The 3rd Wave: Wavetable Shenanigans!

[@BartolomeoPestalozzi444]

Your seemingly endless creativity and ability to play so well all those instruments never ceases to amaze me... Cheers from Italy! 😀

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers!

[@LFOVCF]

I always struggled to love the PPG Wave sound, it always sounded kinda clangy to me, and for some reason, I couldn't warm to it. However, I'd never heard it played in the way you did ie pad textures etc. Quite the...hold on a minute! moment. The 3rd wave is certainly the next gen, with stacks of potential. I'm now going to make myself cry as I look up the price. Great demo there AB👍

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yeah, like digital FM, it's super bright and can take the enamel off your teeth, but it's then got the warm analogue filters and it's about dialling in the sound as a whole. Needs taming for sure, but it's totally doable.

[@SirNotAppearing]

The synth's panel looks really inviting: a hybrid of classic PPG & the hands-on appeal of a Prophet-5. And it sounds lovely.

[@TheJbollen]

groovy synthesis and the little dance. Those are the gems I keep coming back for. 😂 Keep 'm coming!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Can't say it without doing the little groove.

[@iamgeorgesears]

Just want to mention, that the chorus voice parts in the demos are awesome, you're killing it. Last song gave me M83 vibes.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@xa1a]

@@AlexBallMusic Its full on M83 sounding for sure. As usual, you nailed it!

[@needfortweed8734]

I really dug the tracks with vocals (Funk Sandwich and Outro Jam). Have to say that I admire the creativity and skills of mr. Ball himself...

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers!

[@MFitz12]

So many KZbin reviewers just spend 45 minutes making horrible noises. Alex (and Matt Johnson) actually demonstrate how to make music with the things.

[@roryjineffect]

He is always... On the ball. 😎

[@arenotdiy7280]

I just wanna say, the silence and black screen you leave after the end of the videos is so nice. It lets the departing musical piece echo out in our minds, and doesn't blast other videos you've produced or adds imedeatly. 👍

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@mastercylinder1939]

It may be expensive, but it could replace three or four other synths.

[@Luap-ls3ix]

Really hope they make a desktop version of this because I do not have room for the keyboard version 😂

[@michaelmos7497]

And you need endless cpu-power, if you use more than two instances, I think😅

[@MFitz12]

It only seems expensive until you compare it to the inflation adjusted price of a new Wave 2.3, Waveterm B and two EVU 8-voice expander modules back in the day. Then you realize you get all of that and more for 1/10 the price of the original. Ain't technology grand.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Indeed!

[@xfghffhfg]

5000$ for 24 voice is just 1666$ for 8 voice, or 1250$ for 6 voice.. :)

[@DaveG207]

What an absolute beast! I have a place in my heart for this type of sound, being a big fan of Depeche mode, Ultravox (seriously, listen to Quartet, it’s laden) and Gary Numan (Beserker and Fury eras he worked with “The Wave Team” to program the PPG). This just sounds amazing…no idea where I’d put one though!! Time to buy a bigger place….

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yes! I was listening through that stuff and getting into the vibe. Really cool period. Definitely clear out unnecessary things like the kitchen or the bath and get more synths in there.

[@DaveG207]

@@AlexBallMusic I don’t believe I really need two kidney’s either…

[@Behnan]

Alternativ: keep the kitchen and wait for the expander

[@mraduanemc]

Maybe it's the cognac talking, but the stereo richness coming out my phone speakers on this video is remarkable. Well done, Alex, as always.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Oh, it's SUPER stereo, yeah!

[@Toolsquatch]

Wavetable synthesis is such a bananas form of synthesis, I'm always shocked how faithfully analog it can behave when you want it to or become a gnarly digital monstrosity with a few knob tweaks and parameter assignments!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Absolutely this! It's a brilliant idea and very effective.

[@adam872]

Yeah that was one of the awesome things about the PPG - it could cover analogue and digital sounding stuff just as easily. Add the Waveterm in for some sampling and it was a full rig right there. A bloody expensive one mind you.

[@leonpage2777]

That thing is so powerful it could probably open portal in time and space!!!

[@brutsalvadi]

It does! 😂

[@RedMeansRecording]

On the last track at the beginning I expected we would just continue to zoom out and your arms would get longer and longer forever

[@cubdukat]

The PPG has been reborn!

[@althejazzman]

Man, you're already so capable of bringing any synth to life, but often with a big 80's feel. By the time you're 60, you'll be a living legend.

[@VEsound]

Nice instrument for sure... I already have too much synths for a single life on Earth but if there was no space or money constraint, the 3rd Wave would be alongside my The River, 2600 FS, OB-X8, Minimoog Voyager XL, Osmose, Quantum, Juno-6, MS-20 Kit and Minitaur. ❤

[@AlexBallMusic]

"I already have too much synths for a single life" Sounds like a quitters attitude. 😜 But yeah, jokes aside, you can easily have too much and then not use anything properly.

[@VEsound]

@@AlexBallMusic Yes, just sadely realistic! 😛

[@Supercell725]

Very cool Alex

[@MilesAwayOfficial]

Outro Jam is amazing dude! Absolutely beautiful song, you should release that one :)

[@jlpower]

Love it! I've got an SCI Prophet VS (heavily inspired by the PPG Wave) which sounds very similar.

[@AlexBallMusic]

I'd love to revisit the VS for a proper feature at some point, I just did a track with one a few years ago, but not a feature. Really cool synth.

[@jlpower]

@@AlexBallMusic And I'd love to send you mine for review, but the thought of putting it in a cardboard box and sending it over the ocean gives me palpitations just thinking about it.

[@compucorder64]

​@@AlexBallMusic Even a Dawn of Wavetable run, with VS, PPG Wave, Ensoniq SQ-80 might be cool? Shame the SQ-80 doesn't appear in the wild much in UK / Europe. I really like the Arturia V-Collection version. And it's one of the few rare old crusty analogue filter polysynths that hasn't got crazy expensive. They still seem to be underappreciated and sell for 500-600. Seems a matter of time before they start following the Roland JX-3P, Oberheim Matrix 1000 on the march toward £1000 and beyond. If I had to rebuild a hardware studio again on a 2k budget, I think I'd get something like Waldorf Pulse, JX-3P or Alpha Juno, SQ-80 and Casio CZ.

[@jlpower]

@@compucorder64 Aside from the VS, my experience with wavetable synths is pretty limited. Does the Arturia V have a random patch generator? Pro tip for the VS; using the random patch generator will set the values to some of the modulation sources well beyond what you could set them to manually. It will often set the value of the LFO for example to some crazy amount, but if you change it, it's gone forever. Honestly, most of my sounds come from creating a random patch, then dialing it in to suit my needs. Super useful. Sadly, my entire hardware setup from 20 years ago was under $2k and consisted of the Prophet VS, a Kurzweil K2000, a Roland Juno 106, and a Roland R-8. That ship has sailed. I remember paying $150 for the Juno 106 and feeling like I over paid. Oh the good old days...

[@horizontalblanking]

Woof! The bit you played right after you made you made your own wavetable had a definite Depeche Mode vibe about it… and I’m so here for it!

[@cortical1]

It might have been said here previously, but truths are worth repeating. Your vocal harmonies always sound great! Well written and well performed! Cheers from what in German translates as "the whale's vagina."

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you on the vocals! Not sure I follow on the whale reference?! 😂

[@cortical1]

@@AlexBallMusic Sorry, stupid movie reference, from Anchor Man. San Diego! Cheers! 👍🏻

[@AlexBallMusic]

@@cortical1 Ah, of course! Ha.

[@GeorgeL909]

Hehe I got that reference 😅

[@cortical1]

I'm in my 50s going on 12. LOL.

[@MattJohnsonJamiroquai]

Great video Alex, you got some fantastic sounds out of it!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Ditto sir. Totally stole your idea of using the upper wavetables for lofi analogue style waves btw. 😉

[@shaft9000]

This and the OB-X8/Prophet5-10 are the only synths you need to achieve _most_ of the retro-'80s today. Add a Juno or Jupiter, an Emulator uh, _emulator_ plus a xOx and Linn and a 12-bit sampler and you're done*. Well, short of going whole-hog into a console a la SSL ...and outboard, oooh the _outboard._ * Funk-a-teers may still desire something like a minimoog, SH-2/5/7, source or pro one for that extra-low-end cheeky *thump*

[@AlexBallMusic]

So an OB-X8, Prophet, 3rd Wave, Jupiter, Emulator, 808, Linndrum, SP-1200, Minimoog an SSL and outboard? That's quite a lot of "only synths you need" 😂 I feel you though, I have an excessive amount of gear. 😀

[@klinkske]

Someone forgot the 3o3

[@xfghffhfg]

all that cash just to sound like others

[@SisterRose]

Even though this has like a million knobs, I actually find it less intimidating that a lot of other modern digital synths, everything's all "Oh yeah that makes sense", plus it builds off a familiar platform.

[@unyu-cyberstorm64]

Wavetables are awesome! Some casio sound sources are Wavetables (A2, ZPI) (With some small samples) Now you might be thinking "Casio, isn't that just simple samples?" Well some are... But A2 and ZPI are Wavetable, with some envlopes filters LFOs and effects (Please just look in the synth parameters of a WK-1800 to see what it's doing with the waveforms) This allows you to do some cool things with them if you know how. (It also sounds cool) ZPI has wave morphing, A2 I am not sure if it does.

[@unyu-cyberstorm64]

Btw they do have voice combining. (You can combine 2 voices at a time for A2, and 4 at a time for ZPI)

[@connor_flanigan]

Dave Smith - prophet 12 with digital waves, analog type waves, gorgeous filter and effects - $3,000. synth buyers - "nope, don't like it - too expensive." they couldn't give them away, new or used. reimagining of a PPG wave - $5,000 synth buyers - "coolest synth ever. can't wait to buy one!"

[@xfghffhfg]

Just because people are exciting about something doesn't mean they will buy it. and you know, it was 10 year ago, I think there was two youtube channel for synths at 2013? :) I will not be surprised if in 5-7 years it will be hard to sell this one second hand too. BTW, the prophet 12 did sold well, they made a desktop version and even made a special numbered, limited edition, not something you do usually with an unsuccessful product, still a great synth till this day.

[@brentgreeff1115]

Classy instrument - love the buttons. -Perfect with low-bit-depth drums. - awesome performance.

[@jason3898]

Just in time for lunch!

[@AlexBallMusic]

What did you have? Classic sarnie?

[@JimAlfredson]

Sorry, I prefer lolligagging to shenanigans.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Quite partial to roguery myself.

[@Death_By_Media]

Absolute Bangers and Ethereal soundscapes . Sound Programming Skills and musicality unmatched in the " gear demo " space . Cheers !

[@CBG]

Great demo of a deep and inventive keyboard. That last track is sooo catchy and bight, as other have said M83 at it best, your work is inspiring!

[@TLGElectro]

I use a Waldorf NW1 wavetable module in my eurorack set up. I mess with the knobs and buttons, plug in the cables, and let the fun/madness begin! Never the same thing twice, i love it! Great video, looks like a mega synth too. 👍❤️😁

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I use Reasons Europa for wavetable sythersizor.

[@frankbalde1956]

Great video and music as usual Alex! I remember visiting an electronic music tradeshow in Rotterdam in ‘84 or ‘85 and there was this guy with a PPG Wave and the Waveterm. He blew me away by building a multitrack song in just a few minutes with ‘just’ the PPG. Oh, I really wanted that machine, but how do I get 30 grand to pay for it? So I ended up with the flyer, which btw I still have…😁

[@AlexBallMusic]

I remember wanting a Moog and having no cash, so I got a Moog t-shirt. 😂 Found it in the loft recently actually. Might have to wear it in a video.

[@IrnBruNYC]

The PPG Wave is used a lot on Steve Winwood's "Back In The High Life" album. That's where I first heard of it.

[@entropybentwhistle]

I like this synth and was all ready to get one, but that $1200 price jump was really off-putting. I can fill out my want list Pro-3 and Arp2600M and still have a thousand bucks left for next purchases.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Depends what you want/need I guess. If you want poly, multitimbral and wavetable then the 3rd Wave is the way to go. Analogue mono fun? 2600m and Pro-3 are solid, yeah.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Wave table sythersizors are wide ranging in software form, I have several and if you work in a DAW anyway then thats probably your most cost effective option. From Free to $50 to $100.

[@xfghffhfg]

true, but 3800$ was probably unrealistic for 24 hybrid voices made in usa.

[@entropybentwhistle]

Update: I folded and got one anyway. I’m far too much of a Tangerine Dream fanboi not to get the modern take of a PPG.

[@alainthiry3965]

excellent. almost convincing to buy it today... i need a night and sleep for waiting a little more... if it was dark and not horrible blue i could not wait to morrow...

[@Sicolirics]

12:46 😮😮😮 Depeche Mode ❤

[@AlainHubert]

Never liked PPG sounds. Buzzy, noisy, harsh, cold, brash, metallic. 🥶 After you've sampled the sound of your modular into the 3rd wave, it lost all of its warmth and delicious analog randomness. Nice demo nonetheless. Thanks for sharing.

[@lorien6678]

13:20 - perfection in it's simple and purge way that I really Loved !

[@stevenzeeland9670]

"Dude," your videos have gone from being great to "I know I'm great, might as well ham it up, how much do [the punters] even have a clue." SELF-PARODY is hoisting you by your own surname.

[@ElectronicazMusic]

Great vid. Amazing tracks you've created. I am in awe. 😁 ♥ 🎶 🎹

[@axelmaldini4218]

With my VPS Avenger plugin synthesizer I can recreate any of these sounds and also create sounds that would be impossible with this synthesizer...and for only about $220 bro...

[@realqwave]

There are only 31 (named P00 to P30 on the 3rd Wave) of the original 32 PPG wavetables included. The special Piano/Sax wavetable (PPG #32) is not included. The P31-33 on the 3rd Wave are not PPG related, but stored in the same 8 bit resolution as the PPG ones.

[@chinossynthesizer705]

Cool i can't afford it. i wanted this so i could sample my crazy sq-80 sounds because the sq-80 and is always prone to break. my sq-80 used to heat up like crazy when i connected it to a wall. But i mostly do fm synthesis nowadays but my wavetable sounds sure were special i miss them 😢.

[@ArcAudios77]

Impressive Alex, thanks but a touch pissed off because you have me wanting everything you show off so well. A fact. 😞 Regards & best wishes.

[@rlbf1967]

I love the way it analysed the sample and added it to the wave table. Says ‘detecting pitch’ (fundamental harmonic?) and then ‘searching for waveforms’ - is it trying to match combinations of the existing wave table examples to reconstruct the sampled waveform? Guessing whatever it’s doing it’s complicated!

[@boodleboy]

Pfsh, big deal. My CS1X has at least 25% of that thing's functionality. If even. Oh well, never mind.

[@jeffjfindley4802]

It's difficult for me to narrow down what I enjoy most about your channel, but among the list of favorable (favourable) attributes, I have to include the use of the Ibanez Jem.

[@dankeplace]

This is an amazing synth, Bob and co did a fantastic job of expanding on a great, you did justice to the team and their work. Being able to run this as 4 synth engines with 6 voices and be able to have separate outs is like having 4 individual synths. It makes this a really affordable option when you break it down and compare $ to other alternatives, it also sounds wicked in the hands of someone like yourself. Kudos to you sir!!!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yes, it's a good point. It's four 6-voice synths! They did a great job with this one.

[@HJPhilippi]

3rd law of synth marketing: if wavetable, then blue. Always works.

[@dickydoes]

To my ears it sounds shrill and grating. I’m no fan of the PPG either, so maybe why. Digital in all the wrong ways. Your tracks are still great, though!

[@doordedeur]

I don't see need for wavetables in my my music. I never used the joystick on my Korg Wavestation.

[@marcbrasse747]

You know what? If I’d still be dong prog albums I’d beg you to do the vocals.😄👍

[@nexuzeb79]

do u only have 1 ball btw? No offence intended, naturally.... (bad retoric I supppose)

[@cronenbergj]

What do you think about the Analog style sounds compared to a Novation Summit for example ?

[@arakaneuman]

Sounds really great but it only proves that not much have happened regarding synths and synthesizer sounds in the last 30 - 40 years.

[@ericpeters0n]

Hey! You're the voice of the s2400 video manual!

[@bobjoe7508]

Always something super cinematic about how the ppg and wavetable synths sound. I think a lot of that is likely due to Miami Vice. They just seem to warrant the compositions that you find in 80s film and tv.

[@shane864]

Happy to see every tru synth dork on the internet shouting out how rad this one is. The One, the OBX8, the new P5/10, the Model D, this.. getting back to realistic high end electonic gear again is so good. We aren't in a second golden era, we're in THE golden era. Love.

[@stevenmann9769]

Fany]tastic but not cheap... Mind you, PPG was not a discounter back in the day either.

[@philipbrowne63]

Any chance of you trying a Waldorf Quantum? Would be interesting to get your take on it...

[@BenODen]

Wow. Just wow. In the hands of a master, this synth makes amazing music, I want the full album please. Lol Edit: you can't fool us Alex. You also have to have skills to make it sound ready too.

[@jekanyika]

Loving the outro. Is it available anywhere?

[@XavierRadix]

One of the very few modern synths I've genuinely been really excited about... Such a beast. The price is a bit of a turn-off, but if you really look at the specs and hear what it's capable of, it's not as bad as you might think... Still far out of reach for me personally. Oh well, maybe one day! At least I can listen to guys like you play amazing stuff on it.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yeah, it's a lot of synth and so it comes with a price tag. A professional instrument for sure. It's very cool, I'm really glad to get to try one out properly.

[@MLochMusic]

Love to know how this compares to the Waldorf M sound wise

[@davidryle]

This is the demo I've been waiting for. Big mistake that Groove Synthesis didn't send it over sooner. My hope is you can find a way to keep one around until you find the thing that you "need" from it. As it is, I think you are a little cold about the way it fits with your production. I have one for quite a while now and find it is more capable than I'd expected. In your hands I think it could be tapped for more but it may take time.

[@AlexBallMusic]

It's really a killer thing. Really enjoyed borrowing the demo unit. It's always funny for me because synths are coming and going on a weekly basis due to the nature of what I do, plus I'm always having to balance things financially too as I keep a certain stock of stuff. So it becomes a funny one with wanting to keep everything that passes through and I have to be a little bit brutal and just say "I can't have that one" and move on. That doesn't reflect the quality of anything, it's just the practicality. The 3rd Wave is really excellent. Some fantastic sounds in there and a doddle to use. I enjoyed making music with it and found it worked well in the mix as the demos hopefully show.

[@brucebennett5338]

My friend (and former co-workers) Mark worked on this synth. I sooo want one.

[@shaft9000]

huzzah! first comment muhahahaha

[@shaft9000]

outro jam hit me like glitched-out BeachBoys, gloriously cheesy and ominous at once builds nicely, real potential

[@AlexBallMusic]

​@@shaft9000 Glitched Out Beach Boys is my new band name.

[@carlosserrano3985]

The PPG was my favorite digital synth in the 80's, I saw one once in a studio but never got the chance to put the hands on it back then, the possibilities in this new version are endless, and like you said, it has hight price but is worthy. Another users of PPG Wave synths was Kajagoogoo and Missing Persons.

[@SPAZZOID100]

It was a hybrid.

[@carlosserrano3985]

@@SPAZZOID100 Only have a analog filter, PPG added that in later Wave synths.

[@Mouxbar]

OK, it's a wave so it had to be blue. Other colours would be grand. Like North Sea brown... 😆

[@AlexBallMusic]

Haha, yeah. "English Channel Smear" "Thames Sludge"

[@entropybentwhistle]

@@AlexBallMusic Now you’ve done it…you have to make a track titled “Thames Sludge!”

[@FilipMilerX]

I wonder why such hype around this product when there are no distributors.

[@davidryle]

Born in the wrong era. You would have been in place with the Beach Boys in 1964. The harmonies are sublime.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you! Always love a spot of harmonising.

[@Anamnesia]

*_As the owner of a Wave 2.3 you are in possession of a big synthesizer_*

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

Lovely.

[@karlmikko]

When I see another @Alex Ball video my headphones go on instantly! Keep up the great work!

[@AlexBallMusic]

🤜🤛

[@deanzarras7480]

Fantastic and inspiring! What’s doing the choir sound at 0:50 ?? Epic!

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers! That's just me singing.

[@billysunshine9100]

You have the best taste in synthesisizng. I'll always be your number one fan, look forward to every sound you make, killer shit dawg.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thank you!

[@JohnRichters-i2x]

WOW! I REALLY ENJOY YOUR MUSIC !!!WELL DONE !

[@Empyrean55]

Is there somewhere we can buy the songs you make?

[@MadelnMachines]

Does it have a panel mode where you can instantly make the sound reflect the knob positions? I don't like the feeling that I'm just tweaking presets and lost in the interface.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yep. You can INIT and just work in the panel with one layer.

[@lesynthlofi]

Now you’ve done it!: the greatest videobomb in the history of synth demo videos! The System 100 making a cameo like Hitchcock! I mean, talk about royalty!

[@josephwright5921]

So many synthesizers, so little time . . .

[@PaulBoos]

Wow… stunning work you did with a rather stunning synthesizer. I saw the Fixx fly by in the list, guessing Deeper and Deeper was a heavy usage of wavetable synthesis.

[@AlexBallMusic]

I know someone who knows the Fixx, we could ask...

[@PaulBoos]

@@AlexBallMusic that would be cool to know.

[@LesFarrington]

I live this synth but i kept hearing “r-r-Roland, has made synthesizers since 1973”. I find myself singing that silly song more times than I will admit. You’re a very gifted entertainer and a damn good songcrafter! I should ge getting my 3RD WAVE by August! You had no small part in my decision. Ooops! $4500 evaporates from my wallet! ....”right before my eye-ziz”…..

[@_greenleader]

72 wavetables haaa, this really sounds like what the ninja turtles rock out to in the van on their way to the mission

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cowabunga!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Sounds like Reason Studios Europa sythersizor to Me.

[@xfghffhfg]

@@HOLLASOUNDS attention seeking slot is free vst

[@h2o1969]

I really dig wave synthesis. I have the Korg Wavestate. Really interesting piece of kit. I got the Wavestate for only $400, and I have a lot of fun with it. This thing seems to be on another level.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Yet to play a wavestate. That's digital wave rather than wavetable, right?

[@h2o1969]

@@AlexBallMusic I am not really sure. They call it wave sequencing. I did not think I would like it, then my local shop got a used one. I played on it a bit, and had to have it. It rounds out my mostly mono eurorack synths and Yamaha toy fm (460, 480 & 680).

[@themadsamplist]

my cat was very shocked when the video started 🤣

[@AlexBallMusic]

Whisker-table synthesis?

[@adolfnoise4673]

🐱mine kept on sleeping, they are used to unusual sounds from my polyevolver on a regular basis🐱

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I love your music Alex, excellent videos however when your videos are suggested I skip because of the thumbnail and then realise it's you by your name and watch. I dont think you need to do complex or catchy thumbnails in every video but You should creat a image to use in your thumbnails so people can know it's you by just a look. A popular way is a logo or certain style of thumbnail, and once you make it you can use it over and over again. Maby think about that because some of the best sythersizor content on KZbin is comming from you.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Thanks for the tips, I have experimented a lot with thumbnails. Maybe I should put my face in them to make it obvious it's me?

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@AlexBallMusic Epen Craft kinda does the exact same as your doing and both of you are doing very well on KZbin so prehaps just keep doing what your doing. It was just an idea.

[@SynthAddict]

great sounds and tunes as usual - and you made it look quite easy to use 🙂 long live the PPG Wave and similar sounds, love it

[@AlexBallMusic]

Cheers. It genuinely is very easy to use. Nicely designed.

[@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568]

3rd Wave? Is this a Suzanne Cianni reference? (I'll have to watch and see).

[@AlexBallMusic]

The answer lies in the video.... 🙂

[@Ishkur23]

Sometimes having too many options can be a bad thing. #ParalysisByAnalysis

[@xfghffhfg]

This is why we buy limited analog hardware instead of vst's, everything is relative

[@dankeplace]

Alex, I am going to say, I don't like anything you have made here, no I just don't like it, I SIMPLY LOVE IT!!! It's trashy, it's gaudy, it's brash, it's the 80's baby!!!!

[@marcbrasse747]

Yep! With all respect: It blows all the Waldorf stuff out of the water. Listen to those close harmony vocal samples! 😁Seriously though. This thing even has that certain PPG vibe in its overall character.

[@GeorgeL909]

I've only ever faffed with an electribe wave and a few digital recreations, but I could never figure out how to make em sound like anything more than dubsteppy wubs, a few thin- way too high frequency- pads, and poor recreations of virtual analog. The sounds you conjured out of this thing, especially with the custom wavetables were eye opening. 🤖 Must revisit wavetables. Must use wavetables in next track 🤖

[@alderpublishingllc4702]

Makes me think about the Spherical Wavetable Navigator modular & Arturia Pigments Wavetable software. Good show!

[@alanshewitt]

Ok but that drum sound on the outro tho…

[@kentune38]

Funk Sandwich totally rocked. Could easily have been on 'Heroes'. Such a cool channel. Alex nails it every time. & others are right - that Outro Jam is one of the most sumptuous demos so far. Lovely!

[@christopherjbutler]

I completely did not have a sense of what wavetable synthesis really was until this video.. Thought a Roland D50 was sort of a wavetable synth with a DCO / DCF tacked onto it.. not so much :) And I used to sell synths in the early 90's for Sam Ash.. Love your videos, you often make me actualy LOL (the super over extended "THX" portamento patch thing from whatever video that was, jesus I spit out my drink when you made that cheese smile face when it resolved.. ahhahaaaa) and damn you write great music prolifically incorporating whatever synth you are exploring.. Cheers mate!