From georg@nlp.physik.th-darmstadt.de Mon Oct 31 09:11:56 1994 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 94 11:19:37 +0100 From: Georg Mueller To: analogue@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Brief PPG history Malte is right, there was no WAVE 1, shame on me. I had a clear vision of the Flyer I got back in 1982, but it was in fact about the WAVE 2. Sorry. Here is a brief history of PPG products. I was able to fill in some facts new to me I got from the ATARI programm Synthdat A and B. I can recommend this to all of you with ATARIs and the ability to read German. The next version will probably be a book. The author is Stefan Dargel, distributed by Pressel Midiware, price is DM 69,-. MODULSYNTHESIZER 100 Analog Modular Synthesizer MODULSYNTHESIZER 300 Analog Modular Synthesizer 340/380 SYSTEM Analog/digital Synthesizer consisting of 3 Rack Modules 340 Processor Unit 340 Generator Unit 380 Event Generator 16 Track Sequencer Computer Terminal Keyboard 380 DRUM UNIT 3 HE drum sound generator, 8 sounds 1002 Monophonic Synthesizer, 2 VCO, 1 LFO, 1 VCF, 1 ADR env 1 VCA, 49 key keyboard, some 100 sold (1976) 1020 German alternative to the MiniMoog, Successor of the 1002, 2 DCO, digital scanned keyboard, Ring Modulator, (1976) COMMANDER Remote controller for the HDU EVU Expansion Voice Unit, 8 voices, Wave 2.2 in Rack Module HDU Hard Disk Unit, 12 min 16 bit stereo sampling, 4 HE, 85 MB Winchester, FX processor, mass storage for Waveterm PRK Processorkeyboard, Masterkeyboard for the PPG system, 99 track sequencer, 50000 events PRK-FD as PRK, plus 5.25 disk drive REALIZER Software based emulation of other synthesizers, incl. 16 bit Sampling, sank the company SONIC CARIER 1003 Digitally controlled Analog Synthesizer, 50 Memory Slots, first programmable Synthesizer WAVE 2 successor of the WAVECOMPUTER 360, grandfather of the MicroWave, 8 voices, 1 Oscillator per voice, filter, Sequencer WAVE 2.2 2 Oscillators per voice, editing of wavetables via WAVETERM A, plays samples from WAVETERM A WAVE 2.3 from 8 to 12 bit, 2 Samples in ROM, SAX and PIANO, for use with WAVETERM B and PRK WAVECOMPUTER 360 A 4 voices Wavteble Synthesizer, no filter WAVECOMPUTER 360 B 8 voices WAVETERM A 8 bit Sampling for the WAVE 2.2, 8 inch floppy disk drive, computer monitor, creation of Wavetables, 6 HE WAVETERM B 16 bit Sampling, two 5.25 inch floppy disk drives, WAVE 2.3 plays samples with only 12 bit Hope that helps, Georg,