réactions à la news Un certain 3r Wave serait en chemin chez Groove Synthesis

Cher Monsieur Neural Implant,
Ayant pris connaissance de votre ressenti au sujet du synthétiseur 3rd Wave, je sollicite de votre bienveillance quelque éclairage sur ce que vous entendez par « il manque de mordant par rapport au Microwave ». Souhaitant que ma demande soit digne de votre intérêt, je vous prie d’agréer, cher Monsieur Neural Implant, l’expression de mes salutations distinguées.
Eric Synthwalker

J'aurai presque aimé un SVF analogique et un 4 pôle numérique ...
Qu'en pensez-vous ?

Il est à quel prix en pré commande je suppose ?

The 3rd Wave Team
Bob Coover, Andrew Silverman, Kevin Juszczyk, Tracy Wadley, Mark Wilcox, Ross Wilcox

Sound Design
Peter Dyer, Jorg Huttner, Kurt Kurasaki, Drew Neumann, Robert Rich, Matia Simovich, Huston Singletary, James Terris, Mark Wilcox, Bob Coover

Unless you’re from the Bay Area, you’ve probably never heard of Orinda: secluded in the hills of the East Bay on the far side of the Caldecott Tunnel, it's a quiet suburban town. You’d never guess it was home to up-and-coming synthesizer company Groove Synthesis, creators of the new 3rd Wave synthesizer.

“Since we’re a startup, we feel it’s a bit early to place ourselves among such giants as Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim, Don Buchla, and Roger Linn,” answers Mark Wilcox from Groove Synthesis when asked how it feels to be a part of Bay Area synth history. “But we’ve had the great honor to have worked with Tom and Dave and have learned much from them. So in that sense, we might be doing our small part to continue that history. The Bay Area has been a fertile ground for innovation in many creative fields for a very long time. We’re proud to be part of that.”

Although Groove Synthesis’ first—3rd Wave—is a modern reinterpretation of a German synthesizer (the PPG Wave), Mark also sees a connection in it to the Bay Area. “Wavetable synthesis was originally invented by Max Mathews at Bell Labs as part of his MUSIC audio programming language, and Max later became a professor of electronic music at Stanford University. I believe that the PPG was the first viable commercial implementation of a wavetable synthesizer, although it was also possible to string single cycle waveforms together in the Fairlight CMI."