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Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Waldorf Kyra. Is this high-end synth and VA synthesis flagship even a real Waldorf? Is it a wavetable synthesizer? What’s an Exodus Valkyrie? Who’s Manuel Caballero, what’s so great about FPGA technology and do we really need another digital synth in a world full of software instruments and plugins? Thanks to Klangfarbe for letting lending me one of their floor models: Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:11 Overview Waldorf Kyra 02:12 What are FPGAs? 02:25 Origin Story of Kyra. What happened to the Exodus Valkyrie? 02:52 Oscillator Section 03:25 Wave Oscillator, Biggest Dealbreaker??? 03:59 Hypersaw, Dual Mode,... 04:16 Filter Section 04:40 Envelopes, LFOs, Mod Matrix 04:51 FX Section, Presets 05:31 Multitimbrality, Tech Stuff, Computer Integration 05:54 Quirks & Limitations 06:34 What else??? Thanks!!! 06:48 Hate 07:11 Jam 1 (Cinematic EDM) 08:08 Jam 2 (Cinematic Electro) 09:01 Finale (Cinematic Trance) 09:29 Verdict