MATRIXSYNTH: Monowave


Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Monowave


images via this auction

"This is a TRULY UNIQUE synth in keyboard history... perhaps THE only rackmounted version of the famous PPG Wave 2.2, only 50 of these were made by Paul Maddox, one of the leading experts on PPG in the UK. Feel free to read more here. This synth was a limited custom (built to order) and only 50 were ever made, this is #16."
Update: you can find more info on the monowave on the Elby-Designs Monowave page as well as via the Monowave label below.

4 comments:

  1. as far as i know, this unit is monophonic. Was the wave polyphonic ? (i think so but i am not sure).

    And from what i've read before this machine is PPG inspired but in no way it is PPG hardware inside.

    Anyone can confirm ?

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  2. I don't believe it does. Here's a link to the main site. I also up a monowave label for previous posts.

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  3. "perhaps THE only rackmounted version of the famous PPG Wave 2.2"

    it is missing the wavetables. It "only" features 256 different waveshapes. Including the 128 that are used in the PPG waves to make up the wavetables.

    And the Moog filter does sound very different from the PPG waves.

    I had two PPG waves and own now 3 MonoWaves.
    So I know what I am talking about.

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  4. Yeah, but does it have techno in it?

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