Dave Smith has this year end update for customers and fans of Dave Smith Instruments and a tease about the upcoming 2009 NAMM Show: Those of you who are paying attention (and we know there are at least a few of you…) may have noticed a relationship between how often the site gets updated and… Read More Dave Smith Instrument’s Year End Update
Eighth in an ongoing series of live sound & visual improvisations by Abre Ojos, using a modular synthesizer, Dave Smith Evolver, Nord Micro Modular and Quartz Composer on a MacBook Pro. You can preview satrae sant chugre below; check out the Abre Ojos site for more free music and experimental electronic music videos.
A demonstration of the Mopho analog synthesizer from Dave Smith Instruments. Lexicon MX200 used for delay and reverb effects. Mopho is a compact but powerful—monophonic analog synthesizer. The voice architecture is identical to a single voice of the Prophet ’08, but with a couple of unique twists to distinguish it from its award-winning sibling. DSI… Read More Hot Mopho Action
Roger Linn shared some renderings over the weekend of the LinnDrum II – the much-hyped new drum machine from Linn and synth guru Dave Smith. Here’s what Linn & Smith have to say about the LinnDrum II status: I’m sorry to report that we won’t be shipping in 2008 and I can’t yet offer a new estimated ship date.… Read More The LinnDrum II Looks Awesome, But You Can’t Have It!
via Chip Collection: You can now place advance orders for Dave Smith & Roger Linn’s LinnDrum II drum machine. There are two models: the all-digital “LinnDrum II”, available from Roger Linn Design and the “LinnDrum II Analog”, which adds four analog synth voices and 32 dual-function voicing knobs, available from Dave Smith Instruments. Pricing is… Read More Dave Smith & Roger Linn’s LinnDrum II Now On Sale
The 2008 NAMM Show wasn’t a great year for new synth and electronic music gear……but it was a good year. We’ve already mentioned tons of great new gear that we saw at NAMM in the last couple of weeks, but, following in the footsteps of last year’s modular analog synthgasm, here are our picks for… Read More The 2008 Winter NAMM Show Synthgasm
We’re looking forward to checking out Roger Linn & Dave Smith’s LinnDrum II (formerly the BoomChik) at the upcoming 2007 NAMM Show. Here’s what Dave Smith has said about it: Many of you have been anxiously awaiting news of BoomChik, the collaboration between Dave and Roger Linn announced at Winter NAMM 2007. As information becomes… Read More NAMM Preview: Roger Linn & Dave Smith’s LinnDrum II
Native Instruments has released PRO-53 3.0.3, an update for its popular virtual analog synthesizer. Introducing Universal Binary support, the new version lets users of Intel-based Macintosh computers utilize the full potential of this faithful emulation of the much-famed analog synthesizer from the 80s. The 3.0.3 update for Windows and Mac is now available as a… Read More Native Instruments Releases PRO-53 Universal Binary Update
No Island Media has released three 30-minute interviews with legendary synth engineer Dave Smith via Google Video. “In the course of reviewing the preliminary interview tapes for our upcoming Dave Smith documentary, we found the depth and breadth of the interview to be of significant worth to music and synth enthusiasts and musicians,” says Lars… Read More Free Video Interviews With Synth Pioneer Dave Smith
