PPG Wave 2.V
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Operation Manual
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The original PPG had an especially interesting feature, which can of course al-
ways be found in the Plug-In. If the Attack Rate of an Envelope was set to a value
higher than 47, then the signal would execute the Attack-phase completely, no
matter if the note was still played or not. The the Envelope would always switch
into the Release-phase. This function is especially useful for long filter-sweeps. For
this to work, Envelope 2, which controls the volume, must of course also be set
correspondingly.
ADSR ENVELOPE 1
A,D,S,R each 0...63
This Envelope is used to control the filter frequency and the waveforms. The four dials
control the exact Envelope form and time-wise modulation development. The impact of
the Envelope on the filter frequency can be adjusted with the ENV1-VCF parameter, the
intensity of waveform modulation is changed with the ENV1-WAVES parameter.
ADSR ENVELOPE 2
A,D,S,R each 0...63
This Envelope is used to control level development. The four dials control the exact En-
velope form and time-wise modulation development of the sound’s level. The intensity
of this Envelope can be controlled with the ENV2 VCA parameter.
AD ENVELOPE 3
A,D, ATT each 0...63
This Envelope can be assigned to different modulation targets. Attack and Decay beha-
ve as usual, but the signal always travels through the Envelope completely, no matter if
a note is held or not.
If ENV3>OSC or ENV3>SUB in the TUNE menu are active, Envelope 3 modulates the
pitch of the corresponding oscillator. ENV 3 ATT either controls a negative (when tur-
ned counter clockwise) or a positive (when turned clockwise) Envelope deflection. If
SUB-WAVES in the DIGITAL menu is set to ENV3, then Envelope 3 modulates the sub
oscillator waveform. In this case, only the positive deflection form of ENV 3 ATT can be
used.
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All three Envelopes can also graphically be edited in the GRAPH-Editor.
Modifiers
This section creates the actual sound. Two Wavetable
oscillators (OSC and SUB) as well as a 24dB low pass filter
with resonance capability. Sound creation in the PPG
Wave 2.V bases on waveform sets, called Wavetables. You
should think of these as a sequence of up to 64 single Waves. This can be played back
in a static way or passed through dynamically, which results in the PPG-typical inte-
resting sound transformations. If the Waves do not differ much, then the Wavetable will
probably sound smooth and pleasant. If they have a completely different structure, this
will result in abrupt spectral changes.
The PPG Wave 2.V contains 32 Wavetables and the last four Waves of each Wavetable
are always the classic analog waveforms Triangle, Pulse, Square and Saw tooth. You
should thus first use these four waveforms, if you want to create typical analog sounds.
Additionally, you have the UPPER WAVES, another Wavetable, which is always avai-
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