Waldorf Wave 3.v - Manual (Page 62)

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sound and we are proud to say that we have found them
all and reproduced them in our Wave 3.V.
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,
compared to its brother in hardware:
• The naming of the different menus: In the original,
there were PROGRAM, DIGITAL, TUNING, ANALOG
and SEQUENCE. The ANALOG menu displayed the
dial parameters as numerical values in the display.
This helped the user to compare between the physical
dial setting and the actually set parameter value of the
current sound. In the PPG Wave 3.V this menu is not
necessary, as the dials show the settings of the
selected sound at any time. The SEQUENCE menu
was used to call up the built-in sequencer of the
original PPG. This had a very simple structure and
could in no way compare to the power of a modern
software sequencer, which is why we haven’t
included it in the Wave 3.V. Still present are the
Arpeggiator and the possibility to record parameter
changes using MIDI Controller messages. In addition,
the PPG Wave 3.V has new panels: MODULATION
shows all possibilities for modulation within one
panel, while the GRAPH paneloffers graphic envelope
and filter editing. Other new panels are dealing with
the EFFECTS, the TRANSIENTS and GLOBAL
functions.
• 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 3.V, these names are either not
abbreviated or the abbreviation makes sense
• The third difference concerns the display of values.
On the original PPG, even switches only used
numerical values. The parameter SUB-WAVES, which
had the values OFF, OFFSET, DIRECT and ENV3.
These were represented by the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3
(where 3 oddly enough stood for OFF). The PPG Wave
3.V offers an approach that is a little more
comprehensible.