Waldorf Wave
The original Waldorf Wave
This is the Shadow edition, an all-black (anthracite) version. The standard Wave was dark blue with orange accents. Shadow units were hand-built in small numbers around 1995 and work exactly like the standard model.
Waldorf created one of the biggest and best wavetable synthesisers around. Wavetable synthesis has been widely used in early digital synths like the SCI Prophet VS, Korg Wavestations and the PPG Wave. At first glance the Wave could intimidate most. However for a digital synth, the Wave has a very clear and intuitive design and layout.
This is a digital synth. Samples of waveforms or wavetables are manipulated and combined to create exciting new sounds as well as complex sounds, drones and pads. The filters are analogue! There are two, a 24dB low pass and a 12dB high pass. And they’ve got resonance, distortion and self oscillation. Other unique enhancements to the Wave involve expansion. It comes with 16 voices that can be expanded up to 48 voices. The Wave is also semi-modular with hardware and software expansion options.
Not for the faint-hearted, but all you need to know is here.