This video, via SyntheticThings, is a head-to-head comparison of the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 and the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6. “We compare the same patch on both the DSI Prophet-6 and the OB-6 to compare the similarities and differences between these two great synthesizers.”
Can the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 do classical Oberheim sounds? That’s the question that synthesist Peter M Mahr explores with a series of audio demos of the new synth:
This video, via Bonedo, captures an audio demo of the new Tom Oberheim & Dave Smith synth collaboration, the OB-6 synthesizer. The Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 is a 6-voice synth, with a sound engine inspired by Oberheim’s original SEM (the core of his acclaimed 4-voice and 8-voice synthesizers).
2016 NAMM Show: At the Winter NAMM Show, Dave Smith Instruments introduced the OB-6, a collaboration between synth pioneers Dave Smith & Tom Oberheim. The OB-6 is a 6-voice synthesizer, with all-analog signal path and discrete VCOs and filters, with a sound engine inspired by Oberheim’s original SEM. Here’s a video demo, from the NAMM Show floor,… Read More Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 Hands-On Demo
Synthesist Daniel Davis shared this video, which is a live looping demo of the new Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 synthesizer.
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Dave Smith Instruments has announced the OB-6, a new 6-voice synthesizer, with all-analog signal path and discrete VCOs and filters, developed in collaboration with Tom Oberheim. Boasting a sound engine inspired by Oberheim’s original SEM (the core of his acclaimed 4-voice and 8-voice synthesizers), the new instrument is designed to provide… Read More Dave Smith & Tom Oberheim Intro OB-6 Synthesizer
View this post on Instagram That time Dave Smith came to our dressing room after the show and personally invited us to his shop to try out a new synth he's unveiling soon #3teeth #OperationMindfuck #davesmithinstruments #tour #sanfrancisco A post shared by 3T?ETH (@3teeth) on Jan 7, 2016 at 2:26pm PST This short video, via… Read More What’s Dave Smith Bringing To The 2016 NAMM Show? (Sneak Preview)
On November 12th, media training school Pyramind hosted an evening with Dave Smith, founder of Sequential Circuits and Dave Smith Instruments.
2015 has been an amazing year for synth introductions – with major new synth lines from Roland, Yamaha and Korg; new modular synths, both big and small, from Moog and others; a new Prophet from Dave Smith Instruments; innovative new synths from smaller companies and hundreds of new synth modules. Here are the 10 most interesting… Read More The 10 Most Interesting Synth Introductions Of 2015
Dave Smith Instruments has released a new operating system for the Prophet 12 that adds a number of user-requested features, including: Linear frequency modulation for classic FM synthesis Support for up to 16 alternate tunings (a set of 16 popular tunings is included) Assignable voice-stacking in Union mode MIDI note output for the arpeggiator New modulation… Read More Dave Smith & John Chowning Introduce FM Synthesis On The Prophet 12
