The Sound of Tangerine Dream

video upload by RetroSound

Also see: The sound of Tangerine Dream - Moog Minimoog

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The PPG demo is inspired by one of my favorite tracks from Tangerine Dream. Love On Real Train from the year 1984 featured the PPG Wave 2.2 and the Waveterm A.
All synthesizer sounds: PPG wave 2.2 & Waveterm A
Sequencer: Doepfer DarkTime Step sequencer

The PPG wave & Waveterm Synthesizer System from the year 1982 is one of most fascinating synthesizers ever. You can find a lot demo videos, sound tutorials about the Wave and the Waveterm in the PPG wave playlist."

Waldorf M 1.07 RC Update Adds PPG Waveterm Transitions Replay, Additional Filter Modes & More

This one is via an anonymous reader. Full release notes below.

Regarding PPG Waveterm Transitions Reply:

"I always dreamed of PPG Waveterm Transitions replay. So there are they here in M! Now in classic mode one can use the second oscillator as a PCM oscillator and play one of the 64 transitions, saved into internal flash. They could be loaded from the SD Card to the M and used for your patch. So you can make 4 channel Drum Machine with analog and digital VCF on each channel. Or multisample layered patch. And the OSC1 stays free to play its own wavetable. So I am very curious, what you can introduce with this new feature."

"You can load up these old samples and use your M as if you had a PPG Wave + WaveTerm combo."

New filters: Notch 12dB / Oct, LP 24dB/Oct, BP 24 dB/Oct,HP 24 dB/Oct, Notch 24 dB/Oct, Sin Waveshaper + LP 12 dB/Oct, Dual LP/BP 12 db/Oct, BandStop 12 dB/Oct. Almost all of the MicroWave 2 XT's digital filters are now available on the M.

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PPG WAVETERM B - Handmade Miniature 1/6 scale

video upload by Ronaldo Lopes Teixeira ROLT

Update: video re-uploaded.

Arturia Microfreak V4.0 // 400 PPG wavetables

video upload by Starsky Carr

"This is a quick demo of how to use the Arturia MIDI control centre to upload wavetables in .wav format to the synth. It's really simple, but I have done it for all 400! Patrons get free access to my Arturia formatted files.

Patreon: https://patreon.com/starskycarr

**These aren't the factory wavetables** - they're copyrighted. These are from the Waveterm which was an additional unit to hook to your PPG to add user waves."

PPG Waveterm A - Compute a Wave in 1982

video upload by RetroSound

"The PPG Waveterm A
is the heart of the PPG System from the year 1982.

The Waveterm based on an old german computer called Eltec Eurocom II with Motorola 6809 processor.

- creation of Waves and Wavetables
- fourier analysis / resonator
- additive synthesis
- 8 bit Sampling for the WAVE 2.2
- sequencer / event generator
- storage of sounds on 8" disc"

Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v vs 2.2v Synth Plugin Head to Head

Synth & Sundry

"Comparing three identical patches on the Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v VST synth plugin and its multiple PPG Wave wavetable emulations (Wave 2.3, Wave 2.2, Wave 2.v) against the older version of the audio plugin, the PPG Wave 2.2v

Contents:
00:00 Leafy Intro
00:36 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 1 (2.3 Mode)
00:57 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 1 (2.2 Mode)
01:26 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 1 (2.v Mode)
02:17 Waldorf PPG Wave 2.2.v Patch 1 (old plugin)
03:43 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 5 (2.3 Mode)
04:29 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 5 (2.2 Mode)
05:26 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 5 (2.v Mode)
06:14 Waldorf PPG Wave 2.2.v Patch 5 (old plugin)
07:27 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 21 (2.3 Mode)
08:25 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 21 (2.2 Mode)
09:24 Waldorf PPG Wave 3.v Patch 21 (2.v Mode)
10:27 Waldorf PPG Wave 2.2.v Patch 21 (old plugin)
11:32 Leafy Conclusion

There were three versions of the PPG Wave wavetable synthesizer. The first iteration was the Wave 2 (from 1981) which had 8 oscillators and the CEM 3320 VCF 24db/oct filter chips. It was in good company since the Sequential Circuits Pro One used those too for its analog filters. The next year the Wave 2.2 version came out with 16 oscillators (so two per voice) and a different filter chip to accompany its now beefier 8 voices. Both the 2.2 and 2.3 used the SSM 2044 VCF chip which was also present in the much lauded Octave Plateau Voyetra 8 and the Korg Mono/Poly. The final 2.3 iteration from 1984 increased the oscillator resolution from 8-bit to 12-bit when used in conjunction with a Waveterm A or B music computer unit which allowed for sampling and sequencing very much in the vein of the legendary Fairlight CMI.

If you'd like to support this channel with a one-off purchase, please check out our affordably priced music: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Cyboogie (Official Video)

Flightless Records

Some synth spotting with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard off of their 2019 album Fishing For Fishies. Can't believe I haven't posted this one yet.

Props look like an ARP 2600 meets LMNC. Also a Fairlight / PPG Waveterm looking CRT in there as well.

Fliederkind - Es ist das Wir (Official Music Video)

Fliederkind

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

"Hi! Wir stecken mitten in der Produktion von „Schlotterschaum“, unseres nächsten Albums mit Synthpop-Songs. Als kleinen Vorgeschmack haben wir ein Video zum Song „Es ist das Wir“ gedreht, um Euch die Wartezeit zu verkürzen! Es ist eine kleine Verbeugung vor Wolfgang Palm und seinen ikonischen Produkten wie dem PPG Wave 2, PPG Wave 2.2 und PPG Waveterm, die in unserer Musik einen zentralen Platz einnehmen. Wolfgang Palm ist dieses Jahr 70 Jahre alt geworden. Bleib gesund!

In der Zwischenzeit könnt Ihr Euch natürlich weiterhin an unserem aktuellen Album „Zeitgestalt“ erfreuen. Demnächst erscheint auch ein Hörbuch mit den gesammelten Texten von „Zeitgestalt“ und „Schlotterschaum“ – stay tuned!
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Hi! We are in the midst of producing our next album, "Schlotterschaum". This song will tide you over until the release date at the end of 2020. In the meantime, enjoy our current album "Zeitgestalt" and look out for the audio book with the collected lyrics of "Zeitgestalt" and "Schlotterschaum" coming soon. This video is a litte tribute to PPG and iconic products like PPG Wave 2, PPG Wave 2.2, or PPG Waveterm, invented by Wolfgang Palm, who celebrated his 70th birthday this year. Happy Birthday and many thanks for your inspiring instruments!
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Fliederkind: Fliederkind im Sommerwind (Official Music Video)
Album: Schlotterschaum
Music by Egbert Schark
Lyrics by Maximilian Schäfer
Produced by Horst Schnebel
Video by Neil Schark 2020

Lyrics:

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Hermann Seib Joins Behringer/Music Tribe Wave Synthesizer Development Team

The official announcement:

PPG and its Wave synthesizers have been the brain child of the industry icon Wolfgang Palm and have graced the stages of artists like David Bowie, Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Stevie Nicks, Pet Shop Boys, Mike and the Mechanics, and Stevie Wonder just to name a few.

After the announcement of Behringer and Music Tribe to look for collaboration partners for the development of the next generation Wave hybrid synthesizer, we have been fortunate to gain a legendary engineer to the team – Hermann Seib who has been deeply involved in the PPG Wave history. But hear from the man himself:

About Hermann Seib

“I'm a software programmer/analyst living in Vienna, Austria and have loved playing and creating music throughout all my life. I started playing guitar at age 12 and when the Roland SH-101 became available, I got one and was instantly hooked. But as for most people, there came a point where I had to decide whether I want to become a musician or a programmer. Computers won hands down so I never became a great guitar player and instead I practiced my programming skills instead. These shiny new home computers that just became available were simply too fascinating – and they sustained my life ever since.

PPG and I have a rather long common history. I first saw the original press release for the Waveterm A in 1982 and immediately wanted one. Unfortunately, I also couldn’t afford it as I was at just starting my career.

Around 1987, I was finally able to buy a used Wave 2.2/Waveterm set. Since that time, I have become a fan of these machines and know pretty well how they work. However I'm much more of an engineer than a musician and to me, the Wave synthesizers are "computers with attached tone generation circuits". Around 2000, I started to reverse engineering their operating system, so that I could understand how they work from a computer perspective. It took me quite a while to understand the sound generation side of the things and while I still wouldn't say that I've fully mastered every detail, my understanding was good enough to create an upgrade to the original V6 software. The result was version 8.3, which is a commercially available upgrade.

Around 2000, I became involved with Paula Maddox and Dave Forward in a project called "Waveterm C". The idea was to recreate the Waveterm in a more modern PC running Windows version and use a USB interface to communicate to the Waves/EVUs/PRKs. Well, we got the software side up and running, for which I was responsible for and it worked to a point where you could create wavetables and transient sounds. The USB-based hardware interface worked quite well, too, but unfortunately the project never became mature enough to be launched.

https://www.hermannseib.com/waveterm/

I also created WaveSim, my simulation of the famous Wave/EVU, which was first only as a standalone Windows program and later available as VSTi as well. Wolfgang Palm was aware of these activities for quite a while and in 2008, he contacted me. We exchanged ideas and he helped me understand some details of the Wave synthesizers, which resulted in further WaveSim improvements. Wolfgang then went on to create lots of new, vastly improved wavetables that could be loaded into WaveSim which can be found here.

https://www.hermannseib.com/english/synths/ppg/wavesim.htm#palm

Later in 2012, Wolfgang became interested in porting his PPG WaveGenerator, which was only available as iOS Plugin, to VST and Audio Unit on Windows and Mac OS - a project I was heavily involved in. Subsequently I entered similar collaborations on Wolfgang’s other PlugIn creations such as the PPG Wavemapper 2, PPG Phonem, and PPG Infinite.”

Why did you decide to join the Behringer Wave project?

“My main motivation is to help recreate the Wave to ensure it gets as close as possible to the original, as the legacy and “soul” of this synthesizer is very dear to me. And because it’s blue 🙂. I am very much looking forward to collaborating with the Behringer engineering team and participate in the testing and comparison with the original unit since I have a deep understanding of the original code the makeup of the unit. We’re currently discussing the development of an app for wavetable management. I am very excited to be part of the Behringer Wave synthesizer project to make sure the legacy of this legendary synthesizer will live on.”

PPG Waveterm A / B

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via this auction

"For your consideration a a very rare PPG Waveterm. This is a Waveterm A that has been modified to Waveterm B. With the right boot disc, you can also get it to load A.
The Boot discs that I currently have seem to be compromised, and won't load, so it has not been tested further than powering on.
The unit recently had the power supply rebuilt, and the display was serviced, and is steady. Currently running on 120V. All that is included in the listing is the PPG Waveterm as pictured. Due to it being untested, it is being sold AS-IS."

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PPG Wave 2.2

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via this auction

"This is one of my most prized and cared for possessions. If we weren't in the middle of an unprecedented financial crisis, I would prefer have this beauty buried with me. ;) It's the absolute king of wavetable synthesizers, the first and only of its kind if you ask me (and virtually anyone else who's had the privilege to use one). I've had this particular one for the better part of 20 years, and she's never let me down (unlike multiple new synths where I find myself flustered when firmware corrupts or memory erroneously wipes out); she's just been steadfast and true for her treasured time with me. Always kept in a non-smoking studio, voltage regulated and on battery backup. When I bought this beauty some 20 years ago I was under the impression the previous owner had a good working relationship with PPG when they were still in business and this was one of the first editions in circulation. This beauty was exported to the UK and found a home with one of the curators of the early 2000 (UK) PPG Conferences. With the help and guidance of PPG connoisseur, H. Seib, she was gone through with a fine tooth comb and had been swapped out with new bushings, keys and factory formatted. Since my acquisition of this unit (3rd owner by my understanding) I had created and sculpted custom waves with the Waveterm A (When it still functioned, but sadly that is now a very distant memory) and a wide range of factory sounds which are still in place. I had considered the upgrade to V8.3 to save much of the library I had created but wouldn't attempt it without the expertise and assistance of a few friends in Toronto who had years of experience working on these, but sadly that never did come to fruition. Time is always the greatest enemy, isn't she? ;) I also have the entire factory soundset from the floppy disk of the 2.3, Waveterm A and B as well as many wavetables shared on the old PPG forum so the update would probably be worth it. It's a fairly easy upgrade and still available to purchase if you're considering using the SYSEX features of V8.3. There was discussion some years ago about a virtual waveterm being available at some point (Waveterm C), perhaps a gentle nudge in the PPG discussion forum and it will eventually materialize with those DIY monowaves. ;) Until then, I leave you with one of the worlds finest synthesizers ever imagined. This is the stuff dreams are made of, not kidding. Serious inquiries only, thanks!

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PPG Waveterm Synthesizer Monitor W/ Flight Case

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via this auction

Update: price dropped to $2500

"First things first: No! This is not a sticker or fu$&ing refrigerator magnet! This is an actual genuine real life PPG Waveterm Synthesizer. Monitor unit only, I don’t have the keyboard that goes with it, nor do I have any other hardware or software that this machine may require.

I honestly don’t know anything about this machine other than it’s very rare. It was amongst a whole bunch of various stuff left in a storage unit I purchased. Did a tiny amount of research on the item and am now selling it.

As seen in the pics, it does power right up and the screen works just fine. Thats all I know for a fact that it does. I have no way and/or knowledge of how to test the rest of its capabilities, but it comes on as soon as it’s turned on, doesn’t make a peep while on, doesn’t omit any strange odors, so I’m confident it will in fact do any and everything it was originally designed to do...... with the proper hardware that, again, does not come with this unit.

***The stated asking price is not for real. I’ve had trouble trying to price this thing and was hoping any interested parties could message me what they think it’s probably worth and/or make an offer, or at the very least I can have it on here longer than 7-10 days so as to hopefully drum up more interest before I either lower the price or re-list it as an auction.

It is safe and secure and ready for travel in its fitted rack mount flight case, made by Calzone.

Total weight on this unit in the case is 78 1/2 lbs, which means it will have to be mailed via Freight. It will be mailed via FedEx or UPS, I’m not trusting the USPS to deliver it safely. It will be insured for the final selling price. It’s dimensions are 27”x 20” x 19”."

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ROSEN SOUND - Synth Studio & Repair Shop Tour | Burbank, California

Published on Aug 8, 2019 synth4ever

Check out the custom Chrome Arp Odyssey AT 12:36.

"An in-depth synth studio and repair shop tour of Rosen Sound (www.rosensound.com) in Burbank, California.

Founded and owned by Rob Rosen, Rosen Sound is a premiere synthesizer repair & restoration shop that specializes in servicing vintage analog synthesizers. They also offer synth rentals, custom synth modifications, on-site studio recording, and have various synthesizers and replacement parts for sale.

This in-depth synth studio and repair shop tour covers the history of Rosen Sound, synth restoration processes, various synths being restored in the shop, the "Cabin" recording studio and woodworking rooms, and Rob's favorite synths.

Rosen Sound provides both national and international synth repair and restoration services, and is well known for employing top technicians and servicing rare and difficult to repair synths. If your vintage synth is in need of repair, don't hesitate to contact them.

To learn more about Rosen Sound, visit them at:

www.rosensound.com

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TIMECODES
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0:00 - Intro

0:45 - History of Rosen Sound
2:32 - Synth servicing
3:29 - Yamaha GX-1
4:18 - Difficult repairs
5:45 - Yamaha CS-80
8:01 - Rob's favorite synth
8:26 - Synths for repair (Prophet 5, Jupiter 8, Arp Quadra, Yamaha CS-60)
10:05 - Waldorf Wave
11:06 - Rob's music
11:31 - What's next for Rosen Sound
12:00 - Custom modifications (Chrome Arp Odyssey)
13:24 - Woodworking and tolex room
14:13 - Yamaha Electone organ
15:04 - Modern synth repairs
16:38 - The Cabin recording studio (under construction)
17:45 - Employees
18:28 - Synths for sale
18:47 - Prophet T8, PPG Wave, Korg Polysix
19:06 - Roland Jupiter 8, Prophet 5, Roland Juno 106
19:19 - Oberheim Four Voice, Prophet 10
20:20 - Electrocomp EML 101, Kawai K3
20:38 - Oberheim OB-X, Roland JX-3P, Behringer Deepmind 12
21:14 - Oberheim OB-Xa, Roland Jupiter 4, Roland SH-5
21: 39 - 2x Prophet 5 (REV 1)
22:50 - Junkie XL's PPG Waveterm
23:05 - Contacting Rosen Sound

23:42 - Conclusion"

Synthesized - Computers & Synthesizers Event Set for June 22 & 23 in Cambridge

via The Centre for Computing History

"Synthesized celebrates the computer and synthesiser - and how the two technologies grew up together.

The two technologies have crossed paths many times since the CSIRAC mainframe played the 'Colonel Bogey March' in 1951. The mighty Fairlight CMI, the PPG and the humble Dragon 32 both share the same processor - as do the Moog Source, Prophet-5 and the ZX Spectrum.

By 1990, the Atari ST found its way into almost every recording studio. Technologies from the flagship Yamaha DX7 and Roland D-50 found their way into almost every PC sound card of the 1990s. Today, modern computers can emulate almost any classic synthesiser with near perfect accuracy.

Without computers we wouldn’t have FM, wavetable, additive and phase distortion synthesis - or even be able to save the sounds on our analog synthesiser.

Last year we were lucky enough to have a Fairlight CMI, a PPG Waveterm and a Greengate DS4 together in the same room. We even had Colin Holgate from Greengate and John Molloy from 80s band Mainframe to demonstrate it to us!

This year we hope the event will be even bigger, even better, even noisier and will have more wonderful synthesisers for everyone to see and use! To get you all in the mood, here's some pictures from last year's event."

Gorgeous PPG setup, including a rare Waveterm and Processor Keyboard FD.

You can find a few previous posts featuring Synthesized including video via the Synthesized label.

PPG Waveterm 1985 Blue

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1983 PPG Wave 2.3

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via this auction

"Serviced, new backlight, new battery. keyboard bushings supplied, not fitted - i may get around to doing this. OS 8.3 supplied but can provide OS 6 too. Some prefer OS 6 before the LFO, which is computer generated, is further compromised. Voice cards have new trimmers.

2.3 is the same as 2.2 contrary to myths on forums, save it is only 12-bit when utilised with the Waveterm for samples and it has a multimode. The wavetables are 8-bit as on the 2.2. Most of the time you will boot into 2.2 mode. SSM2044 filters, superb sound and huge stereo field."

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PPG Wave 2.2 / Waveterm A System (1982) Resynthesis, Sampling, Fourier Analysis, How to video

Published on Sep 25, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

How to video:
Sampling with the PPG Wave System from 1982.
The video shows the sample analysis and programming of new wave and wavetables for the PPG wave 2.2 Synthesizer.

The Waveterm is the heart of the legendary PPG system and based on an old german computer called Eltec Eurocom II with Motorola 6809 processor.

- creation of Waves and Wavetables
- fourier analysis / resonator
- additive synthesis
- 8 bit Sampling for the WAVE 2.2
- sequencer / event generator
- storage of sounds on 8" disc"

Salyut - 1 / Салют-1 by Soviet Space Child

"This track is a demo/tribute to the Waldorf MicroWave XTk, which is my favorite digital synthesizer of all time. All of the instruments on this track are from my Waldorf MicroWave XTk 30, and the drums are samples taken from the PPG Waveterm. The drums and strings were processed through an Eventide H3000 D/SE, and there are two Roland RE-501 Chorus Echoes on the FX bus configured in stereo operation. All of the tracks were tracked and mixed through an analog mixer, with analog EQ and compression on the mix bus.

The Salyut- was the first ever space station to be launched into orbit:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_1"

PPG wave system demonstation cassette (1984) Waveterm demo

Published on Mar 5, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 vintage synthesizer demo

From my archive. The PPG wave 2.3 demonstrations cassette from the year 1984 including PPG wave sounds, demo sequences, demo songs.

The pictures are from my archive too and show adverts and brochures to the Wave, Waveterm, PRK keyboards and EVUs"

Update via swissdoc: you can wav files of the tape here.

PPG Waveterm System (1982) waves, wavetables, sampling, resynthesis

Published on Jan 16, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

PPG Waveterm A and Wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer from the year 1982.

Only 500 Waveterm A&B are made in the early 80s
price WT-A: 15.000 DM

The Waveterm is the heart of the legendary PPG system and based on an old german computer called Eltec Eurocom II with Motorola 6809 processor.

- creation of Waves and Wavetables
- fourier analysis / resonator
- additive synthesis
- 8 bit Sampling for the WAVE 2.2
- sequencer / event generator
- storage of sounds on 8" disc

this demo video shows only a few functions (creation of waves, wavetables) of the Waveterm.
More coming soon."