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PPG Wave 2.V

Waldorf

Operation Manual

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The keyboard of the original PPG Wave 2.3 was not able to recognize note velo-

city, but it had a sensor for Aftertouch. This could be used to vary note velocity.

When a key was pressed, the Wave 2.3 calculated the velocity value of the next

note, based upon the detected Aftertouch data. To make things easier, we have

not implemented this method in the PPG Wave 2.V. It directly uses note velocity.

MOD>WAVES

ON,OFF

This parameter lets you use the LFO as a modulation source for Wave scanning. As

mentioned earlier, please keep in mind that the LFO modulation intensity can only be

set with the Modulation wheel. Thus, no modulation will take place, if the Modulation

wheel is all the way down. The setting of the Modulation wheel is stored with each

Program, same as on the original PPG Wave. Make sure that TOUCH>MOD in the

MODULATION menu is set to OFF, otherwise the LFO only modulates one signal, if

Aftertouch is generated at the same time.

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To complete the picture, this parameter can also be found in the DIGITAL menu

section.

MOD>FILTER

ON, OFF

This parameter lets you use the LFO as a modulation source for the filter frequency.

Please keep in mind that the LFO modulation intensity can only be set with the Modu-

lation wheel. Thus, no modulation will take place, if the Modulation wheel is all the

way down. The setting of the Modulation wheel is stored with each Program, same as

on the original PPG Wave. Make sure that TOUCH>MOD in the MODULATION menu

is set to OFF, otherwise the LFO only modulates one signal, if Aftertouch is generated at

the same time.

MOD>LOUDNESS

ON, OFF

If this parameter is set to ON, then the LFO will continuously modulate the level. Plea-

se take special note that this modulation is independent of the Modulation wheel set-

ting. The LFO parameter DELAY doesn’t have any impact on this parameter. You can

use this parameter for to create a continuous Tremolo effect.

TOUCH>WAVES

ON, OFF

Provided that your Master keyboard can generate Aftertouch data, this parameter lets

you perform a Wave scan using monophonic Aftertouch (Channel Pressure).

TOUCH>FILTER

ON, OFF

Provided that your Master keyboard can generate Aftertouch data, this parameter lets

you control the deflection of the Filter Envelope – as set with the ENV 1VCF dial – by

using monophonic Aftertouch (Channel Pressure).

TOUCH>LOUDNESS

ON, OFF

Provided that your Master keyboard can generate Aftertouch data, this parameter lets

you control volume – as set with the ENV 2VCA dial – by using monophonic After-

touch (Channel Pressure).

Summary of Contents for PPG Wave 2.V

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Page 2: ...r s written consent All product and company names are or trade marks of their respective owners Waldorf Music Germany 2006 www waldorfmusic de Programming Wolfram Franke Additional Programming Stefan Stenzel und Jürgen Fornoff Graphic Design Steinberg Soft und Hardware GmbH Manual Layout Holger Tsching Steinbrink Sound Designers and Beta Testers Volker Barber Drew Neumann Christian Halten Uwe G Ho...

Page 3: ... Playing Programs 8 Storing Banks and Programs 8 Importing VST or AudioUnit Presets into the corresponding plug in format 8 Copying inserting and comparing Programs 9 MIDI Functions 9 Controlling the PPG wave 2 V through the Novation remoteSL 9 PPG Wave 2 V Polyphony 10 The User Interface Panel 10 The Controls 11 Key Combinations 12 Hiding the Keyboard 12 The Program Menu 13 The Analog User Interf...

Page 4: ... Wavetable synthesis for many years But there are still many fans of the initial powerful PPG sound around How near is the PPG Wave 2 V to the Original To give you a simple answer very near An example the filter in the original PPG was a SSM 2044 chip If the resonance was increased this filter attenuated the input signal by up to 12dB The PPG Wave 2 V works exactly like that Furthermore the resona...

Page 5: ... within one menu while the GRAPH menu offers graphic envelope and filter edi ting The second difference lies in the parameter names that are used On the original PPG quite cryptic names were used for a number of functions e g MF for the filter modulation or SW for sub oscillator behaviour In the PPG Wave 2 V these names are either not abbreviated or the abbreviation makes sense The third differenc...

Page 6: ...sh with 400 MHz G4 PowerPC processor or better Mac OS X 10 3 9 or newer 128 MB free RAM or Macintosh with 1 5 GHz Intel CoreSolo processor or better Mac OS X 10 4 or newer 128 MB of free RAM A VST 2 0 compatible host application that supports virtual instruments such as Cu base SX SL SE or Nuendo This must be correctly installed on your computer or An AudioUnit 2 0 compatible host application that...

Page 7: ...re press a key on your MIDI keyboard You should now hear a sound If you don t hear anything check first whether your host ap plication receives MIDI data at all The PPG Wave 2 V can receive MIDI data on eight MIDI channels You should therefore make sure that the channel setting within the PPG is the same as the MIDI channel setting of the selected MIDI Track Audio Channels of the PPG Wave 2 V The ...

Page 8: ... save complete Sound Banks You can save complete banks or single programs For information on saving please read the corresponding manual section of your host application When you save your song or project file the following information is saved with it The number of PPG Wave 2 V modules used in the Song Which Banks and Programs were used Even the changed settings of edited Programs are stored Howe...

Page 9: ...ogram Use one of these two methods if you are not satisfied with your edited Sound If you click on AKKU then the selected sound is set back to its default settings If you hold down Alt while pressing the AKKU button a random sound is created similar to the original PPG which did this when its internal battery was empty You really should try out this function as new interesting Sounds can be create...

Page 10: ...al calculating power from your computer Try to set the number of voices to a sensible value if you simultaneously use other Plug Ins and if you also play back audio tracks with your host application Hint Only voices that sound create processor load VOICE only controls the ma ximum number of simultaneously possible voices The User Interface Panel By and large the PPG Wave 2 V user interface panel c...

Page 11: ...o set this back to normal mode Shift click again Display The Display shows the current Sound number and the Sound name If your turn a dial its numerical value is shown in the display A mouse click on the sound number opens a pop up menu with the available Sounds Find more information in the section Selecting and Playing Programs on page 8 of this manual Switches By clicking a switch once you switc...

Page 12: ... set to its default value e g Cutoff is set to 63 Emphasis is set to 0 or modulations are set to OFF You can increase the resolution of a dial value selector or wheel by holding down the Shift key on your computer keyboard when you use the respective control If a dial is set to circle mode you change a value by dragging around the dial in a circle then you can temporarily change to up down mode by...

Page 13: ...he PPG Wave 2 V if you use the Program Mode as otherwise voice bottlenecks could quickly happen The Analog User Interface The analog user interface offers direct access to the dials on the PPG Wave 2 V The Pitch Bend and Modulation wheels can be controlled both from within the Plug In and from your Master keyboard Same as on the original PPG Wave 2 3 the setting of the Modulation wheel is stored s...

Page 14: ... 2 V s LFO offers four different oscillator waveforms as modulation signal modulation intensity can be controlled with the Mo dulation wheel MODWHEEL If it is fully turned down no modulation takes place Same as on the original PPG Wave synth the Modulation wheel setting is saved with each Program Make sure that TOUCH MOD in the MODULATION menu is set to OFF otherwise the LFO will only modulate the...

Page 15: ...thin a given period of time The classic Envelope form consist of four separately controllable phases Attack Decay Sustain and Release which is why it is also called ADSR Envelope If you press a key the Envelope is started Within the period of time that you have defined with the ATTACK parameter it first rises to its maximum value Then it needs the time set with the DECAY dial to fall to the value ...

Page 16: ...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 modulate...

Page 17: ... character Please note that higher settings attenu ate the level in the same way as the SSM 2044 filter chip did in the original PPG PPG users do especially like the typical sound character that results from high Cutoff and Emphasis settings Caused by the combination with the waveforms the sound becomes extremely thin and delicate The following illustration shows a simplified version of the filter...

Page 18: ...frequency rises with the modulation deflection of the En velope Experiment with Cutoff and this control to find out what they do Note that the Envelope intensity can only use the positive deflection form same as on the original PPG Wave ENV 2 VCA 0 63 This controls the influence of ADSR Envelope 2 on the sound level The higher you set this value the louder the sound ENV 1 WAVES 0 63 This controls ...

Page 19: ...to route the selected sound onto the alternative audio output You can e g use this function to assign different effects or EQ settings to Sounds in Program mode DIGITAL Menu DIGI The Digital menu lets you access the Wavetable parameters their modulation Sound Layering and the Arpeggiator To open the Digital menu press the DIGI button on the Plug In panel The button lights up in red Pressing it aga...

Page 20: ... to 20 and WAVES SUB to 10 the oscillator will play Wave 20 while the sub oscillator will play Wave 30 Offset can also be used in connection with the possible Wave oscil lator modulations The switch UPPER WAVES also applies to the sub oscillator in this setting as this still concerns an Offset between sub oscillator waveform and os cillator waveform DIRECT means that the WAVES SUB dial plays the s...

Page 21: ...s which can of course also be considered as interesting If you wish to prevent simultaneous pitch changes then you should turn the parameters MOD OSC and SUB OSC in the TUNING menu to OFF Keyboard Mode KEYB MODE POLY DUAL QUAD MONO The Original PPG Wave 2 3 offered several options to stack voices The SEMITONE pa rameters in the TUNING menu see page 24 are directly connected with this function Not ...

Page 22: ...west note If this is set to DOWN the Arpeggio starts with the highest note and then plays downwards to the lowest note Then it starts over again with the highest note If this is set to ALT alternating the Arpeggio starts with the lowest note and then plays upwards to the highest note Then it reverses course and plays the notes star ting with the highest and ending with the lowest note The RND Rand...

Page 23: ...setting 12 CENTS detunes the sub oscillator by 12 cent The setting 7SEMI detunes the sub oscillator by 7 7 semitones a Fifth upwards The setting 1 OCT detunes the sub oscillator by one octave upwards The setting 2 OCT detunes the sub oscillator by two octaves upwards MOD OSC ON OFF This parameter can be used to select the LFO as a modulation source for the pitch of the main oscillator This creates...

Page 24: ... changes the overall tuning of the PPG Wave 2 V The value refers to the reference pitch for MIDI note A3 The standard setting for this is 440 Hz which is used by most acoustic and electric instruments We recommend that you only change the overall tuning if you are sure of what you re doing Please keep in mind to adjust the tuning of all other use instruments if you change Total Tune We have no ide...

Page 25: ...ctric piano sound or you use it on Wavetable 27 to get the famous PPG choir KEY FILTER 0 233 This parameter determines the degree to which the filter frequency depends on the played MIDI note The higher you set this value the higher the filter frequency will rise during play For instance if you set this to 100 and play an octave on the keyboard the filter frequency changes by the same amount Pleas...

Page 26: ...ease keep in mind that the LFO modulation intensity can only be set with the Modu lation wheel Thus no modulation will take place if the Modulation wheel is all the way down The setting of the Modulation wheel is stored with each Program same as on the original PPG Wave Make sure that TOUCH MOD in the MODULATION menu is set to OFF otherwise the LFO only modulates one signal if Aftertouch is genera...

Page 27: ...this parameter is set On you can control the filter frequency with the Pitch Bend wheel Please keep in mind that the Pitch Bend wheel is a bipolar modulation source It can produce both positive and negative values BEND WAVES ON OFF This parameter lets you use the Pitch Bend wheel to perform a Wave scan As Pitch Bend normally snaps to a center setting it is advisable to also set the Wave oscillator...

Page 28: ...zontally SUSTAIN represents a sustained level which therefore can only be moved vertically The Filter Response graph controls both Cutoff and Emphasis The filter frequency can be set in horizontal direction the Resonance is set in vertical direction Click di rectly into the graph and set both parameters as desired Concluding Remarks We hope that this manual has helped you to familiarize yourself w...

Page 29: ...nvelope Attack is the term used to describe the time that an Envelope needs to reach its maximum peak The Attack phase starts directly when the trigger sig nal comes in e g when you press a key on your keyboard Clipping Clipping is a distortion that occurs when a signal level exceeds its maximum available headroom The character of a clipping signal depends on the system type in which it occurs In ...

Page 30: ...pe starts its travel through the Attack and Decay phases until it reaches the Sustain level This is then held for as long as the trigger signal lasts Thereafter the En velope starts its Release phase which lowers the level to its minimum value Filter The filter is one of the most important sound shaping elements within a synthesizer The PPG Wave 2 V has a low pass filter with resonance capability ...

Page 31: ...iver For this reason all MIDI devices except for rare exceptions provide two or three connection sockets The sending device transfers the information to the outside world via its MIDI Out so cket The data travel through a cable and arrives at the MIDI In socket of the receiving device The MIDI Thru socket has a special purpose It makes it possible that one sen der can reach several receivers It si...

Page 32: ...ound programs Can be used to select a program number between 1 and 128 Release Parameter of an Envelope Means the sinking speed of an Envelope to its minimum va lue It starts after the trigger signal has ended and independently of the current position within the Envelope it can therefore also start already in the Attack phase if the player lets go of the key Resonanz Emphasis Resonance is an impor...

Page 33: ...er parameters can be influenced by a control voltage Volume The level of a sound at the output Wave Here A Wave is a digitally memorized reproduction of one single wave pass Insofar it is identical with a Sample that is looped after one single wave pass In contrast to the samples in a sampler all Waves in the Waldorf Wavetable Synthesizers have the same lengths and are played back in the same pitc...

Page 34: ... 3 50 ENV1 DECAY 19 SEMITONE 4 51 ENV1 SUSTAIN 20 SEMITONE 5 52 ENV1 RELEASE 21 SEMITONE 6 53 ENV2 ATTACK 22 SEMITONE 7 54 ENV2 DECAY 23 SEMITONE 8 55 ENV2 SUSTAIN 24 KEY WAVES 56 ENV2 RELEASE 25 KEY FILTER 57 VCF CUTOFF 74 KEY LOUDNESS 58 VCF EMPHASIS 71 VEL FILTER 59 WAVES OSC 26 VEL LOUDNESS 60 WAVES SUB 27 MOD WAVES 61 ENV1 VCF 28 MOD FILTER 62 ENV2 LOUDNESS 29 MOD LOUDNESS 63 ENV1 WAVES 30 TO...

Page 35: ...t 8 VCF CUTOFF Slider 1 ENV1 ATTACK Slider 2 ENV1 DECAY Slider 3 ENV1 SUSTAIN Slider 4 ENV1 RELEASE Slider 5 ENV2 ATTACK Slider 6 ENV2 DECAY Slider 7 ENV2 SUSTAIN Slider 8 ENV2 RELEASE RemoteSL Control Page 2 PPG Wave 2 V Parameter Encoder 1 TOUCH MOD Encoder 2 TOUCH WAVES Encoder 3 KEY WAVES Encoder 4 MOD FILTER Encoder 5 TOUCH FILTER Encoder 6 KEY FILTER Encoder 7 VEL FILTER Encoder 8 ENV1 VCF P...

Page 36: ...ACTIVE Encoder 3 ARP MODE Encoder 4 ARP RATE Encoder 5 ARP RANGE Encoder 6 SEMITONE KEY Encoder 7 LFO SYNC Encoder 8 TRUE PPG Pot 1 SEMITONE 1 Pot 2 SEMITONE 2 Pot 3 SEMITONE 3 Pot 4 SEMITONE 4 Pot 5 SEMITONE 5 Pot 6 SEMITONE 6 Pot 7 SEMITONE 7 Pot 8 SEMITONE 8 Slider 1 ENV2 VCA Slider 2 VEL LOUDNESS Slider 3 BASIS Slider 4 OUT 3 4 Slider 5 ENV2 ATTACK Slider 6 ENV2 DECAY Slider 7 ENV2 SUSTAIN Sli...

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