Dave Smith Instruments has shared a sneak preview of a new synthesizer, the Sequential Prophet X:
Here’s another look, via Brian Cwikla on Facebook:
Details on the Sequential Prophet X keyboard’s capabilities, pricing and availability are still to be announced.
What’s up with the piano sounds?
Has Dave Smith ever done a keyboard that does realistic instrument emulation before?
didnt he work on the wavestation and triton? also a lot of his synths have wavetable stuff in them.
Wavetable synthesis is a lot different than doing rompler-style stuff, which is what this sounds like.
I’m wondering if this is going to combine a full analog synth engine with sample-based synthesis.
yeah it almost looks like a nord killer
yeah i’m impressed. A couple companies are now finally merging the rompler and subtractive worlds in amazing ways. I love getting these kinds of sounds and it usually takes a complicated setup that is hell to set up live.
Interesting Teaser. Wait n see!
OK. You’ve got my attention. Looking forward to updates. Wallet ready.
Return of the rompler?
Sounds like it could be their version of a Nord Stage
Hmmm? Well, it has a lot of knobs. So, that’s a good sign.
Is it something entirely new, or is it repackaged technology with Curtis chips?
Noice.
Maybe something similar to the Prophet VS?
Not without a vector joystick!
How about the touch sliders being assigned to both X and Y with the added addition of pressure sensitivity to modulate other perimeters?
I do hope it’s got a new filter design, but either way, if it loads samples like the Nord, it should be a very flexible new tool similar to the Studiologic Sledge, but even better.
If this is the DSI Quantum, then I’m interested. Been debating between Prophets for a long time, so analog digital hybrid please.
Analog Filters are ultimately more important than Analog Osc.
I heard it will be $4,000.
sampler !?
Very, very interesting. New digital is good.
Yeah, finally something different to the recent influx of mono analog and eurorack offerings by other companies. How refreshing. My wallet is ready 😉
It looks like the new Prophet X re-synthesizes samples somewhat like what the new Waldorf Quantum does. Now THAT would be really neat!
looks good and sounds good. do i need a second mortgage?
This will be expensive, that’s for sure. Looks and sounds promising though!
It has samples. Notice the 8DIO logo.
If its a Dave synth with a ROMpler or serious resampler component that offers some piano and other acoustic sounds, that’s stellar. You can go all-synth easily, but I often layer electronic sounds with sample-derived ones, or piano with a dab of synth included. That quick demo was pretty powerful to my ear. The three displays support the idea of a sample bank. I’m keen on hearing more.
buy a kronos instead. you can easily make those sounds with it.
The Kronos 2 is truly amazing but it’s got old hardware. Maybe Korg will step up and bring us the Kronos 3 with a fast 6 core processor, 1 TB SSD, and more synth engines and a lot more polyphony.
More cores is not going to help it. I believe the Kronos sound engine is designed to run on a single core, probably to allow it to dynamically share voices between different synths. It currently runs on one core of a dual core processor and the second core is used for effects.
The Kronos is a great instrument, but its hardware is getting old. Maybe this will get Korg to upgrade the Kronos 2 with a 6 core processor, 1tb SSD, much more polyphony and more synth engines. Kronos 3 please.
Kronos user here and I love it. But honestly, I’d rather have all those cool knobs to turn than an undersized touch screen and menu diving. JMO
At about 0:36, the audio degenerates in what can only be described as Frank Zappa-esque.
Actually I mean “At about 0:36, the audio degenerates in what is best described as the audio equivalent of a grand mal seizure.”
The piano however is a bit of a flashback to Michael Jackson ca 1991 e.g. Will you be there. Unsure if that’s necessarily a good thing. Nice song though. : D
Didn’t Nord do something similar with the Wave?
MPE, MPE, MPE, MPE… Please
I agree DSI products already have alternate tunings if this has MPE support I will eventually get this, if not I’ll save my $ for something else.
If it has MPE support I’ll be waiting for the module version for sure. I’d probably want it anyway since I can hook it up to my 88 controller to take advantage of the piano sounds for whatever this thing is.
Analog/Granular synth hybrid. I can’t wait! Well….atleast that’s what I hope this is. ;p
Good to see they added the big screen with the endless parameter encoders again. Love to edit from there when i revisit the patch while all the encoders are not in sync with the patch any more.
Would this be an all digital instrument accept the filter/mixer section u think?
Nord wave 2 is coming!
The most important question is: Can you play Jump on it?
DSI should do something for producers in mind too. They’re too keyboard player focused. Producers want simple or complex things that can achieve crazy results.
They will probably make a non-keyboard desktop version of this like how they do with their other synths.
DSI will most likely do a desktop/rack version – they usually (not always) do – we’ll known within 12 months
Anyone else notice “8DIO” on the top right? They are a sample company if I remember correct.
Looks fantastic. I would wait a couple years after it’s release and read the forums to see if it works as promised. This is new territory for DSI… like the Tempest.
Can we get rid of that yellow …
They are the left over lights from the Mopho SE (which was a flop)
And that yellow labeling. Sure very much reuse of the ID of the Mopho. With three displays it appears to be a high end prophet, just the ID does not make it feel like it. Remove the shiny stuff.
Gee, I sure hope that it isn’t expensive.
Curtis filter? Hope not.
meh…