Dave Smith Instruments In The Spotlight With the Prophet-6 and Sheenah Ko

You can find the full interview on DSI's website here.

"Sheenah Ko is a Montreal solo artist, a one-woman show involving analog keyboards and synths, driving beats, fierce enigmatic vocals, and often accompanied by contemporary dancers. She is the keyboardist, vibraphonist, and vocalist for many North American bands, including The Besnard Lakes (Jagjagwar), Thor Harris (from Swans), Kevin Hearn (from The Barenaked Ladies), and is an avid international performer crossing many different musical genres. Her duet act with contemporary dancer Brittney Canda Gering has been described as hypnotic, powerful, and emotional, and is often compared to Kate Bush and Portishead. Alone, they enchant entire venues with their emotionally-charged and extremely visual show.


We chatted with her about how she’s using the Prophet-6."
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You can find previous posts featuring DSI's Spotlight series here.

Prophet 6 Alternate Tuning

Published on Feb 6, 2018 Bob I. Gomez

Playlist:

1. Prophet6,Harry Partch ,11 limit 43 note"Micro Tonal A"

The Prophet 6 tuned to the Harry Partch Genesis , 11 limit, 43 note microtonal scale. Just Intonation.

2. Prophet 6, H. Partch 11 limit, 43 note "Micro Tonal B"

A short improvisation on the Prophet 6, using the Harry Partch, alternate tuning.

3. PROPHET 6, Alternate Tuning 12 , DAN SCHMIDT,Musing Prophetic

Original music on the Prophet 6 synth using Alternate Tuning #12, the Dan Schmidt , Pelog/Slendro tuning. Preset 057 is Musing Prophetic.

4. PROPHET 6"Alternate Tuning 13" YAMAHA MAJ C/Oberheim

PROPHET 6"Alternate Tuning 13" YAMAHA MAJ C/Oberheim

5. PROPHET 6"Alternate Tuning 14"YAMAHA MIN C/Oberheim

Synthesizer, Music original played using the Just Yamaha Min C scale, on the Prophet 6 synth. Preset 116 is Oberheim.

Intro To Synthesis Series by Reverb.com

Published on Feb 12, 2018 Reverb

"Are you ready to get into synthesis but don't know how to get started? Our resident synth head, Justin Delay, is ready to help you understand the basics so you can start experimenting. Today, he's running through some different oscillator waveforms. Enjoy, and stay tuned for more synth lessons from Justin."

Read more on Reverb.

Playlist:

1. Intro To Synthesis Part 1: Oscillators | Reverb Learn To Play
2. Intro To Synthesis Part 2: Shaping Multiple Oscillators | Reverb Learn To Play
3. Intro to Synthesis Part 3: Filters | Reverb Learn To Play
4. Intro To Synthesis Part 4: Exploring Attack, Decay, Sustain & Release
5. Intro to Synthesis Part 5: How to Use Amp Envelopes and Filter Envelopes | Reverb Learn To Play
6. Intro To Synthesis Part 6: Modulation and LFO | Reverb Learn to Play

DUAL CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN DUB

DUAL CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN DUB from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"First patch with a second Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythms in the system.

Playing with three regular Tiptop ONEs and one TG-ONE, Tiptop 808 and 909 drum modules

CIrcadians sequence

Tiptop ONE #1 - Bass (pitch changes played live from MN Pressure Points)

Tiptop ONE #2 - DOTS Hat

Tiptop ONE #3 - V-HAUS Chord sample

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Mr.Hyde Analogue Solutions Filtering CMI Pads (SynthBlocks)

Published on Feb 12, 2018 Dziam Bass

"Mr.Hyde Analogue Solutions Filtering CMI Pads from plug-Out Mr.Hyde Analogue Solutions is one effect from series SynthBlocks ."

Ciat-Lonbarde Plumbutter 2

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CV.OCD

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"Four analog CV outputs, Twelve gate outputs, a wide range of MIDI to CV mapping options at a budget price!
CV.OCD is a device which converts MIDI signals to the Control Voltage (CV) and Trigger/Gate signals which are used to control traditional analog synthesizers.

As well as doing this useful bit of “plumbing”, CV.OCD is designed to open up some creative options that go beyond what a simple MIDI-CV converter can usually do. If you get a bit OCD about your CV this could be the box for you!

CV.OCD has four assignable “continuous” analog CV outputs and twelve assignable gate/trigger outputs

It has powerful functionality for generating clock, trigger and non-note gates from MIDI information. For controlling your analog equipment via MIDI you are probably not going to get as much bang for your buck with anything else!

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Yamaha DX7s FM Synth SN OX01005

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"The synth is in very good vintage condition. Clean, with minimal cosmetic wear for a synth of this age. Mostly, just stand rash on the bottom, and a few small scratches and dings as expected. All keys, buttons, sliders, and wheels work. Aftertouch works. All indicator lights work. Output and headphone jacks work. Sustain pedal input works. MIDI in and out works. No known issues, other than the fact that it’s missing (2) rubber feet on the bottom, and few small hairline cracks in the plastic to the right of the keybed. See photos for more detail.

The original battery (which was soldered to the circuit board) was replaced a few years ago with a new battery and a battery holder, which will make replacing the battery in the future a snap—no soldering required! (though, the original battery lasted 30+ years, mind you!)

The power switch recently failed, so I replaced it with an OEM switch from Yamaha. This is a common failure for a synth of this age. The new switch should provide years of faithful service!"

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Synth Funk on the Behringer Model D

Published on Feb 12, 2018 snolan1990

"I got hold of a Model D today so I thought I would throw something together quickly to show what it can do in terms of funky sounds.

This is nothing special just a little jam in the first hour or so of getting the thing out of the box. Suffice to say I am impressed with the sound of the thing!

Bass - Behringer Model D
Lead - Behringer Model D
Synth Pad - Roland JX-3P
Arpeggio - Novation Bass Station
Drums - Sequential Circuits Drumtraks
Synth Drum - Moog Slim Phatty

Anything that is sequenced was sequenced via the Akai ASQ10."

Tasty Chips Electronics GR-1 -- preliminary noodlings

Published on Feb 12, 2018 Nice and Synths

"Hello! Thanks for watching this video, or at least considering watching. This is yet another noodling video with a new toy. The Tasty Chips GR-1 granular synthesizer. A granular synthesizer breaks an audio file into tiny pieces of wheat, or on occasion barley. All audio is direct from the GR-1 into a Focusrite Scarlett 18i6 with no additional processing (other than normalization.) My GR-1 was on firmware version 1.1.8 for this video.

I thought it might be useful to hear the original sample before the GR-1 patch that uses it, so I included them in the video. Hope its not too annoying.

The GR-1 *can* process live audio, but I need to get a suitable USB audio interface to try it. Another feature of the GR-1 I have yet to try are the two CV inputs. This could open up some fun control possibilities with modular gear.

A nice thing is that every parameter on the GR-1 is controllable via MIDI CC. This is shown at 7:15 where the sample position and filter cutoff are controlled with the Casio XW-P1's step sequencer control tracks. Not that you can really tell, it's not a good example of MIDI control really with the arpeggiator happening. I should've made a clearer example of that.

Apologies if the audio and video don't align exactly, I tried my best to line them up. :)"