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1. The global menu bar shows from left to right the following buttons and selection tools This button will bring you to the Mette MAPPING module we also call it ie Sound Map A detailed description of this and the other modules follows later on This button will bring you to one of four sub modules which buttons are directly placed as sub tabs under the global section The four sub modules are called OSCILLATORS NOISE FILTER AMPLIFIER DELAY and PERFORMANCE Just touch them and take a look to get familiar with the sub modules PPG WAVEMAPPER A ANALYSE page button L This button will bring up the 2E ANALYSIS module window where you can import samples convert them into synthesized waveforms convert those waveforms into waves and wavetables etc SETUP module button This brings you to a module ZEE window with global user settings like audio quality MIDI settings etc Left and right PROGRAM SELECTION buttons These buttons will select the program before and after the actual selected program which name is visible in between the program selection buttons Notice you can always change the name of a program by tapping in the name field You have to save the program to save the new name PROGRAM TOOLS symbol Tapping this button will bring up a iu popup menu with program save init and copy parameters as well as arandomize parameter and a help menu selection with a short description of these program editi
2. The echo effect is better suited for the master volume of the PPG WaveMapper creating reverb like echoes while the delay app It will be saved per preset program This effect can be used to create rhythmical way you can easily set a normalized volume patterns of the notes you play for a set of programs for instance necessairy when playing live with the app this slider controls W PERFORMANCE ARPTOR SECTION SPEED RANGI 195 BPM Above Center Below PARAMETERS module AMPLIFIER DELAY sub module window The Arptor of the PPG WaveMapper app is a This last PARAMETERS sub module contains combination of a step sequencer and an four sections the Arptor section the LFO arpeggiator you can record up to 16 notes section the Keyboard section and the Sound and let them play by the arpeggiator module Category section in various ways Let s take a look at the available parameters The main menu bar contains the 4 LFO selectors LFO 1 LFO 2 LFO 3 and BAL First there are four modes panning LFO and the LFO edit triangle 30 PPG WAVEMAPPER Trigger mode button selecting this will make the arpeggiator start playing when you press a key Play mode button selecting this will make the arpeggiator play immediately When you save a program with this trigger mode the arpeggiator will start playing as soon as you select that program Ideal for creating so called noodles sounds that play forever som
3. create stereo effects The synthesizer engine has two so called VCAs VCA stands for Voltage Controlled Amplifier and this name comes from the analog synthesizers area The two amplifiers can be fed with various audio signals where the panning can together with the stereo PPG WAVEMAPPER echo delay processor create nice stereo effects AUDIO 1 output level slider this slider controls the output level of VCA1 What signal is going into VCA 1 is chosen in the AUDIO 1 source select popup menu under this slider AUDIO 1 source select here you choose what audio signal goes through VCA 1 VCF the output of the filter Osc1 the full output of oscillator 1 taken before the filter Osc 2 the full output of oscillator 2 taken before the filter Osc 3 the full output of oscillator 3 taken before the filter Noiset the audio signal of noise generator N1 Mix the mix of oscillator 1 2 and 3 plus noise generator N1 taken before the filter AUDIO 2 output level slider this slider controls the output level of VCA 2 What signal is going into VCA2 is chosen in the AUDIO 2 source select popup menu under this slider AUDIO 2 source select here you choose what audio signal goes through VCA 2 Off no selection Osc1 the full output of oscillator 1 taken before the filter Osc 2 the full output of oscillator 2 taken before the filter Osc3 the full output of oscillator 3 taken before the filter Noise
4. 1 source and level audio 2 source and level and the balance envelope Icon N This map icon has parameters attached that represent the synths noise module These parameters are audio 1 source and level and the noise color 1 2 and 3 levels Icon L This map icon has parameters Vy attached that represent the synths B LFO parameters it has all parameters from the 4 LFOs attached speed intensity shape and offset plus the LFO intensity routing if the LFO is using an envelope for its intensity control that envelope is imported from the map program as well There is much more happening under the hood when moving icons across the map The above is just a rough sketch to give you an idea what the icons do Don t think too much about it Just play around and let your ears decide After that you can still change all nuances and details in the PARAMETER sub modules All eight map icons 1 2 3 O E G N and L send and receive MIDI CC controller messages which determine their respective x and y positions on the Sound Map This is an awesome feature of PPG WaveMapper since moving one or more of these icons accross the Sound Map will morph many parameter settings at the same time which would not be possible otherwise For more information on the CC numbering see the SETUP module at the end of this manual Notice beaware that moving the icons could cause clicks and the like because some parameter changes a
5. 3 with the amount mod level slider at the modulation slots were they appear as modulation source You can control their volume level modulation with the gain modulation amount slider and gain source selector in the gain panorama section again see AMPLIFIER DELAY module 24 PPG WAVEMAPPER COL 1 slider this slider sets the color of noise generator 1 COL 2 slider this slider sets the color of noise generator 2 COL 3 slider this slider sets the color of noise generator 3 ENVELOPE AND RINGMODULATOR section In the middle part of the screen of the NOISE FILTER module we ll see the envelope drawing sub window again Envelope F1 N1 N2 and N3 can be shown here They are selected by touching the Cutoff parameter the NOISE 1 parameter or the COLOR 1 2 or 3 parameters The name of the envelope is shown in the upper left of the envelope drawing window To the right there is the envelope edit section as pop up menu available by tapping on the triangle Envelope edit triangle Copy will copy the envelope parameters Paste will paste the copied envelope parameters Set Loop Kill Loop will set a default loop for the selected envelope or will kill the loop when it is on NOISE FILTER Default Init will set default envelope settings for the selected envelope Spread Points will spread the envelope points more each time it is selected Help shows information about the envelopes The small blue numbers in
6. E the envelope from noise generator 3 Off no selection For oscillator 3 the modulation sources for MOD 1 are N2 the noise from noise generator 2 Oz the audio from oscillator 2 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well N2 E the envelope from noise generator 2 N35 E the envelope from noise generator 3 Off no selection MOD 2 modulation level slider with this slider you set the amount positive or negative of pitch modulation by the selected modulation source MOD 2 under the slider MOD 2 source select here you select the pitch modulation source For oscillator 1 the modulation sources for MOD 2 are P1L the LFO from oscillator 1 pitch OSCILLATORS P1E the envelope from oscillator 1 pitch CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press Off no selection For oscillator 2 the modulation sources for MOD 2 are P2L the LFO from oscillator 2 pitch P2 E the envelope from oscillator 2 pitch CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press Off no selection For oscillator 3 the modulation sources for MOD 2 are P3 L the LFO from oscillator 3 pitch P3 E the envelope from oscillator 3 pitch CX controller from keyboard horizontal s
7. MIDI channel on which MIDI events from the app will be send on Zero means no MIDI output channel CY send mode selection popup with this popup menu you can set how the CY controller translates to the MIDI output of PPG WaveMapper Off nothing is send After touch the CY controller messages are send as after touch messages SETUP Poly Pressure the CY controller messages are send as poly pressure messages MIDI CCs and map icons Avery special feature is the possibility of the PPG WaveMapper app to send out and or receive MIDI CCs which are attached to the x and y position of 5 of the 8 map icons map icon L LFOs X position MIDI CC 3 y position MIDI CC 4 map icon O Oscillator X position MIDI CC 5 y position MIDI CC 6 map icon N Noise X position MIDI CC 8 y position MIDI CC 9 map icon 1 Oscillator 1 resource X position MIDI CC 10 y position MIDI CC 11 map icon 2 Oscillator 2 resource X position MIDI CC 12 y position MIDI CC 13 map icon 3 Oscillator 3 resource X position MIDI CC 14 y position MIDI CC 15 map icon F Filter X position MIDI CC 16 y position MIDI CC 17 map icon G Gain X position MIDI CC 18 y position MIDI CC 19 With this awesome feature you can play and record icon movements from into your MIDI controller 42 H Unsorted Hitchcock Program Manager Factories MatineeSerial Jay de Niel Copy to Tar
8. So there is no excuse to not use any sample you have put in PPG WaveMapper s documents directory using iTunes filesharing Please be aware that you should not use samples that are too long you will get an error message Also make sure your samples are truncated as good as possible and normalized no silence before its start or at the end Ppg wavemapper will not remove those empty sample parts 36 PPG WAVEMAPPER When you are in the ANALYSE page it might be best to start with a special test program to hear how your samples translate into TCS files The test program has a looping wave envelope set for oscillator 1 to which the new TCS file will be assigned However you may use any program to try out the TCS files If you do not use the test program the last program selected before you switched to the ANALYSE page will be the program used The newly created TCS file will be assigned to oscillator 1 of that program First of all you need to copy one or more samples into the document folder of the PPG WaveMapper app You do that in iTunes on your desktop or laptop computer Then those samples will appear under the folder icon in the menu bar of the ANALYSE page Then you might want to choose first which program to use to play the TCS file that could be the program you had selected before you switched to the ANALYSE page do nothing or it could be the special test program if so press Test Prog first You will th
9. WaveMapper root programs preset programs The parameters of root and preset programs are actually the same The difference is in how they are used Preset programs are much like presets you are familiar with on other synthesizers They capture all sound changing parameters and can be edited named and saved Root programs are used as programs on the Sound Map in the MAPPING module window and provide a set of parameters of one or more of the modules the synthesizer is build INTRODUCTION up with be it the oscillators the filter the LFOs etc Those sets of parameters can be directly chosen by dragging one of the 8 map icons on a root program The factory root programs are part of the app They can not be deleted and they can not be changed The factory preset programs are also part of the app in a program bank called factories The factory programs can be changed and saved or deleted and the whole original factory bank can also be restored from internal memory see PROGRAM BROWSER module A preset program can be used as a root program as well In that case you are responsible for these programs yourself If you delete or modify them the program which makes use of them in the MAPPING module window on the Sound Map may also change its sound or dynamic behaviour Oscillator resources Each program has three oscillators and each one can make use of a different resource wavetable and or TCS files TCS files ca
10. changing the peak level The second envelope point sets the attack time and the decay start level The third envelope point sets the decay time and the sustain level OSCILLATORS The fourth envelope point sets the release time and the base level while maintaining the overall level range Envelope points in looped envelopes W1 W2 W3 P1 P2 P3 F1 B1 These envelopes have five envelope points that can be moved The first envelope point sets the base level for the complete envelope starting without changing the peak level The second envelope point sets the attack time and the decay start level The third envelope point sets the decay fall time which s also half of the loop portion time and the loop start level point The fourth envelope point sets the loop portion peak level The fifth envelope point randomizes the loop portion start and peak levels when moved up down Notice Looped noise envelopes N1 N2 N3 behave the same except that the first envelope point is missing The base level of noise envelopes always starts at zero Bi polar envelope P2 with loop portion and non lineair attack phase and non lineair decay phase which also translates into the loop portion 20 PPG WAVEMAPPER WAVE section In thise section of the oscillator window you will find parameters that influence the way a wavetable or TCS is played back 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 27 KEYB slider this slider sets the keyboard tra
11. of the envelope drawing window picture below label 3 give some information about the velocity attenuation you can change the value by tapping on the first number and sliding up down the value and information about the duration of the selected envelope which is the right number this value will change when you drag one of the envelope time points to the right out of the window or to the left There are 13 different envelopes available in PPG WaveMapper which are accessable in the various synth modules Each envelope has a main target destination but some of them also appear in modulation slots as a modulation soutce for other destinations The 13 envelopes are Envelope W1 W2 and W3 the so called wave envelopes because they are primarily meant to modulate the wavetable or TCS waveshape of each oscillator These are loopable bi polar envelopes with an adjustable attack and decay level Envelope P1 P2 and P3 the so called pitch envelopes because they are primarily meant to modulate the pitch of each of the three oscillators These are also loopable bi polar envelopes with an adjustable attack and decay level Envelope F1 the filter envelope primarily meant to modulate the filter cutoff This is 18 PPG WAVEMAPPER A looped envelope Notice that the loop part can be randomized in level also a loopable bi polar envelope with adjustable attack and decay level Envelope G1 and G2 these two
12. specific parameters of that map program When you move it back onto the base field the parameters will go back to the last saved state of your program If a map program position is empty it will have the same settings as the base program The programs that can be loaded in the 31 map slots are so called root programs There are two root banks active inside PPG WaveMapper which hold these programs One bank is always available and is protected so you cannot accidentally delete ore modify those root programs The second bank is the user Root bank You can setup this bank as you like and also prepare many of them however only one at a time is available Which one of these user root banks is used is defined in the program manager inside the Browser page more on that in the browser chapter Map icons There are 8 map icons available as starting building blocks for your new sounds Each icon has a different set of parameters attached see also the Main All Tolerate and Force parameters for extended map icon behavior MAPPING Icon 1 This is a map icon that has parameters attached to it that S represent the synths oscillator 1 section oscillator resource gain if it is Zero wave envelope amount octave setting and the wave envelope sj Icon 2 This is a map icon that has parameters attached to it that Bi represent the synths oscillator 2 section oscillator resource gain if it is zero w
13. the upper right of the envelope drawing window give the information about the velocity attenuation you can change the value by tapping on it and sliding up down the left values of the two blue values and information about the duration of the selected envelope this value will change when you drag one of the envelope time points to the right out of the window RING ringmod level slider this slider sets the amount of ring modulation applied to oscillator 1 by oscillator 3 For this effect there needs to be set an oscillator 1 level greater than zero in the filter input mixer FILTER section CUTOFF slider This slider controls the cutoff frequencies of the 24 dB lowpass filter of the PPG WaveMapper synthesizer The higher the amount the more high frequencies are passing through the filter EMPH slider This slider controls the emphasis also called resonance of the filter the higher this setting the higher the peak of the frequencies around the cutoff point will be even resulting in self oscillation ata certain point PPG WAVEMAPPER DRIVE slider This slider controls the amount of drive distortion which happens inside the filter This is a very important parameter to add subtle liveness to your sounds specially if you modulate the oscillator levels and the filter cutoff parameters KEYB tracking slider this slider controls the amount of keyboard tracking applied to the filter cutoff At setting zero th
14. to the right out of the window or to the left AMPLIFIER DELAY DELAY section The delay section has two effects an echo effect and a delay effect The echo effect is a delay with two tap points which are timewise independed from each other The delay effect has one delay line but can be synced to the arpeggiator or to MIDI clock MIX level slider this slider controls the mix between the dry signal and the wet signal of the echo or delay effect Zero dry signal 1 00 full wet signal MODE button With this button you select either the echo effect or the delay effect FEEDB level slider the feedback slider controls the amount of echo delay signal that will be routed back into the echo delay processor At full range the feedback will get into a feedback loop At o there is no feedback TAPS 1 time slider This slider controls the first delay signal of the echo effect or the delay signal of the delay effect When delay has been chosen with the MODE button the tempo of the delay signal is visualized in BPM beats per minute Sync button here you chose the sync option when the delay effect has been chosen at the MODE button The three options are Off free running SynM sync to incoming MIDI clock SynA sync to the arpeggiator speed TAPS 2 time slider this slider is only active when echo has been chosen at the MODE selection button It provides a second delay line for the echo effect Notice
15. 43 PROGRAM MANAGER section 43 BANK MANAGER section 44 PROGRAM BROWSER section 44 KEYBOARD 46 RECORDER 48 VARIOUS 48 Interaction between PPG WaveMapper and PPG WaveGenerator 48 AudioBus 48 MIDI CCs 48 Full MIDI CC list 49 En Wen el Tolerate Aima oll an Dace Fines wa fie fh ELI LPT es istis farted Treat iy p Fx nar LI rri mid x Ph OSCRLATONS ver T ETT a EM EAT EN VAT Uta xp wn FE urat mif arn EAL ies face E Ge MIT woo T Ir E 8 EE dE H H H a B E HE IT Vole CAFE dir CGAY 0a L PPE WAVEMAPPER ry Ay o Pama Fiia iagi rf er a VAT CTO GT En ES O O AN og ml 2 c Saee TES Make wer Seve WT Vias Introduction PPG WaveMapper First of all thank you for purchasing the PPG WaveMapper app We think it is a great iOS app for creating and playing unique sounds and music The new synthesis method for creating waveforms and wavetables can deliver sounds never heard before helped by an unique user interface called Mapping This manual explains how WaveMapping works and will help you to understand every parameter available to you Mapping We choose the name PPG WaveMapper for two reasons First it features the Sound Map which maps the various sound programs ina unique way to access and experiment with them Secondly there is a new synthesis system build in which maps the wave
16. 7 Linear paths these paths have always the wave path points in successive order for instance 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OF 101 102 103 104 You can set a linear path in PPG PPG WaveMapper by setting a start and end path point by clicking on the yellow orange bar under the wavetable drawing PARAMETERS module OSCILLATORS sub module gt envelope wave section then set Display to On All in between waves are part of the path Complex paths these paths can have wave path points in any order They can also have wave points used more than once Examples 1 3 2 5 67 66 3 6 7 Ot 1 101 89 120 Notice only the set path points are part of the path in a complex path The in between wave points are nota part of the path So setting for instance wave point 3 5 8 5 9 10 as path points will allow the oscillator only to play those waves not the waves 4 6 and 7 You can not create complex wave paths in PPG WaveMapper however you can copy wavetables with complex paths from PPG WaveGenerator into PPG WaveMapper by using the iTunes document folders from both apps to copy those wavetables or by copying them by email In PPG WaveMapper a linear path is made visible with the yellow orange wave path bar under the wavetable drawing in Display ON view PARAMETERS module gt OSCILLATORS sub module gt envelope wave section When playing the sound the movement within the path is made visible PPG WAVEMAPPER with the bar a
17. FFSET this parameter sets an offset for the wave start position See also the HORIZ parameter described earlier The range goes from 50 to 50 ZE EEA NOISE FILTER FILTER INPUT MIX OSG d NOISE 1 0 50 local 0 00 uil ami im VEI IH hf Pi i cA Tm i 0 00 0 00 0 00 E N V E LO P E FILTER SECTION CU TOFI 0 47 PARAMETERS module NOISE FILTER sub module window In this module you can change all parameters that relate to the filter input mixer the noise generators the filter and noise envelopes and the ring modulator Again the window is divided this time into four sections the FILTER INPUT MIX section under it the NOISE COLOR section in the middle the ENVELOPE section and at the right the FILTER section In the upper right of the NOISE FILTER module menu bar we see the edit triangle Copy this copies the filter settings from the filter section 23 Paste this pastes the copied filter settings from the filter section so that you can copy these settings from one program into another Init This initilizes the filter section parameters to their default settings Help this shows a popup window with information about the NOISE FILTER module The filter input mixer is a mixer where you can set the levels of audio going into the filter There are 4 levels those of oscillator 1 2 and 3 and of noise generator 1 The filtered signal ca
18. I receive channel slider has no effect in this mode Interesting when setting up sequences with apps or hardware that can run multiple sequences on multiple MIDI channels and modulate the voice with Pitchbend and or MIDI CC1 and MIDI CC2 You can create polyphonic modulations this way that can not be achieved otherwise Notice the PPG WaveMapper touch keyboard does not control the CX and CV controllers of the app in VpC mode MIDI CC reception channel indicator the indicator shows you the number and value of any incoming MIDI CC message PPG WAVEMAPPER MIDI clock speed and bars reception indicator th s indicator shows you the speed of the incoming MIDI clock in BPM and how many beats are received when external MIDI clock is incoming BPM 89 T 12 means that the incoming MIDI clock signal has as beat of 89 beats per minute and that 12 beats are received so far in a 4 4 measure yyy 12 means that 3 bars of 4 4 has passed The MIDI OUT Port selection popup Here you can select the available MIDI outputs from other iPad apps or MIDI outputs that are available on the wifi network you are on or MIDI outputs available through the iPads usb connector Select the MIDI output here when you want to use PPG WaveMapper to play something outside the app with the PPG WaveMapper keyboard It is also the output over which MIDI CCs will be send from PPG PPG WaveMapper MIDI output channel selection slider with this slider you can set a
19. PPG WaveMapper User Manual Concept amp Programming Wolfgang Palm GUI Design Cornel Hecht Sound Design Boele Gerkes Jay de Miceli Peter Gorges nachtsmeer Marketing Press amp Artist Relations Russ Hughes Manual Boele Gerkes Credits David Israel Drew Pearson Geert Bevin Bjgrn Eilertson Kenneth Abildgaard Nahuel Mijalovsky Steve Harrington Jesse Juup Russ Hughes Sean Cooper 2013 PPG Wolfgang Palm Hamburg Germany PPG on Facebook http www facebook ppgwavegenerator Wolfgang Palm website http www wolfgangpalm com Contents Introduction 5 PPG WaveMapper 5 Mapping 5 New analysis synthesis system 5 User interface 6 Before youreadon 7 Let s play 8 Root and preset programs 9 Oscillator resources 9 MAPPING module 10 PARAMETERS module 13 OSCILLATORS sub module 13 PITCH section 14 ENVELOPE WAVE section 15 Overall envelope usage 18 Wave envelopes paths 19 WAVE section 21 NOISE FILTER sub module 23 FILTER INPUT MIX section 23 NOISE COLOR section 24 ENVELOPE and RINGMODULATOR section 25 FILTER section 25 AMPLIFIER DELAY sub module 27 GAIN PANORAMA section 27 ENVELOPE section 28 DELAY section 29 PEFORMANCE sub module 30 ARPTOR section 30 KEYBOARD section 32 ENVELOPE section 32 LFO section 33 SOUND CATEGORY section 34 ANALYSE page 36 SETUP module 39 SYSTEM section 39 SYNTHESIZER section 40 MIDI IN OUT section 41 PROGRAM EDIT 43 PROGRAM BROWSER module
20. With it you can separate the audio of the two amplifiers to the left and right channel ENVELOPE section In this envelope section you can control the two gain envelopes G1 and G2 as well as the balance envelope B1 For extensive information about the envelopes see the envelope wave section in the OSCILLATORS module 28 PPG WAVEMAPPER Envelope Edit triangle Copy will copy the envelope parameters of envelope G1 G2 or B1 Paste will paste the copied envelope parameters of envelope G1 G2 or B1 Set Loop Kill Loop will set a default loop for the selected envelope or will kill the loop when it is on Notice this parameter is only available when envelope B1 is selected The two gain envelopes can not be looped Default Init will set default envelope settings for the selected envelope G1 G2 or B1 Spread Points will spread the envelope points more each time it is selected Help shows information about the envelopes Under the envelope drawing in the AMPLIFIER DELAY module the waveshape of the output signal will be drawn as a nice visual when you play the keys The small blue numbers in the upper right of the envelope drawing window give the information about the velocity attenuation you can change the value by tapping on it and sliding up down the left values of the two blue values and information about the duration of the selected envelope this value will change when you drag one of the envelope time points
21. ad sounds LJ Perc percussion and drum sounds Ed Poly polyphonic sounds EA Vocal vocal formant sounds EJ Wave typical wavetable sounds 35 PERFORMANCE TIME CORRECTION SAMPLE r Test Prog E Save TCS Split TCS Save WT L The Analyse module window Here you can convert samples into TCS files and TCS files into wavetables Now we arrived at the heart of the PPG WaveMapper s audio engine In the ANALYSE page you can import sample files mono and stereo 16 bit WAV or AIF and transform them into so called Time Corrected Samples TCS files Furthermore you can translate those TCS files again into wavetables if you like Be aware that not all samples will work with TCS conversion Harmonic sounds with or without noise will work best for creating TCS files Inharmonic sounds are less suitable for this analysis although you can experiment of course This is also true for sounds that have a non constant pitch like speech or rhythmic tracks drumloops arpeggio s etc However PPG WaveMapper is capable of playing non TCS samples as oscillator source also But in that case the sample is played back linear without any control over the timing When the analysis algorithm can not find a way to properly convert a sample into a TCS file it still will create a resource file that can be played as a normal sample See the oscillators module for more information
22. ave envelope amount octave setting and the wave envelope Icon 3 This is a map icon that has parameters attached to it that Se represent the synths oscillator 3 section oscillator resoutce gain if it is zero wave envelope amount octave setting and the wave envelope Icon O This map icon has parameters attached that represent a Se larger selection of the synthesizers oscillator parameters fine tune glide keyboard tracking wave switch blend ring modulation all modulation intensities all 12 modulation routings the 3 wave envelopes the 3 pitch envelopes and the audio modes for all 3 oscillators Some of those parameters are also attached to the map icons 1 2 and 3 The last moved icon be it O 1 2 or 3 will override those settings from the former one It may be clear that moving the O icon will most of the time have a greater impact on the sound than moving the 1 2 or 3 icons The icons 1 2 and 3 are mainly meant to change the waveshape of the oscillators while the O icon is mainly meant to change all the pitch and wave modulations Icon F This map icon has parameters attached that represent the synths mel filter section The parameters are Modi source and amount Mod2 source and amount filter cutoff resonance filter envelope F1 keyboard tracking and drive 1O PPG WAVEMAPPER Icon G This map icon has parameters attached that represent Mt the synths gain section Parameters are audio
23. best performance with Audiobus can be achieved by using Premium mode SETUP module system section If you want to turn off AudioBus please terminate it To do so double tap the iPad Home button then tap and hold the AudioBus icon until the appears and then tap on the symbol to terminate the app MIDI CC list This list shows which MIDI CC is attached to what PPG WaveMapper parameter The mentioned parameters are editable through incoming MIDI CCs from other iPad apps external soft hardware All CCs are send out by theapp when parameters are changed The eight mapping icons and a few important parameter sliders are animated in the app when MIDI CCs of those parameters are received from an external MIDI controller sequencer CC3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 the x and y position of the eight map icons plus CC7 master volume CC 23 Envelope W1 Amount CC 33 Envelope W2 Amount CC 43 Envelope W3 Amount CC 55 Filter Cutoff CC 56 Emphasis CC122 Audio 1 level and CC123 Audio 2 level 48 PPG WAVEMAPPER Full MIDI CC list CC1 CC 2 CC3 CC 4 CC 5 CC 6 CC7 CC8 CCo CC 10 CC 11 CO CC 13 CC 14 CC 15 CC 16 o1 CC 18 CC 19 CC 20 CC 21 22 CC 23 CC 24 CC 25 CC 26 CC 27 CC 28 CC 29 CC 30 CC 31 CG32 CC 33 CC 34 CC 35 CC 36 CC 37 CC 38 CC 39 CC 40 CC 41 CC 42 CC 43 CC 44 CC 45 CC 46 CC 47 CY controller CX controller LFO Map Icon X LFO Map Icon Y Osc
24. bove the wavetable drawing in Display ON view you will see a green dot move around the wave path according to the wave modulation set for that wavetable So the green light point inside the gray frame is an indicator for the envelope position The envelope is always limited inside the frame But the frame itself may be offset by the KEYB parameter and or by the WAVE OFFSET parameter You can reset a complex path in a selected wavetable into a linear path by simply editing the wave path bar When you think a wave modulation is not acting as expected or even not working at all it is almost certain that the set wavepath for that oscillator is the cause of that A newly selected wavetable in the PARAMETERS module gt OSCILLATORS sub module gt envelope wave section under the Resource selection triangle popup menu will always set the wavetable path to its default being a linear path from the start wave to the end wave of that wavetable Envelope points envelope G1 G2 N1 N2 N3 These envelopes have three envelope points that can be moved The first envelope point sets the attack time The second envelope point sets the decay time and the sustain level The third envelope point sets the release time Envelope points in non looped envelopes W1 W2 W3 P1 P2 P3 F1 B1 These envelopes have four envelope points that can be moved The first envelope point sets the base level for the complete envelope starting without
25. cer or arpeggiator be it on the iPad itself or from other hard or software connected through the iPad s usb port MIDI Receive channel selection slider With this slider you select on which MIDI channel the PPG WaveMapper app should listen for incoming MIDI messages o The app will listen for MIDI messages on all 16 MIDI channels SETUP 1 16 The app will only listen for MIDI messages on the selected MIDI channel This MIDI receive channel selection slider only works in Mono and Poly Mode see beneath MIDI Mode selection popup here you select the MIDI Mode of the PPG WaveMapper app Omni Mode In this mode the app Listens to incoming MIDI messages on all channels and the app will use all available voices The MIDI receive channel slider has no effect in this mode Mono Mode In this mode only one voice at a time will be used on one channel selected by the MIDI Receive channel slider It only has a gate no multi trigger so when playing the keyboard legato you won t get a new trigger for the next note When combining this with programs that use portamento glide you can get some nice effects Poly Mode Uses all available voices but only on one channel which must be chosen with the MIDI Receive channel selection slider o means off in this Mode VpC Mode Voice Per Channel Mode This is a special mode where each voice may use a different MIDI channel and reacts only on that channel after the trigger The MID
26. cking for the wavetable or TCS position HORZ this paremeter sets a lock for 16 steps each time when you change the WAVE OFFSET parameter value When HORZ is set to on the wavetable keeps the path start position until the WAVE OFFSET value reaches 17 33 49 Of 17 33 49 Then it jumps forth or back 16 positions in the wavetable This is for instance handy when dealing with wavetables that are build up out of sets of 16 and or 32 and or 48 and or 64 waves take for instance a look at the wave drawings of wavetable full1 ot full2 you can clearly see big changes between wave 16 17 full1 wave 48 49 full1 or wave 32 33 fullz This parameter makes switching between those positions easier ENVEL slider this slider sets the amount of wave envelope modulation ENVEL select checkbox under the slider is set to W1 E or the amount of a fixed level on the wave position of the selected oscillator ENVEL select is Const Zero means no modulation ENVEL select is W1E or first wave of the wavetable ENVEL select is Const 1 00 means full modulation ENVEL select is W1E or the last wave of the wavetable ENVEL select is Const ENVEL select E1 W or Const See the description of the ENVEL slider above OSCILLATORS MOD 1 bi level slider with this slider you set the amount positive or negative of wave position modulation by the selected modulation source MOD 1 MOD 1 source select here you select the wave position
27. conversion When adjusting the slider you can still play the keyboard and hear directly the results of your actions Adjust slider this slider helps in correcting the pitch of a TCS file which might be off for instance when noise is in the original sample or by a little pitch shifting in the original sample This can make the TCS file detuned specially when the resource file is looped Again also this slider updates the file directly so you can hear the results immediately when playing the keyboard while adjusting In the middle of the window you see a Time Correction Sample section Here the TCS wave is visualized in the grid window plus some information about the just created TCS file that is shown under the drawing window the number of periods for a TCS file the number of waves for a wavetable the quality how well the original sample could be analyzed by the TCS algorithm and finally the zoom factor which may be changed by tapping on it and selecting your choice Above the view window you can change the name for the newly created TCS file Save TCS button After translating a sample into a TCS file you might want to save it PPG WAVEMAPPER Pressing this button will save the TCS file in the PPG WaveMapper documents folder It will be named sample c wts where sample stands for the name of your original audio file when you look at it in the iTunes PPG WaveMapper documents folder In the oscillator re
28. corded 3 notes C2 G2 C3 now the slider works as follows play mode is Up When set to 1 the arpeggiator plays C2C2C2C2 PIC When set to 2 the arpeggiator plays C2 G2 C2 G2 etc When set to 3 the arpeggiator plays C2 G2 C3 C2 G2 C3 etc When set to 4 the arpeggiator plays C2 G2 C3 C3 C2 G2 C3 C3 etc When set to 5 the arpeggiator plays C2 G2 C3 C3 G3 C2 G2 C3 C3 G3 etc When set to 6 the arpeggiator plays C2 G2 C3 C3 G3 C4 C2 G2 C3 C3 G4 C4 etc So thearpeggiator plays the maximum of recorded notes while each higher step setting with the range slider will make the arpeggiator play the same recorded notes again but one octave higher If the playmode is set to down after the recording of the notes it will reverse the playback of the recorded notes When the playmode is set to A t it will play the recorded notes up and down When the playmode is set to Rnd the recorded notes will be played randomly Arptor Mode selection button Up will arpeggiate the recorded notes when selected while recording as played It will arpeggiate the recorded notes when selected after recording reversed Down will arpeggiate the recorded notes when selected while recording as played It will arpeggiate the recorded notes when selected after recording reversed PPG WAVEMAPPER Alt this will arpeggiate the recorded notes up and down Rnd this will arpeggiate the recorded notes randomly Notice the Arpto
29. d wavetable will be assigned as oscillator 1 resource of the selected program Save WT button this will save the wavetable or split wavetable see below into the PPG WaveMapper s document folder and will become available in the resource popup menu in the oscillator section Split WT button this will split the wavetable into three wavetable files again with different spectral content wavetable l wts which contains the low spectral content of the original wavetable wavetable h wts which contains the high spectral content of the original wavetable After splitting a wavetable the wavetable h file the one with the high spectral content will be the selected oscillator resource for the selected program ANALYSE page edit triangle Expanding when you want to split a existing TCS or wavetable file at a later time you can do so by first selecting the program with the TCS file or wavetable assigned to oscillator 1 you want to expand Then select Expanding in the popup menu when tapping the edit triangle upper right corner of the menu bar Help this shows additional information about the Analyses module 38 ALIDIO MIX COLLET Y m Kamel k Premium HANDED Right _ SYNTHESIZER MOLDE Omni The SETUP module here you can set system and global parameters as well as MIDI input and output settings In the setup module we have the parameters that have to do with system settings g
30. ding up down the left values of the two blue values and information about the duration of the selected envelope this value will change when you drag one of the envelope time points to the right out of the window or to the left LFO section In this section you can alter the LFO parameters LFOs low frequency oscillators areimportant modulation sources for various tasks Pitch modulation is a well known example to create vibrato effects But there are other applications for LFOs as well modulating audio levels filter cutoff Wave position etc In the upper right of the PERFORMANCE module menu bar we find the LFO edit triangle LFO Edit triangle in the menu bar of the performance section upper right of the window Copy copies the settings of the selected LFO Paste will past copied settings into the selected LFO Init will initialize the settings of the selected LFO PERFORMANCE Help shows some info about the LFOs You can select one of the LFOs for editing its parameters by clicking on its name LFO1 LFO2 LFO3 B1 in the menu bar above the fo section Each LFO has the same parameter set LFO SPEED slider This slider determines the speed of the LFO also depending on the setting of the LFO sync selection button under the slider LFO Sync selection Here you set the Sync option for the selected LFO Off the LFO is free running with the speed set with the LFO speed slider SynM the LFO is s
31. eation date of the bank this popup menu gives you the opportunity to select the Program Bank you want to use for playing and creating you sounds PPG WAVEMAPPER Copy to target this command copies the selected program which can be seen on the right in the Program Browser window from the bank it is in to a new bank To be able to do so you have to select or create a new bank in the Bank Manager You can not copy a program this way into the same bank the source program is in If you wish to do so then use Copy New in the Program Edit popup menu Copy to Target Delete Program Delete Program this will delete the selected program from the bank Notice you can not undo this action Bank information text window by tapping in this window you can add some information text about the selected bank User Roots Bank select popup this popup menu gives the opportunity to select a program bank with programs that can be used as root programs in the MAPPING module Notice there can only be one user root bank active at the same time and there can only be one preset bank active at the same time In total there could be a maximum of 300 programs active 100 factory root programs always active 100 user root programs 100 preset programs BANK MANAGER section Thelower left window shows the name of the selected bank the number of free program slots in that bank a bank can havea maximum of 100 p
32. elect parameter let you choose between TCS and Smpl TCS the oscillator resource will be played back as TCS and can be modulated like a wavetable Smpl the oscillator resource will be played back like a normal sample so with a 1 1 depency between the playback speed of the sample and its frequency This may be preferable when the audio is too complex for the TCS system or for creating sound effects The option select parameter is diconnected when a wavetable is the resource for the oscillator 14 PPG WAVEMAPPER MOD 1 modulation level slider with this slider you set the amount positive or negative of pitch modulation by the selected modulation source MOD 1 under the slider MOD 1 source select here you select the pitch modulation source For oscillator 1 the modulation sources for MOD 1 are N2 the noise from noise generator 2 03 the audio from oscillator 3 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well N2E theenvelope from noise generator 2 N35 E the envelope from noise generator 3 Off no selection For oscillator 2 the modulation sources for MOD 1 are N2 the noise from noise generator 2 03 the audio from oscillator 3 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well N2 E the envelope from noise generator 2 N3
33. en use a program with a looped wave envelope for oscillator 1 to which the TCS file will be assigned After that tap on the folder icon in the menu bar and select the sample of your choice Now the audio engine will analyse the sample and create a TCS file for you which you can directly play on the keyboard or not but then it will create a special TCS file that can be used as a normal sample for the oscillators Now let s take a closer look at all the available parameters to see what else you can do with the TCS file Sample selection folder upper left in the ANALYSE page s menu bar label 1 as said before here you select the sample of your choice for TCS conversion Selecting a sample will immediately start the TCS conversion 37 ANALYSE Test Prog button pressing this button will initialize the program that will play the TCS file The test program uses one oscillator and has a wave envelope in loop mode assigned so you can judge the result of the TCS conversion Press this before analysing the sample TCS size slider With this slider you can make the TCS file smaller by decreasing the number of periods the sound file has It would be good practice to always use this slider to see if you could decrease its size Remember that the iPad has limited memory so the shorter the oscillator resources the better itis Sometimes decreasing the number of periods with this slider can also solve unwanted artifacts from the TCS
34. er wavetables and TCS files You can jump directly to one of those sections by tapping on the grey abbreviations on the right side of the popu menu Notice by selecting a new wavetable the eventual existing wavetable path will be reset to its default being alinear path from the first to thelast wave in the selected wavetable More on wavetable paths later Display on off Off In off mode the shape of the envelope is shown in the window On when set to on the waveshape of the wavetable or TCS is drawn Notice when Display is set to on and the oscillator has a wavetable as resource that is 16 ni AAA GUU HUE Wavetable drawing with lineair path from wave point 1 to 12 the grey yellow bar under the drawing played with a linear path you will see this path under the wave drawing yellow to orange bar upper left picture on this page You can edit the start and end point of this path by tapping and holding and then sliding the start or end point of the bar to the left or the right When you do not see that bar the oscillator is playing a non linear path This is also visible in the grey rectangle above the wave drawing it reads complex in that last situation upper right picture label 1 Otherwise it reads linear or when itis a TCS resource it reads TCS The number in the grey rectangle shows the number of periodes or waves Between the grey info rectangle and wave wave table drawing there is another grey bar w
35. ere is no keyboard tracking At setting 1 00 the cutoff frequency is tracked 1 octave over 1 octave of the keyboard With a setting of 2 00 the cutoff frequency of the filter is tracked 1 octave over almost 2 octaves You can hear this effect very well when setting the filter to self oscillation MOD 1 filter cutoff bi level slider with this slider you set the amount positive or negative of filter cutoff modulation by the selected modulation source MOD 1 MOD 1 source select here you select the filter cutoff modulation source The modulation sources for MOD 1 are P3 L the LFO from oscillator 3 pitch CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play O3 the audio from oscillator 3 remember NOISE FILTER when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well Interesting results can be achieved by modulating the filter cutoff with an audio signal which is called filter FM Frequency Modulation Off no selection MOD 2 filter cutoff modulation level slider with this slider you set the amount positive or negative of filter cutoff modulation by the selected modulation source MOD 2 MOD 2 source select here you select the filter cutoff modulation source The modulation sources fo
36. es between the reduced and extended keys vertical length see lower picture on page 47 This will obviously only work with a single row keyboard view The CY and CV controller will be extended vertically as well when chosen You can not save this setting Notice a shortcut for the Extend Reduce function is tapping on the lower half of the Recorder field lower picture page 47 label 2 Edit when selecting this setting each key you touch on the keyboard will disappear This way you can create custom keyboard scales which can be saved per program Help extra information about the keyboard Notice The keyboard settings here work together with the KEYBOARD section see page 32 46 KEYBOARD Center me Ie PN II I Vel Ort Const saw a SOUND CATEGORY po ND CATEGO The extended keyboard layout The keys are vertically extended for better playability Notice that this only works with single row keyboards see beneath and that the parameters under the extension part can not be edited in this mode Besides the normal keyboard gate and trigger functions to play the synthesizer in a musical way it has three more controllers attached to It CX this controller is connected with a horizontal swipe when tapping and holding a key The CX parameter is a destination in many modulation slots so you can assign all kinds of modulation to it The CX value rises when you swipe to the right and falls when you
37. ething which is for instance used a lot in the ambient music community Mode off button this will simply turn off the arpeggiator Record mode button selecting record will put the arpeggiator in recording mode You can record up to 16 notes The playback mode selector under the range slider will determine the way the notes are played back The range slider will determine how many of the recorded notes will play back and also how Speed slider this determines the speed of the arpeggiator The range lays between 20 and 632 BPM beats per minute The tempo is also depending on the sync setting beneath the slider Sync selection button here you can set your sync setting There are two options Off the arpeggiator is free running on its own tempo setting Sync the arpeggiator is synced to incoming MIDI clock in a rhythmical way The speed slider determines the divide factor of the actual BPM RANGE slider this slider sets the number of notes arpeggiated It will play the notes according to the play mode setting which PERFORMANCE you select under the Range slider If the range is smaller than the number of notes of your sequence the sequence will be truncated If the range is larger than the sequence the sequence will be repeated This repetitions transform the sequence an octave higher or lower depending on the UP DOWN mode with each repetition Here is an example to make this clear Let s assume you re
38. evelopes are meant to modulate the audio signal level of VCA1 and VCA 2 These two envelopes are not loopable and have a fixed attack o and decay full value Envelopes N1 N2 and N3 these three envelopes are primarily meant to modulate the level of the three available noise generators in PPG WaveMapper These three envelopes are loopable but have a fixed attack o and decay full level Notice N2 and N3 can still be used inverted when used as modulation source for the oscillators by giving them a negative modulation amounts Envelope B1 this envelope is primarily meant to modulate the panning of the stereo field of the audio coming out of PPG WaveMapper It is a loopable bi polar envelope with adjustable attack and decay level Wave Envelopes paths A path within a wavetable is a set of two or more path points pointing to wave positions within the wavetable There is alway a start and end path point which mark the OSCILLATORS boundaries of the path within the wavetable All wave modulation set in modulation slots will move within the waves between those boundaries unless an offset has been set It is a great feature to set a distinct part of a wavetable for modulation purposes Some wavetables are for instance a collection of wavetables from older PPG synths and not all waves in that wavetable are related then There are two different paths used in PPG WaveMapper see upper left and right pictures page 1
39. forms 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 wavetable synthesis so unique The Mapping window is the visualization of a pool of programs on which 8 map icons float Those icons represent certain parameters of the synthesizer engine and each icon can be placed on one of the 32 map programs From that moment on the parameters of that icon will take on the settings of those parameters in the underlaying map program in the MAPPING module WaveMapping is a completely different way of programming sounds You do not start with a lot of detailed settings but witha combined set of parameters which you can select with the tap and swipe of a finger on the touchscreen by placing one or more map icons on top of aroot program The combination of those parameters is a far more intuitive way of creating sounds It gives the user of any skill level a very fast way for creating unique sounds Each user program gets saved with its own map New analysis synthesis system PPG WaveMapper also uses a new synthesis system which can be seen as a bridge between wavetables and samples In wavetable systems you have great flexibility in controlling the sound but sound material is limited to harmonic noise free waveforms On the other hand there are samplers which have very high sound quality but very limited ed
40. get _ Vocals VN P alm SandBlast Alex Matheu HiLifer Jay de Micel Delete Program 4 PRG TT i WaveMapper Factories Stringer Manuel mija maschinenwelt Bank Manager Biorn Ellertson F Select Target bank Resonance Oscillator SCD EN eee ee p Make New Bank Whirlpool W Palm MelloFello Jay de Mel Delete Bank FeatheredFriend Jay de Wiel a a B a Save Bank As Main source Wale da Saw Highpass ppg photo v D Wel Ad D g LL Right from the program selection knobs in the main menu bar there is a Program Edit popup menu when you click on the symbol picture above label1 Here you find program edit functions as described below Save This saves any changes you made for the selected program Save as This will save the existing program to anew position It opens a save dialog box Init this will initialize the selected program The initialized program is a good starting point for creating new programs Init new This will create a new program in the selected bank named Init Help this will show information about the above program parameters 43 In this module you will find three sections The Program Manager section The Bank Manager section The Program Browser section This upper left window shows you the name of the selected bank the number of free program slots a bank can have a maximum of 100 programs in it and the cr
41. here you might see a green point moving horizontally when you play the keys see picture to the right label 1 The green point represents the position of the wave envelope of the selected oscillator within the selected part of of the wavetable or TCS file Per default the grey bar and the yellow orange bar defining the wave path have the same position However the grey bar can havean offset by a changed wave offset setting or changed wave keyboard setting ENVELOPE WAVE Off 96 complex BE S AAAA k WN I li NW nl Wavetable with complex path 1 For the following explanations please change to the preset Vocals Oscillator 3 is selected and you see that it uses the Vowel aa bg resource Now set the SOLO switch to Or and also the DISPLAY switch The gray info field on top of the wave display shows 64 linear which means the wavetable contains 64 single waves and uses a linear path This path is shown by the orange bar in the lower part of the display Please swipe the wave to the left to see that bar The bar coversa range from wave 5o to 60 This is the range which the envelope controls 137 linear HANAN DISPLAY On PPG WAVEMAPPER But now the parameter KEYB inside the wave section comes into play This allows for an additional offset for the envelope control If you set this para to zero and play some notes you see that the gray frame in the upper part of the display stays at the same p
42. his will place some synthetic root programs on the Sound Map Init Instruments this will place some instrument root programs on the Sound Map MAPPING Init Modulat this will place some modulation root programs on the Sound Map Init Splits this wil place some split root programs on the Sound Map Clear clear all fields except the Base program upper left progam on the Sound Map Copy copy the Sound Map with 32 programs from the selected preset program Paste paste the copied Sound Map with 32 programs into the selected preset program Help show info about the MAPPING module Map field options double tap on one of the 32 map fields Load Root will load a root program Root programs must be seen as exciters for the preset program you are using or creating its not so important how the root program sounds but how useful it is on the map The names of the root programs always hints at its goal be it the resource of the oscillator the modulation settings etc Load Synt this command loads the synthetic root programs from the roots bank Load Inst this command loads the analysed instrument root programs from the roots bank Load User this gives the opportunity to load a user or factory preset program as root program Notice since it is possible to use a preset program as root program it would be wise to somehow mark those programs yourself in their names for future clarity so that you do not accide
43. ide horizontally over the screen Lower glide settings create portamento effects while higher glide settings will create glissando effect Multi in this mode tapping and holding a key will make that key sound As soon as you slide to a next key that key will be triggered This way you can trigger keys without tapping them one by one ENVELOPE section In this envelope section you can control the three pitch envelopes P1 P2 and P3 as well as the balance envelope B1 You select these envelopes by selecting LFO1 LFO2 LFO3 or LFO B1in the menu bar or by selecting these envelopes in the two modulation soutce slots in the LFO section For extensive information about the envelopes see the envelope wave section in the OSCILLATORS module Envelope Edit triangle Copy will copy the envelope parameters of envelope P1 P2 P3 or B1 Paste will paste the copied envelope parameters of envelope P1 P2 P3 or B1 32 PPG WAVEMAPPER Set Loop Kill Loop will set a default loop for the selected envelope or will kill the loop when it is on Default Init will set default envelope settings for the selected envelope P1 P2 P3 or B1 Spread Points will spread the envelope points more each time it is selected Help shows information about the envelopes The small blue numbers in the upper right of the envelope drawing window give the information about the velocity attenuation you can change the value by tapping on it and sli
44. ider you set the amount positive or negative of wave position modulation by the selected modulation source MOD 2 MOD 2 source select here you select the wave position modulation source For oscillator 1 the modulation sources for MOD 2 are P1L the LFO from oscillator 1 pitch CX Controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY Controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV Controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play Off no selection For oscillator 2 the modulation sources for MOD 2 are P2L the LFO from oscillator 2 pitch CX Controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY Controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV Controller from velocity the vertical OSCILLATORS position on the key you play Off no selection For oscillator 3 the modulation sources for MOD 2 are P3 L the LFO from oscillator 3 pitch CX Controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY Controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV Controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play Off no selection BLEND this parameter set the morphing amount between waves in a wavetable When zero the transitions between the waves will be smooth when set to 1 00 the transition will be much more abrupt Higher settings will emulate the first PPG hardware synthesizers more acurately WAVE O
45. illator Map Icon X Oscillator Map Icon Y Master Volume Noise Map Icon X Noise Map Icon Y Osc 1 Map Icon X Osc1 Map Icon Y Osc2 Map Icon Y Osc2 Map Icon Y Osc3 Map Icon X Osc3 Map Icon Y Filter Map Icon X Filter Map Icon Y Gain Map Icon X Gain Map Icon Y Osc1 Glide rate Osc1 Pitch Mod 1 level Osc1 Pitch Mod 2 level Osc1 Pitch Envelope intensity level Osc1 Wave Mod 1 level Osc1 Wave Mod 2 level Osc1 Wave Offset Osc1 Wave Blending level Osc1 Volume level Osc 2 Glide rate Osc 2 Pitch Mod 1 level Osc 2 Pitch Mod 2 level Osc2 Pitch Envelope intensity level Osc 2 Wave Mod 1 level Osc 2 Wave Mod 2 level Osc 2 Wave Offset Osc2 Wave Blending level Osc2 Volume level Osc 3 Glide rate Osc 3 Pitch Mod 1 level Osc 3 Pitch Mod 2 level Osc 3 Pitch Envelope intensity level Osc 3 Wave Mod 1 level Osc 3 Wave Mod 2 level Osc 3 Wave Offset Osc 3 Wave Blending level 49 CC 48 CC 49 CC 50 CC 51 CC 52 CC 53 CC 54 CC 55 CC 56 CC 57 CC 58 CC 59 CC 60 CC 61 CC 62 CC 63 CC 64 CC 65 CC 66 CC 67 CC 68 CC 69 CC 70 CC 71 CC 72 CC 73 CC 74 CC 75 CC 76 CC 77 CC 78 CC 79 CC 80 CC 81 CC 82 CC 83 CC 84 CC 85 CC 86 CC 87 CC 88 CC 89 CC 90 CC 91 CC 92 CC 93 CC 94 CC 95 VARIOUS Osc 3 Volume level Noise1 Audio Gain level Noise1 Color Filter Cutoff Filter Emphasis Filter Modulation 1 Level Filter Modulation 2 Level LFO 1 Intensity LFO 1 Waveshape morph LFO 1 Speed LFO 2 Intensit
46. ious touch option on the iPad This setting also determines the place of the keyboard octave up down buttons The options are Right Optimized for right handed people When you tap on a vertical slider and drag up and down a little to the left of the slider the values will change quickly The more you move to the right the slower the values will change with vertical slides The keyboard octave up and down octave buttons will be placed left of the keyboard Left Optimized for left handed people When you tap on a vertical slider and drag up and down a little to the left of the slider the values will change slowly The more you move to the right the faster the values will change with vertical slides The keyboard octave up and down octave buttons will be placed right of the keyboard Audio Mix on off this setting turns on or off the possibility to control the audio through MIDI with another app also SETUP known as background audio on iOS devices off audio from PPG WaveMapper is switched off when other apps are playing on audio from PPG WaveMapper is mixed with the output of other apps SYNTHESIZER section In this section you can set some global parameters for the synthesizer Voices selection slider this slider sets the maximum number of voices the app can produce It depends on the iPad version and samplerate how many voices will be the maximum The minimum is 1 voice the maximu
47. itial parameter setting Below modulation with a rectangle LFO waveshape will modulate pitch witha maximum range of minus one octave starting from the initial parameter setting LFO SHAPE slider This slider morphs the form of the choosen LFO waveshape which is selected with the LFO shape selection button under the slider When Sawtooth is selected the slider morphs the sawtooth to a triangle waveshape when going from 0 00 to 0 50 When Rectangle is selected the slider morphs the rectangle waveshape froma 10 pulsewidth toa 50 pulse width When Sine is selected the slider morphs from a soft sawtooth into a sine wave when going from 0 00 to 0 50 When S H is selected the slider morphs the wave shape width from 10 to 50 when going from 0 00 to 0 50 LFO SHAPE mod select Here you select the LFO s waveshape for the selected LFO Sawt sawtooth wave morphable to triangle wave Rect rectangle waveshape morphable to pulse wave Sine sine waveshape morphable to saw S amp H S H waveshape morphable to soft S H SOUND CATEGORY SECTION Sound Category selection popup With this parameter you can give the programs you create a category indication 34 PPG WAVEMAPPER In the browser view you may select a category for display kel Arp arpeggiator sounds ad Atmo atmosphere ambient sounds ba Bass bass sounds Ed Efx effect sounds lj Keys typical keyboard sounds Lead lead sounds LJ Pad p
48. iting features In PPG WaveMapper there is a new type which we call Time Corrected Sample TCS This synthesis system can reproduce a much wider palette of sounds than classic wavetables but still allows for a total control of the access via an envelope or LFOs Low Frequency Oscillator PPG WaveMapper allows you to convert any sample you load into the app synthesized waveforms Of course PPG WaveMapper comes with a bunch of factory synthesized waveforms including the wavetables that are available in PPG WaveGenerator It does not stop here The synthesized waveforms can be converted into classic wavetables as well By the way you can still use samples that are less suitable for TCS conversion as a normal playable sample for each oscillator sound source The possible combinations of all these MAPPING module window different waveforms make PPG WaveMapper capable of achieving limitless sounds Let s take a look at the overall view of the app and after that explain the usage and meaning of all the parameters that can be changed After opening PPG WaveMapper for the first time you will be in the Mapping module and factory preset Hickup Flute will be automatically selected If you see something else just press the most upper left button on your iPad screen named MAPPING Notice No matter in which section of the app you are the global upper menu bar with the main module buttons will always be visible
49. l Audio 2 gain level Spread Gain Mod level Panning Mod level VCA 2 envelope gain level
50. llator edit triangle label 4 The three oscillator tabs will select the The PARAMETERS module is divided into oscillator parameters for each respective four sub modules picture label 1a 1b 1c 1d oscillator 13 PPG WAVEMAPPER Edit triangle label 4 in the picture on page 13 Copy this parameter let you make a copy of the oscillator parameters this is a per oscillator copy function you copy the parameters of oscillator 1 2 or 3 Paste this parameter let you paste the copied parameters into the selected oscillator Init this parameter let you initialize the parameters of the selected oscillator So the copy paste and init parameter work on one of the three oscillators the one that is selected Help shows info about the OSCILLATORS module The oscillator window is divided into three sections the Pitch section the Envelope Wave section and the Wave section PITCH section KEYB slider this slider controls the keyboard tracking for the selected oscillator A value of zero gives no tracking This means that each pressed key on the keyboard will produce the same oscillator pitch This can be desirable when creating FX sounds or when using an oscillator as LFO A value of 1 00 will give normal keyboard tracking Notice the area around 1 00 is very sensible letting you define very fine detuning to the keyboard scaling This way it is is possible to get a closer emulation of old analog sy
51. lobal synthesizer settings and MIDI settings In the upper menu bar of the SETUP module window you will find two edit triangles brings up a popup menu with one parameter Help shows additional information about the SETUP module parameters brings up a popup menu with two items MIDI CC this is a list with MIDI CC numbers that are assigned to PPG WaveMapper parameters see complete list at the end of this manual With this info you could control 39 these parameters with external soft or hardware be it other apps on the iPad or soft hardware connected to the iPad s usb connector Help this will Show more information on the various MIDI parameters and behavior of PPG WaveMapper with this slider you can set the total volume of the iPad output It is a global setting for all selected programs In fact it is a copy of the iPads volume control here you can set the signature that gets attached to your new saved programs PPG WAVEMAPPER Your Signature Quality selection popup here you set the audio quality of the app Premium the app will use a 44 1 KHz sample rate Production the app will use a 32 0 kHz sample rate Consumer the app will use a 22 05 kHz sample rate Note that a lower sample rate will allow you to use more voices but may result in a difference in sound Handed selection popup here you can set the app to be more usable for left or right handed people This has to do with the var
52. m Manager k Unsorted Masstring a uel mija Unstable SCD Factories Cello six W Pain Delete Pragram Peter Gorges 9 Osc synth W Palrm PPG Waveldapper Factories V 1 0 Haun tedKlauss SmiteMatter Overtone Bells Bank Manager Biom Eilertson Select Target bank Imperial Hustle Jay de Miceli Make New Bank crash bang nachtsmeer Hitchcock Delete Bank MatineeSerial Jay de Miceli 7 save Bank As Category ek Main source e el T la yh Saw Tria ph The Program Browser section of the BROWSER module This is the place where you select your user programs and can get all kind of information attached to the programs Keys this will filter out all programs with Keys set as category Lead this will filter out all programs with Lead set as category Pad this will filter out all programs with Pad set as category Perc this will filter out all programs with Perc set as category Poly this will filter out all programs with Poly set as category Vocal this will filter out all programs with Vocal set as category Wave this will filter out all programs with Wave set as category Rating with this setting you can rate a program with 1 to 5 stars Just tap on the star behind the 45 program you want to rate and swipe to the left right to set the number of stars Category this shows the category of each sound and you ca
53. m is 20 voices Please note that especially on iPad 1 models it is recommended to switch off other audio apps to get the maximum number of voices in PPG WaveMapper Total Tune bi polar slider This slider sets the global reference pitch for the synthesizer The app is normally tuned to the reference A 440 Hz with this slider in the middle position You can adjust the tuning up and down 10 Hz so you can tune the app when played with other instruments that are not tuned to 440 Hz Double tapping on the slider resets it to the default 440 Hz KEYS popup menu with this popup menu you can set weather you want to control the PPG WaveMapper synth or only use it to send out MIDI or both Intern only use keyboard for internal synth control 40 PPG WAVEMAPPER Extern only use for MIDI out Both use the keyboard both internal and external control Pitch Wheel slider with this slider you set the range of the Pitch wheel modulation in number of semi tones The range goes from 1 semitone to 24 semi tones MIDIIN OUT section The MIDIIN Port selection popup Here you can select the available MIDI inputs from other iPad apps or MIDI inputs that are available on the wifi network you re on or MIDI inputs available through the iPad usb connector Select the MIDI input here when you want to play PPG WaveMapper through an external MIDI keyboard or want to sequence or arp the app through an external software MIDI sequen
54. modulation source For oscillator 1 the modulation sources for MOD 1 are O3 the audio from oscillator 3 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play Off no selection For oscillator 2 the modulation sources for MOD 1 are O3 the audio from oscillator 3 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play Off no selection For oscillator 3 the modulation sources for MOD 1 are Oz the audio from oscillator 2 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play Off no selection PPG WAVEMAPPER MOD 2 bi level slider with this sl
55. n also a be played back as normal sample In the BROWSER module in the browser window when you select Wave source in the third column you can see what kind of resource a program uses a wavetable file or a TCS file The TCS file always ends with c in its name in that column It could still well be that the two other oscillators of the program are using different TCS or wavetable resources Notice the resource files yet have another extension wts when you look at them in the iTunes document folder in iTunes on your laptop or desktop computer the wts extension shows that the file is an oscillator resource be it a wavetable or a TCS file So the full name of a wavetable file is wavetablename wts where TCS files are named TCSname c wts There are even two more sub extensions possible when you split a wavetable or TCS resource file More on that in the ANALYSE page chapter PPG WAVEMAPPER MAPPING module This is the place where you can start building sounds by Wessel dragging map icons representing sets of parameters belonging to that icon on root programs which are specially designed to give logical results that represent their names The first of the 32 map programs the upper left field is the so called Base program It always holds the last saved parameter set of the current preset program When you drag an icon from the Base program on one of the other 31 map program positions it will take on the icon
56. n change it by tapping on the icon and swiping to the left or the right Main source this lists the wavetable name or time corrected sample name of the first oscillator of the program Secondary Source this lists the wavetable name or time corrected sample name of the second oscillator of the program Tertiary Source this lists the wavetable name or time corrected sample name of the third oscillator of the program KB info this lists the keyboard type and the number of keys per octave PPG WAVEMAPPER Envelopes this lists the number of used envelopes in the program Arptor this lists info for the Arptor setting of the program Program date update and program number lising popup triangle Created this will show the creation date of each program Updated this will show the latest modification date of each program Statistic this will list the program number of each program Bank edit triangle Export this will let you export the selected PROGRAM BROWSER bank with all its programs from the app through email After selecting Export you will be asked if you would like to include the user resources you might have added to the factory ones After that an email will be composed with the backup data which you then can send to the email address of your choice This is a very convenient way to make backups of your sounds or to share them with other users Reset Presets this command will reset all factory presets to i
57. n then be fed into the AUDIO1amplifier see AMPLIFIER DELAY PPG WAVEMAPPER module This is the most common way for the audio path of a synthesizer oscs gt mixer filter gt amplifier Notice all audio filtered or not goes through the echo delay FX before it reaches the amplifiers Notice the summed audio signal that is coming out of the filter input mixer section can also be taken directly without going through the filter and be fed into VCA1 and or VCA 2 You should select Mix then as audio source for VCA 1 and or VCA 2 See the AMPLIFIER DELAY module for more information OSC 1 level slider this slider sets the amount of audio signal from oscillator 1 that will be fed into the filter OSC 2 level slider this slider sets the amount of audio signal from oscillator 2 that will be fed into the filter OSC 3 level slider this slider sets the amount of audio signal from oscillator 3 that will be fed into the filter NOISE 1 slider this slider sets the amount of audio signal from noise generator 1 that will be fed into the filter Notice these sliders have no influence on the audio signal levels of oscillators that are bypassing the filter and are directly chosen as audio source in the AMPLIFIER DELAY module under the gain panorama section except the Mix setting So it could well be that you still hear the sound of the oscillators while the above four sliders are all set to zero Notice just like
58. ng parameters PROGRAM BROWSER module button Touching this button will bring you to the browser module window with three sections where you can select order and edit programs edit program banks edit program categories etc INTRODUCTION Touching the PPG WaveMapper logo will show the apps version number and some other related info The lower part of the iPad screen will always show the keyboard with to the left or right of it depending on the setup setting for left or righthanded use the octave up and down buttons and to the far right the Recorder section to make it possible to make live audio recordings of your performances see picture at the bottom of this page The keyboard scale can be customized per program Notice that in various modules and sections you will find small triangles which will bring up a popup menu with special parameters and features and help files for the specific synthesizer module or module section Each and every parameter will be explained in this manual Lastly be aware that the various windows between the main upper menu bar and the keyboard section sometimes have their own window menu bars See for instance the picture of the MAPPING module window on page 6 Under the main menu bar you see the menu bar for the MAPPING module with mapping related parameters Before you read on Take time to read the helps files in the PPG WaveMapper app itself You will find them under the tria
59. ngle popup menus under Help These help texts give a short and overall explanation of various modules sub modules and sections and their parameters The keyboard and recorder section Let s take a look and listen to one of the factory sounds to get an idea of the sonic possibilities of PPG WaveMapper and how that mapping works First start the PPG WaveMapper app on your iPad Press the PROGRAM BROWSER symbol labelled 1 in the picture below in the main menu bar to open the browser module and select the program named 9 Osc synth it Should be somewhere at the start of the list of the factory preset programs in the right window of the BROWSER module Then press the MAPPING symbol labelled 2 in the picture below in the main menu bar to open the MAPPING module Notice that various icons are situated on top of various root programs taking their specific icon module parameter values from those various root programs see picture below What happens in this sound is partly visible in the MAPPING module window The oscillator map icons 1 2 or 3 are situated on top of the program 3 OscSawtooth lower right corner taking on the oscillator resources of that root program Now drag the three oscillator icons one position up so that they are on top of root program Sitar Notice that the resource of the oscillators have changed the sound clearly changed from a fat string sound to a Sitar like sound but also that the behavior
60. nthesizer behavior where for instance keyboard tracking for the pitch could drift a little because voltage controlled signals are not like digital signals they tend to fluctuate OSCILLATORS over time due to various reasons temperature tolerance of used components etc MODE select with the MODE selector under the KEYB slider you can choose one of three settings Aud 1 suitable for playing lower pitched sounds Aud 2 suitable for playing higher pitched sounds The difference between these two settings is that Aud 1 includes more overtones than Aud 2 so when playing high pitches this may lead to unwanted aliasing effects In such a case Aud 2 may give better results But its all up to your taste of course Sub this setting makes the oscillator act on a low frequency even below audio hence the name Sub With this setting you can use the oscillator as a very sophisticated LFO in modulation slots since you can also modulate the waveshape of the oscillator itself GLIDE speed slider the glide speed slider does exactly what it says it changes the speed of the glide effect Low settings give a fast glide effect higher settings give a slower glide effect Notice that the glide works when sliding horizontally over the keyboard when touching and holding a key legato It also works in mono MIDI mode when using an external controller see SETUP module chapter for more info on MIDI settings OPTION select the option s
61. ntly alter or delete them Because they could be used by more than one preset program as root program a change or deletion will change those preset programs as well Clear this will clear the selected program field on the map When you put an icon on an empty map program field it will use the parameter settings from the base program field upper left map program field Bundle a shortcut to make a selected map program being ita root or preset program the source for all map icons Notice the Main All Tolerate and Force parameters are active too 12 and hold map icon 2 you will end up in the When you press and hold a map icon theapp PARAMETERS module gt oscillators sub will jump directly to the synthesizer module module gt Osc2 section from where you can section with the parameters that are directly edit its parameters in detail important for that map icon I e if you press _ DISPLAY Off LJ Le PARAMETERS module OSCILLATORS sub module window Under the PARAMETERS tab global menu In the upper part of the OSCILLATORS sub bar see picture label 1 you will find all module window there is a menu bar which sound shaping parameters of the selected contains three tabs the small three white user or factory program numbers 1 2 and 3 in the upper left of the Every slider can be reset to its default value picture above label 3 and to the far right is by simply double tapping on it the osci
62. of the envelopes filter LFOs etc did not change Likewise you can move around the other map icons to change the parameters belonging to MAPPING module window with 32 root program fields and 8 map icons PPG WAVEMAPPER them Drag for instance the LFO icon L onto the root program Vibrato strong upper row third from the left and notice how the pitch of the sound changed a random LFO is now modulating the pitch Just play around with all the map icons to get the idea of the mapping feature We think it is a good starting point to create your own sounds no matter if you are a beginner or experienced synthesizer user The names of the underlaying programs already give a hint of what the sound will be or what the modulation effect will be for the map icon you put on it Check out the MAPPING chapter for detailed information about every parameters available in the MAPPING module Some quick noted here to get you started Tapping and holding a map icon will make the app jump directly to the connected section of the synthesizer where you can adjust the parameters in detail Double tapping on one of the 32 root program fields will bring up a popup menu with various root load functions Tapping the RANDOM icon in the MAPPING module menu bar label 3 in the picture on page 8 is a good starting point to create new sounds Root and preset programs There are actually two kind of programs that can be used in PPG
63. on analog synthesizer the filter input mix level settings have an important influence on the behavior of the NOISE FILTER filter and the behavior of the filter drive Please do experiment with this NOISE COLOR section IEEE PPG WaveMapper has three noise generators that can be used as both audio source and modulation source Noise can be a very important element of a sound specially in the attack phase of a sound You can eine the blow portion of a flute sound with it for instance But noise is also important for creating percussion and drum sounds and also for sound effects like rolling waves wind thunder etc 1 00 000 0 00 At first three noise generators seems like an overkill but please think out of the box here when designing sounds To give you one idea to try out use two noise generators for creating rolling waves with both their own color level and modulate them with two different looped envelopes with the third one going through the filter you could simulate wind at the same time Use some filter drive as well Noise generator 1 can be fed into the filter and therefore has a level input slider see above Since noise generator 2 and 3 are only present as modulation source or as a direct output through AUDIO 2 See AMPLIFIER DELAY module there is no need for a dedicated level slider for these two here at the filter input mixer You can control the amount of noise modulation for noise generator 2 and
64. on off a handy shortcut to have only the selected oscillator sounding Notice the setting will always reset to off when changing the preset program or when changing map icons in the MAPPING module window Envelope edit triangle upper left picture 2 Here we find edit parameters for the selected envelope Copy copies the envelope parameters Paste will paste the copied envelope parameters OSCILLATORS Set Loop Kill Loop will set a default loop for the selected envelope or will kill the loop when it is on Notice gain envelopes can not havea loop Default Init will set default envelope settings for the selected envelope Spread Points will spread the envelope points more each time it is selected Help shows information about the envelopes Oscillator resource selection triangle picture on the left label 3 In the ENVELOPE WAVE window in the oscillator section we find on the lower left corner a popup menu where the name of the selected oscillator resource is printed and where you can choose different resources for each oscillator All available factory and user wavetables and TCS files can be selected here Each oscillator can have a different resource selected Newly created wavetables and or TCS files in the ANALYSE page will also become available here The various sections in the popup menu are WTS factory wavetables TCS factory TCS files SndD Sound Designer wavetables and TCS files User Us
65. osition as the yellow bar Now if you increase the KEYB value you will find that the gray frame shifts to different positions according to the keys you play This in fact is important to get the feeling of a constant vowel aa to sound You may have already noticed the green light point inside the gray frame is an indicator for the envelope position The envelope is always limited inside the frame But the frame itself maybe offset by the KEYB parameter and also by the WAVE OFFSET parameter Overall envelope usage When an envelope is shown in the view window you can edit the envelope points picture below label 1 by tapping and holding those points and slide them over the screen You can also change the shape of various envelope stages attack decay and release by touching and holding the lines Envelope points with which you can change the shape of the envelope OSCILLATORS between the envelope points and then drag them up or down picture below label 2 Notice This feature should not be underestimated The character of a sound depends a lot on how various levels of amplifier filter cutoff or pitch modulation rise or decay For instance a linear pitch or amplifier level modulation in the attack phase of the modulating envelope can give very different results compared to a non linear shape We recommend experimenting with it a lot It can make or break your sound The small blue numbers in the upper right
66. r MOD 2 are B1 L the LFO from pan 1 balance CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play O2 the audio from oscillator 3 remember when setting the oscillator MODE to Sub this source can act like a sophisticated LFO which waveshape can be modulated itself as well Interesting results can be achieved by modulating the filter cutoff with an audio signal which is called filter FM Frequency Modulation Off no selection 26 all AMPLIFIER DELAY ENVELOPE PARAMETERS module AMPLIFIER DELAY sub module window In this module you can edit all parameters that have effect on the synths amplifiers the gain and balance envelopes and on the Echo Delay effects We start again in the upper right corner of the menu bar of the AMPLIFIER DELAY module Copy copies the VCA parameters Paste pasts the copie VCA parameters Init inits the VCA parameters to its default settings Panning inits the Panning parameters to its default settings 27 Help shows information on the AMPLIFIER DELAY parameters In this section you will find all parameters with which you can edit the two amplifiers and the panning Although the PPG WaveMapper synthesizer engine has a mono signal path except for the echo delay gt VCA panning at the end of that path you can
67. r in record mode alwayes records what you play The Mode parameter modifies the playback function of the Arptor KEYBOARD section In the keyboard section you can make choices that influence the way the keyboard behaves both in playing as in visual aspects Type selector button here you select the type of keyboard you want to use Single row this places the keys in a single row black keys area little shifted up but all keys use the same space horizontally Single wide the same as single row but the keys are slightly wider so you can play them easier However you loose two keys Double row this places the black keys in a second row above the white keys perfectly fitting in between two white keys horizontally Piano style the same as double row howevet the black keys havea little more space between each other than the white keys Single XL one row of extra large keys Mode selector button This parameter determines how the keyboard behaves when keys are tapped hold and swiped over the touch screen Poly In this mode the keyboard behaves like a normal polyphonic keyboard If you tap and hold a key that key will sound Swiping horizontally has no effect Legato In this mode the keyboard behaves like a normal polyphonic keyboard however depending on the glide setting in the oscillators module section you can create portamento and glissando effects by tapping PERFORMANCE ona key hold it and then sl
68. re not smoothly morphable For instance modulation routings can only be hard switched 11 MAPPING Map mode 1 first icon in the MEU menu bar of the MAPPING window This mode will change the behavior of the oscillator icons 1 2 and 3 see under the map icons what parameters these icons represent Main with this setting the three oscillator icons 1 2 and 3 will always take on the main oscillator sound source so it takes the resource from oscillator 1 from the underlaying map program Example when you put icon 3 on a map program it will use the oscillator resource wavetabe or TCS sample from oscillator 1 of that map program All with this setting the three oscillator icons 1 2and 3 will take the resources from all three oscillators of the underlaying map program Example when you put oscillator icon 2 on a map program it will use the oscillator resource wavetable or TCS sample from oscillator 2 of that map program Map mode 2 second symbol in the menu bar of the MAPPING Tolerate window Tolerate with this setting the map icons will tolerate the map program routings Force with this setting the map icons will force certain underlaying parameters of the used map program to do something even if they originally are off To get an idea use for instance the noise map icon N and drag it around over the 32 map programs with both Tolerate and Force selected Roughly spoken Force
69. rograms in it and the creation date of the bank PROGRAM BROWSER Select target bank popup menu here you can select banks that can function as a target bank see Program Manager or for deletion Make New Bank this button creates a new bank for you with one init sound in it You can x create as many banks as M a k e Mew H A n k you like Delete Bank Delete Bank this will delete the selected bank from the app Notice this can not be undone Save Bank As this will copy the selected bank into a new bank including all of its programs PROGRAM BROWSER section In the window on the rightside you can select sort or filter programs in various ways picture page 45 Above the browser window we see various popup triangles From left to right Sorting edit triangle popup menu here you can select the way you want to sort the programs in the selected bank All This will sort the programs to their category setting and then to their program number within the selected bank Unsorted this will sort the programs to their program number within the selected bank Alpha this will sort the programs in alphabetic order Arp this will filter outall programs with Arp set as category Atmo this will filter out all programs with Atmo set as category Bass this will filter out all programs with Bass set as category Efx this will filter out all programs with Efx set as category 44 Progra
70. s named Above Center and Below Selecting one of them determines how LFO modulation appears at the selected modulation slot Most of the time you might want to use Center It means that the LFO modulation is bi polar around the initial setting of the destination parameter So half of the LFO waveshape is creating positive values above the initial setting of the destination parameter the other half of the LFO waveshape is creating negative values below the initial setting of the destination parameter Above means the LFO is modulating ata maximum of one octave above the initial destination parameter value when modulating pitch Center means the LFO is modulating around the initial destination parameter value witha range of one octave when modulating pitch that is half above and half under the initial pitch Below means the LFO is modulating ata maximum of one octave below the initial destination parameter value when modulating pitch Notice There is one exception to this and that is when you choose the rectangle as LFO PERFORMANCE waveshape Its wave starts at zero So it is not symetric like the other waveforms Center modulation with a rectangle LFO waveshape will modulate pitch witha maximum range of one octave starting at the initial parameter setting Above modulation with a rectangle LFO waveshape will modulate pitch witha maximum range of one octave starting one octave above the in
71. s you start the arpeggiator the recorder will start recording until you touch Off Play or Rec again The maximum recording time is about 10 minutes Recorder edit triangle Copy this will copy the recorded audio into the clipboard You can then paste the audio into other apps that support copy paste audio Save this will save the audio file in PPG WaveMappers Document folder You can then copy the audio to your destop or laptop for further actions Help this shows some in app info on the audiorecorder VARIOUS Interaction between PPG WaveMapper and PPG WaveGenerator When you own both apps the following exchanges are possible PPG WaveMapper may import program banks from PPG WaveGenerator through email PPG WaveMapper may open program banks and wavetables that were copyed into PPG WaveMappers documents folder via iTunes filesharing PPG WaveGenerator may open wavetables copyed into PPG WaveGenerators documents folder via iTunes filesharing PPG WaveGenerator can not use programs from a PPG WaveMapper program bank AudioBus The PPG WaveMapper app supports AudioBus the inter app iOS audio interface With AudioBus booted you can stream PPG WaveMappers audio to other apps to process it with FXs or to record it into a DAW Notice AudioBus adds a heavy load on the iPad processor This may result in dropouts of sound In that case please reduce the number of voices in PPG WaveMapper We found that the
72. source selection popup menu it will appear as sample c Split TCS button this is a special feature you can assign toa TCS file It will split the TCS file into two different files with different spectral contents sample cl wts which contains the low spectral content of the original TCS file sample ch wts which contains the high spectral content of the original TCS file You could use these three TCS files for instance in a three oscillator setup to havea better level control of the spectral content of the TCS file But you are of course free to experiment with just one of them When using Split TCS the sample ch file will become the oscillator 1 resource for the selected program To the right of the TCS wave drawing window you will find the parameters with which you can translate a TCS file into a wavetable or split an existing wavetable into three wavetable files with various spectral content WT Size slider with this slider you set the number of wavetable waves that should be used for the translated wavetable the simpler the content of the wavetable the less waves should be used More complex wavetables could use the maximum of 256 waves ANALYSE Make WT button pressing this button will start the conversion of the TCS file into a wavetable The progress bar above it will indicate the progress of the conversion When that process is finished you can play the wavetable directly with the keyboard again the newly create
73. swipe to the left Notice CX modulations do not work when you are in legato mode CY the CY controller is connected with a vertical swipe when tapping and holding a key The CY parameter is also a destination in many modulation slots The CY value rised when you 47 swipe up and falls when you swipe down CV the CV controller is yet another keyboard controller that is connected to the vertical position of the key you are tapping on This CV controller is hardwired to the velocity parameter when you use an external keyboard that produces key velocity controller values by how hard you hit the keys When using the iPad touchscreen keyboard in PPG WaveMapper the vertical position where you tap a key increases or decreases the velocity value the higher you tap the higher the velocity value will be The CV controller is a destination in many modulation slots in PPG WaveMapper You can also set the output format of the CY controller see the SETUP page for that PPG WAVEMAPPER RECORDER The recorder to the right of the keyboard is a handy audio recorder for making quick recordings of your music When you click on the Off text you will open a popup menu with three options Off no operation Play this will play back the recorded audio buffer in a loop You will see a graphical representation of the audio in the small audio window VARIOUS Rec this will arm the recorder as soon as you touch a key or as soon a
74. t the audio signal of noise generator N1 taken before the filter Mix the mix of oscillator 1 2 and 3 plus noise generator N1 taken before the filter Noise2 the audio signal of noise generator N2 Noise3 the audio signal of noise generator N3 AMPLIFIER DELAY PAN MOD level slider this slider controls the level of the panning modulation The source for this modulation can be selected at the PAN MOD source select under this slider PAN MOD source select here you can select the panning modulation source The choices are B1E the envelope from panning balance B1 L the LFO from panning balance CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from Velocity the vertical position on the key you play Off no selection G MOD level slider this slider controls the level of the gain modulation for both VCAs The source for this modulation can be selected at the GAIN MOD source select under this slider G MOD source select here you can select the gain modulation source CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from Velocity the vertical position on the key you play P3 L the LFO from oscillator 3 pitch Off no selection SPREAD slider with this slider you control the spread of the audio of VCA 1 and VCA 2
75. ts original state Notice this can not be undone Make a copy Help this shows more info on the Program Browser module KEYBOARD The keyboard in the lower section of the screen will always be visible no matter what module page or section you are viewing This way you can always play your edited sounds no matter what They keyboard is customizable in various ways To the right or left of the keyboard depending on the Handed setting in the SETUP module there are two buttons to shift the keyboard up and down per octave The total up down range of the keyboard is 5 octaves this way You can make that range even wider by using the oscillators octave settings in the OSCILLATORS module Above these octave up down buttons you will find the keyboard edit triangle with some more keyboard controls octave buttons these two button will shift up down the keyboard 1 octave each time you tap on them keyboard edit triangle label 1 in the upper picture next page here you will find some edit options for the keyboard Reset Will reset the keyboard to 12 semitones Copy will copy the keyboard settings to the clipboard Paste will past the copied keyboard settings into the selected preset program Modes this is a shortcut to the KEYBOARD section in the PERFORMANCE sub module There you can edit the keyboard type mode and scale to taste Extend Reduce stage this is a nice feature for live performance It toggl
76. will give more drastic and experimental results than Tolerate Notice Keep in mind that the map is not meant for detailed construction of sounds but to give interesting starting points PPG WAVEMAPPER Morphing slider With iel deli CM this slider you can set the strength with which values of parameters change when you drag a map icon from one program to the other Low settings will give the smoothest morphing results while high settings will give more abrupt transitions Random button FARIA BONE pressing this button will spread the icons randomly over the 32 map program positions Note that Main All Tolerate and Force will be active as well Init root types 1 r WIES Wich this popup menu you can select and place various root program flavors on the map Init Atmos will place atmospheric root programs on the Sound Map Init Bass will place bass root programs on the Sound Map Init Efx will place effect root programs on the Sound Map Init Keys will place key root programs on the Sound Map Init Lead will place lead root programs on the Sound Map Init Pad will place pad root programs on the Sound Map Init Perc will place percussion root programs on the Sound Map Init Poly will place poly root programs on the Sound Map Init Vocal will place vocal root programs on the Sound Map Init Wave will place wave root programs on the Sound Map Init root types 2 and map editing Init Synthetics t
77. wipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press Off no selection SEMITONES slider with this slider you can fine tune the pitch of the selected oscillator The slider has a total range of 7 7 semitones OCTAVE select slider With this slider you can change the octave setting of the selected oscillator It has a range of 9 octaves ENVELOPE WAVE section In the middle of the oscillators module window we have the visualization of envelopes waveshapes be it wavetables or TCS files and wave paths See the picture on the next page This is an important section for editing the wavetable noise and pitch envelopes as well for editing the wavetable paths You can also visualize the shape of the used oscillator resource here PPG WAVEMAPPER Envelope points with which you can change the shape of the envelope In this case it is d looped envelope Let s take a closer look at the available parameters Envelope indication in the upper left corner of this middle section you will see the abbreviated name of the envelope that is shown underneath it upper left picture label 1 The envelope shown depends on the last touched modulation source For instance if you select N2 E as modulation source in the MOD 1 slot of the pitch section the envelope of the noise 2 generator is shown In the picture above you see envelope W3 being the wavetable envelope for oscillator 3 SOLO
78. y LFO 2 Waveshape morph LFO 2 Speed LFO 3 Intensity LFO 3 Waveshape morph LFO 3 Speed LFO 4 Intensity LFO 4 Waveshape morph LFO 4 Speed wave osc 1 Attack wave osc 1 Decay Envelope 1 wave osc 1 Sustain Envelope1 Envelope1 Envelope1 Envelope1 Envelope1 wave osc 1 Release wave osc 1 base level wave osc 1 peak level PPG WAVEMAPPER CC 96 Envelope 2 gain audio 1 Attack CC 97 Envelope 2 gain audio 1 Decay CC 98 Envelope 2 gain audio 1 Sustain CC 99 Envelope 2 gain audio 1 Release CC 100 Envelope 3 filter Attack CC 101 Envelope 3 filter Decay CC 102 Envelope 3 filter Sustain CC 103 Envelope 3 filter Release CC 104 Envelope 3 filter base level CC 105 Envelope 3 filter peak level CC 106 Envelope 4 wave osc 2 Attack CC 107 Envelope 4 wave osc 2 Decay CC 108 Envelope 4 wave osc 2 Sustain CC 109 Envelope 4 wave osc 2 Release CC 110 Envelope 4 wave osc 2 base level CC11 Envelope 4 wave osc 2 peak level CC 112 CC 113 CC 114 CC 115 CC 116 CC 117 CC 118 CC 119 CC 120 CC 121 CC 122 CC 123 CC 124 CC 125 CC 126 CC 127 50 VARIOUS Envelope 5 wave osc 3 Attack Envelope 5 wave osc 3 Decay Envelope 5 wave osc 3 Sustain Envelope 5 wave osc 3 Release Envelope 5 wave osc 3 base level Envelope 5 wave osc 3 peak level Envelope 6 noise 1 Attack Envelope 6 noise 1 Decay Envelope 6 noise 1 Sustain Envelope 6 noise 1 Release Audio 1 gain leve
79. ynced to incoming MIDI clock The LFO speed slider determines the division of the speed of the incoming MIDI clock SynA the LFO is synced tot the speed set at the arpeggiator section LFO INTENS level slider With this slider you set the maximum intensity of the LFO modulation This is a global maximum setting for all modulation slots The intensity can be modulated itself by a modulation source you select under the slider LFO INTENS mod selection here you seta modulation source on the LFO intensity level for the selected LFO This can be desirable in various situations One is to slowly let the LFO modulation come up by modulation the intensity level with an envelope that has a slow attack phase The modulation sources are P1E the envelope from oscillator 1 pitch CX controller from keyboard horizontal swipe after a key press CY controller from keyboard vertical swipe after a key press CV controller from velocity the vertical position on the key you play B1 L the LFO from panning 1 balance Const a fixed level set by the LFO INTENS level slider itself PPG WAVEMAPPER Before describing the LFO SHAPE parameters please notice that under the ENVELOPE SECTION you will see a drawing of the waveshape of the selected LFO This drawing is updated with every LFO parameter you change It is a practical visual help for seeing what you are doing with an LFO Center Above Under the drawing you see three button

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