Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. After years of turning nostalgia into profit by bringing half-baked reissues to the market there is still one era mostly untouched by the profit maximization of music tech executives.
Today we are going to talk about Waldorf microQ. This virtual analog synth was spawned into existence during the dawn of the DAW revolution of the early 2000s, it was - in a way - itself a half-baked reissue, dated on release and yet there’s no one to take the disposable income of both, sentimental Gen-x ravers and trance revival-obsessed zoomers.
Bad Gear - The 90s are OVER!!! ,
Bad Gear - The 2000s are BACK!!! ,
Bad Gear ,
The 90s are OVER!!! ,
The 2000s are BACK!!! ,
Waldorf microQ ,
Waldorf ,
microQ ,
micro Q ,
Waldorf Music ,
Waldorf Synth ,
90s synth ,
90s synth music ,
vintage synth ,
2000s synth ,
yellow synth ,
va synth ,
Virtual Analog ,
Virtual Analog Synth ,
Synthesizer ,
German Synth ,
best synth for trance ,
Music Producer Memes ,
Music Production Memes ,
Synth Memes ,
Electronic Music Production ,
Meme Video ,
AudioPilz
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:02 Overview micro Q
02:04 Oscillators, Wavetables, Sub OSC
02:25 FM, Sync, Ring Mod
02:49 Filter Section, Difference to Q
03:28 Modulators
03:48 Mod Matrix
04:00 Arpeggiator, FX, Vocoder
04:31 Multitimbrality, Outputs, Drums, Patches
05:00 Pricing, DSP Emulation
05:16 H*te Screen
05:39 Jam 1 ( PresetMaxxing )
06:33 Jam 2 ( Downtempo )
07:33 Finale ( Sleaze House Bass Line )
08:03 VERDICT
Become a Patron and listen to music from the show, access additional content, download Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness
patreon.com/audiopilz
instagram.com/audio.pilz
These links support the channel regardless of what your Bad Gear G.A.S. commands you to buy (at no additional cost for you):
EU: thomann.de/de/index.html?offid=1&affid=3105
US: link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/8-12626-261103-9759
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. After years of turning nostalgia into profit by bringing half-baked reissues to the market there is still one era mostly untouched by the profit maximization of music tech executives.
Today we are going to talk about Waldorf microQ. This virtual analog synth was spawned into existence during the dawn of the DAW revolution of the early 2000s, it was - in a way - itself a half-baked reissue, dated on release and yet there’s no one to take the disposable income of both, sentimental Gen-x ravers and trance revival-obsessed zoomers.
Bad Gear - The 90s are OVER!!! ,
Bad Gear - The 2000s are BACK!!! ,
Bad Gear ,
The 90s are OVER!!! ,
The 2000s are BACK!!! ,
Waldorf microQ ,
Waldorf ,
microQ ,
micro Q ,
Waldorf Music ,
Waldorf Synth ,
90s synth ,
90s synth music ,
vintage synth ,
2000s synth ,
yellow synth ,
va synth ,
Virtual Analog ,
Virtual Analog Synth ,
Synthesizer ,
German Synth ,
best synth for trance ,
Music Producer Memes ,
Music Production Memes ,
Synth Memes ,
Electronic Music Production ,
Meme Video ,
AudioPilz
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:02 Overview micro Q
02:04 Oscillators, Wavetables, Sub OSC
02:25 FM, Sync, Ring Mod
02:49 Filter Section, Difference to Q
03:28 Modulators
03:48 Mod Matrix
04:00 Arpeggiator, FX, Vocoder
04:31 Multitimbrality, Outputs, Drums, Patches
05:00 Pricing, DSP Emulation
05:16 H*te Screen
05:39 Jam 1 ( PresetMaxxing )
06:33 Jam 2 ( Downtempo )
07:33 Finale ( Sleaze House Bass Line )
08:03 VERDICT
