Best of PPG wave Synthesizer ~ RetroSound Demo

[@retrosound72]

The PPG Wave Synthesizer from the year 1982 is one of the most fascinatic synths ever. Used by Trevor Horn, Rush, Ultravox, Gary Numan Tangerine Dream, Depeche Mode, Propaganda, Tears For Fears, Robert Palmer and many others. Here can you find the full PPG wave playlist with a lot single sound demos, wavetable demos, PPG Waveterm demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy. The PPG playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLe08Lbpy8pPYKXe4iF4ANVVO6C6qz53WZ

[@jonathanredman8497]

I remember my first time with it. It was Big. It was Blue. It could sound warm and dreamy. It could sound like a clangy disaster. It was a BRILLIANT synth.

[@retrosound72]

Agree with you 👍😁 A sound monster. ✨

[@retrosound72]

Setlist 0:06 Intro 0:31 1982 1:09 Wave Choir 1:34 Riding the Blue Wave 1:50 Rush 1 2:02 Wave Church 2:16 Wave Beat 2:39 Snowfall 2:49 Psycho 3:23 Melancholy 3:48 Daydream 4:08 Arpeggiator Games 4:22 20000Volt Trafo Station 4:35 Dark Waves 5:12 Blue Motion 5:32 Dancing Waves 5:55 Break The Rule 6:06 Upper Wavetable 6:35 Wave Strings 6:45 Elektroplankton 7:10 Wave Sweep 7:27 Wave Detector 7:48 Wave Steps 7:57 Sunday Afternoon 8:32 Blue Hole 8:40 Fast Driving 9:04 Wavetable Playing 9:21 Rush 2 9:30 Permafrost 9:48 Fukushima 10:16 Fundamental Wave 10:54 First Record 11:04 Miami Nights 12:01 ADHS 12:13 Monotony 12:37 Wave Piano 12:50 Oldschool Day 13:14 Wavetable 27 13:25 Retrolink 13:42 60Parallel 14:21 Hit The Wave 14:41 Self Control 14:58 Ti Sento 15:12 Touch In The Night 15:24 Tangerine Dream 15:45 Overture 15:55 Spatzili (Waveterm Sample)

[@thomasgrafe8767]

4:08 Schön endlich zu wissen, dass sich Jean Michel Jarre sich wohl auch dieses PPG bedient hatte oder einem ähnlichen PPG

[@danilohenrique4473]

and about the demo tape called PPG Wave System from 1984 , out of all the synth demos this is the coolest

[@retrosound72]

thank you!

[@Da-Freaks]

wolfgang palm is a true genius. he had a significant influence on the sound of the 80s🎹🎹🎹

[@retrosound72]

Agreed 🎹🙌

[@reinermunch5159]

Yea, he is... my old boss

[@DX5]

2:16 wave beat is my fav (and 15:04 with the choir)!. Always nice to check this video out again. Excellent demo, and excellent PPG synth

[@retrosound72]

Thank you Jose. Really a unique synth 💙🎹🙌

[@jairkerker2821]

4:07 Oh Yes! I can hear something resembling the intro of Propaganda's Frozen Faces! Oh no! I discovered another synth I want! And those choirs and stab sounds..8 poly.. you're killing me. Wait, what?! Sampling too?

[@retrosound72]

thank you

[@FernandoCastillo-og7ze]

OMGGG 1:50, I LOVE that song! Mystic Rhythms

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for watching

[@DX5]

Excellent. Fantastic wavetables on the PPG Wave. Unique sound.

[@retrosound72]

Thank you my friend :)

[@marcom.]

Tangerine Dream muss den wirklich viel benutzt haben - klingt total nach deren Sounds. Und ein Sound hat mich auch an Vangelis (The City) erinnert.

[@retrosound72]

Ja das stimmt. TD haben den PPG sehr oft benutzt. Besonders auf dem Exit Album hört man sehr viel PPG.

[@shaunm1030]

​@retrosound72 yes I would also say that Edgar Froese's album Stuntman was the proverbial PPG demo album. The track It Would Be Like Samoa is PPG excellence!❤

[@marcuspatzer2392]

Fantastic Video my dear Friend ❤ Best Regards & a nice Week 😊 Marcus ✨🕊️🙋‍♂️🎹✨

[@retrosound72]

thanks a lot :)

[@soriacx]

Never enough PPG on youtube, never. It's just too good a synth 🙂 And although there is an official Wave 2.3 VST available, I'm still missing a proper version of the waveterm. I wonder if Waldorf will ever come up with one, then I could afford my old dream synth combination, the kind I would have bought in the 80s if I ever had the money.

[@retrosound72]

Yes a blue dream. Agreed. Thank you for your time

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great video of this classic synth 😊

[@retrosound72]

Thank you 🎹🙌

[@michaelmitchell8218]

Fantastic synth, well ahead of its time and a great bit of Germany engineering too. Also this was a sampling synth too and before Emulator. I love the way you show close ups of your synths, one thing I really love about your channel, You involve your audience into the experience. Great sounds this synth makes and so advanced for 1982 and still holds its own today in my eyes. As always love your channel and love seeing new videos. Have a good day and hopefully see more great work from you. Thanks for your time you put into doing this and sharing with us.

[@retrosound72]

Thank you Michael for your feedback and your kind words. The PPG was ahead of it's time yes. The sound is so different. But 1983 came the DX7 and all wanted the new metallic sounds for less money. That's life. Have a great week too. 🙌

[@stephenhaynes603]

Yeh i guess Geddy Lee used this a fair bit between 84 and the late 90s. probably sampled it and played from a yamaha kx master kbd and depeche mode i can certainly hear plenty of those sounds there in there stuff. nice video !

[@retrosound72]

Thank you!

[@christophercassel1001]

Sorry, aber der PPG flashed mich jedes Mal… natürlich auch wegen der hervorragenden Demonstration😊 vielen Dank dafür

[@retrosound72]

Das freut mich ganz doll. Danke für das tolle Feedback. Das ist schon ein tolles Gerät. Er klingt einfach wie nichts anderes.

[@synthfluencer]

Fantastischer Synth, sehr sehr coole Demo! 👍👍

[@retrosound72]

Danke fürs Feedback!

[@marsupialmicron]

Outstanding,Thank you!

[@retrosound72]

Thank you

[@Hour.Of.The.Night.]

Thank you very much, I enjoyed it. It helped to relax.

[@retrosound72]

Glad you like it my dear friend. Relax and a wonderful evening.

[@Hour.Of.The.Night.]

@@retrosound72 Thank you, I wish you the same.

[@Station2Station-du2gh]

This is excellent. As a 3rd Wave owner I really watch a lot of the PPG 2.x material that gets released. This compilation of your work is especially great. I didn't know TFF used one and I haven't ever picked up on it in their music of which I've owned since new vinyl in the 80's. I'll keep an open ear. There is a sound you make at 10:23 and 10:33 (same stab). Do you recall the wavetable this was?

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for your feedback. Yes TFF used a lot the PPG. You can hear the sounds in many songs.

[@dessiplaer]

Wonderful demo! What a great sounding synth!

[@retrosound72]

Thank you

[@dijabreu]

Love on a real train!!!

[@retrosound72]

:))

[@PierGen]

Nice video, thank you for the demo 👏

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for watching

[@dewulfe9913]

loved listening to this demo - tysm 🙂

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for watching 🎹🙌

[@alessandrogolinelli3185]

Immenso... 🙏❤️

[@retrosound72]

Thank you 🙌

[@andretmadrid]

Legendary blue synth 🌟

[@retrosound72]

💙🎹🙌

[@spotlight-kyd]

Too often, IMHO, when listing artists having used the PPG Wave, people neglect to mention Marillion / Mark Kelly (Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood) and Chris De Burgh / Rupert Hine (The Getaway). These are some of the best selling albums of the 80s.

[@retrosound72]

Yes . Wonderful music

[@tecnos-uk]

Nice demo man! Do you own a Fairlight or plan to get one?

[@retrosound72]

Thank you. Fairlight is to big for my little studio.

[@thefool2007]

Awesome synth and demo. Sounds incredible and 41 years old is mind-blowing. Good looking synth too. Does it way a lot?

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for watching

[@huki11]

Sind die sounds direkt vom PPG oder hast Du noch EQ/Effekte drauf? Klingt alles super und stellt den PPG sehr schön dar. Da ärger eich mich doch, dass ich meinen seinerzeit verkauft habe. Der klang aber irgendwie nicht so "gewaltig" wie diese Aufnahmen.

[@retrosound72]

Das ist ja ein Zusammenschnitt meiner PPG Demos der letzten 13 Jahre. Da ist alles dabei. Trocken aufgenommen oder mit Reverb bzw. Delay . Vielen Dank für's reinhören.

[@tihinter]

I was always wondering, how big the sonic differences would be to a Microwave 1 Rev A? Did you ever compare the two?

[@retrosound72]

Yes. Very different soundwise. The MW use the PPG wave tables but the filter, amplifier is different. More low end

[@ReubenSound]

Do you prefer the digital vocal waves on the PPG and the Prophet VS, or the analogue vocal sounds from the Logan Vocalist? You don't have to choose :)

[@retrosound72]

I like all. In combination. 🎹👍

[@soriacx]

The correct answer is of course: YES!

[@valentinmadiar465]

"Touch in the night" full video?

[@retrosound72]

Coming soon 🎹🙌

[@morphoice]

I wish one would be available for rent in south germany

[@retrosound72]

🎹🙌

[@samaelturcios_1986]

min 3:54 "clockwork orange" moment

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for watching

[@marcanglin7127]

Sounds as if it were just released today.

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for watching

[@dessiplaer]

By the way, if you ever feel that you have way too many keyboards laying about, I'll take all the blue ones of your hands.

[@retrosound72]

😅😉

[@tsitracommunications2884]

As far as i know The Art Of Noises Anne Dudley is the only female to own and play a PPG

[@retrosound72]

Yes 🙌

[@tamaspeter5632]

Tangerine Twins

[@retrosound72]

🎹🙌🎹

[@mrsco13]

Looks like Jean Michel Jarre sounds.

[@retrosound72]

🙌

[@soriacx]

Sadly he never used one, at least not that I know of. TD would come in mind instead 😉 But of course this is only a testament for the PPG, even while it is icy-crystal-digital sound in perfection, the blue guy can sound warm, too 🙂