Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave 8M

The most accessible way to the 3rd Wave sound!

The 3rd Wave 8M — bringing Groove Synthesis’ award-winning wavetable technology to more studios, stages, and creative spaces than ever before. This isn’t a watered-down version. This is 8 voices and 2 parts of pure, uncompromised 3rd Wave DNA in a more accessible, compact package. Same premium sound engine. Same analog filters. Same innovative synthesis. Just more accessible to more producers and musicians.

Access all Areas

The performance-oriented control set featuring a generous 7” display with six encoders gives you the confidence to create the sounds you’ve always envisioned.

Complete Synthesis Toolkit

Choose from wavetable synthesis, analog-style synthesis, FM, and sampling for each of the three oscillators to create rich and expansive soundscapes.

Classic Legacy - Modern Sound 

While the 3rd Wave has roots in the classic digital wavetable synths of the past, it takes that concept into the 21st century with a lush, expansive sound that’s a product of its expanded wavetables and warm, organic analog filters.

It boasts not only a punchy, Dave Rossum-designed 2140 analog low-pass filter with variable saturation, but a second, SEM-style state-variable filter (low-pass, high-pass, notch, and band-pass) for additional tone-sculpting. Run both filters in series for harmonically complex textures.

Update, October 2026: Groove Synthesis & Ocean Control Introduce 3rd Wave Terminal, a Free Companion App for the 3rd Wave Synthesizer Family

Created by Ocean Control, the brand of composer Pedro Macedo Camacho, and by Groove Synthesis, a new desktop application for Mac and Windows now lets owners organize their program libraries, edit every parameter in expanded detail, and build wavetables and multisamples directly from audio files, including MP3s.

The desktop app gives owners a second way to work with their instrument: organizing and archiving program libraries, editing sounds in expanded, menu-free detail, and building wavetables and multisamples directly from imported audio, including formats the hardware alone cannot use without conversion. 3rd Wave Terminal is available immediately at no cost for registered owners by going to the Groove Synthesis website.

• Dimensions: 21” x 12” x 8” / 53cm x 29cm x 20cm
• Weight: 10.5lbs / 4.8kg