Switched On Synthesizer: Wavetable

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

PPG - Wave 2

The PPG Wave 2 was one the firsts digital synthesizers. Actually it's not exactly a digital synth, it's a hybrid synth that combines digital oscillators with analog filters, VCAs. What make the sound of this synth really special are his WaveTable Oscillators .

thePPGs.com - Introducing the PPG Wave 2 - Part I

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This video shows the PPG Wave 2 - the first PPG wavetable synthesizer with analog filters - and the first really blue one as well :-).
This synthesizer is nothing short of amazing - PERIOD !!

thePPGs.com - Introducing the PPG Wave 2 - Part II

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This second thePPGs.com PPG Wave 2 video will show you the insides of my PPG Wave 2 - and me playing an EXTREMELY out of sync track.
Visit thePPGs.com for more info on these fantastic wavetable synthesizers

Source :

Youtube.com by 12bitrec

More info about PPG Wave 2 :

PPG Wave 2 pictures :

Flickr.com

PPG - Wave 2 / Wave 2.2 / Wave 2.3

Thursday, June 11, 2009

News - Waldorf Largo

Waldorf music has launched his new virtual synth the Waldorf Largo. The main charactericists are :

5 Oscillators (Analog Modeled / Wavetable )
Ring Modulator for Osc 1 / 2
Noise Generator with Noise Colour
2 Multi Mode Filters (Low, High,Band and Notch all 24 dB / 12 dB )
Comb Filter
Sample&Hold
Modulation Matrix
3 LFOs
4 Envelopes
Poly, Mono, Dual or Unisono Mode with selectable Voice Count
Arpeggiator
2 Effect per layer (Chorus,Flanger,Phaser,Overdrive,Delay,Reverb )

Waldorf Largo Part 1

Waldorf Largo Part 2

Source :

Youtube.com by tsching1

More info about Waldorf Largo :

Waldorfmusic.de

Waldorf Largo manuals :

Waldorfmusic.de ( Waldorf Largo user manual PDF )

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Synthesizer Performance - Martin Peters - A minimal theme

Another good track by Martin Petters .As always it's a Berlin School track , but this time maybe because Martin has added to his set-up a Waldorf Q , this track remembers more to the 80's records of Tangerine Dream.

A minimal theme

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This was a very quick one. From the initial idea, which started with fiddling around with the sequencer, it all took less than an hour and the video was in one take. The main 8 step sequence is coming from the Waldorf Q Keyboard; the Doepfer MAQ16/3 is synchronized to that. The Doepfer drives the Synthesizers.com Modular with the 2nd 8 step sequence you hear and the self-built Modular with the 3rd 8 step sequence which has a sort of Roland CR-78 rhythmbox sound. Some simple improvised solo's on the Nord Lead 1 and the Korg 900PS completes this minimal theme.

Source :

Youtube.com by attorks

More info about :

Attorks.nl

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Waldorf - Q

Waldorf Q, wavetable digital synthesizer.

Main characteristics ( from Waldorf site ) :

Polyphony : 16 / 32 voices
16 parts multi timbral
Up to 5 Oscillators per voice (Pulse,Sawtooth,Triangle,Sine,2 wavetables )
FM and Oscillator sync
Noise generator
Ring Modulator
2 Filters (LP (12db/24db), PPG , BP (12dB/24dB) ,HP (12dB/24dB) ,Notch (12dB/24dB), Comb Filter (positive/negative feedback)
Modulation Matrix with 16 slots, freely routable
Step Sequencer with 32 steps, polyphonic, different controller values per step
3 LFOs up to audio range (> 5000 Hz)
4 envelopes, enhanced ADSR configuration with loop and one shot function, bipolar
Poly, Mono, Dual, Unisono modes

Exploring the Waldorf Q Keyboard

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This a probably a boring video if you are not interested in the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer is driving the Synthesizers.com with a bass sound and the self-built Modular with the accompanying melody. The internal sequencer of the Waldorf Q Keyboard is synchronized with the MAQ16/3 MIDI clock doing a 8 step sequence which I transpose with the keyboard (to make the music a little bit less boring ;-). Fiddling with various dials but mainly the pulse width dials on VCO 1 and 2 to scan through the wave tables of the Alt1 wave selection, with the cutoff, resonance and envelop amount for the 24dB lowpass filter and with the decay for the filter ADSR. At 09:35 I switch to the PPG filter but then the video almost ends. You can see or download the full version from my website in a few days.

Source :

Youtube.com by attorks

More info about :

Waldorf Q manuals :

Pharmacon.jp ( Waldorf Q user manual PDF )

Waldorf Q pictures :

Flickr.com

Buy Waldorf Q :

Ebay.com

Waldorf Q Wavetable Sound

Sunday, February 22, 2009

John Bowen Solaris

JOHN BOWEN SOLARIS SYNTHESIZER PROTOTYPE DEMO NUMBER TWO

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This is the second 'All Solaris' demonstration made up of 5 separate tracks sequenced and played manually. The pseudo Deep Note was done using two virtual CEM VCOs with about 5-6 seconds of exponential glide and a virtual SSM filter. The long resonant filter sweeping is done on the SSM model

Source :

Youtube.com by redmartian

More info about John Bowen Solaris :

John Bowen Solaris pictures :

Flickr.com

Buy John Bowen Solaris:

Johnbowen.com

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

PPG - Wave 2 / Wave 2.2 / Wave 2.3

Slideshow with PPG Wave pictures. The soundtrack was composed using only the PPG Wave.

Vintage Synth Demo - PPG Wave

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Vintage Synths Vol 1 - PPG Wave
German synth historian Matthias Becker produced a CD series back in 1990 with tracks made with one synth only. The CDs were named "Synthesizers Von Gestern Vol 1/2/3". This track was recorded at Originalton West Studio / Köln.

Source :

Youtube.com triumphthruxton

More info about PPG Wave 2 / Wave 2.2 / Wave 2.3 :

PPG Wave 2 / Wave 2.2 / Wave 2.3 pictures :

Monday, November 3, 2008

Waldorf Blofeld

Wavetable and virtual analogue synthesizer from Waldorf. It's an small size synthesizer but with a lot of synthesis power inside the casing. Up to 25 voices of polyphony and 16 parts. Three oscillators per voice, two of them capable of wavetable synthesis. With this little machine you can get a lot of the classic sounds of waldorf synthesizers , all the Microwave II / XT wavetables are included. Keyboard version will be available soon.

Waldorf Blofeld some presets

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Messing around with some presets from the blofeld.

Source :

Youtube.com by kKryptum

More info about Waldorf Blofeld :

Waldorf Blofeld pictures :

Flickr.com

Waldorf Blofeld on Ebay

Ebay.com

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Ensoniq Fizmo

Wavetable synthesizer released by Ensonig in 1998. With 48 voices of polyphony, 8 lfos, 41 types of effects Fizmo it's capable of very complex sounds. Two versions were released, 5 octaves keyboard and a rack version.

Ensoniq Fizmo demo 1