Title link takes you to the vids. When you get there, click on "NEW! Dave Smith" on the left. The Prophet '08 is covered.Update: Dave Smith and the Prophet '08 is also featured in this month's Keyboard Magazine. It's worth a read although they imply the Prophet-5 was the first completely programmable polyphonic synth. Doh! See if you can name the synths with polyphony before the Prophet-5. The Prophet-5 was the first at something related though.
P-5 was the first with a microprocessor. KORG PS series comes to mind as a predating the p5 in polyphonic.
ReplyDeleteSo what did the Oberheim 4 Voice use for presets? The Yamaha CS80, CS50 and CS60 used the little mini controller on the top left under a lid. You effectively just created the patch with the mini version of the front panel. You'd then select the memory switch and it would use the mini panel settings instead of the main front panel. I forget or maybe never found out exactly how the 4 Voice and 8 Voice Oberheims did it.
ReplyDeleteThe Oberheim 4 Voice used the optional programmer module, i.e. a module that gave control and memory for MOST of the parameters, but not all. This was the reason why SCI advertised the P5 as the first FULLY programmable polysynth. Also, to save a patch, you had to adjust the individual panels of all the 4 SEM modules, not a really pratical situation.
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I once had to order a replacement knob for an Evolver and DSI were quick to respond. It was even sent to me FOC.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was nice of them to keep a stock of spares for their customers, but now I see all the spares have probably come off Dave's own Poly Evolver. Yet more proof of his professional courtesy!
Inspirational demos, BTW.
Hi Matrix, I can´t find the article on www.keyboardmag.com. Can you put a direct link please?
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JZ:
Hi Matrix, I can´t find the article on www.keyboardmag.com. Can you put a direct link please?
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JZ:
The url is:
keyboardmag.tv
Just press the "NEW! Dave Smith" (left column)
It's embedded in the flash so it's a bit hard to dig the videos out there.
Thanx Harril,
ReplyDeleteSorry, I was refering to the article Matrix mention on the magazine itself. I though it was also available online, but I couldn´t find it in there.
Thanx again.
JZ:
Ahh, yes the ARTICLE.. Sorry about that :)
ReplyDeleteActually it's in this month's print magazine I got my issue about a week ago and finally read it last night. I'm not sure when they put the print articles online.
ReplyDeleteThe article also states he came out with the first software synth which is also BS.
ReplyDeleteYeah we all know you designed the first software synth..what were they thinking..lol..what a tool.
ReplyDeleteUmm Softsynth and Turbosynth to name a couple, jackass. The article is just more llame DS fanboyism. Look up the facts.
ReplyDeleteThat's great maybe Matrix or Keyboard should interview you! lol
ReplyDeleteAgree with anonymous... :) First softsynth? Haha... what about CSound from 1985?
ReplyDeleteAnd that was based on "Music" series of software synths (non realtime) from 1957 onwards...
JZ:
agreed, the prophet-5 was a total piece of unstable shit. give me a memory moog any day over something from DSI.
ReplyDeletememorymoog stable...bwaaa haa ha ha..ya gotta ease up on that crack pipe holmes.
ReplyDeletei've had many a p5 (rev2 and 3) and p10 and memorymoog. the prophets were always the most stable analogue poly's i've owned. so i dont know what kind of powder that anonymous poster is ingesting.
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