Schmidt Synthesizer Product Manager Axel Fischer shared this sneak preview of a new white Schmidt synthesizer.
The original Schmidt Synthesizer – designed by Stefan Schmidt – is designed to be a no-compromise hands-on eight-voice analog monster synth.
Official details on the new synth to come next week.
Perhaps if my father gives me a small loan of $1 000 000 then i’ll buy one!
We are definitely going to make synths better again
Send me one. I’ll thoroughly test it…
Are those mini-keys?
If this is monophonic I’ll be tickled off!
Ty Unwin would definitely want to trade in his for this white one.
I recommend Ty themes his synth cave in a yin yang theme, all the white synths on one side, all the black synths on the other.
Actually. No, I’ve changed my mind. It sounds a bit apartheid. Forget it.
What a beautiful looking and sounding synth. I had the luck to try it at Frankfurt Music Messe. It is massive. It’s expensive, but now that I’ve touched and played one, it’s worth the money! Before playing it, I wondered why anyone in their right mind would spend so much on a synth. After all, this is the day of more powerful synths at lower prices. Then I touched one and played it. Wow! I can’t afford it, but it’s well worth the money. I’m sorry to hear that this is the final round of 25 units. I f I knew I had 2 or 3 more years to save up, I would do it without any hesitation! Unfortunately, it will sell out before I can come close to saving enough.
I believe the price of the original was something like $20K. I think I’d prefer to spend a bit more and get a Moog System 35. But this looks awesome – sort of like a Matrix Brute on Steroids.
The photo reminds me of the Bahn Sage synth.
http://www.sequencer.de/synth/images/7/76/Sagead2.jpg
I remember when the Fairlight, Synclavier, and PPG systems were newly available back in the day. They were cutting edge for the time and were created for and sold to professional musicians and studios that could afford them.
The Schmitt synth is a modern equivalent of these types of products, a professional instrument at a professional price. It’s not tailored for the hobbyist with shallow pockets.
That being said, if I had the $$$, give me a DSI Prophet 12, Prophet 6, OB-6, Modal 002 and 008; ALL can be had together new in the box for the price of one Schmitt.
I think this is more marketed to people who would already have those items in their studio, and still have plenty more cash to spend
This ridiculous-prised analog synth has no relation with Fairlight and Synclavier systems. These systems back in ’80s where extremely expensive for a serious reason, they where true innovators and there was nothing even close to these monsters.
This Schmidt synth is not a “modern equivalent” of these monsters at all. Schmidt is just another 8-voice analog synth at a price of a…Ferrari. Nothing new here, tech/sound-wise. In ’80s and early-mid ’90s, there wasn’t any synth/system better than a Synclavier or Fairlight, but today you can buy a (digital or analog) $500-$2000 synth which is few light years better than a Schmidt in almost every aspect.
There are dozen of synths <2000€ that sounds better than this Schmidt. You can' t compare with Fairlight that introduced new and unique sounds. Schmidt sounds like many other synths. .
this has a similar hinge mechanism like the matrix brute,,wonder why they copied arturia?
FYI the Schmidt dates from early 2011. This is just the same thing in white. The hinged panel on the Minimoog may be even older.
Nice synth but I can get most of these tones from any of the Casio CZ series and a good ol’ trusty DCO like the Roland Juno Series. So I’ll save my money and keep rockin’ those 80’s classics!
This is pure Art!
It’s how a synthesizer have te look in 2018
It’s a beautiful design combined with great Craftsmanship!
For me it is the perfect combination of solid aluminium and a beautiful type of wood, my compliments to the people behind this creation!
I know for sure it will sound super awesome and I really wish I could see this beautiful synthesizer in real life once!
Made of a solid block of aluminum, just like the new Nokia mobile phone I’ve got, the best there is, it’s something, I have to start somewhere!!?