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1984 Palm Products GmbH (PPG), Hamburg — Wolfgang Palm

PPG Waveterm B

A standalone wave-computing workstation where you draw sound directly on a CRT with a light pen

MusicAudioInputLight PenDirect Manipulation
PPG Waveterm B archival photograph

Overview

Deep dive

Media

PPG Waveterm B main screen
The PPG Waveterm B main screen, the light-pen graphic interface for drawing and editing waveforms. CC BY-SA 4.0, Alison Cassidy / Wikimedia Commons.
PPG Waveterm B Compute a Wave screen
Waveterm B 'Compute a Wave' editing screen. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
PPG Wave 2.3 and Waveterm
The PPG Wave 2.3 synthesizer with the Waveterm B companion computer. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — PPG Wave
  2. Sound on Sound — PPG Wave & Waveterm retrospective
  3. Matrixsynth — PPG Waveterm / Wave 2.2
  4. Wikimedia Commons — File:PPG WavetermB Main Screen.jpg