Waldorf Wave Documentation

Waldorf Wave System Exclusive Description (c) Waldorf Electronics

written by Stefan Stenzel
September 21st 1993

Operating System Version 1.400

1.) General Information

This document is prepared under great caution in a most precise manner.
Several experts took care in sorting and checking the available information
the best way possible.
However, we cannot guarantee that all information is absolutely correct,
nor can we guarantee that there won't be changes due to further software
enhancements.

All System Exclusive messages of the Wave have the following format :

Label Bytes Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------­ SYSX 1 Always 0xF0
WALDORF 1 Always 0x3E
WAVE ID 1 Always 0x03
DEVICE ID 1 According to global parameter <Device Number>
MESSAGE ID 1 Specifies message type
LOCATION nl Specifies location of Dump, Number of bytes nl
depends on MESSAGE ID
DATA n Number of data bytes n depending on MESSAGE ID
CHKSUM 1 sum of all bytes of LOCATION and DATA truncated to 7
bit
EOX 1 0xF7

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Dumps are only accepted if the DEVICE ID fits the global parameter
<Device Number> or is set to 127, which means all units.
If a checksum error is detected, the whole message will be ignored.
An unknown message will lead to no reaction, it will be ignored
completely.

In all dumps there may be unused data-bytes. Those data-bytes
represent reserved, but yet unused parameters and should be set
to zero.

If not indicated differently, a databyte consists of a regular
MIDI-databyte (0x00 - 0x7F).

Otherwise:

ASCII: A MIDI databyte in the range of 20h..7Fh.
BYTE : Two consecutive nibbles form an 8-bit byte.
The MS nibble is sent first.
WORD : Four consecutive nibbles form a 16-bit word.
The MS nibble is sent first.

No other data formats will be provided.
Within a single message data formats may be mixed.

2.) MESSAGE IDs

Detailed information:

The diference between dumps and requests is determined by a high
or low bit 6. This means: requests occupy IDM-numbers 00h to 3Fh,
while the corresponding dumps have IDM-numbers 40h to 7Fh.
As you can see, a dump always has the same IDM-number as it's
request, the difference being a high (set) bit 6.

The Wave accepts and sends the following Dump MESSAGE IDs :

Label Value Bytes nl Bytes n Description
LOCATION of DATA

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­ SBPR 0x00 3 256 Soundprogram
SARR 0x01 2 512 Performance
SWAVE 0x02 4 128 Wave
SWTBL 0x03 2 266 Wave control table
SVT 0x04 1 128 Velocity Curve
STT 0x05 1 256 Tuning Table
SGLB 0x06 0 384 Global Parameters
SARRMAP 0x07 0 256 Performance Program Change Map
SBPRMAP 0x08 0 256 Sound Program Change Map
SBPRPAR 0x09 3 1 Sound Parameter
SARRPAR 0x0A 1 1 Performance Parameter
SINSPAR 0x0B 2 1 Instrument/External Parameter
SBULK 0x0F 0 1 Bulk Switch on/off

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­ *** Note ***
SARRPAR and SINSPAR Dumps cannot be sent by the Wave with the current
Operating System Version, nevertheless they are properly received.

*** Note ***
Although the Wave offers Bulk Dumps of Soundbanks, Performance banks
and Arrangements, there is no System Exclusive implementation for these
data types.
Instead of this, the Wave sends out a sequence of single Dumps :

Dump Sequence for Soundbank :

1. Bulk switch on SBULK

2. 128 consecutive Sound Dumps SBPR

3. Bulk switch off SBULK

Dump Sequence for Performance bank :

1. Bulk switch on SBULK

2. 128 consecutive Performance Dumps SARR

3. Bulk switch off SBULK

Dump Sequence for Wavetable :

1. Wave control table dump SWTBL

2. Wave Dumps for each needed userwave SWAVE
Rom waves 0-299 will not be sent.

Dump Sequence for Arrangement :

1. Performance Dump SARR

2. Sound Dumps for each needed Sound SBPR
*** Dump without tables stops here ***

3. Dumps of needed Velocity curves SVT

4. Dumps of needed Tuning tables STT

5. Dumps of needed Wavetables (see above) SWTBL

The Wave accepts and sends the following Request MESSAGE IDs :
( all DATA fields have 0 Bytes )

Label Value Bytes nl Description
of LOCATION

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­ RQBPR 0x40 1 Soundprogram
RQARR 0x41 0 Performance
RQWAVE 0x42 4 Wave
RQWTBL 0x43 1 Wavetable
RQVT 0x44 1 Velocity Curve
RQTT 0x45 1 Tuning Table
RQGLB 0x46 0 Global Parameters
RQARRMAP 0x47 0 Performance Program Change Map
RQBPRMAP 0x48 0 Sound Program Change Map

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

3.) Detailed Messages

3.a) SBPR ( Soundprogram Dump )
Format :

---------------------------------------------------------------------------­ SYSX 1 0xF0
WALDORF 1 0x3E
WAVE ID 1 0x03
DEVICE ID 1 See global parameter <Device Number>
MESSAGE ID 1 0x00 ( SBPR )
LOCATION 3 Instrument and Sound Number
Byte 0: Instrument number
Byte 1: Bank number, 0: bank A, 1: bank B
Byte 2: Sound Number
DATA 256 Soundprogram data ( see description below )
CHKSUM 1 sum of all bytes of DATA and LOCATION, truncted to
7 bit
EOX 1 0xF7

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Format of Soundprogram :

Byte description

--------------------------------------------------------------------­ 0 Oscillator 1 octave (0=-2, 0x10=-1, 0x20=0, 0x30=+1, 0x40=+2)
1 Oscillator 1 semitone (16-112, 1 semitone equals a value of 4)
2 Oscillator 1 detune (14-114 represents -50...+50 )
3 Oscillator 1 bend range (16-112 in steps of 4, represents -12...+12,
12 means global. )
4 Oscillator 1 pitch mode (0: norm, 1-4: random 1-4,5: fixed )
5 Oscillator 1 mod 1 source (0-38, see modifier table )
6 Oscillator 1 mod 1 control (0-38, see modifier table )
7 Oscillator 1 mod 1 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
8 Oscillator 1 mod 2 source (0-38, see modifier table )
9 Oscillator 1 mod 2 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
10 Oscillator 1 mod 2 quantize (0-7)
11 unused
12 Oscillator 2 octave (0=-2, 0x10=-1, 0x20=0, 0x30=+1, 0x40=+2)
13 Oscillator 2 semitone
14 Oscillator 2 detune

15 Oscillator 2 bend range
16 Oscillator 2 pitch mode
17 Oscillator 2 mod 1 source
18 Oscillator 2 mod 1 control
19 Oscillator 2 mod 1 amount
20 Oscillator 2 mod 2 source
21 Oscillator 2 mod 2 amount
22 Oscillator 2 mod 2 quantize
23 Oscillator 2 link (0: off, 1: on )
24 unused
25 Wavetable (0-127 represents wavetables 1-128)
26 Wave 1 wave pos (0-63)
27 Wave 1 wave phase (0-127, 0 means free start )
28 Wave 1 start mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
29 Wave 1 start mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
30 Wave 1 envel amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
31 Wave 1 envel velo amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
32 Wave 1 kb tracking (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
33 Wave 1 kb center (0-127, represents C-2...G9 )
34 Wave 1 mod 1 source (0-38, see modifier table )
35 Wave 1 mod 1 control (0-38, see modifier table )
36 Wave 1 mod 1 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
37 Wave 1 mod 2 source (0-38, see modifier table )
38 Wave 1 mod 2 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
39 Wave 1 mod 2 quantize (0-7)
40 Wave 1 stepped/smooth (0: stepped, 1: smooth )
41 unused
42 Wave 2 startwave
43 Wave 2 wave phase
44 Wave 2 start mod source
45 Wave 2 start mod amount
46 Wave 2 envelope amount
47 Wave 2 envelope velo amount
48 Wave 2 keytrack
49 Wave 2 keycenter
50 Wave 2 mod 1 source
51 Wave 2 mod 1 control
52 Wave 2 mod 1 amount
53 Wave 2 mod 2 source
54 Wave 2 mod 2 amount
55 Wave 2 mod 2 quantize
56 Wave 2 stepped/smooth
57 Wave 2 link (0: off, 1: on )
58 unused
59 Wave 1 volume (0-112, in steps of 16, => 0-7)
60 Wave 2 volume (0-112, in steps of 16, => 0-7)
61 Noise volume (0-112, in steps of 16, => 0-7)
62 Wave 1 volume mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
63 Wave 1 volume mod amount (8-120 in steps of 8, => -7...+7 )
64 Wave 2 volume mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
65 Wave 2 volume mod amount (8-120 in steps of 8, => -7...+7 )
66 Noise volume mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
67 Noise volume mod amount (8-120 in steps of 8, => -7...+7 )
68 Amplifier envelope amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
69 Amplifier envelope velocity amount (0-127, => -64...+63 )
70 Amplifier keytrack (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
71 Amplifier keycenter (0-127, represents C-2...G9 )
72 Amplifier mod 1 source (0-38, see modifier table )
73 Amplifier mod 1 control (0-38, see modifier table )
74 Amplifier mod 1 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
75 Amplifier mod 2 source (0-38, see modifier table )

76 Amplifier mod 2 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
77 unused
78 Filter mode (0: lowpass, 1: Highpass, 2: Bandpass, 3: Dual )
79 Lowpass filter frequency (0-127)
80 Filter resonance (0-127)
81 Filter envelope amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
82 Filter velocity amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
83 Filter keytrack (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
84 Filter keycenter (0-127, represents C-2...G9 )
85 Filter mod 1 source (0-38, see modifier table )
86 Filter mod 1 control (0-38, see modifier table )
87 Filter mod 1 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
88 Filter mod 2 source (0-38, see modifier table )
89 Filter mod 2 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
90 Filter resonance mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
91 Filter resonance mod control (0-38, see modifier table )
92 Filter resonance mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
93 Dual mode highpass frq (0-127)
94 Dual mode highpass envelope select (0: Amp, 1:Filter, 2: Wave, 1:
Free )
95 Dual mode highpass envelope amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
96 Dual mode highpass velocity amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
97 Dual mode highpass keytrack (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
98 Dual mode highpass keycenter (0-127, represents C-2...G9 )
99 Dual mode highpass mod 1 source (0-38, see modifier table )
100 Dual mode highpass mod 1 control (0-38, see modifier table )
101 Dual mode highpass mod 1 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
102 Dual mode highpass mod 2 source (0-38, see modifier table )
103 Dual mode highpass mod 2 amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
104 Bandpass filter bandwidth (0-127)
105 unused
106 Amplifier envelope attack (0-127)
107 Amplifier envelope decay (0-127)
108 Amplifier envelope sustain (0-127)
109 Amplifier envelope release (0-127)
110 Amplifier envelope attack mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
111 Amplifier envelope attack mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
112 Amplifier envelope decay mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
113 Amplifier envelope decay mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
114 Amplifier envelope sustain mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
115 Amplifier envelope sustain mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
116 Amplifier envelope release mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
117 Amplifier envelope release mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
118 unused
119 Filter envelope delay (0-127)
120 Filter envelope attack (0-127)
121 Filter envelope decay (0-127)
122 Filter envelope sustain (0-127)
123 Filter envelope release (0-127)
124 unused
125 unused
126 Filter envelope attack mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
127 Filter envelope attack mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
128 Filter envelope decay mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
129 Filter envelope decay mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
130 Filter envelope sustain mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
131 Filter envelope sustain mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
132 Filter envelope release mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
133 Filter envelope release mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
134 unused

135 Wave envelope time 1 (0-127)
136 Wave envelope level 1 (0-127)
137 Wave envelope time 2 (0-127)
138 Wave envelope level 2 (0-127)
139 Wave envelope time 3 (0-127)
140 Wave envelope level 3 (0-127)
141 Wave envelope time 4 (0-127)
142 Wave envelope level 4 (0-127)
143 Wave envelope time 5 (0-127)
144 Wave envelope level 5 (0-127)
145 Wave envelope time 6 (0-127)
146 Wave envelope level 6 (0-127)
147 Wave envelope time 7 (0-127)
148 Wave envelope level 7 (0-127)
149 Wave envelope time 8 (0-127)
150 Wave envelope level 8 (0-127)
151 Wave envelope time mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
152 Wave envelope time mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
153 Wave envelope level mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
154 Wave envelope level mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
155 Wave envelope key off point ( 0-7 represents point 1-8 )
156 Wave envelope loop start point ( 0-7 represents point 1-8 )
157 Wave envelope loop on/off (0: off,1: on )
158 unused
159 Free envelope time 1 (0-127)
160 Free envelope level 1 (0-127)
161 Free envelope time 2 (0-127)
162 Free envelope level 2 (0-127)
163 Free envelope time 3 (0-127)
164 Free envelope level 3 (0-127)
165 Free envelope time 4 (0-127)
166 Free envelope level 4 (0-127)
167 Free envelope time mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
168 Free envelope time mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
169 Free envelope level mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
170 Free envelope level mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
171 Free envelope zero axis (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
172 Lfo 1 rate (0-127)
173 Lfo 1 shape (0: sine, 1:tri, 2: saw,3: pulse,4: random, 5: S&H )
174 Lfo 1 symmetry (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
175 Lfo 1 humanize (0-7)
176 Lfo 1 rate mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
177 Lfo 1 rate mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
178 Lfo 1 level mod source (0-38, see modifier table )
179 Lfo 1 level mod control (0-38, see modifier table )
180 Lfo 1 level mod amount (0-127, represents -64...+63 )
181 Lfo 1 sync (0: off, 1: on )
182 Lfo 2 rate
183 Lfo 2 shape
184 Lfo 2 symmetry
185 Lfo 2 humanize
186 Lfo 2 rate mod source
187 Lfo 2 rate mod amount
188 Lfo 2 level mod source
189 Lfo 2 level mod control
190 Lfo 2 level mod amount
191 Lfo 2 sync
192 Control ramp trigger source (0-38, see modifier table )
193 Control ramp rate (0-127, represents -64...+63 )

194 Panning source 1 (0-38, see modifier table )