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Superwave P8

Synth (Analogue / Subtractive) Plugin by SuperWave
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Superwave P8 has an average user rating of 4.09 from 11 reviews

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Superwave P8

Reviewed By dburgan [all]
February 8th, 2004
Version reviewed: 1.6 on Windows

SuperWave is one of those soft synths that has a distinctive sound. The UI is spectacular, of course, and the synth features are very well conceived, but what really makes this synth is the sound. Put simply, it is a great, great VA.

Loosely modeled after the Roland JP8000/8080, this synth comes with a great set of presets that do an excellent job of showing off its capabilities - and its full-bodied, warm sound. It's not a bread-and-butter VA sound like you might get in, say, a DreamStation, but it is highly usable and flexible.

I have had a few problems with the synth - stuck keys being the biggest, but the occasional crash also happens. Your mileage may vary.

Despite the fact that this synth was developed using SynthEdit, it really shines as a pro-level product. Why the developer gave it away free is a bit beyond me - but I'm glad he/she did.
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srma8694@yahoo.com
srma8694@yahoo.com
5 September 2018 at 8:19pm

how to install banks into this ?

kelley
kelley
5 December 2018 at 7:22pm

It's a pitty that it is only 32-bit...

U-o
U-o
16 December 2018 at 11:55am

That is not true, it's also 64-bit. Let's check their webpage.

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kelley
kelley
17 May 2019 at 9:51pm

Updated, great! :-).

The Noodlist
The Noodlist
13 September 2020 at 3:31pm
ThisWreckage
ThisWreckage
3 November 2022 at 10:27am

I find this synth sounds fabulous but is almost unusable because it has no GUI Preset system. In Cubase, that means the DAW preset system doesn't show which user patch is loaded. This is frustrating. Does anyone know a workaround?

Luettge
Luettge
16 July 2023 at 7:48am

I can confirm, that the ultra fat sound of P8 is exceptional analog thanks to extra superwave, which is some kind of polyphonic unison. But what it makes a workstation workhorse is its unbelievable low CPU load of 10% even if played with two flat hands;-). The preset problem was fixed in the successor called just Professional. You can create custom preset names. The P8 has an issue when adjusting cutoff: it crashed. This was fixed in pro. It is only < 10$. There is no mac version. What i miss is a pdf manual.

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