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Behringer proves the haters wrong and releases Wave, the PPG Wave clone that's been four years in the making
Dec 12, 2024
Days after responding to "vaporware" critics, Behringer announces that its recreation of an "'80s icon" is now shipping
Making Waves Again: An 80s Icon Recreated - Introducing Behringer Wave - YouTube
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Just yesterday, we reported that Behringer had issued a spirited response to critics that accused the brand of focusing its efforts on making "vaporware", due to its strategy of regularly teasing music-makers with products in the development stage that are years away from release.
In that statement, Behringer claimed that it was on track to "launch another 6 to 8 groundbreaking products before the end of the year". The company clearly meant business, as today it's announced the official release of Wave, a synthesizer based on the classic PPG Wave, an '80s instrument beloved by artists such as Depeche Mode and David Bowie.
Wave was first announced all the way back in 2020, but the brand seems to have ditched the original name of BBG Wave in favour of an only slightly less barefaced ripoff, Behringer Wave. Side note: Wave is not to be confused with Waves, a Eurorack module released by Behringer just a few weeks ago.
Wave is - you guessed it - a wavetable synthesizer that shares many similarities with the original PPG Wave, while adding some modern bells and whistles. It's an 8-voice synth equipped with 16 digital oscillators, each of which can draw from a selection of 30 factory wavetables, themselves containing 64 waveforms, alongside 64 slots for importing your own via Behringer's SynthTribe app.
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