3 popular Waldorf synths and effect plug-ins, updated and optimized for VST and AU host apps.
The Waldorf Edition Plug-In Suite features the famous and award-winning PPG Wave 2.V Classic Wavetable Synthesizer, Attack Percussion Synthesizer, and D-Pole Filter plug-ins as VST and AudioUnit variants for your latest Windows XP (32-bit) or Mac OS X computers. The Macintosh versions are Universal Binaries allowing you to run the software on the latest Macintosh computers with Intel processors.
PPG Wave 2.V
PPG Wave 2.V is the reincarnation of a cult, which started back in 1982 and is now available as a VST Instrument for your PC and Mac VST system.
The Wave 2 series was the first digital wavetable synthesizer with analog filters, heralding a revolution in both sound and concept. The Wave's most interesting feature was its ability to sweep through 64 waveforms in what PPG called a wavetable.
Almost 2000 waveforms were available within the Wave's 32 internal wavetables. The result of this wavetable technology is that the PPG instrument has a much broader palette and more animated sound than typical analog synthesizers of the early 80s, which tended to have only a few static waveforms such as sawtooth, pulse, or triangle. The PPG sound was very unique and identifiable.
Now this exclusive sound has been brought back to life with all the advantages a completely integrated software production environment such as Cubase VST has to offer: the outputs appear directly in the VST mixer so effects and EQ can be applied like any other audio channel. MIDI tracks are routed directly to the input of the PPG Wave 2.V without involving the vagaries of MIDI cables and interfaces.
The polyphony now depends solely on the CPU power of your computer and opening up to 8 PPG Wave 2.Vs, each with 8 times multitimbral capability, gives you more than enough space for your sound imagination. A graphical page offers easy editing of envelopes, generators, and Cutoff/Emphasis.
The combination of modern music software technology plus the charm and massive sound potential of the "old" digital days results in a unique instrument which brings back individuality and pure fun: The PPG Wave 2.V.
Attack Percussion Synthesizer
Attack is a percussion synthesizer with a powerful virtual-analog synth engine. It seamlessly integrates the sound of the 80s analog classics and the ambitious electronic club drums of the 90s into the virtual instrument hosts of the 21st century. Attack generates all its sounds in realtime, giving you the freedom to alter all parameters directly.
The synth engine has 24 sounds available per percussion set, spread over two octaves. The sound architecture is extremely flexible, as one would expect from a Waldorf synthesizer. Two oscillators, each with nine waveforms, represent the sources. In addition to well-known analog waveforms, Attack offers three samples to help create hi-hats or crash cymbals.
Ring modulation and frequency modulation expand the sound spectrum with metallic components. The integrated "Crack" module takes care of reproducing analog handclaps authentically.
Attack also contains a filter section with 6 filter types—resonance up to self-oscillation—and an overdrive of up to +52dB. The two envelopes are used to alter oscillator pitches, FM amount, filter cutoff, and output volume.
Two modulation delays and 6 stereo outputs connect Attack to the digital world. Seamless integration into virtual instrument hosts means that all parameters may be addressed via MIDI controllers, allowing you to create powerful dynamic changes.
And, as though this were not enough, twelve sounds in each drum set can be played melodically. With this feature, you can create tom fills and conga or other percussive grooves in no time, and you can even play bass, melody, or sequencer lines.
D-POLE Filter Plug-In for VST
The D-POLE is a musically versatile filter plug-in which offers the same experimental capabilities as its hardware equivalent. Filter your voice with no less than 5 filter types. Morph a simple acoustic drum loop into a biting groovy dance rhythm using the LFO (whose speed is also adjustable in BPM). Add Overdrive to your lead guitar. Get the vintage ring-modulated sound for really wild experiments and send it through the stereo delay.
Create completely new audio material for sound FX purposes within seconds due to the real-time facility of VST. All important parameters can be fully automated and settings can be easily saved as single programs or banks.
