Dave Smith Instruments has announced that, as of Monday, June 1st, they are shipping the new Prophet 12 synthesizer to dealers, from their San Fransicsco, CA factory.
Here’s the DSI crew celebrating with Prophet 12 serial number 1: Continue reading
Dave Smith Instruments has released a new OS for the Tempest analog drum machine.
Here’s what’s new in Tempest OS 1.3:
New Features:
This video, via Dave Smith Instruments, features Dave Smith himself discussing and demonstrating the features of his lastest synth design, the Prophet 12. Continue reading
This video, via DJ Tech Tool’s Ean Golden, captures a recent interview with electronic music pioneers Dave Smith (the Prophet V, MIDI) and Roger Linn (the LinnDrum, the MPC).
The interview focuses on the key technologies that Linn & Smith have been involved with and their uses for making electronic music.
Roland founder Ikutaro Kakehashi and Sequential Circuits founder Dave Smith will be honored with a Technical GRAMMY Award this weekend for their role in developing MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface).
The GRAMMY will be presented during the Special Merit Awards on Saturday, February 9, from 3 p.m. ? 5 p.m. PST. The ceremony will be streamed as a live webcast, via www.grammy.com/live. Continue reading
At the 2013 NAMM Show, MIDI creators and innovators Alan Parsons, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Jordan Rudess, George Duke and Craig Anderton participated in an uber-panel, discussing the past, present and future of MIDI. Continue reading