presets and a little History :p

 
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Thanks for that. Maybe the 2008 patches were a bit sketchy because of how complicated that synth is (even the manufacturer had trouble programming it!)

Or maybe they just needed to get the product out the door. Software can be fixed.

I owned one for awhile which I bought used for cheap. The variety and complexity of sounds is pretty incredible. It took me many hours just to audition a decent number of the many presets (1024). Mostly I tweaked presets (many of which had way too much reverb and way too long releases for my taste). I don't think I ever made a good patch from scratch. There was no official editor (as noted in the video) which didn't help. They didn't guarantee any exact level fo polyphony but it always seemed like plenty to me.

There is a now plugin version and iOS app. It is still around (since 2008) which says something. I may give it another spin.
 
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I think the lack of real DSP headroom is one of the frustrating aspects. I never get that theoretic polyphony that was promised from the marketing
 

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