Summary of PPG Wave 2.V
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 2 operation manual waldorf-music will not be liable for any erroneous information contained in this manual. The contents of this manual may be updated at any time without prior noti- ce. We have made every effort to ensure that the information herein is accurate and that the man...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 3 waldorf content introduction.......................................................4 how near is the ppg wave 2.V to the original?.........................................................4 differences to the original ppg wave 2.3 5 system requirements windows............
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 4 operation manual waldorf ppg wave 2.V software synthesizer introduction thank you for your purchase of the waldorf ppg wave 2.V software synthesizer. The ppg wave 2.V is the software version of the legendary ppg wave 2.3 synthesizer, which was released in 1983. The ppg wave 2....
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 5 waldorf differences to the original ppg wave 2.3 from today’s viewpoint, some functions in the original ppg wave 2.3 are not up-to- date. For this reason, we have made a view changes to the plug-in user interface, com- pared to its brother in hardware: the naming of t...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 6 operation manual if you have enabled the autostart function in windows, the installer will start automati- cally and you can proceed with step 6 below. If not, please proceed as follows: 3. Launch the explorer or open the “my computer” window. 4. Double click on the icon for t...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 7 waldorf the ppg wave 2.V cd-rom is your verification that you have purchased the program. Please store it in a safe place. If you lose it, you have lost the program. Please note the “read me!” and “important changes” text files on the ppg wave 2.V cd-rom, which contai...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 8 operation manual selecting and playing programs a ppg wave 2.V sound bank consist of 128 sound programs. The ppg wave 2.V co- mes with several preset sound banks, created by renowned sound designers. The origi- nal factory presets of the ppg wave 2.3 synthesizer are also inclu...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 9 waldorf copying, inserting and comparing programs using the copy button, you can copy the current sound into a clipboard memory and from here paste it into another program slot using the paste button. This can e.G. Be useful, if you wish to quickly stack several sound...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 10 operation manual the host application must support the novation remotesl and its „automap“ feature to be able to control the attack. Please read the documentation of the cor- responding host application. Ppg wave 2.V polyphony the ppg wave 2.V has up to 64 voices. The number ...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 11 waldorf the controls simply use the mouse to set the ppg wave 2.V controls. Dials: to set this control, click on it, hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse around the dial in a circle. Dragging in a greater circle increases the value re- solution that is avail...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 12 operation manual graphic display: click on one of the handles to continuously and smoothly change the envelope parameters or click into any envelope phase to let its value jump there. Filter response: click into the graphic display to simultaneously change cutoff and emphasis...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 13 waldorf the program menu in the ppg wave 2.V, you can simultaneously create up to eight different sounds. This function is generally called multi mode. Which of the eight sounds you play, depends on the midi send channel that you use in your host application. You can...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 14 operation manual quad and mono modes, voices are equally spread within the stereo spectrum. This function only makes sense, if you monitor your audio signal in stereo. In contrast to the original ppg, where it could happen that two voice would sound on the same channel, voice...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 15 waldorf same as on the original ppg, the lfo waveform square jumps between “no mo- dulation” and “full positive modulation”. The other three waveforms oscillate between “full negative modulation” and “full positive modulation”. You can clearly notice this effect, if ...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 16 operation manual 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...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 17 waldorf lable on all midi channels. Please also read the section “upper waves” on page 20 of this manual). Cutoff 0...63 similar to the original, the ppg wave 2.V contains a low pass filter with resonance ca- pability and a slope rate of 24 db per octave. This filter...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 18 operation manual waves-sub-oscillator (waves-sub) 0...63 depending on the setting of the sub-waves parameter in the digital menu, the waves-sub parameter selects a certain waveform. Please find more information in the section “sub waves” on page 20. Within sound-memory, the c...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 19 waldorf lfo sync press this button to synchronize the lfo to the tempo of your song. If lfo sync is active, the corresponding led lights up in red. This does only work, if your host application is capable to transfer the appropriate time information to the ppg wave 2...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 20 operation manual lected wavetable (except for the last four “analog” waveforms). Change the wavetable to hear how the various wavetables sound. You will find that they cover a wide spectrum of interesting sound colours, including analog, fm typical or bell-type sounds. If you...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 21 waldorf 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 m...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 22 operation manual be cut off. The note is not memorized. If you thus let go of the note of a chord, no older note becomes audible. Please read the section “semitone” on page 24 of this manual. Arp active on, off an arpeggiator splits an incoming chord into single notes and rep...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 23 waldorf tuning menu (tune) the tuning menu lets you access all parameters that concern the tuning and pitch mo- dulation of the plug-in. To open the tuning menu, press the tune button on the plug-in panel. The button lights up in red. Pressing it again lets you switc...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 24 operation manual se, for example. Using the env 3 att dial on the analog user interface, you control, whether the deflection should be positive or negative. Env3>sub on, off you can use this parameter to select the ad-envelope 3 as a modulation source for the pitch of the sub...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 25 waldorf modulation menu (mod) you can use the modulation menu to make various settings that concern the modulati- on sources and their respective targets. To open the modulation menu, press the mod button on the plugin panel. The button lights up in red. Pressing it ...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 26 operation manual 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 ...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 27 waldorf touch>mod on, off this parameter lets you trigger an lfo modulation with monophonic aftertouch (channel pressure). For this to have any effect, please make sure that the modulation wheel is not turned all the way down. If it is, this parameter has no effect. ...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 28 operation manual graphical editor (graph) in the graphical editor, you can quickly and easily edit the envelopes and filter respon- se curve with the mouse. Editing is simplified by the fact that you see the graphic changes in the corresponding function. To open the graphical...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 29 waldorf glossary aftertouch most modern midi keyboards can generate aftertouch data. If you additionally press down an already held note on such a keyboard, then this generates aftertouch mid messages. This is used to give the sound an additional expressiveness (e.G....
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 30 operation manual cv cv is an abbreviation for control voltage. Analog synthesizers use an analog voltage to control sound parameters like pitch, filter frequency etc. Modulations, caused by control voltage, can be created both in systems that use fixed element groups and in s...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 31 waldorf gate-signal is active for as long as you hold down the key. If you let go of it, gate im- mediately becomes inactive. In the sound creation process, this gate signal can e.G. Be used to trigger an envelope, which in turn controls the vca. Lfo lfo is an abbrev...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 32 operation manual lfos, envelopes or midi messages. The modulation target, thus the influenced sound generation element, can e.G. Be a filter or a vca. Note on / note off this is the most important midi message. It defines pitch and velocity of the generated sound- the moment ...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 33 waldorf sive data. This data type is most commonly used to transfer complete sound memory sets or to fully control a device from a computer. Trigger a trigger starts an event. Trigger signals can vary from each other. Both a midi note and an audio signal can e.G. Be ...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 34 operation manual midi controller list parameter midi controller parameter midi controller modwheel 1 arp active 39 volume 7 arp mode 40 panning, 10 arp rate 41 sustainpedal 64 arp range 42 basis 8 detune 43 lfo delay 12 mod>osc 44 lfo shape 13 mod>sub 45 lfo rate, 14 env3>osc...
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Ppg wave 2.V operation manual 35 waldorf controller list for the novation remotesl remotesl control page 1 ppg wave 2.V parameter encoder 1 wavetable encoder 2 waves-osc encoder 3 waves-sub encoder 4 sub-waves encoder 5 upper waves encoder 6 env1>waves encoder 7 mod>waves encoder 8 env1>vcf pot 1 de...
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Ppg wave 2.V waldorf 36 operation manual slider 4 env3 attack slider 5 env3 decay slider 6 env3 att slider 7 env3>osc slider 8 env3>sub remotesl control page 3 ppg wave 2.V parameter encoder 1 keyb mode encoder 2 arp active encoder 3 arp mode encoder 4 arp rate encoder 5 arp range encoder 6 semitone...