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Saturday Synth Porn: This 1982 ad featured a clear plexiglass Sequential Circuits Pro One analog synthesizer.
Anyone know if there are any clear plex Pro-Ones around anymore?
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Here’s a video review of Dave Smith Instruments Tetra synthesizer, via djthomaswhite:
Here is my two part review of the new Tetra Synthesizer by Dave Smith Instruments.
This is intended as an overview of the sounds and features of the synthesizer, with a small narrative about the over complex expectations of today’s synthesizer enthusiasts that sometimes push the fringe of synthesizer elitists. Treat it like an editorial, take it or leave it.
I love this powerful little synthesizer and have had more time to play with it since making this video footage last week. I hope you enjoy the sounds, and at $800 for a 4 voice true analog synth, you can’t go wrong.
Want more knobs? Use the editor and one of your multiple MIDI controllers.
The Dave Smith Mopho Keyboard
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Just “a Mopho keyboard speculation”…….but we can dream, can’t we?
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Dave Smith Instruments has introduced a new multitimbral synthesizer, the DSI Tetra.
Tetra’s four voices feature a 100% analog signal path and four-part multitimbral operation with individual outputs per voice.
Tetra takes the sound and features of the DSI Mopho, multiplies them by four, and packs them in a box less than half an inch larger.
“We’ve been getting the message loud and clear from our customers that ‘smaller is better,’” said company founder Dave Smith. “All our recent products pack a lot of power and functionality into a small package—even the Prophet ’08, which is relatively small for a full-sized keyboard. We’d also gotten a lot of requests for a poly version of Mopho, our analog mono synth, which has been very successful. By following Mopho’s lead and paring the interface down to the essentials, we can keep the price low and provide excellent value. Everybody wins.”
The DSI Tetra retails for $799.
If you’ve used the Dave Smith Instruments Tetra, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…
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