Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer (Desktop Module)

Performing musicians, music producers, and sound designers in search of a powerful, complex synthesizer that's easy to use will be thrilled with 3rd Wave Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer (Desktop Module), a classic PPG-style wavetable synthesizer with analog filters, versatile modulation matrix, and advanced wave playback capabilities. The 4-part multitimbral sound engine also features a 24-voice polyphony for full, rich performances.

The 3rd Wave's power lies in its numerous 64-position wavetables (both classic and new) and its 6-stage Wave Envelope, which allows you to sweep through these wavetables in a variety of ways. Each part includes three oscillators that can generate a different wavetable with a different wave envelope, allowing for massive sonic potential. The 3rd Wave is easy to program with the majority of the sound shaping tools are within reach from the front panel.

Classic Legacy + Modern Sound

• While the 3rd Wave has roots in the classic digital wavetable synths of the past, it takes that concept into the 21st century with a lush, expansive sound that's a product of its expanded wavetables and warm, organic-sounding analog filters
• It boasts not only a punchy, Dave Rossum-designed 2140 analog low-pass filter with variable saturation, but a second, SEM-style state-variable filter (low-pass, high-pass, notch, and band-pass) for additional tone-sculpting. Run both filters in series for harmonically complex textures.

4-Part Multi-Timbral

• With 24-voices, the 3rd Wave has enough power for the most note-intensive performances
• And that polyphony really comes into play with its ability to layer up to 4 independent parts or split zones each with a completely different sound, sequence, and dual effect
• Each stereo part has independent panning, volume, and a dedicated stereo physical output

Modulation Matrix

• The secret weapon of any synth is its mod matrix, and the 3rd Wave doesn't disappoint.
• With 16 assignable slots, 12 additional fixed-source slots, 27 sources, and 114 destinations, it has the flexibility of a modular.
• And all of this power is per multipart. That means up to 4 independent layers of sound, each with its own mod matrix.

Sequence Notes, Songs, and Parameters

• The 3rd Wave's sequencer is an inspiring tool for both composers and sound designers because it is pattern-based and can sequence notes, songs, and parameter changes.
• For composing and performing, enter notes and chords in real time with or without quantization for maximum groove and arrange up to 24 patterns of up to 32 measures in length into songs just as easily.

Synth Overview

Sound Engine

Three High-Resolution Digital Oscillators per Voice

• 64 total user wavetable positions with 48 wavetables that contain 64 waveforms per table (32 legacy PPG waves with room for another 16 of this type)
• 32 original 8 bit wavetables from the PPG 2 series instruments with room for 16 more user created 8-bit wavetables
• 7 high-resolution modeled analog waveforms (sine, saw, triangle, supersaw, pulse, white noise, pink noise)
• VCO sync
• Linear FM
• 6-stage wave envelope per oscillator with variable time and position that can be looped
• Optional wave flow section that allows for no wavetable as well as no waveform interpolation
• Upper wavetable mode as with the original PPG 2 series
• Unison mode and chord mode with variable voice count

Analog Low-pass Filter

• Dave Rossum designed, classic, 2140 low-pass resonant filter
• 24 dB per octave slope
• variable saturation amount
• optional resonance compensation

State-Variable Filter

• 12 dB per octave slope
• Continuously variable between low-pass, notch, and high-pass, operation with optional band-pass mode

Four ADSR+ Delay Envelopes

• Filter, amplifier, plus 2 additional envelopes switchable between exponential and vintage PPG-style response
• Freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations

Four Low-Frequency Oscillators

• Triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, pulse 1, pulse 2, pulse 3, and random (S& H)
• Variable delay
• Note reset
• Syncable to master clock BPM

Two Digital Effects

• BBD, stereo delay, tape delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, distortion pedal, rotating speaker, ring mod, room reverb, hall reverb, super plate reverb most modeled on famous hardware devices
• Syncable to master clock BPM
• Parameters modulatable via mod matrix

Wavemaker Tool

• Sample-to-wave functionality. Connect an audio source to the 3rd Wave's Audio In port, press Make Waves, and the synth samples the audio to create a custom wavetable
• Samples to convert can also be brought in as a 96 kHz WAV file through USB
• Store up to 32 custom wavetables
• 64 waveforms per wavetable
• Accepts pitched or un-pitched material as input
• 96 kHz sampling rate
• 16-bit resolution
• 1024 cycles per waveform, converted automatically to cover entire keyboard range
• Flexible wave-sampling length
• Imports Serum wavetables

Sequencer

Performs both Note and Parameter Sequencing

• 4 parts per sequence
• 24 sequences per preset
• Up to 32 measures per sequence
• Variable quantization resolution per sequence (32nd, 16th, 8th, quarter, half, whole note, or quantization off), that is settable in real time
• Variable swing

Arpeggiator

1 Arp per Multi-part

• Up, down, up/down, and assign modes
• Variable range (1, 2, or 3 octaves)

Mod Matrix

16-Slot Modulation Matrix per Multi-Part

• 16 slot modulation matrix with 27 mod sources and 114 mod destinations
• 12 additional fixed-source mod paths
• Modulation assignment buttons enable quick and easy modulation routing
• Mod Matrix runs at audio rates
• Sequencer can record and play mod parameter changes in real time

Controls

• 41 knobs and 43 buttons enable deep, comprehensive editing with minimal menu diving
• Pitch and Mod Wheel Compatibility
• Responds to polyphonic aftertouch
• Responds to MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression)

Programs

• 500 factory programs
• User rewritable

Input/Output

• Four stereo outputs (2 x 1/4" phone jack per part)
• Headphone out (stereo 1/4" phone jack)
• MIDI in, MIDI out, and MIDI thru
• USB port for bidirectional MIDI communication
• Audio input for creating user wavetables from external audio source (1/4" phone jack)
• Audio input can also route audio through the filters, output chain, and effects
• Sustain/footswitch input
• Volume pedal input
• Expression pedal input

EAN: 197644571895