At the 2013 NAMM Show, Dave Smith Instruments today introduced a new polyphonic synthesizer, the Prophet 12. “After 35 years of creating synths, this is simply my best synth yet,” said Smith. “We sort of started from scratch on this one rather than spinning off another product from our previous designs.” Here are the details:
Dave Smith is introducing a new synth, at this year’s NAMM Show, that – based on this picture – will make grown men gawk in wonder. According to Smith, the photo documents “Critical listening tests, 3 months ago. Tune in Thursday for the results!” Here’s closer look at Dave Smith’s new synth:
Producer and sound designer Francis Prève has released a free Ableton Live Instrument based on the Dave Smith Instruments Mopho x4. Here’s what he has to say about it: Since my previous downloads have been a tad on the smooth side, I decided to explore the grungy, filthy aspects of the X4 – resulting in seven… Read More Free Mopho X4 Ableton Instruments From Francis Prève
30th Anniversary of MIDI was uploaded by: rolandmedia
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The BBC has published an interesting retrospective on the history of MIDI, celebrating 30 years of MIDI. The article quotes MIDI creator Dave Smith on the origin of MIDI: “You could play one keyboard with your right hand and another keyboard with your left hand,” says Dave Smith, a synthesiser manufacturer from California who was… Read More 30 Years Of The MIDI Standard
r.domain live at the Anti Laptop Music Event II (DSI Tempest, Eventide Space, Korg KP3) was uploaded by: rdomain
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Synth pioneer Dave Smith shared some interesting thoughts, recently, on why hardware synths still matter: How silly it is to have a computer screen—QWERTY keyboard and mouse on one side, MIDI keyboard on the other—and somehow try to have fun. Fun is extremely important when playing with a synth! Menus and typing and clicking and so… Read More Dave Smith On Why Hardware Synths Still Matter – ‘Fun Is Extremely Important!’
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DSI Mopho x4 Demo with Peter Dyer was uploaded by: DaveSmithInstruments
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This video captures a studio tour with Canadian duo Chromeo (Patrick Gemayel and David Macklovitch). They talk some pretty serious geek, show off their great collection of vintage and recent gear and demonstrate how they use it in their work. via reader Stephen Langer
