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WaveMapper (iPad)
PPG WaveMapper is the second next-generation iOS based synth from Wolfgang Palm. It features the “Sound Map”, which maps the various sounds in a way to easily access and experiment with them. More importantly the PPG WaveMapper features a new synthesis system which maps the waveforms of a sound into a new kind of wavetable which preserves the sound characteristics better than classic Wavetable synthesis and at the same time allows for the manipulations which make WT synthesis so unique.
The Mapping window is the visualisation of a pool of programs on which “modules” float. Those modules represent certain parameters of the synthesiser engine and each module can be placed on one of 32 programs. The moment an item is placed on map then the parameters of that module will take on the settings of those parameters in the underlying program on the Mapping window.
People who do not posses synth-programming skills can use this mapping technology as a starting point to create complex sounds. For example a user can drag a string sound source onto a drum envelope, or a guitar sound onto a string envelope – the concept is simple, yet incredibly powerful.
FEATURES:
- New Sound map concept – create new sounds playful and experimental
- 3 types of synthesis – the optimal type for kind of each sounds
- Classic wavetables – for the typical PPG sounds
- Time compressed samples – more authentic sounds, allowing analysis of user samples
- Pure samples – classic sample playback Analyzer – convert your own samples into the new format or into wavetables
- 3 oscillators capable for totally independent sound sources
- 90 sound resources – a huge sound palette, from real instruments to abstract wavetables
- 4 parameter editor pages – comfortable and detailed access to all the parameters
- 3 Noise generators, for audio and modulations
- Ringmodulator
- Classic 24 dB Lowpass Filter, combined with an overdrive simulation.
- Dual amplifier, for versatile control of 2 audio signals as well as panning.
- 13 Envelopes, for independent control of pitch, waveform, filter and noise
- Gain and panning
- 4 LFOs – with 5 waveforms
- Delay/Reverb effect
- Flexible Step Sequencer / Arpeggiator combination
- Schematic touch keyboard – Build your own keyboard, with the keys you prefer for your music.
- Powerful sound browser – sorting by category, bank management
- Virtual and Hard-MIDI in/out – sending/receiving keys and controllers.
- Audiobus support.
- 10 min audio recording and Audio copy.
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I’ve spent the last couple of mornings coming to grips with WM. At heart, it is an updated version of WG. In WM you can’t plot a path through a wave table as you can in WG. And in WM you can select a different wave table for each of the three oscillators. I haven’t noticed other differences.
The new map system is simply a way of copy/pasting parameter subsets from one patch to another.
The oddest thing about Wolfgang’s designs is the output routing of the oscillators – which has not been updated in WM. It is clumsy and inconvenient and makes no sense to me.
Is it possible that using this would help one better come to grips with WaveGenerator too? Like if WG’s underlying concepts are present in WaveMapper… it sounds like that could be the case. Frankly, and I’m loathe to admit this, but I really got nowhere with WG. I wanted so badly to dive right in when I first got it, but that just never quite happened. Aside from the in-app help, I found a surprising lack of tutorial videos online, and also the link to a PDF manual on Palm’s website is down. I wasn’t really wild about that interface, either. Haha, this one looks much prettier.
Same here. Couldn’t really use WG. I just bought this an hour ago and obviously the first thing you see is the sound map where you can move around the icons changing the current preset into something completely different. So that’s easy enough! You’ll probably “make” a few presets straight away you’d wanna save into a new bank.
But then there’s obviously lots of layers beneath the map, and I haven’t messed around that much yet. But I can say that the interface is a bit more logical and easier to work with, which seems to be the case with all the aspects on this one. Everything is a bit more evolved so to speak, which makes sence since Palm probably learned a lot from the first iPad synth and seems to be really open to users suggestions.
As for all the synth sorcery goin on that you can dive into…I haven’t really gotten that far yet!
I had no problem getting the manual tho, prob something temporary that was down.
Edit: Oh and yes, I completely misread your post. I have no clue if this will help you understand WG better. :)
This thing is fantastic!!
Agreed. Dig deep and enjoy!! WaveMapper sounds fantastic and offers so much potential
I suggest you paste in some audio, tweak and dig deep as this is a very very capable synth.