Library Music Organization

PPG

German synthesizer manufacturer founded by Wolfgang Palm.

PPG logo
The PPG wordmark as it appears on the nameplate of a PPG Wave 2.2, cropped from a photograph of the instrument.John R. SouthernSource
Collections
Music
Type
Organization
Creator
Wolfgang Palm
Subjects
Instruments

Palm Products GmbH (PPG), founded by Wolfgang Palm in Hamburg, built modular synthesizers for Tangerine Dream from the mid-1970s before releasing the wavetable-synthesis Wave series (1981–87), which closed after Palm moved on to other technology work.

Works in the Library

  • Wolfgang Palm, PPG INSTRUMENT

    PPG Wave 2

    PPG's 1981 wavetable synthesizer, combining analog signal paths with digital oscillators.

    COMPUTATION INSTRUMENTS MEMORY

  • Wolfgang Palm, PPG HARDWARE 1982

    PPG Waveterm

    Wolfgang Palm's 1982 companion computer for the PPG Wave series, for waveform drawing, sampling, and digital editing.

    COMPUTATION INSTRUMENTS MEMORY