I thought the 3rd Wave was a mere PPG clone so I ignored it. After seeing a few compelling videos on it, I took a chance on one. After prejudging it based on presets, I almost returned it. SO glad I gave it another chance it has blown me away. Don't miss this one!

The Miles Away patch bank that led to all this:
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Table of contents:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:07 Tragically misunderstanding the 3rd Wave
00:04:28 Features overview
00:06:35 First surprise: stunningly good ANALOG!
00:07:25 Analog Filter
00:08:31 Resonance Compensation
00:09:26 Compared to analog legends
00:10:20 Oberheimstyle SEM filter
00:11:05 Arp example
00:11:56 Stranger Thingsstyle vintage digital
00:13:23 Stranger Sequence
00:14:32 PPG style soundscape with effects control
00:16:42 Beautiful textural ambient soundscape
00:17:52 Circuit Drift
00:18:33 “Aeon Split” massive Moog vibes
00:20:22 “Instant Score” another Moog bass/soundscape
00:21:32 “Grit Arp” the mod matrix
00:22:36 Another arp example
00:24:47 “Super 80s” analog poly synth
00:25:53 “Bandpass Heaven” SEM filter example
00:28:25 Needs a “home’ button
00:28:58 More filter examples
00:30:15 “Crisp Chords” bandpass filter
00:30:39 Circuit Drift on analog layers
00:32:15 Access Virusstyle arp
00:33:11 “Heaven Pad” soundscape
00:35:07 “Victory 2” big analog arp
00:35:54 “Mau5Plucks”
00:36:55 “Skyline 84” PPG meets Roland D50
00:38:51 “Heavy Machine” brace yourself!
00:41:15 Someone’s going to get hurt…
00:42:55 Pan spread
00:43:11 another SEM filter example
00:43:36 “Operator Bass” a look at the effects
00:46:40 “Pop Stabs” EDM/pop style patch
00:47:55 Gorgeous stereo arp example
00:49:37 Interacting with epic PPGstyle layers
00:51:04 Another Circuit Drift example
00:52:11 If Prince had a 3rd Wave
00:52:34 bridging the analogdigital divide
00:53:46 “Fat Fifths” Oberheimstyle pad
00:54:39 “Purple Power” aftertouch
00:55:39 Another arp exploration
00:56:25 STUNNING mono/lead example
00:57:45 Massive stereo analog brass
00:58:21 More PPGstyle soundscapes
00:59:39 Ambient arp & wavetable scanning
01:01:38 One more arp & filter improv
01:04:00 This is just the beginning…

©2023 Jim Daneker

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