Behringer Makes Waves

Behringer has announced the availability of Wave, their re-imagining of the PPG Wave synthesizer from the 1980s. It's an 8-Voice Multi-Timbral Hybrid Synthesizer with Wavetable Generators and Analog VCF and VCA, LFO, 3 Envelopes, Arpeggiator and Sequencer. 

Note from Ed: There are a number of official demos from enthusiastic players which demonstrate its PPGness. But I think they missed a trick by not including some of their excellent Klark Teknik and other algorithms you find in the DeepMind and the X series mixers. I wonder how much that would have added to the price?

The hardware certainly looks PPG - love the buttons and the layout, but ultimately its a 40 year old synthesizer structure which back then would have then been fed through studio class FX and processing before making it onto any record.

How much would you pay for a version with those FX?

Another legend of 80s music is here and it's sure to make its way into your collection. It's time to ride the Behringer WAVE! Capable of classic 8 or 16-bit resolution wavetable synthesis plus up to 8 configurable voices, the sound of WAVE is synonymous with the sound of the 80s as artists like David Bowie, Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream, to name a few, used the original to create hits that still resonate today!

WAVE is amazing for creating lush pads, bass and even some bell- or chime-like sounds and that's all thanks to its 8 highly configurable voices and its classic wavetables with 64 waves each, complemented by and additional 64 fixed sub-oscillator waveforms for added depth. Want to change the characteristics of a wavetable? The 2 ADSR envelopes allow you to sculpt your wavetable just the way you want it. There's also a dedicated sub-oscillator position control for some extra nuance. And if you wanted to get even more sounds out of WAVE, additional user wavetables and transients can be easily imported via the SynthTribe app, available on both macOS and Windows.

WAVE's 49 full-size keys, offer the perfect balance between expressiveness and playability. Aftertouch and velocity sensitivity, allow you to shape and modulate your sounds depending on how hard or soft you play.

Additional Features

•  Built-in polyphonic sequencer
• Dual arpeggiator capable of up, down, up-down and random modes
• Wave 2.2 and 2.3 modes

Pricing and Availability:
$599

More information:

• Behringer Wave

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