More famous PPG Wave Sounds

[@retrosound72]

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007. If you like my work, you can also support me with the purchase of my merchandise stuff or my music. Shop: retrosound.creator-spring.com Bandcamp: retrosound.bandcamp.com/album/zeitreise-album

[@GoodBeat101]

Starting the video off with Grace Jones is pretty epic.

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for your feedback

[@jairkerker2821]

Slave To The Algorithm. The intro chords were also the JD-800 I think? But this patch used here sounds like the intro of The Chase by Propaganda!

[@thierryrault3951]

Thank you for Depeche Mode, The Twins and Alphaville. I'm a fan. Love very much Marillion too.

[@retrosound72]

Thanks for listening

[@alejandroruvalcaba1653]

Analog synths are a thing of beauty!!! Thank you for keeping the 80s alive with your videos!

[@retrosound72]

Thanks a lot

[@mosanielcardona3481]

Muito top! Sons incríveis! Parabéns!!!

[@retrosound72]

Thank you 🙌🎹

[@jairkerker2821]

Those synthy marimba's are the goat.

[@retrosound72]

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[@Canal_Noir_Film]

It's such a beautiful sound. Its colour and top notes just sit so well in the structure. And that Moog ... Compliments it so well! Great selection of pieces to showcase it. Well well done. Keep up the great work. And a very Happy New Year to you!

[@retrosound72]

Thank you so much for your kind words and Happy New Year. 💫 The full songs coming soon 🎹👍

[@Ashfaq1999]

Great video on one of the best keyboards of the 80’s. Remember seeing a shot of this on band aid’s : do they know it’s christmas video from 1984. Happy 2025 🎉

[@retrosound72]

Yes a fantastic synths with great history. 💙🎹 Thank you and Happy New Year 💫

[@adam872]

Nice! There are also some great PPG sounds all over Rush's Grace Under Pressure and Power Windows.

[@retrosound72]

That's true!

[@DX5]

Excellent the PPG sound. Totally 80's!

[@retrosound72]

Thank you Jose. 🎹🙌🎹

[@christophercassel1001]

Ach was genial. Da kann man mal sehen, was der Sound der PPG Waves doch die 80er geprägt hat. Sehr sehr gut gemachte Demonstration. See you darf natürlich auch nicht fehlen (wurde letztens auch bei einem Clip über den Behringer Klon gespielt). DM Fans gibt es halt überall 😊 Aber auch die ganzen Trevor Horn Produktionen die Du angespielt hast zeigen ja, dass der PPG selbst neben Synclavier und Fairlight einen großen Stellenwert dort hatte. Bei The Fixx, Rush und Saga sowieso… Also vielen Dank für die Demo….

[@retrosound72]

Die großen Studios hatte fast alle einen PPG in der Ecke stehen und erst als der DX7 kam löste er die metallischen Sounds nach und nach ab. Vielen Dank fürs reinhören. :))

[@TheUnfinishedSynth]

The Twins! Nice.

[@retrosound72]

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[@Peter_S_]

Hearing your Saga cover put a smile on my face. Happy New Year!

[@retrosound72]

Thank you Peter and Happy New Year :)

[@dessiplaer]

Happy New Year to you. I'm looking forward to more videos throughout the year

[@retrosound72]

Happy New Year and thank you for your time 🙌💫

[@ArthurStone]

Cool vibes. Great benchmark for audio quality. Love the performances and synths. Thanks. Happy New Year : D

[@retrosound72]

Happy new year! And thank you for your kind words 🙌✨

[@maus3454]

Thanks. Nice to hear these fantastic sounds again.

[@retrosound72]

Thanks for listening. 🎹🙌

[@eugeneport1748]

💡DX synths can get close to those bell sounds, for anyone wanting a cheaper option for those bells.

[@retrosound72]

The DX7 is fantastic.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I imagine many of these tones are emulated in my acquisition from June 2024, a Hydrasynth Explorer. I also enjoyed that set of shots where you had the Source mounted on top of the Wave. Back in autumn of 24, I got into a bit of a tangle on Facebook with people about why I would like the stackable surface of the Wave models.

[@retrosound72]

Yes agreed. Have fun and Happy 2025. 🎹🙌

[@Johngengelbach2]

Awesome, love it

[@retrosound72]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@AppleKid]

Very nice. Keep it up!!!

[@retrosound72]

Thanks a lot

[@timothydahlin5321]

Thanks for playing your synths for us. Did not realize these were all PPG Wave. Please do Depeche Mode's "But not Tonight" in the next 5 years. ;-)

[@retrosound72]

Thanks a lot.🙌🎹

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

think i.... i admit... I have always underestimated this synth.... it sounds great

[@retrosound72]

Yes a fantastic synth 🎹👍

[@Hour.Of.The.Night.]

👍Отличный салат из ретро хитов.🥗🕯🎶 Хорошее и праздничное настроение. С новым Годом!!!🕯🎄✨

[@retrosound72]

С новым Годом!!!🎄✨ Я рад, что в новом году вы также заглядываете сюда. Я думаю, это здорово. И так продолжается с ретро-супом.

[@michaelmitchell8218]

Wow what a way to start the new year with a beautiful PPG wave 2.2 beautiful sounds that synths makes. To think of how old it is now it was way ahead of its time. Can I ask a question? I see you have the computer screen part to that synth. Do you need that part to do sampling or can it just do it with the stand alone keyboard? Love this synth but don’t know much about how it all works. I understand how the Emulator works but not the PPG. Anyway another great demo of fantastic songs and always appreciated what you do and share with us. Thank you and hope the new year brings you luck.

[@retrosound72]

Thank you very much Michael for your wishes for the new year. 🙌Just as the old year ended, so the new one begins. With retro salad and dressing. I wish you a happy new year 2025. 💫 The computer unit is called Waveterm. It supplies data to the synthesiser and enables sampling, resynthesis, sequencing and the creation of new waveforms and wave sets. You can analyse samples and create new waveforms from them. Everything is very complex. For 1982: this system was way ahead of its time.

[@michaelmitchell8218]

@ wow that’s one hell of a synth for its time. Thanks for explaining that to me. Look forward to your next masterpiece.

[@retrosound72]

Next week 🎹💫🙌

[@axs203]

I can't work out if I like the PPG sounds or not! They sound so metallic and digital and quite similar.....but that is the point of it eh! It's proper 80s. There is something that keeps me coming back to this synth though. You can't deny some big hits are written with it! I guess it's like the DX7 in a way.....same arguments......I do like your demos that bass sounds good

[@retrosound72]

Thank you for your feedback. In combination with analog sounds is the PPG like stardust.✨🎹👍

[@markpeters284]

Great first video for 2025, Happy new year to you. I saw a brief shot of your Waveterm, that unit has always intrigued me. Does yours still work OK, or is a job to keep it running?

[@retrosound72]

It works great. 🙌 Thank you for your feedback. ✨

[@amonster8mymother]

Saga. 👍

[@retrosound72]

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[@amonster8mymother]

@retrosound72 I met Jim Gilmore.

[@jaggass]

Did AHA use it on Take On Me?

[@retrosound72]

Yes, together with the Juno60 and DX7

[@janhansen7343]

❤ ABC typisch

[@retrosound72]

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[@morphoice]

Any chance you'll tell us which exact wavetable that Slave To The Rhythm patch is? No luck in the 2.0 factory presets

[@retrosound72]

I programmed the sound for the video one year ago. I have no idea . Sorry

[@marzzz1]

@@retrosound72 Wasn't "Slave To The Rhythm" a Synclavier? Also, any chance you can do a video of the PPG Factory Presets (with identifiers)?

[@retrosound72]

@marzzz1 I think it was the PPG in the intro. You can find a few older PPG vids on my channel with factory sounds.

[@marzzz1]

Okay, I couldn't resist doing a little research, and from an interview it appears Andrew Richards sampled a PPG Waveterm A into the Synclavier, so we are both kinda right. Will look through all of your videos for the Factory Sounds, thanks.

[@morphoice]

@@marzzz1 it sounds like Andy Richards indeed. He almost always made custom sounds and rarely used presets

[@mjwalters8394]

Pretty sure a-ha used the PPG on their song Take on me....

[@retrosound72]

Juno-60, DX7 and PPG

[@TheHardmood]

No no no no… Not PPG Wave…

[@retrosound72]

O yes 💙🎹🙌😁

[@jobstludwig6197]

Depeche Mode ist eine völlig überschätzte Band. Ihre musikalischen Fähigkeiten sind sehr eingeschränkt. Diese Band lebt nur vom Einsatz hochwertiger Technik 😢😢😢😢

[@retrosound72]

Das sehen wohl viele anders. 😉 Musik ist natürlich immer Geschmackssache. Fakt ist allerdings, dass nicht wenige Bands der 80er und 90er von DM inspiriert wurden. Außerdem hatten DM zu Beginn ihrer Karriere noch längst keinen Zugriff auf hochwertige Technik. Das kam erst später, als sie bei Mute Records unter Vertrag waren.

[@Chevytravelleruk]

I guess it pales into insignificance compared to your contribution to society... which is what exactly?.. oh yes ignorant, trolling comments from a contentless channel