PPG Synthesizer

if you got a microwave or a wave:
the first 30 waves! this started it all: the wavetable synthesizers based on spectral scanthough by envelope or LFO (DYNAMICALLY/moving spectra!)..
a wavetable is basically made of additive composition of the first 16 harmonics. on the PPG WAVETERM you can draw them, on the waldorf wavetable synths you can do it also.. find more about wavetables in the waldorf section..

controls / whats in it?
ENV: one AR and one ADSR env with Peak Level.

LFO with Speed and Delay

Dynamics control Wavescan (Wave), VCA or Pitch.by LFO or ENV

Transform Slider

and typical wavetable displays on the right side.. see picture..

Wavecomputer

well, ppg invented the WAVETABLE synthesis. 60 spectral „snapshots“ can be scanned through by an envelope generator..

Waldorf (also german company like PALM PRODUCTS GERMANY = PPG) did a rack 1989, the microwave.. and.. well.. you know the Wave and microWave series.. check waldorf section (they also used the ASICs (chips) that wolfang palm (founder of ppg) developed before for his wave series… the „most typical“ wave may be the wave 2.0. and: well it is the most stable one. ppg’s name became „panic products germany“ just because of the problems (the board: narrow and dense and thermo probs..) so: I do not recommend this for live!!..
there is a small company (virtual music) offereing some updates and maintainance kits like keyboard mod and another OS can be found here

but: it is one of the most interesting sounding synth that has been made those times! (early 80ies!). bands like propaganda, depeche mode and art of noise used the „blue system“ for about 33000DM (deutsche mark = about equivaltent of about16500Euros!)..

the very special things introduced with the wave 2.X series: sampling (using the waveterm) with 12bits max.

it was THE HI-END DREAM MACHINE of that time.. there is also a software ppg 2.V by waldorf trying to emulate it’s sound.. but listen yourself!!..

PPG Wave (Waveterm!)
disk format – disc format:
format, or at least a raw driver that can be customized or so.With Windows, you will probably don’t have a chance…related to the OS/9 that runs on the old Radio Shack Color Computers, which have 6809E’s in them. It was a Unix-like OS that
could multitask even on that little 2 MHz (as far as I remember) machine. It would be cool if you could read the PPG disks using one of those . . . As far as I know, it was OS 9 (not to confuse with MacOS 9 ;-)) which was developed by some German programmers. There was a computer based on this OS and the Waveterm B used the same main board.Check with the experts: http://www.nashville.net/~antarct/ppg.htm

PPG mods and techs service help? PPG service – repair? go here

this is really rare! there are afaik 2 know ppg 390 out there!
thanks to paul maddox () for pic and info (this thing exists!), that background is again bernies moog/ppg monster machine www.aliens-project.de

Manual translation in english (shortened and xlated by moogulator):
click here.. english PPG 350 manual

PPG 1020 (above) from 1976, it had digital OSCs!

LFO („Mod Generator“),
LPF, 2 OSCs

bigger? / gross?
HERE IS A CLOSEUP!!

HERE IS A MOVIE /
HIER IST EIN FILM
von diesem SYNTH/
of this Synth!!!! LIVE!

deutsche beschriftung!
ever seen german words on a synthesizer?
wolfang palm did this on this model!