Groove Synthesis 3RD WAVE: What makes it special? + my top 40 presets // Third Wave Review/Tutorial

In this video, I explore Groove Synthesis’ 3rd Wave and what sets its sound engine and workflow apart. I go through wavetable and virtual-analog oscillators, filters, modulation, multitimbrality and wave creation, with forty preset examples.

Timeline

0:00 Intro

2:10 Overview

3:45 Build & I/O

6:25 Param tabs

7:45 Oscillators

8:45 Waveflow

12:10 Wave surfer

12:45 V-Analog

13:45 Sync

14:00 FM

15:05 SV Filter

16:30 LP Filter

18:05 Res comp

19:20 Pan spread

19:40 Effects

23:20 Wave Env

25:00 LFOs

26:35 Envelopes

27:55 Mod matrix

30:45 Multi-parts

32:15 Arp

33:25 Sequencer

35:55 Wave Maker

37:35 Unison

38:15 Misc menus

38:55 Pros, cons

43:20 Outro, sounds

Links and notes from the video description

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