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| Wolfgang Palm's Palm Produkt Gesselschaft produced one of the most interesting synths ever,the PPG Wave 2,in 1982.Based on the number of prototypes and modular systems,the Wave system used banks of harmonically-synthesized digital waveforms,which could be swept by an enveloped and processed by analogue filters.The result was a unique sound combining the best of analogue and digital tones,but adding an unearthly electronic quality which no other synth has managed to match.Despite the fact that |
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| the PPG Wave 2.2,with the waveterm sampling and sequencing unit,was for a short time the world's most advanced music production system,reliability problems,poor distribution(and terrible manuals)killed off PPG years ago. |
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| Some early synths-especially top keyboards design for organists-didn't allow you to significantly reprogam their sounds,only to use a range of fixed 'presets'.The standard factory sounds supplied in the memory banks of a new synth are still often referred to as 'presets',even if they are completely editable.It's a sad fact that many synthesizer players never go to the efford of creating their own sounds,but stick with slightly altered 'presets' all the time-still,with presets as good as those on |
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