Art Of Noise Moments Of Love ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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"One of my favorite tracks from the 80s.
Moments Of Love (maxi version) by the Art Of Noise from the year 1985
It was written by group members Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley. ZTT Records

I have many favorite songs from the 80s. But 'Moments Of Love' is really quite far ahead. The famous sound ARR1 or Sararr is original from the Fairlight.

Featured the E-MU Emulator II (Sararr, Percussion, E-Piano, Bass), the Oberheim OB-Xa (String-Pads) and the PPG wave 2.2 Synthesizer (Vibraphone sound)

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.

My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers.

Thank you."

Wavetable Sound Comparisons

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"Wavetable sound comparison
Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V / Waldorf Blofeld / Tubeohm Jeannie"

Queen Radio Ga Ga ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite songs from the 80s.
Radio Ga Ga by Queen from the album The Works (1984)
Written by Roger Taylor

featured the Oberheim OB-Xa, the Oberheim Matrix-1000, the Oberheim Xk, the Yamaha Reface CP and the PPG wave 2.2 (in the original song is the bassline made with the Roland Jupiter-8 arpeggiator)

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers."

An Update on Behringer's PPG Wave Synth

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"Here’s an update on the WAVE. We have just completed the latest revision, which will now be sent to our beta testers for final approval.

Replicating the unique architecture of the original unit made the firmware development extremely complex. We’re confident we’ve nailed this synth and aim to ship it in a few months. Thank you for your patience. This is one legendary synth."

Alphaville Forever Young ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks from the 80s
Forever Young by Alphaville from the album Forever Young (1984)
Written by: Bernhard Lloyd, Marian Gold, Frank Mertens

Featured the PPG wave 2.2 , the Logan String Melody II, the Arp Odyssey III and the Roland JX-3P Synthesizer

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers.
Check out the original songs with the original artists here on YouTube.
Thank you."

PPG Processor Keyboard FD PRK for PPG Wave 2.3 SN 02539 w/ Disks & MIDI Sequencer Manual

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"The PPG PRK FD was designed to let you load sampled sounds into your PPG Wave and play them via this unit's built in wooden keyboard that feels a lot more like playing a piano than the PPG Wave does."

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PPG Wave 3.V synthesizer by Waldorf (NoTalking)

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"The reincarnation of the legendary PPG Wave Synthesizer

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Waldorf PPG Wave 3.V is the reincarnation of the legendary PPG Wave Synthesizer, which no doubt is considered one of the most respected high-end synthesizers of the 80s. Developed by Wolfgang Palm, this instrument is featured on countless records, and it inspired a whole generation of producers, composers and listeners. While back then it was your choice to spent your money either for a vehicle or the PPG, the new PPG Wave 3.V renders this breathtaking sonic character very affordable, comfortably to use for every VST or AU Host.

Up to 256 voices per instance (depending on available CPU power)
8 part Multimode
8 Stereo Outputs
Host automation of most parameters
MIDI Controller automation of most parameters
More than 100 new Wavetables created by Wolfgang Palm
Original Waveterm B Factory Sample Library
Original PPG Wave Factory Sounds"

Edgar Froese plays a PPG Wave and Oberheim OB-X

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"Edgar Froese was the founding member of Tangerine Dream and can be seen here playing a PPG Wave, an Oberheim OB-X and surrounded by a bunch of interesting-looking gear, maybe more PPG hardware? This was shot for German TV in 1981."

PPG Wave 2.2 testing sequence | Werkstatt Matlak

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"Final test drive of all functions after in depth repair and restoration."

PPG 1002 - Analog Synthesizer (Pro Serviced + Swan Flightcase)

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"PPG Synthesizer 1002 for sale pro-serviced and comes with swan flightcase.

Had this for almost 6 years and serviced recently by Stefan Hubner who has a deep understanding of PPG systems.

Some things to observe, one underside key broken but doesn't affect play..these are originals. Jacks for CV, Gate and filter modulation have been added and adjusted to 1V/oct. Jacks added in Service. 'The mains wiring has been re-done according to current safety expectations (not to say standards) including a 'pig tail' cable with an IEC male plug for easier connection. CV and Gate were never standard on the 1002 so the ones having it were all more or less hacks, especially when it comes to oscillator CV. One would expect 1V/octave with 0 volts at a defined note usually. For the 1002 without my modification this means you set the potentiometer on the back that usually came with CV in to track 1V per octave but then had to add an offset of something around 2 volts to reach the lowest C. My approach disconnects the keyboard instead of adding some external voltage somewhere and simulates exactly what the keyboard delivers starting at 0 volts for the lowest C. The connection is being made by a relay actuated by the contacts in the CV jack. By simulating the keyboard, all panel functions remain active on the external CV (glide, tune, modulation) Trigger/Gate is a voltage input (V-Trig) working from 5V up. The filter input only modulates the filter setting and is not intended to make the filter track, for this purpose you should rather use the panel knob that attaches the cutoff control to the keyboard CV.'"

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Vintage PPG Wave vs Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave

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Featuring the PPG Wave used in Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)".

Visage Fade To Grey ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks from the early 80s.
Fade To Grey by Visage (1981)
The composition is written by Billy Currie and Chris Payne during the sound checks for Gary Numan's Pleasure Principle Tour in 1979

featured: Moog Minimoog, the PPG wave 2.2 and the ARP Quadra

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers."

Wham! Everything She Wants ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks from the 80s.
Everything She Wants by Wham!
Written by George Michael (1984)

Featured the Roland Juno-106 (1984), the Roland SH-101 (1981), the PPG wave 2.2 and the Simmons SDS-8 e-drum system

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers."

Depeche Mode Oberkorn ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks from the early 80s
by Depeche Mode
'Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)' is an instrumental track, released as a B-side on the 'The Meaning Of Love' (1982)

featured: Moog Source from the year 1981 and the PPG wave 2.2 from the year 1982

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers."

Vintage Synth Catalogs

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Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
PPG Wave 2.3
AKAI
Roland Volume 5

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PPG Wave 2.2 Legendary Wavetable Synth

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"PPG Wave 2.2 Legendary Masterpiece!!! Analog SSM filters. Wavetable. One of the best keyboards of all time !"

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PPG Wave 2.3

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"Original vintage SERVICED! PPG Wave 2.3 analog poly monster in gorgeous playing condition!

This beast has just been fully tuned, calibrated, and recapped as necessary, all functions working as designed, and she sounds absolutely stunning. one of the all time, desert island, greatest analog synths of all time."

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EXTREMELY RARE PPG 1002 for Tom + first ever shop tour!!!

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"Here is a demo of the EXTREMELY RARE PPG 1002 for Tom. Plus a bonus first ever tour of the Foleytronics shop!!

For those that want to attempt to tune this synth, here is what worked for me:

The trimmer by the regulators is the CV offset; trim for 0v for the lowest key. This interacts with the CV v/oct, which is right above where the two shielded cables connect from the 20-pin keyboard connector. Trim this for 1v/oct, which can be measured at the switched oscillator CV input jack on the back of the instrument. Once these are set, you can move on.

The oscillators are tricky. They each have an initial frequency trim pot and a volt/octave trim pot. However, the initial frequency trimmer cannot be set willy nilly to A440 because their initial tuning frequency greatly affects the octave selection switches on the top panel. What I found to be most effective is to set the MASTER TUNE front panel pot to 0, the OCTAVE SLIDER to the left of the keyboard to the middle and then begin tuning. Note, every trim pot for each oscillator will affect the others for that oscillator so this is an exercise in extreme patience.

First, turn off keyboard control for OSC B and roughly center its front panel tuning pot; set its octave to +3 and put a folded piece of paper on middle C. You are now going to tune the octave selector for OSC A; this part is confusing as there is a trimmer to adjust the octave selection offset for BOTH oscillators, but only OSC B has an adjustment to “match” its octave selection with that of A. Thus, you have to use that trimmer to get OSC A perfect and then match B to A - the method that worked for me was to switch between octaves for OSC A and adjust the octave offset trimmer along with the initial frequency trim pot for A to get a perfect octave selection for OSC A over the OSC B drone.

After the OSC A octave adjustment, it’s time to adjust B’s octave adjustment. Set A to +3, and switch OSC B to +1; adjust for zero beating at the trimmer in the upper left corner of the board right at the edge of the PCB. Then, switch OSC B back to +3 and adjust its initial frequency for zero beating; repeat this until the octave selection is perfect for B.

Now, it’s time to adjust for V/octave for each oscillator. Sadly, this adjustment affects the octave center calibration we just did, so you’ll have to keep backtracking until it’s good. Adjust the V/octave trim pot for OSC A, which is directly to the left of the CV v/octave we did in the first step. You’ll now have to mess with the init. frequency for A along with the V/oct to get the oscillator to track correctly on the keyboard, but like I said earlier, you have now probably slightly messed up the octave selection so you will have to go back and do that again. Then, adjust the tuning of OSC A again and repeat this process until OSC A tracks perfectly and has good octave selection. I couldn’t really get the +4 octave to be perfect, but hey, it’s a prototype and is probably 50+ years old.

Now for OSC B; it’s very similar to A. Use the V/octave adjustment trimmer which is the lower left trim pot on the PCB along with the initial frequency trim pot to get B to track along the keyboard. Again, you’ll have to go back and adjust the octave selection, but that’s not as bad for B because its octave adjustment doesn’t mess up OSC A’s octave selection. At this point, you should be able to get OSC A and OSC B to track the keyboard and the octave selections should be there"

Thief (1981) complete "Igneous" scene (music by TD)

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"The whole scene of Thief (1981) with TD's re-edition of 'Thru Metamorphic Rocks' theme, renamed as 'Igneous' in the OST release.
The film version is by far more extensive than Thief CD version.
Enjoy that sequence !"

TD = Tangerine Dream.

Curious what they were using back then. According to this thread, they used the following on tour during that time period:

Live in East Berlin, 31st Jan 1980

Chris Franke:
Custom modular synthesizer (comprising of about 50% Moog and 50%
Projekt Electronik):
Moog Oscx2/R.M./VCF/VCAs
Projekt Elektronik VcEnvx2 & Proj. Elek. 2VCO/W.Noise/R.M./Waves (for Drums)
Digital sequencer & trigger selector
Programmer for above (SCI model 700 programmer)
Synth sound bank (for above)
Moog 960 sequential controller x2
Projekt elektronik sequence controller x2
Moog 3-band parametric
Moog 12 stage phaser
Moog 920 programmer
Moog 16-channel vocoder
Rhythm robot sequencer
Emu Oddity voice card
12 analogue drum sounds
Drum envelope unit
Drum EPROM sampled sounds
and more...

Oberheim OB-1
Prophet 5 (rev 2)
Minimoog
Korg PE-2000 polyphonic Ensemble
Elka Rhapsody 610 string machine.

Edgar Froese:
custom Moog modular synthesizer (3 box units comprising Moog modules and sequencers plus sequence controllers from Projekt Electronic)
Prophet 5 rev 2
PPG Sonic Carrier 1003 programmable duophonic DCO/DCF/DCA based synthesizer
PPG Wavecomputer 360 polyphonic digital synthesizer
PPG 350 keyboard sequencer
Arp Pro-DGX monophonic preset synthesizer
Korg PE-2000 polyphonic ensemble
Roland MC-8 microcomposer
Roland VC-10 vocoder
Arp/Solina string ensemble
Mellotron mk V

Johannes Schmoelling:
- Minimoog
- Yamaha CP-80 electric grand
- Oberheim 4-voice
- Elka Rhapsody 610
- Polymoog
- Korg PS-3100
- Synthanorma sequencer

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European tours (Nov-Dec 1980 & Jan-Feb 1981):

Equipment used:

Chris Franke:
Moog/PE modular tower as above
Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mk III
Elka Rhapsody 610
Prophet 5 rev 2

Edgar Froese:
Projekt Elektronik modular synthesizer & sequencers (used by Peter Baumann during '76 and '77)
PPG 340 A Generator Unit, PPG340 B Processor Unit, PPG380 Event Generator, PPG x 2 Terminals, PPG x 2 Computer Keyboards,
Oberheim OB-X

He may have used some more keyboards during these tours but I'm not sure which ones (possibly the Arp pro-DGX, the PPG Sonic carrier or the PPG
360 wavecomputer?)

Johannes Schmoelling:
Moog modular synthesizer (usually handled by Edgar Froese on stage)
Minimoog
Polymoog
Prophet 5 rev 2
Yamaha CP-80 electric grand

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British Isles tour (Oct-Nov 1981):

Equipment used:

Chris Franke:
Moog/PE modular tower as above
Minimoog
Arp Odyssey mk III
Elka Rhapsody 610
Prophet 5 rev 2

Edgar Froese:
PPG 360 wavecomputer
PPG Wave 2
Arp Pro-DGX
Korg PE-2000 poly-ensemble
PPG 5-octave keyboard controller
Custom sequencer (by Helmut Groethe)

Johannes Schmoelling:
Minimoog
Oberheim OB-X (handled by Froese on previous tours)
Custom sequencer (like Edgar's)

PPG Wave 2.3

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"The legend of wavetable synthesis.

Beloved ppg wave 2.3 FULL RESTORED, we have reloaded all the original sounds, and all the factory settings.

If you buy this PPG you will have it exactly as it came out of the factory in the 80s, all original"

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