Waldorf Crema is a new compact synth built for lush strings, rich pads, and sounds that shift as they play. It takes the vintage flavor of the Streichfett and adds digital synth ideas from later eras. The result is a broader set of tones in a small piece of gear.
At its core, Crema runs two synth sections called Texture and Lines. Each has a different job, giving musicians a way to mix smooth ensemble sounds with sharper synth parts.
Texture packs 24 sound types across three methods. The Strings mode can shift from violins and violas to cellos, brass, organs, and choirs. A Variation knob lets players move between these tones rather than pick just one fixed sound.
For more digital sounds, the wavetable mode gives users 17 Waldorf wave shapes. Envelopes and an LFO can change their tone as notes play, which helps create pads that keep moving.
FM takes things in another direction. Six sound types cover bells, keys, horns, bass, woodwinds, and organs. Players get up to 12 notes at once from this section, which gives them room to build full chords.
Then there's Lines, an eight-note virtual analog synth based on the Streichfett Solo design. It has a pair of oscillators that users can tune apart, with saw and pulse waves as options.
Extra controls let Lines add vibrato, pulse-width modulation, and stereo tremolo. It's geared toward bass, lead parts, and extra layers that sit beside the Texture sounds.
On the hardware side, Crema gets power from USB-C. Musicians can send MIDI through USB or a 3.5mm TRS jack, while stereo outputs and a headphone port handle audio.
And there's MPE support for more expressive playing. Each synth section can also listen on a different MIDI channel, making it easier to play or sequence them as separate parts.
At its core, Crema runs two synth sections called Texture and Lines. Each has a different job, giving musicians a way to mix smooth ensemble sounds with sharper synth parts.
Texture packs 24 sound types across three methods. The Strings mode can shift from violins and violas to cellos, brass, organs, and choirs. A Variation knob lets players move between these tones rather than pick just one fixed sound.
For more digital sounds, the wavetable mode gives users 17 Waldorf wave shapes. Envelopes and an LFO can change their tone as notes play, which helps create pads that keep moving.
FM takes things in another direction. Six sound types cover bells, keys, horns, bass, woodwinds, and organs. Players get up to 12 notes at once from this section, which gives them room to build full chords.
Then there's Lines, an eight-note virtual analog synth based on the Streichfett Solo design. It has a pair of oscillators that users can tune apart, with saw and pulse waves as options.
Extra controls let Lines add vibrato, pulse-width modulation, and stereo tremolo. It's geared toward bass, lead parts, and extra layers that sit beside the Texture sounds.
On the hardware side, Crema gets power from USB-C. Musicians can send MIDI through USB or a 3.5mm TRS jack, while stereo outputs and a headphone port handle audio.
And there's MPE support for more expressive playing. Each synth section can also listen on a different MIDI channel, making it easier to play or sequence them as separate parts.
