Waldorf STVC 

Looks really interesting.....however I ended up selling my old Waldorf synths, (Blofeld & Microwavext) after the rotary encoders began to fail.......sad really.....great upload, very well presented

Lovely tune at the end. Thanks for showing the synth.

Great video, this sold me I'm going to buy one!!

This video was Amazing 🤩 and this has been on my list for years. Poor Waldorf never gets enough credit

I've never heard of it! Thanks for the video, watching now while being rained off work!

II knew you would like the STVC! Thanks for the tips and tricks! I have had mine for almost two years now. I wouldn't call it a synthesizer. It's too limited for that but it is so good at what it can do. I used the vocoder to create a Russian, sorry, Ukranian female choir. I even sold my Korg VC-10 after this purchase. This month I recorded the string section for the first time. The phaser is amazing. The morphing capabilities are truly inspiring. One forgets it is digital. I could listen to one sustained chord for hours. So far, only listening to my Solina String-Ensemble equals that experience. As for cons, I had to buy a medical magnifying glass with a lamp to read the stamp size display., though. Being USB powered it is incompatible with CME Widi master. Layering and splitting could be more flexible. In short, It's a great yet affordable keyboard which any creative artist will find its use for.

Oh so pleased to see you do a video on one of my favourite synths. A never sell for me …great build and keyboard and lovely sounds plus a vocoder. This is a great video and shows some of the hidden versatility and sound creation beneath the surface and done so well as usual. Any chance you might do a pt II using the string section and …maybe…a sequencer ???😊

Bloody genius! "How to sell a synth to a skeptic" - that's what this video should be called! I'm now in the queue!

Love the War of the Worlds homage!

Just got this...and your video is a better manual than the manual

Wonderful and useful review:)! I've always thought this is an interesting instrument from a distance and you've proven to me the hidden merits of this elegant machine! Thank you!!!

Thx again. Just got 2nd hand as I was missed Streichfett I sold. Didn't expected so powerful modulation. And my kids love the play with vocoder so this is an instant happines then. BTW also an impulse decission on my side as I just sold my last Electron box and basically exchanged it for this magic keyboard. Yep, I'm a huge fan of Waldorf.

What a beguiling sound. I am suddenly committed to getting an STVC and sampling overdriven matriarch chords into the freeze, using this delicious reverb and then sending back through the matriarch stereo delay! I am excited indeed. Thanks for the consistently high quality content and inspiration. My partner is less enthusiastic 😉

.....a demo so good I bought the synth....got a great deal from Thomans in Germany...very excited. It will be here in a few days.

Mr Daniel Fisher 👍

I was just at the music store and love my vocoders so had a play. When I pushed the freeze button I was like omg I need one.

Sounds cool, the freeze and Mod options really open up a whole world of sonic wonders, id be tempted to play a wavetable into it then mod it so it's acts kinda like a wavetable synth with the STVC's goodies coming into play. Great video as always enjoyable :)

Best demo of the stvc I've seen! So good to see more of it's capabilities that aren't often shown & am convinced to finally go for one after all this time. (^-^)/. Many thanks for a great vid!

War of the Worlds! That was certainly apropos. Great video, and surprising too. I had my eye on the STVC when it came out and I lusted after it, without ever knowing the details you just shared. I think if I'd known this then, I would have certainly bought one. It does sound quite digital compared to some of the older stringers or vocoders, but still sounds very very good to my ears.

The Streichfett sound reminded me of early Schulze.

08:47 This just made me buy one. I have had my eye on the STVC for a few years but never took the plunge. I just found a second hand one on Reverb and snapped it up 🙂

Thank You. Tim ,I Have this synth and I am very happy with it. Once again you have done a Outstanding job. Great information.. I am a professional composer for over 40 years,with many instruments.. And I love all your videos. 🎉. I also plan to get more of your sounds for my Waldorf Iridium. I have some installed already. Great ..Kind Regards, TotallyKenny.

Streichfett means something like Spreadbutter in German.

Love the content and the mood! Quite tempting! My last impulse buy was an Analog Keys. You never did a video with a product from Elektron. I am sure you will find this little synth quite inspiring too. Cheers!

Superb video , covering stuff other hardly touch , one small question if you don't mind , when using the freeze frunction can we also inject osc sounds ? and play the whole thing together ? Thks

I love mine! Great video as always.

I love my STVC! Great video.

Seeing what a big device it is when you held it up I only now understand why it's so more expensive than the Streichfett. I own the Streichfett which I love very, very much. Still think it's overpriced. It's not a one trick pony like the Solina combined w/ an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser. BTW: How do you like the STVC's keyboard? Does it have a "premium" feel? Is it velocity sensitive and can you use it as a master Midi keyboard for other synths? I take it the keys are full size?

just got a old korg radias for the 16 - 7.5sec recordings and great vocoder, right up there with the STVC.

You can also play the sound in the freezer via midi which makes it a sampler. really cool for repetitive music

Does the length of the freeze loop depend on how long you press it for or is there a way to set the loop length on the main panel?

Tim, you're making me regret not getting one. There were none available near me to demo when I was outfitting my studio. In the end I decided on a vintage Roland SVC350 vocoder and relegated the string sounds to other synths like the Korg DW8000 or Roland D50 and now a UDO Super 6. Still, I'm starting to reconsider.

Really wish they would’ve put in a delay in the effects section too.

Superb

Thanks

dear tim! thx for always inspiring and finding special instruments. i know u have sooo much to do, and less time, but i watched this video sooo often , i guess 2/3 of clicks are from me. there is not much usefull content of the vocoder on yt. do u still own it? and if so, can u imagine to make another quick episode of it someday? try to sell my blofeld for the stvc… fingers crossed✌🏼

I have Streichfett and Blofeld, but may be adding this one, too...

its amazing, I already saw long ago many videos about this synth... but I swear nobody ever said something about this function...

The KORG R3 synth has exactly the same function allowing you to record a phrase that can be replayed by the vocoder.

AMAZING possibilities! Never expected that! A granular synth? Wow! please make another video, ths is really helpful to use the whole potential of this instrument! This synthesizer is so powerful! One question: Why not using the modulation wheel instead the pitchbend wheel?

The World's most interesting synthesist

Another great video Tim, question though, quite a few of your recent synth pickups could be classed as impulse buys…🤔😁🙌

Thanks for this vid. I don't like vocoders, well, I like the sound, but I think the talking is cheesy. But I always wanted a vocoder based synth which would resynthesize the granules of the vocoder input, and this seems to do just that. Amazing stuff, really opens up the sounds it can produce immensely.

"...with love, with love, with love."

Now this looks like a keyboard you would never sell 😂

That's a very creative tool 👍

Oh No! Another temptation. I thought I was done buying synths!

thanks tim, great tips i will explore on my stvc. i love it and will never sell it. i love vocoders and that is the only reason i bought it, along with the jupiter xm with vocal designer (beautiful vocoder), and the so underrated kingkorg (vocoder with the tube) far out. 3 fabulous vocoders i will never sell. looking for the next great one ?

Wish it had mpe

Hi Tim. Have you compared this with the Behringer VC340 … ?

well done

Hi Tim. Cool video! Could you use the sustain pedal to prevent the freeze from stopping?

What I've found that is rather odd is that the keyboard can be split when in vocoder mode where the low end is a bass(solo) sound and the vocoder is the rest of the keyboard. Some of your techniques were interesting and things I have not tried.

Is it true that the LFO can not by synced to the MIDI-clock?

Looks the same as a Blofeld in finish, damn heavy and fine synth, great fatar keybed too.

I want one of these. Is the engine entirely digital, analog/hybrid?

tiny display sucks. font size is a joke. is a magnifying glass included in the purchase? what was rolf wöhrmann thinking, for god´s sake?

It looks like a lot of fun but I think after a few months I would be tired of it, not a keeper.

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Mmm, a old Roland V Synth is better. The Waldorf is like a 399 euro synth.