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Waldorf Largo Software Synthesizer (Mac and Windows)
Largo V1.5 comes with almost 500 new sounds.
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Description
Many producers and synthesizer enthusiasts asked for a full-blown Waldorf Synthesizer for their virtual rack. Waldorf listened, and now they proudly present Largo. Largo is the first pure software synthesizer with Waldorf DNA. And again - it is the cutting edge sound that makes the big difference.
No wonder, as Largo mirrors the technology used in Blofeld and Q hardware synthesizers. As for every Waldorf instrument, ergonomics are a core feature on screen as well. Your eyes will be pleased with a clearly structured, graphical user interface that supports your work-flow intuitively.
Largo offers three fat oscillators, two of them with sub oscillators. These oscillators include models of classic analog waveforms as well as a selection of waves from the PPG and Waldorf Wave stored in two Wavetables. All these run through two Waldorf multi-mode filters with steep cutoff, resonance up to self-oscillation and a drive stage to add even more punch and grainy-ness to the sound. Ultra-fast envelope generators and flexible LFOs as well as an easy to understand, yet extremely versatile modulation matrix make for a sound designer's dream.
The filters have always been a core part of any Waldorf instrument. With outstanding expertise in both analog and digital synthesis, our developers took utmost care in developing the filters. And you can hear a significant difference when working with a Waldorf filter - they just sound right! Use the comb filters for plucked, stringed or blown sounds. Band pass, high pass, low pass and notch filters are all available with 12 dB and 24 dB slope. All of them sound extremely accurate and add pure sonic quality to the sound of your music.
Largo contains a flexible arpeggiator with 16 freely programmable steps as known from the exclusive Q synthesizer line plus an array of high quality effects such as Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Overdrive, Delay and Reverb.
The clearly arranged user interface helps you to create your own powerful synthesizer sounds in a breeze. Oscillators and filters are always in direct access while the submodules are only a mouse click away. It has the same exclusive voice architecture as the Q and Blofeld synthesizer line, fully integrated into the total recall system of your Digital Audio Workstation.
Largo works as a VST and AudioUnit instrument.
Windows
* Windows XP or better
* Intel Pentium 3, 1 GHz or better
* AMD Athlon, 800 MHz or better
* 64 MB free RAM
* VST 2.4 compatible host software that supports virtual instruments, such as Cubase VST or higher, Cubase SX/SL, Nuendo 1.5 or better
* PC equipped according to the specifications of the VST host software
Macintosh
* Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better
* PowerPC: G4, 800 MHz or better
* Intel: any processor
* 64 MB free RAM
* VST 2.4 compatible host application that supports virtual instruments, such as Cubase SX/SL, Nuendo 1.5 or better
or
* AudioUnit 2.0 compatible host application that supports AudioUnit Instruments, such as Apple Logic or GarageBand
* Macintosh equipped according to the specifications of the host software
No wonder, as Largo mirrors the technology used in Blofeld and Q hardware synthesizers. As for every Waldorf instrument, ergonomics are a core feature on screen as well. Your eyes will be pleased with a clearly structured, graphical user interface that supports your work-flow intuitively.
Largo offers three fat oscillators, two of them with sub oscillators. These oscillators include models of classic analog waveforms as well as a selection of waves from the PPG and Waldorf Wave stored in two Wavetables. All these run through two Waldorf multi-mode filters with steep cutoff, resonance up to self-oscillation and a drive stage to add even more punch and grainy-ness to the sound. Ultra-fast envelope generators and flexible LFOs as well as an easy to understand, yet extremely versatile modulation matrix make for a sound designer's dream.
The filters have always been a core part of any Waldorf instrument. With outstanding expertise in both analog and digital synthesis, our developers took utmost care in developing the filters. And you can hear a significant difference when working with a Waldorf filter - they just sound right! Use the comb filters for plucked, stringed or blown sounds. Band pass, high pass, low pass and notch filters are all available with 12 dB and 24 dB slope. All of them sound extremely accurate and add pure sonic quality to the sound of your music.
Largo contains a flexible arpeggiator with 16 freely programmable steps as known from the exclusive Q synthesizer line plus an array of high quality effects such as Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Overdrive, Delay and Reverb.
The clearly arranged user interface helps you to create your own powerful synthesizer sounds in a breeze. Oscillators and filters are always in direct access while the submodules are only a mouse click away. It has the same exclusive voice architecture as the Q and Blofeld synthesizer line, fully integrated into the total recall system of your Digital Audio Workstation.
Largo works as a VST and AudioUnit instrument.
Technical Info
System RequirementsWindows
* Windows XP or better
* Intel Pentium 3, 1 GHz or better
* AMD Athlon, 800 MHz or better
* 64 MB free RAM
* VST 2.4 compatible host software that supports virtual instruments, such as Cubase VST or higher, Cubase SX/SL, Nuendo 1.5 or better
* PC equipped according to the specifications of the VST host software
Macintosh
* Mac OS X 10.3.9 or better
* PowerPC: G4, 800 MHz or better
* Intel: any processor
* 64 MB free RAM
* VST 2.4 compatible host application that supports virtual instruments, such as Cubase SX/SL, Nuendo 1.5 or better
or
* AudioUnit 2.0 compatible host application that supports AudioUnit Instruments, such as Apple Logic or GarageBand
* Macintosh equipped according to the specifications of the host software
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Waldorf Largo Software Synthesizer (Mac and Windows) Reviews
4 out of 10
"Looks good, sounds average, hard to work with."
Feature:
A lot of features, plenty of oscilators, layers, filters, effects, etc. However: the results of even extensive programming are just OK. Some features such as the arpeggiator are so basic, they are hardly usable, others modify the sound extensively yet not to a point where I would be swept away or excited about using it. This has been my experience so far.
Quality:
Parts of it are very well done, parts not well at all. I can get some interesting sounds from it, but useful or cool... not really. Just another soft synth. I had much higher expectations.
Value:
My buying advice - don't buy unless doing strictly electronic mixes, where this can be another tool in your arsenal.
Desirability:
It does look good on a picture and it leeds one to believe that it offers a lot of control over the sound shaping, which it does in a way, only, in my opinion, not in a good way. But the look of it was one of the two reasons I purchased it, the other being the Waldorf name and reputation.
Sound:
Sounds massive, but very, very synthetic. Has somewhat of a digital "breath" to it. Not appropriate for anything other than pure electronica genres. I found the presets to be poor and unimaginative. The instrument has more capabilities than the presets utilize.
Ease of Use:
Not intuitive (to me), weird sound saving and recalling features, presets structured into 128 preset "banks", it feels like it's 1984. Also, the company insists we read the manual. I use over 200 different pieces of software and I would like to be able to be up and running with every one of them pretty quickly, we have work to do, we can't take forever reading about knobs and sliders.
Support:
No, I haven't even registered. I haven't had a technical problem, I just didn't much like the product.
Overall:
After 2 days of playing with it I already moved on. I might use it on a limited basis, but I can get faster and better results from Omnisphere. I also use Analog Factory and Virus.
A lot of features, plenty of oscilators, layers, filters, effects, etc. However: the results of even extensive programming are just OK. Some features such as the arpeggiator are so basic, they are hardly usable, others modify the sound extensively yet not to a point where I would be swept away or excited about using it. This has been my experience so far.
Quality:
Parts of it are very well done, parts not well at all. I can get some interesting sounds from it, but useful or cool... not really. Just another soft synth. I had much higher expectations.
Value:
My buying advice - don't buy unless doing strictly electronic mixes, where this can be another tool in your arsenal.
Desirability:
It does look good on a picture and it leeds one to believe that it offers a lot of control over the sound shaping, which it does in a way, only, in my opinion, not in a good way. But the look of it was one of the two reasons I purchased it, the other being the Waldorf name and reputation.
Sound:
Sounds massive, but very, very synthetic. Has somewhat of a digital "breath" to it. Not appropriate for anything other than pure electronica genres. I found the presets to be poor and unimaginative. The instrument has more capabilities than the presets utilize.
Ease of Use:
Not intuitive (to me), weird sound saving and recalling features, presets structured into 128 preset "banks", it feels like it's 1984. Also, the company insists we read the manual. I use over 200 different pieces of software and I would like to be able to be up and running with every one of them pretty quickly, we have work to do, we can't take forever reading about knobs and sliders.
Support:
No, I haven't even registered. I haven't had a technical problem, I just didn't much like the product.
Overall:
After 2 days of playing with it I already moved on. I might use it on a limited basis, but I can get faster and better results from Omnisphere. I also use Analog Factory and Virus.
Submitted: 06/22/2009
Style of Music: Film Scoring
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