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Behringer WAVE User Manual

Behringer WAVE User Manual

Legendary 8-voice multi-timbral hybrid synthesizer with wavetable generators and analog vcf and vca, lfo, 3 envelopes, arpeggiator and sequencer
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WAVE
Legendary 8-Voice Multi-Timbral Hybrid Synthesizer with
Wavetable Generators and Analog VCF and VCA, LFO, 3 Envelopes,
Arpeggiator and Sequencer
V 0.0

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  • Page 1 User Manual WAVE Legendary 8-Voice Multi-Timbral Hybrid Synthesizer with Wavetable Generators and Analog VCF and VCA, LFO, 3 Envelopes, Arpeggiator and Sequencer V 0.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Display ..................19 Global SysEx ................37 Numeric Keypad ............... 19 Sequencer SysEx Data .............38 Display/Menu Select and Sequencer Controls ....19 Wave Specific SysEx ..............38 Performance Controls ............. 19 Troubleshooting ........... 40 Menus .............20 Glossary ............41 Program Menu ................20 SynthTribe ............42...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, service personnel. cualificado. Para evitar el riesgo de una descarga eléctrica, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones and Coolaudio no realice reparaciones que no se encuentren descritas Warning are trademarks or registered trademarks of Music en el manual de operaciones.

  • Page 4: Garantía Limitada

    Lab Gruppen, Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, DÉNI LÉGAL aucune réparation sur l’appareil qui ne soit décrite par le TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones y manuel d’utilisation. Les éventuelles réparations doivent Coolaudio son marcas comerciales o marcas registradas Music Tribe ne peut être tenu pour responsable pour être effectuées uniquement par un technicien spécialisé.

  • Page 5: Garantie Limitée

    Lab Gruppen, Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, als Trennvorrichtung verwendet wird, muss die Die Service-Hinweise sind nur durch TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones et Trennvorrichtung leicht bedienbar bleiben. qualifiziertes Personal zu befolgen. Coolaudio sont des marques ou marques déposées de 14.

  • Page 6: Garantia Limitada

    Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, TC Helicon, informações elétricas e de segurança antes de instalar ou Per ridurre il rischio di scosse elettriche non eseguire Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones e Coolaudio operar o dispositivo. interventi di manutenzione diversi da quelli contenuti são marcas ou marcas registradas do Music Tribe...

  • Page 7: Garanzia Limitata

    Lab Gruppen, Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, Attentie bedienbaar blijven. TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones e Om het risico op brand of elektrische 14. Vermijd installatie in afgesloten ruimtes zoals Coolaudio sono marchi o marchi registrati di Music Tribe schokken te beperken, dient u te boekenkasten.

  • Page 8: Beperkte Garantie

    är beskrivna i np. wazony lub szklanki. Klark Teknik, Lab Gruppen, Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, bruksanvisningen. Endast kvalificerad fackpersonal får TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Uwaga genomföra reparationerna. Microphones och Coolaudio är varumärken eller Prace serwisowe mogą...
  • Page 9 れているもの以外のサービスを行わないで Lab Gruppen, Lake, Tannoy, Turbosound, TC Electronic, produktów przeznaczonych do użytku na zewnątrz). ください。 修理は有資格のサービス担当者 TC Helicon, Behringer, Bugera, Aston Microphones i 3. Czyść tylko suchą szmatką. によって行われなければなりません。 Coolaudio są znakami towarowymi lub zastrzeżonymi 4. Nie blokuj otworów wentylacyjnych. Nie instaluj w znakami towarowymi firmy Music Tribe Global Brands 警告...
  • Page 10 WAVE User Manual 保護アース端子のある装置は、 保護ア 请只使用厂家指 ース接続のあるメインの電源コンセントに 重要的安全须知 定的或随货销售的 接続してください。 手推车, 架子, 三角 メインプラグまたはアプライアンスコ 架, 支架和桌子等。 プラが切断装置として使用される場合、 切 若使用手推车来搬 断装置は操作可能でなければなりません 。 运设备, 请注意安全 放置设备, 以避免手 書棚などの密閉された空間には設置し 推车和设备倾倒而 ないでください。 受伤。 ろうそくなどの明火を装置に置かない 遇闪电雷鸣或长期不使用本设备时, でください。 产品输出端子带有此标志表示 请拔出电源插头。 動作温度範囲は から までです 此端子具有大电流, 存在触电 5°...
  • Page 11 WAVE User Manual...

  • Page 12: About This Manual

    This characteristic is typical of the first wavetable synthesizers and contributes main and the sub. These oscillators are combined and then transformed into to their distinctive sound. The Wave offers the option to reduce these artifacts analog signals via a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC). Following this conversion, through the Osc setting in the User menu.

  • Page 13: Preset Wavetables And Transients

    Static organ-like tones. When swept, creates ascending high harmonic sweeps. EchoColor Spectrum Shift Waves 59 to 49 transition from bright to sine wave. Waves 48 to 33 feature a colored delay, while Waves 33 to 18 are sine waves. Waves 17 to 00 incorporate a colored delay echo.
  • Page 14 WAVE User Manual The Wave is shipped with additional wavetables in slots 64 – 83, which can be over-written using SynthTribe: Name Description Pipes Xfade Crossfade of two Church Organ Pipe Waveforms PD_Saw PWM SAW Waveshaper DX_Tubular Famous DX Tubular sound DX_E.Guitar...

  • Page 15: Modulation Matrix

    Modulation Matrix The Wave synthesizer offers a wide range of modulation options, providing the user with virtually infinite capabilities in terms of sound design. MAIN-OSC and SUB-OSC pitch, Waves, VCF, and VCA can be modulated through various settings accessible in the menus. The table below shows the modulation matrix. The types of modulation, and their options are discussed in Top Panel below;...

  • Page 16: Top Panel

    WAVE User Manual Top Panel The following sections describe the top panel controls of the Wave; and how they Low Frequency Oscillator are used in program creation All Top Panel control settings are stored in the program memories with the exception of Basis ( 1 ) and Master Volume (2) .

  • Page 17: Modifiers

    (11) VCF Emphasis – controls the resonance of the filter. PitchWheel MF:1 Each of the voices of the Wave synthesizer is equipped with a 24dB per octave MOD Wheel EXP-PED:5 voltage-controlled low-pass filter, based on the reproduction of the SSM2044 chip.

  • Page 18: Envelope Generator 3

    WAVE User Manual Envelope Generator 3 ENV2 velocity sensor VL:1-3 ENV2>LOUDNESS LOUDNESS ML:1 MOD Wheel EXP-PED:5 EXP-PED:1 (14) EG3 Attack – controls the attack time for the third envelope. TL:1* (15) EG3 Decay – controls the decay time for the third envelope.

  • Page 19: Display

    WAVE User Manual Display (31) Tuning – calls up the tuning parameters to the display for editing. See Tuning menu below for full detail. (32) Analog – calls up the analog parameters to the display for editing. See Analog menu below for full detail.

  • Page 20: Menus

    WAVE/TRAN – indicates the wavetable or transient associated with the current program, from 0 to 127. Positions 0 to 30 are the preset wavetables, position 31 is a preset transient wave, positions 32 to 63 are user defined transients and positions 64 to 127 are user defined wavetables.

  • Page 21: User Menu

    CNT – allows the contrast of the LCD display to be adjusted between minimum TUNE – indicates the master tuning of the Wave. Normally this would be set to (00) and maximum (99). A = 440 (Hz), but it can be adjusted in the range 400 Hz to 499 Hz...

  • Page 22: Digital Menu

    A good example of how to use PAR-COM would be the recording of MIDI CC data in a W – Wavetable position. DAW: switch the Wave to Local Off and connect to the DAW using USB. Use the Wave's F – the voltage controlled filter.
  • Page 23 WAVE User Manual KF – the frequency of the filter is tracked by the keyboard. There are eight settings: BI – controls the pitchbend wheel range. There are six settings: 0 – No keyboard tracking 0 – two semitones. 1-2 – keyboard tracking is less than 100% 1 –...

  • Page 24: Tuning Menu

    2 – increased detuning. A good use of SEMIT detuning, which is found in many of the Wave presets, is to place the group B sound in a different octave to those of group A when layering, 3 –...

  • Page 25: Analog Menu

    WAVE User Manual Analog Menu The second digit show which arpeggiator mode is selected when the arpeggiator is active: The analogue menu displays the stored positions of the analog controls on the 1 – up. top panel. Altering the position of any of the controls will replace the stored value with the actual position of the control, but this will not be written to memory 2 –...

  • Page 26: Using The Sequencer

    First ensure that the leading digit of the OVP option is set to 1 (the second digit is not necessary for this function). Put the Wave into record mode, then record some notes. When you have recorded enough steps press Stop.

  • Page 27: User Waves And Transients

    (---) and the wave will not be saved. This is a useful way of previewing how a user wave or transient will sound without committing it to memory.

  • Page 28: Programs

    Programs PROG NAME KEYB WT/TR Cosmic Soup Poly The Wave comes with two banks of 100 programs from the factory. Bank 0 HarpOon Poly contains our Behringer sounds, Bank 1 contains some classic Wave programs. Square Solo Poly Fantasia Poly...

  • Page 29: Bank 1

    WAVE User Manual PROG NAME KEYB WT/TR PROG NAME KEYB WT/TR Arcade Pad Poly Upright Piano Poly   PWM Solo Poly Citrus Quad   VCF SSM2044 Poly Wave Bypass Poly   ARP Lead Quad Synth Poly   Spring Pad Poly...
  • Page 30 WAVE User Manual PROG NAME KEYB WT/TR Perc Poly   Organ 3 Poly   Organ 1 Redux Poly   Raw Choir Poly   Blended Choir Quad   Ethereal Choir Quad   Ethereal Choir 2 Quad   Poly   Space Poly Quad  ...

  • Page 31: Rear Panel

    (48) Channel 1 Output – unbalanced audio output using 6.35mm (1/4") TS jack. take up to 200 seconds. If the Basis control (1) is set to minimum then the Wave will be in mono. When Basis is above minimum then this carries the left hand part of the signal.

  • Page 32: Midi Ccs

    WAVE User Manual MIDI CCs Apart from note on/off messages on the selected channel (see MIDI under Program Menu above) the Wave also responds to, and transmits, the following MIDI messages: Control # Range Function Transmit Receive Remarks Bank Select MSB  ...

  • Page 33: Midi Nrpns

    WAVE User Manual MIDI NRPNs The Wave also responds to, and transmits, MIDI NRPNS 14-bit Parameter Name Range Notes WAVETB 0-127 Wavetable (32-127 = User WT/Trans) SPLIT 0-99 Split Point KEYB Keyboard Mode Preset Data recall Mode TUNE 0-99 Tuning (400-499)

  • Page 34: Sysex

    All numbers are in HEX format. SysEx Description of SysEx structure Field (Hex) Description This section describes how the Wave responds to SysEx commands. Note that all System exclusive start. numbers are Hex. 00 20 32 Manufacturer ID (Behringer GmbH)
  • Page 35 Env 1 - Release ANALOG VCF-CUTOFF 0-127 Filter Frequency ANALOG VCF-EMPHASIS 0-127 Filter Resonance ANALOG WAVES-OSC 0-127 Main Osc Wave Tab Position ANALOG WAVES-SUB 0-127 Sub Osc Wave Tab Position ANALOG ATTACK 3 0-127 Env 3 - Attack ANALOG DECAY 3 0-127...
  • Page 36 Env 1 - Release ANALOG VCF-CUTOFF 0-127 Filter Frequency ANALOG VCF-EMPHASIS 0-127 Filter Resonance ANALOG WAVES-OSC 0-127 Main Osc Wave Tab Position ANALOG WAVES-SUB 0-127 Sub Osc Wave Tab Position ANALOG ATTACK 3 0-127 Env 3 - Attack ANALOG DECAY 3 0-127...

  • Page 37: Global Sysex

    WAVE User Manual Global SysEx Byte Parameter Range Synth Tribe Notes Parameters MIDI 0-16 MIDI Channel 0 = off TTUNE 0-99 Tuning: 400-499 Hz   SYSEX SysEx RX/TX on/off LOCAL Local on/off EXP_PED Expression Pedal Mode (see Table) TOUCH Channel Aftertouch Mode...

  • Page 38: Sequencer Sysex Data

    CheckSum = (u8)(D0+…+Dn)&0x7F SPKT: 0x06  Response for Program Preset Sound Parameters Dump Request / Dump to WAVE Preset Sound Parameters (and store to Preset#): SPKT: 0x12  Response for Dump to WAVE Sequencer Data (and store to Preset#): Manu Model...
  • Page 39 WAVE User Manual BEHRINGER WAVE MIDI SPKT: 0x14  Response to Dump Sequencer Data to WAVE Edit Buffer: SysEx Wave Table data package format F0  Manu ID  Model ID  Device ID  0x74 SPKT Status The data block starts with 16 bytes which are ASCII characters for the TR/WT name:...

  • Page 40: Troubleshooting

    Q4. Wave does not respond to external MIDI. • • Verify that your midi source is correctly connected to Wave (MIDI DIN or USB) and that you are transmitting on the right MIDI channel. You can change the Wave MIDI channel from the Program menu (MIDI: --).

  • Page 41: Glossary

    Program – A stored combination of parameters that make up a sound. sequencer and arpeggiator. Pulse Wave – A wave similar to a square wave, but whose symmetry can be changed. Emphasis – The emphasis of frequencies centered on the cutoff frequency. Also Pulse Width Modulation –...

  • Page 42: Synthtribe

    Wave's settings for the parameters concerned. Please note that this is the only communication from Wave to Synthtribe: if you change any settings on the Wave subsequently SynthTribe will not update unless it is closed and then started again.
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  • Page 44: Aspectos Importantes

    WAVE User Manual Other important information Outras Informações Important information Informations importantes Importantes 1. Register online. Please register your new 1. Enregistrez-vous en ligne. Prenez le 1. Registre-se online. Por favor, registre seu Music Tribe equipment right after you purchase it by temps d’enregistrer votre produit Music Tribe aussi vite...

  • Page 45: Viktig Information

    WAVE User Manual Belangrijke informatie Ważna informacja 其他的重要信息 1. Registreer online. Registreer uw nieuwe 1. Zarejestrować online. Zarejestruj swój 1. 在线注册。 购买后, 请访问我们的网站 Music Tribe Music Tribe-apparatuur direct nadat u deze hebt gekocht nowy sprzęt Music Tribe zaraz po zakupie na stronie 立即注册新的...

  • Page 46: Federal Communications Commission Compliance Information

    WAVE User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Correct disposal of this product: This symbol indicates that this product must not be disposed of with household waste, COMMISSION COMPLIANCE according to the WEEE Directive (2012/19/EU) and your national law. This product should be taken to a collection...
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