Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave Desktop

The 3rd Wave is a 24-voice, 4-part multi-timbral wavetable Desktop synth with 3 oscillators per voice, analog low-pass filters, a state-variable filter, 6-stage wave envelopes per oscillator, and an industry-first Wavemaker™ tool that allows users to create custom wavetables in a single step through its proprietary sample-to-wave technology. Each of its three oscillators can generate a classic PPG-era wavetable, a modern high-resolution wavetable, or an analog modeled waveform.

SOUND ENGINE

• 3 High-resolution Digital Oscillators Per Voice
• 48 wavetables with 64 waves per table (32 legacy PPG waves with room for another 16 of this type)
• 32 High resolution user wavetables + 32 factory high resolution wavetables
• 7 high-resolution modeled analog waveforms (sine, saw, triangle, supersaw, pulse, white noise, pink noise)
• 32 user wavetables that are a modern high resolution format
• VCO sync
• Linear FM
• 6-stage wave envelope per oscillator with variable time and position that can be looped
• Optional wave flow for smooth or stepped wave transitions
• Unison mode with variable voice count
• Per-oscillator glide

1 Analog Low-pass Filter

• Dave Rossum designed, classic, 2140 low-pass resonant filter
• 24 db per octave slope
• variable saturation amount
• optional resonance compensation

1 State-Variable Filter

• 12 db per octave slope
• Continuously variable between low-pass, notch, and high-pass, operation with optional band-pass mode

4 ADSR+ Delay Envelopes

• Filter and Amplifier envelopes switchable between exponential and vintage PPG-style response
• Freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations

4 Low-Frequency Oscillators

• Triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, pulse 1, pulse 2, pulse 3, and random (S&H)
• Variable delay
• Note reset
• Syncable to master clock BPM

2 Digital Effects

• BBD, stereo delay, tape delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, distortion pedal, rotating speaker, ring mod, room reverb, hall reverb, super plate reverb
• Syncable to master clock BPM
• Parameters modulatable via mod matrix

WAVEMAKER TOOL

Built-In Custom Wavetable Maker

• “Sample-to-wave” functionality. Connect an audio source to the 3rd Wave’s Audio In port, press “Make Waves” and the synth samples the audio to create a custom wavetable
• Samples to convert can also be brought in as a 96 kHz wav file through USB
• Store up to 32 custom wavetables
• 64 waveforms per wavetable
• Accepts pitched or un-pitched material as input
• 96 kHz sampling rate
• 16-bit resolution
• 1024 cycles per waveform, converted automatically to cover entire keyboard range
• Flexible wave-sampling length

SEQUENCER

Performs both Note and Parameter Sequencing

• 1 song per multi-part
• 24 sequences per song
• 32 measures per sequence
• Variable quantization resolution per sequence (32nd, 16th, 8th, quarter, half, whole note, or quantization off)
• swing

ARPEGGIATOR

1 Arp per Multi-part

• Up, down, up/down, and assign modes
• Variable range (1, 2, or 3 octaves)

MOD MATRIX

16-slot Modulation Matrix Per Multi-Part

• 16 slot modulation matrix with 27 mod sources and 114 mod destinations
• 12 additional fixed-source mod paths
• Modulation assignment buttons enable quick and easy modulation routing
• Mod Matrix runs at audio rates
• Sequencer can record and play mod parameter changes in real time

CONTROLS

• 77 knobs and 39 buttons enable deep, comprehensive editing with minimal menu diving

PROGRAMS

• 500 factory programs. User rewritable

IN/OUT

• 4 Stereo outputs (2x 1/4″ phone jack per part)
• Headphone out (stereo 1/4″ phone jack)
• MIDI In, MIDI Out, and MIDI Thru
• USB port for bidirectional MIDI communication
• Audio Input for creating user wavetables from external audio source (1/4″ phone jack)
• Sustain/footswitch input
• Volume pedal input
• Expression pedal input

POWER

• 1 universal IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply
• Operates worldwide on voltages between 100-240v, 50-60 Hz, 65 watts maximum power consumption