"True rarity - PPG 1020 Monophonic digital synthesizer with analog filter
The PPG 1020 is a very special rarity and in perfect technical condition. It is very stable in voice, has analog VCF, digital keyboard without bouncing contacts and a special, very expressive, super fat.
The PPG 1020 does have its own strengths. Digital modulation (for the oscillators) and – especially – the ring modulator are important technical improvements. And those 6 (!) oscillator waveforms are something special. Very unique sound I found it to go very well sequenced together with a VCO monosynth.
Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.
Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:
The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more
Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!
Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas
"The Best Keeps Getting Better
What's new in version 4?
Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!
Real Hardware Sounds
There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.
Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.
You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."
True rarity - PPG 1020 Monophonic digital synthesizer with analog filter
CONDITION: Used, in very good condition (see photos), playable immediately. The device was completely overhauled in a specialist workshop and works perfectly.
DESCRIPTION: The PPG 1020 is a very special rarity and in perfect technical condition. It is very stable in voice, has analog VCF, digital keyboard without bouncing contacts and a special, very expressive, fat super sound! More information about the device on request.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Double Glide ON/OFF switch above the pitch bender wheel."
"Track found in my archives. Composed around 2015, but I lost the Cubase project. So, this song will therefore not be completely finished until I have found the audio files. Fortunately, I had, at the time, the good idea to produce a wav file of the final mix.
I used mainly PPG 1020 and PPG Wave 2.3 ,
and RSF Kobol keyboard (only for one bass line)
Video : extract from the movie Tron : l'Héritage (2010)"
"Hello, this is a short walk around of the 2022 edition of SynthFest France.
If you want to participate, please use the contact form at www.synthfestfrance.com"
Check out the groovy aesthetics of the user manual font & art below. Kind of interestring. It was the 70s...
"History
Wolfgang Palm is a German musician and inventor who was the founder and owner of Palm Products GmbH (PPG) and the inventor and creator of various pioneering technical designs for analog and digital synthesizers. He is widely acknowledged as the father of digital synthesis and as a trendsetter in the use of computer technology in the making of electronic music.
Palm's interest in synthesis technology began as a keyboardist in various local bands in his hometown of Hamburg, Germany. His namesake corporation began operating as early as 1975, manufacturing modular synthesizers in small numbers for electronica act Tangerine Dream and other musicians.
Palm is arguably most famous for the invention of wavetable synthesis, a concept which he developed in the late 1970s when he created his Minimoog-like synthesizer - the 1020 - featuring digitally controlled oscillators instead of the voltage-controlled oscillators that his 1002 synthesizer and all other analog synthesizers of that time were using. He also created the 360 Wavecomputer that would later become the renowned PPG Wave series. Palm's design was the impetus for the creation of the highly successful PPG Wave synthesizer, which was used by numerous bands throughout the 1980s and beyond.
THE PPG MODULAR SYSTEM
100, 200, and 300 Modules 2 Cabinets 1 Keyboard Each Module Hand Labelled by Wolfgang Palm
Cabinet one consists of :
3x 301 Voltage Controlled Oscillator 2x 104 Low Pass Filter 1x Oscillator with 3 Oscillators and Oscillator Driver 1x Wolfgang Palm Noise Generator 1x 217 Voltage Controlled Filter 3x 103 VCA 1x 309 Signal Mixer 4 x 109 Premix Interface 1x 111 CV interface/Reverb/Output Bass Treble/Power Supply
Notes: The keyboard comes with all the original German Manuals 230V Power supply and various patching cables
Users: PPG Synthesisers have been favored by a number of artists most famously the German Band Tangerine Dream / Klaus Schulze with such classic albums as Rubycon, Stratofear, Sorcerers"
"An incredible collection of hardware synthesizer sounds, expertly programmed, individually sculpted with outboard processors, multisampled and mastered to perfection. Synth Anthology 3 delivers the pure and powerful sounds of 132 hardware synthesizers, gently processed to taste with the best hardware processors on the market. You'll find everything from classic analogs like the Oberheim SEM and ARP 2600 to digital powerhouses like the Synclavier and FS1R, to modern classics like the OB-6, Prophet 6 and Minilogue, all expertly programmed and sampled, delivering the authentic and unmistakable sound of hardware.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 3 -55 new hardware synths featuring classics and rarities
Includes Arp 2600, Behringer DeepMind 12, Casio HZ-600 and VZ1, Cavagnolo Exagone, Clavia NordLead 3, Crumar Spirit, Davoli Davolisint, Dotcom Modular, EML ElectroComp 101, SynKey and Synthi AKS, JEN SX1000, Kawai Synthesizer-100F, Korg PS3100, MS-50, 01RW, M3, Prologue, Polysix, 800DV and X3R, M-Liberation, M-One, M-Subsequent 37, M-Modular 3p and M-Sonic Six, Novation Peak, Oberheim Matrix-12 and SEM, Powertran Transcendent 2000, PPG 1020 and Modular, RLD D-110, RLD Fantom-G6, RLD J-6, RLD SH-5, RLD JD-990, RLD System-100 and RLD System-700, RSF BlackBox and Modular, Sequential Circuits Six-trak, Studiologic Sledge, Teenage Engineering OP-1, OP-Z, PO-14 and PO-16, Vermona Synthesizer, Waldorf Pulse 2, Wave and Quantum, Yamaha SY-2 and V50, and Yusynth.
-542 Waveforms created from 50+ hardware
-Updated UI
-Updated FX section with EQ
-Updated arpeggiator section with Chord and Phrase modes
-1,000+ all new factory presets
ELECTROLAB Music is Sebastian of Mos-Lab. Some big hitters in this one including a Waldorf Wave, Synton Syrinx, PPG 1020, and 360A Wave Computer, RSF Kobol, EMS VC3S and of course a 5U Mos-Lab based modular system.
"Tangerine Dream at Coventry Cathedral. 1975. U.K. Ricochet.: Edgar Froese, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann. For more information about TD's music visit the Official Website: http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/i..."
Thought I posted this one before but couldn't find it, so here it is. Enjoy!
See if you can spot all the synths. Let me know if I missed any below!
Moog modular (any other brand modules?), EMS SYNTHI, VC3S & SYNTHI Hi-Fli, ELKA Rhapsody 610, PPG 1020, & ARP 2600. Anyone remember what that is at 2:20? I know I've seen it before but forget.
Pictured here: PPG 1020, The Schmidt, Waldorf streichfett, Moog SUB 37, "...you like Synths?" booth with Doepfer, MFB, & more.
Update: via James in the Lounge: the "...you like Synths?" both is the "Alex4 Distribution booth (Andreas Schneider [BchneidersBuero]). Includes MFB, KOMA, Doepfer, and even a handful of Meeblip anodes."
"Taken from their 1979 album Replicas. This take however,is never used for broadcasting, i think i know why, this take they did more for fun....., still one of my favorite songs of All-time ...., but that remines me of a question, and maby one of the Gary Numans die-hard fans knows the answer ..,In my memory , i thought i have seen about 33 years ago , a kind of promo of this golden classic, but i am sure that i did see Gary Numan with hair coloured white, does anyone know if some kind of old video exist anywhere ?
Personnel
Gary Numan -- Minimoog synthesizer, guitar, vocals
Paul Gardiner -- bass guitar
Jess Lidyard -- drums
Ced Sharpley & Gary Webb
Production Gary Numan -- production"
The Analog Lab NYC-J.S. Bach | Two Part Inventions No. 8
Published on Jan 16, 2013 TheAnalogLab·37 videos
"An extremely rare PPG 1020 Synthesizer recently repaired by The Analog Lab in NYC. This little beast was released in 1976 and was very ahead of its time by having 2 DCOs! You would almost think its an 8-bit machine at times if you have the square waves set just right. It also has a Ring Modulator.
We thought Bach would be appropriate for a quick little demo. Enjoy!
"This was the first programmable synthesizer (1977)."
Programmable as in patch memory. The 1003 was a programmable monophonic synth with two oscillators, digitally controlled keyboard, and it was duophonic.
"This must be one of the rarest synths made "in series"
STRAMP "SYNCHANGER" designed by nobody else than Wolfgang Palm of PPG.
Originally a guitar synth, cv / gate modification is sure possible.
This is a really wild sounding synth, with a filter reminding me of the great PPG 1020.
deutsch electro wire sound
even for filtering your drums sounds or whatever, this is something really special that
(almost) nobody else has
there are some sound examples on a page but the SYNCHANGER can do a LOT more
and the best news is yet to come: THIS SYNCHANGER is absolutely NEW OLD STOCK from an older music shop. UNUSED. With original papers and original price plate: 1750 DM (old german currency but price in EURO would now be aequivalent)
Brought in a time capsule from the early 80's straight to be listed here.."
