Waldorf Largo 2

What is Largo 2 For?

Largo 2 is a software synthesizer focused on production and sound design, designed to create punchy basses, sharp leads, rich evolving pads, and digital textures typical of wavetable synthesis. Its architecture allows quick transitions from virtual analog (VA) sounds to complex, moving, and harmonically dense timbres, ideal for electro, pop, techno, synthwave, scoring, and any production requiring precise and expressive synthesis sounds.

Thanks to its high polyphony and performance features (unison, legato, advanced arpeggiator), Largo 2 fits seamlessly into both composition workflows and more experimental approaches, where deep modulation sculpting creates lively sounds with movement and smooth transitions.

Main Features

Oscillators and Wavetables

Each voice features 3 oscillators: two wavetable oscillators capable of also operating in waveform (VA) mode, plus one dedicated VA oscillator. Each wavetable oscillator includes a sub oscillator, perfect for reinforcing bass, thickening leads, or stabilizing pads in the low spectrum. The engine also includes a noise generator and character tools such as oscillator FM, hard sync, and ring modulation to add bite, metallic harmonics, or more aggressive attacks.

Multimode, Comb, and Formant Filters

Largo 2 offers 2 independent digital filters per voice with 12 dB and 24 dB modes (LP, BP, HP, Notch). You can route them in series or parallel to switch from classic filtering to more creative architectures, and go further with 2 comb filters (ideal for "string" resonances or physical effects) as well as 3 types of formant filters. These formant filters emulate the human vocal tract response and allow morphing of vowels a-e-i-o-u via the cutoff, perfect for chorale timbres, "talking synths," and expressive vocal modulations.

Fast and Ultra-Flexible Modulation

To add movement to your sounds, Largo 2 provides 4 ultra-fast envelopes with selectable types and various loop modes, plus 3 LFOs synchronizable to MIDI Clock, with retrigger and adjustable start phase. The third LFO includes a 16-step drawable waveform, very useful for filter sequences, rhythmic tremolos, controlled wobbles, or precise "gated" effects.

The 16-slot modulation matrix is at the core of the workflow: sources and destinations can be reused multiple times, and modulation speed can reach very high rates, close to audio-rate for more experimental textures. Additionally, Largo 2 includes 4 complex modifiers and mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, OR, XOR, AND, Min, Max) to combine multiple sources and build evolving, conditional, or highly detailed modulations.

Advanced Arpeggiator and Per-Layer Effects

The integrated arpeggiator is among Largo 2's most creative elements: beyond standard modes, it allows creating your own patterns over 16 steps, ideal for transforming a chord into a musical phrase, programming tempo-synced patterns, and achieving quick variations without leaving your instrument.

Each layer has 2 high-quality effect slots (reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, drive), plus EQ and bass boost to anchor a sound in the mix. The multi-stage chorus helps achieve wide pads and string-like ensembles, while drive and effect modulations make a sound more present, granular, or aggressive depending on the style.

Sound Navigation and Bank Organization

Largo 2 includes a file browser and a program manager to efficiently load, save, and reorganize your sounds. The drag-and-drop workflow facilitates sorting, copying, and moving presets both on disk and within the current bank. The patch list benefits from a category filter to quickly find a bass, lead, pad, or effect, both in session and composition.

Technical specifications

Type

Full software

Downloadable

Yes

Mac	OS X 10.14x or higher	Comb Filters	2
Mac CPU	Intel-based or Apple Silicon Mac	Formant Filters	3 types
Windows	Windows 7 / 10 / 11	Filter FM	yes
Windows CPU	Intel or AMD-based PC	Routing	filters in series or parallel
Oscillators	3 "fat" oscillators per voice	Pan and Levels	adjustable panning and levels
Wavetable	2 wavetable oscillators capable of wavetable and waveform (VA) synthesis	Envelopes	4 envelopes, single/multi-trigger modes, 5 different types
Wavetables	68 Waldorf wavetables (selection notably from PPG and Waldorf Wave universes)	LFO	3 LFOs (one with step editor)
Sub Oscillators	sub oscillator included for each of the 2 wavetable oscillators	Step LFO	editable 16-step waveform (LFO3)
VA Oscillator	1 waveform oscillator (VA)	Sync	LFOs synchronizable to MIDI Clock, note retrigger, adjustable start phase
Noise Generator	yes	Complex Modifiers	4
OSC FM	yes	Operations	+, -, *, OR, XOR, AND, Min, Max
Hard Sync	yes	Matrix	16-slot modulation matrix
Ring Modulation	yes	Per Layer	2 effect slots
Layers	up to 4 layers per sound	Types	reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, drive
Audio Outputs	4 stereo outputs (or alternatively 1 stereo sum)	EQ	yes
Number	2 independent digital filters	Bass Boost	yes
Modes	12 dB / 24 dB LP, BP, HP, Notch