I guess like anything, one either 'clicks' with the matrix programming or doesn't. Historically, Waldorf *first* used their matrix programming schema on the very first Pulse from mid to late 90's.
The reason I actually found it intuitive upon receiving my Blofeld Keyboard Black Shadow Edition, is on certain military equipment that dealt with coded communications in particular in 'Cold War Days', it was actually very much like that grid and coming from Germany, literally built like a military spec'd synth, found it amusing, intuitive, but yes--the Blofeld would literally be a monster synth moreso if it had say, 38 more encoders!
Yes, the MS20 definitely has tons of advantages with it's patch bay and as far as Bass Station 2 goes...call me odd, but I really got "oversaturated' musically, in hearing that SH101 acid bass sound in 90's and quite possibly that sound had contribution to my not-so-much liking the 'dance scene', going full compass to the dark side--Goth, in that era.
But now call me a hypocrite, as I can listen these days from the brand new Nine Inch Nails to new Lady GaGa's "Applause"....and *anything but crap rap between*....I digress...
So on the Bass Station 2, I like just the *new filter* and especially after spending a lot of time now with the Waldorf Q and her wonderful multi-mode filters that can be parallel/series, etcetera, and highly configurable in mod matrix, I am confounded WHY multimode filters are not used more often in hardware and for that matter, 8 stage envelopes that are loop able even within themselves at different stages...I still think the Q, Virus, and Evolver have set the bar high for hardware synths and reason interested on what Access has on their slabs in the lab in their castle in Germany!
OT: The original Pulse still kicks some serious a@@ and having the Pulse+, with the multiple cv/gate ins/outs, and external audio processing to filter...just as the new Pulse 2 is to have....makes it just as viable option as MS20. (have read on more than one occasion build quality issues with new MS20)
