Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave 8m 8-Voice Polyphonic & 2-Part Multi-Timbral Wavetable Synthesiser
2 part multitimbral desktop wavetable synthesiser.
Serious boutique synth power from Groove Synthesis, the 3rd Wave draws on the iconic heritage of PPG's wavetable synth tech, delivering up to eight voices of unique digital tone with analogue filtering and the options to generate custom wavetables from user samples.
Supplier's Notes:
You've discovered the synth industry's best-kept secret: the 3rd Wave 8M - bringing Groove Synthesis' award-winning wavetable technology to more studios, stages, and creative spaces than ever before. This isn't a watered-down version. This is 8 voices and 2 parts of pure, uncompromised 3rd Wave DNA in a more accessible, compact package. Same premium sound engine. Same analog filters. Same innovative synthesis. Just more accessible to more producers and musicians.
The performance-oriented control set featuring a generous 7" display with six encoders gives you the confidence to create the sounds you've always envisioned.
Choose from wavetable synthesis, analogue-style synthesis, FM, and sampling for each of the three oscillators to create rich and expansive soundscapes.
- 8 Voices of full 3rd Wave sound engine with complete patch compatibility
- Bi-timbral operation with two independent parts
- Premium analogue filters and output stages-identical to our flagship models
- Multiple synthesis types: wavetable, analog-style, FM, and sampling
- Streamlined interface with larger, more intuitive display
- Compact desktop format that fits your creative space
- Rackmountable and ships with 19" rack ears for mounting
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 analog filters.
It boasts not only a punchy, Dave Rossum-designed 2140 analogue 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.
Features
- 3 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
- Dave Rossum designed, classic, 2140 low-pass resonant filter
- 24 db per octave slope
- Variable saturation amount
- Optional resonance compensation
- 1 State-Variable Filter
- 12 db per octave slope
- Built-In Custom Wavetable Maker
- "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
- Sequencer performs both Note and Parameter Sequencing: 2 parts per sequence, 24 sequences per preset, up to 32 measuers per sequence
- Variable quantization resolution per sequence (32nd, 16th, 8th, quarter, half, whole note, or quantization off), that is settable in real time
- 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
- 24 knobs and 36 buttons enable deep, comprehensive editing with generous 7 inch/17.75 cm display.
- 451 factory programs. User rewritable