DSI Mopho x4 Keyboard Synthesizer Available Now

"Dave Smith Instruments is just a week away from introducing DSI's new Mopho x4 synthesizer keyboard to the world. This new synth is polyphonic Mopho keyboard! The Mopho x4 is the newest addition to DSI's revered line of analog subtractive synthesizers. Building upon the same award winning voice architecture of the Mopho and Mopho Keyboard, the Mopho x4 boasts huge sound and 4 voice polyphony in an ideally sized, portable, and elegantly designed package. Use it to create huge unison basses, creamy leads, maniacal sequences, and ethereal pads. The Mopho x4 is sure to satisfy all your polyphonic analog synthesis needs.

4 times the voice 4 your pleasure
Each of Mopho x4's four voices is composed of two analog oscillators, two sub octave generators, selectable 2- or 4-pole famed Curtis low-pass filter, three 5-stage envelope generators, four LFOs, a re-latchable arpeggiator, and a 16 x 4 step sequencer. Its voice also comes packed with 20 modulation sources and almost 50 destinations!

You can FM the filter to create metallic bell-like sounds and use the feedback path to add subtle or destructive harmonic content to your sound. Mopho x4's 100% analog signal path is powerful, monstrous, and sonically dynamic!

Work less, play more
Mopho x4 is intuitive and inviting. Every parameter is fully programmable and editable from the front panel. The controls are logically laid out, lending themselves to quick access so you can tweak knobs without missing a beat.

The x4's full sized 44-note semi-weighted keyboard has aftertouch and velocity sensitivity. The sturdy full sized pitch and mod wheels are freely assignable and sport smooth reliable action.

It grows with you
Expand Mopho x4's polyphony using its Poly Chain port. Mopho, Tetra, and Prophet '08 can all be connected to the x4 to increase its voice count. You can Poly Chain up to three Tetras with Mopho x4 to create a 16 voice analog super synth!

The Mopho x4!
Dave Smith Instruments is the only company pioneering and producing fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizers. In fact Dave's been at it for 35 years!

Designed and manufactured in San Francisco, Mopho x4 has the high quality sound and build for which DSI is renowned. From its feature packed analog voices and unmatched sonic versatility to its refined design and engaging interface, you won't find a polyphonic analog synthesizer like this anywhere else.

The Mopho x4 will be priced at $1,299 US MAP!"

Spotted on Gearjunkies

Update: It looks like the info went live at http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/. Intro video below.

Mopho x4 Synthesizer Keyboard Introduction

Published on Aug 1, 2012 by DaveSmithInstruments


"It's a polyphonic Mopho keyboard! Mopho x4 is the newest addition to DSI's revered line of analog subtractive synthesizers. Building upon the same award winning voice architecture of the Mopho and Mopho Keyboard, the Mopho x4 boasts huge sound and 4 voice polyphony in an ideally sized, portable, and elegantly designed package. Use it to create huge unison basses, creamy leads, maniacal sequences, and ethereal pads. 4 times the voice 4 your pleasure Each of Mopho x4's four voices is composed of two analog oscillators, two sub octave generators, selectable 2- or 4-pole famed Curtis low-pass filter, three 5-stage envelope generators, four LFOs, a re-latchable arpeggiator, and a 16 x 4 step sequencer. Its voice also comes packed with 20 modulation sources and almost 50 destinations! FM the filter to create metallic bell-like sounds and use the feedback path to add subtle or destructive harmonic content to your sound. Mopho x4's 100% analog signal path is powerful, monstrous, and sonically dynamic! Work less, play more Mopho x4 is intuitive and inviting. Every parameter is fully programmable and editable from the front panel. The controls are logically laid out, lending themselves to quick access so you can tweak knobs without missing a beat. The x4's full sized 44-note semi-weighted keyboard has aftertouch and velocity sensitivity. The sturdy full sized pitch and mod wheels are freely assignable and sport smooth reliable action. It grows with you Expand Mopho x4's polyphony using it's Poly Chain port. Mopho, Tetra, and Prophet '08 can all be connected to the x4 to increase its voice count. You can Poly Chain up to three Tetras with Mopho x4 to create a 16 voice analog super synth! The Mopho x4! Dave Smith Instruments is the only company pioneering and producing fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizers. In fact Dave's been at it for 35 years! Designed and manufactured in San Francisco, Mopho x4 has the high quality sound and build for which DSI is renowned. From its feature packed analog voices and unmatched sonic versatility to its refined design and engaging interface, you won't find a polyphonic analog synthesizer like this anywhere else." http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 Desktop Rack in the Works

pics via Amazona.de where you'll find an interview in German with Dave Smith (Googlish translation here).

"Well, hold your horses, it is not available, not for a while that is. Dave Smith is only showing his protoyope at the moment. So all is still in development. Of course the technical underlyings are the same as the Prophet12 keyboard version. According to Dave Smith it will be ideal for the musician who doesn't want yet another keyboard in his studio..."

via Gearjunkies.

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New Softube - Model 72 Synthesizer System

SoftubeStudios

"The monophonic legend, perfected. An entire system based on a classic analog synth from the early 1970s, with the emphasis on sound quality. Use it as an instrument, as an effect, in Softube Modular, and in Softube Amp Room."


MrFirechild

"Here is a track using sounds only from the Softube Model 72 Synthesizer System, a great sounding software synthesizer. The sounds in the track can be found as factory presets in the plugin.

The track is called The Swedish Model and can be found on the Firechild album The White Whale (2020).

Composed and produced by www.firechild.se"

Sequential Circuits Prophet T8 as the keyboard controller.

Softube Model 72 Synthesizer System first look and sounds

Gearjunkies

"The Model 72 Synthesizer System is Softube's latest plug-in. It's a reincarnation of a famous 70's synthesizer, can you guess which one? In this video Marc shows you this new soft synth, and you get an audio demo."

Priced at $99

"Based on a classic analog monophonic synth from the early '70s, with the emphasis on sound quality
A component-modeled marvel that’s true to its era with actual use cases and tricks correctly replicated in the software to take you to funkytown
An entire system that includes a model of the original instrument, an FX version, an Amp Room module, and seven Modular modules

Imagine traveling in time to the early '70s, an era where new and experimental sounds were shaping pop music and taking it a step further. Softube's Model 72 Synthesizer System is your vintage synth time machine. It's component modeled down to the smallest details with from 1972 hardware in pristine condition with all the quirks and non-linearities intact, hence the name Model 72.

The result is incredibly authentic sound, with all the warmth and smoothness heard in countless records. Now imagine this classic has traveled into the future to pick up some contemporary features like doubling and spread to create a stereo like sound image and evolve into a full system with multiple versions for different applications. Wish you were here? Take the Autobahn.

Designed by Experts, Built on Legacy

Softube has a long history of modeling professional gear. After nearly two decades working in collaboration with premium pro audio brands like Tube-Tech, Solid State Logic, Chandler Limited®, Weiss Engineering, and Trident, we have a solid track record recreating indisputable classics in software form that sound precisely like their hardware counterparts. This includes expertise in synthesizer plug-ins like Modular, Statement Lead, and Monoment Bass.

Model 72 is built on this legacy, and we took the same meticulous approach we always do – everything needs to be exact, with skillful recording, precise testing, and fine-tuning to sound exactly like the corresponding hardware or even better in terms of clarity. Nothing less."

https://www.softube.com/products/model-72-synthesizer-system

Dave Smith Instruments Pot Edition?

According to Gearjunkies, a version of the Prophet '08 with pots instead of endless knobs is now available. Anyone out there confirm?

"Since the release of the Prophet ’08 in August 2007, Dave Smith has received numerous requests for a version with more vintage-style controls. The standard Prophet ’08 primarily uses rotary encoders for its front panel controls, but some customers prefer potentiometers (AKA pots) like those used on the vintage Prophets, particularly for the more performance-oriented parameters like filter cutoff and resonance. The new Prophet ’08 Pot Edition offers an alternative with 38 of the 52 front panel parameters controlled by pots; rotary encoders are still used for the remainder of the controls.

So, what’s the difference? The features and functionality of the non-pot and pot versions are exactly the same. The difference is strictly in the controls themselves. Encoders are “endless”—they have no minimum or maximum limit. The advantage to that is that when you edit a preset parameter, the change begins at the preset value and increases or decreases, depending upon the direction turned. Pots typically have about 270° of travel and have definite limits. The advantage to that is that you know, by feel, where the minimum and maximum limits are and you can sweep through the entire value range in less than one full turn.

The Prophet ’08 PE features three edit modes for the pots: Relative, Passthru, and Jump. In Relative mode, the value change is relative to the preset value. In Passthru mode, turning the pot has no effect until after the edited value equals the preset value (that is, until the edited value “passes through” the stored value). Jump mode uses an absolute value based upon the position of the pot when edited; turn a pot and the value jumps immediately from the stored value to the edited value.

The Prophet ’08 PE melds the best of the “old school” with the modern features and affordability of a new generation.

The MSRP of the Prophet ’08 Pot Edition is $2,309.00 and it is available now. Photos and more information will be available very soon.

Dave Smith"

Update: here it is on the DSI site. via jmelnyk in the comments.

Jonas Eriksson Synthesizer 76

via Jonas Eriksson's website

"My name is Jonas Eriksson, an award winning Designer / Developer who is currently located in Sweden and Los Angeles, USA. I'm a Pixel-bitch Swede who love minimal things, good typography, grid based sites and who prefer solid coloring over gradients. Besides having a thing for clean design I am also into retro synthesizers, adventures, talented photographers, illustrators and creative copywriters. With six years of experience in both design (interactive, UI, digital illustration) and development (html/css, Flash Actionscript 2/3) I've had the luck to work with big clients like Coca Cola, Samsung, Sony, Lincoln, Warner, Universal, SYFY, 3M and many more. I have also been privileged to work for some of the most awesome agencies around the world. Even though its not a long story, it pretty much explains who I am. Visit my Blog where I share all kind of great things that inspires me. Add me on skype, msn, aim or fire away an e-mail if you would like to know more."

more pics here

via gearjunkies

Musikmesse: JazzMutant Lemur at MusikMesse 2010

YouTube via gearjunkies

"Demonstration of the JazzMutant Lemur during the MusikMesse 2010 at Frankfurt. We got a demonstration from the guys from JazzMutant."

The Nord Wave

Title link takes you to more info and shots from the Musikmesse on Gearjunkies. The smiley face you can see in this previous post apparently is any sample you load into the synth as an oscillator source. Pretty cool...

Propellerhead Software Figure Announcement at the Musikmesse

YouTube Uploaded by HarmonyCentral on Mar 30, 2012

"This iPhone app is like a mini-Reason. The combination of super-bright screen in a dark room freaked out my camera, but the description and audio get the point across."

Gearjunkies at :30 and Nick from Sonic State at :42 (voice at :54). These posts are just as much about capturing the context of the event as the news itself - little bits of synth history captured in time.

Propellerhead Software AB
iPads on eBay

iPod Touch on eBay

Superbooth 2021 Interview Kim Bjorn Bjooks about Synth Gems 1

video upload by Gearjunkies

"In an interview on Superbooth 2021, Kim Bjorn of Bjooks tells us all about his new book Synth Gams 1. This book, written by Mike Metlay, contains many hidden synthesizer gems. The book is also good reading for non synth-nerds."

See How to discover SYNTH GEMS for details.

V-Station for the iPad?

via Gearjunkies

"The iPad will become more and more a musical tool in the studio and beyond. Last year we saw some synths being recreated for the iPad by Korg for example. Just a few days ago we were sent a picture of another 'famous' synth being 'recreated' as an app. Is Novation taking the plunge in the app market with a V-Station (HD) app? It seems legit as the V-Station was the VSTi version of their hardware K-Station."

Novation on iTunes
iPads on eBay

NOISECOLLECTIVE Modular Synth Masterclass Workshop with Gino Robair

NOISECOLLECTIVE is having a modular synth masterclass workshop with Gino Robair. The event will be held at the Mothership club in Turin Italy. You can pick up tickets at NOISECOLLECTIVE here. The following are the details on the event, first in Italian, then English further below.

IL WORKSHOP
Il workshop prenderà in esame una serie di tecniche da utilizzare durante l'improvvisazione con sintetizzatori modulari in un contesto di gruppo e pone le basi per un concerto la sera stessa, con i partecipanti al workshop.

Il workshop si concentrerà sulla sensibilizzazione e l'ascolto globale durante l' improvvisazione, esplorerà strategie di patching per ottenere la massima varietà ed evitare la stagnazione.

Verranno presi in esame concetti come primo piano / sottofondo, solista / supporto, controllo gestuale, e intenzione / non-intenzione.

Particolare interessante per i musicisti che utilizzano sintetizzatori modulari perché spesso la tentazione con lo strumento è quello di sovrapporre semplicemente suoni.

Gino utilizza strategie, concetti e spunti basati sul suo lavoro e sul lavoro di John Zorn, Butch Morris, ROVA Sax Quartet, Anthony Braxton e Frank Zappa.

I partecipanti devono portare un loro strumento. Possono utilizzare qualsiasi synth analogico, anche se il workshop è prevalentemente incentrato sui sintetizzatori modulari.

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The End of Open Labs?

http://openlabs.com/ - captured the image on their homepage at the time of this post. The image does not correspond to the following via the Statesman: "NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OPEN LABS, INC. MUSIC PRODUCTION EQUIP. Notice is hereby given that substantially all of the assets of Open Labs, Inc. will be sold at a public foreclosure sale to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at the offices of Open Labs, Inc., located at 3701 Drosset Drive, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78744. The assets of Open Labs, Inc. consist primarily of the patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other IP associated with the following Open Labs products: NeKo XXL 61-Key Music Production Stations, NeKo QX6 61-Key Music Production Stations, MiKo LXD 37-key Music Production Stations, MiKo QC6 37- key Music Production Stations, DBeat Mobile Music Production Stations, SoundSlate Rack Units, SoundSlate FW Rack Units, Open RiFF 2.0 Software, MimiK Software, and other Open Labs products. The assets to be sold also include furniture and equipment, office supplies, artwork, and musical collectibles. For more info, contact Greg Young, Okin Adams & Kilmer LLP, 7004 Bee Cave, Bldg 1,Ste 110, Austin, TX, 78746, 512-681-3732."
spotted this one on Gearjunkies.

Musikmesse: フランクフルトメッセ 2010 Musikmesse feeltune Rhizome

YouTube via RockoNCompany

"Cからの解放！本来の制作のインスピレーションを妨げない感覚は、マウスとキーボードの世界から進化するなかで生まれて行きます。日本では聞き慣れないfeeltuneというメーカーから、サンプラー/シーケンサー/ミキシングコンソール/シンセサイザーを大型のLCDディスプレイで、快適に創作活動が出来るオールインワン・マシン「Rhizome」が発表されました！

昨今の流行の一つでもあるハードとソフトのハイブリットマシーンの最先端にいきなり踊り出た本機、VSTプラグインにも対応しており拡張性もバッチリです！グルーヴマシンの様な分かり易さとリアルタイム性は、Empower your creativityとメーカーが謳っている通り、新たな制作＆パフォーマンススタイルを生み出してくれるかもしれません！日本発売が待ち遠しい限りです！！

Empower your creativityあなたの創造性に大きな力をとでも言うのでしょうか？"

Googlish:
"C release from! Sense does not preclude the creation of the original inspiration is going to evolve among the world born of the mouse and keyboard. Feeltune unfamiliar from the manufacturer in Japan that, sampler / sequencer / mixing console / synthesizers large LCD display, all in one machine can comfortably creative activities "Rhizome" has been released!

This machine came suddenly at the forefront of dance Haiburittomashin of hardware and software is also one of the recent epidemic, VST down pat is also scalable and also supports plug-ins! Real-time and is easy to understand like Guruvumashin, Empower your creativity as the manufacturer claims that with a new production and might be able to create a performance style! I can not wait until the Japanese release! !

Empower your creativity and also say what a great influence on your creativity?"

Feeltune Rhizome demonstration at the MusikMesse 2010

YouTube via gearjunkies

" The guys from Feeltune gaves us a demonstration of the Rhizome. This is definately an interesting machine to keep our eyes on. The Rhizome on the Messe was a prototype, the first release will come in Q3 2010."

Felix Visser Collection

click here for shots of the rest of his collection currently up on VEMIA.

Prophet-5 with black case.

via Marc of Gearjunkies.

Musikmesse: Doepfer Black Energy

"Dark Energy is a monophonic stand-alone Synthesizer with USB and Midi interface. The sound generation and all modulation sources are 100% analog, only the USB and Midi interface contains digital components.

Dark Energy is built into a rugged black metal case with wooden side plates. High quality potentiometers with metal shafts are used and each potentiometers is fixed to the case (no wobbly shafts and knobs). The distance between the controls is a bit wider compared to A-100 modules and knobs with vintage look are used.

Dark Energy is also available as module A-111-5 for usage within the the modular system A-100. The only differences are the missing power supply and USB/Midi interface and the module uses the standard distances between the controls. The VCO frequency CV input (1V/octave) and the Gate input are normalled to the corresponding signals of the A-100 bus via jumpers. The jumpers can be used to interrupt the internal bus connections.

Dark Energy: Euro 400.00, Release date: June 2009"

spotted this one on Gearjunkies. I'm not seeing it on the Doepfer site yet or other.

Remember to click on the Musickmesse label below for all posts.

Sounds of the MODOR NF-1 digital DSP synthesizer - no talking

Gearjunkies

"In this new video Marc shows you his favorite sounds from the MODOR NF-1 digital DSP synthesizer"

MOTU Volta

YouTube via gearjunkies
"n this brief movie example, MIDI notes are triggering oscillators, ramp automation data is controlling filter cutoff, and MIDI controller data in the MIDi track is controlling filter resonance.
http://www.motu.com/products/software..."

Musikmesse 2010: Elektron Octatrack prototype demo

YouTube via musicradartv
"Live from Frankfurt, MusicRadar.com brings you a demo of Elektron Music Machines' new Octatrack prototype."

Musikmesse 2010: Elektron Octatrack demonstration

YouTube via gear4music1
"Elektron give http://www.gear4music.com an overview of the new Octatrack advanced sampling sequencer. It's essentially Ableton in a box...but Elektron have made it more amazing than we could possibly imagine."
http://elektron.se/
Looks like the elektron site is overwhelmed at the moment. I'm getting "Unfortunately our site is currently overloaded because of the massive interest in our new products. We'll be back shortly."

Update:

First look at the Elektron Octatrack

YouTube via gearjunkies
"During the MusikMesse at Frankfurt, our team filmed this demonstration of the new Elektron Octatrack."

Musikmesse: Rodec Sherman Restyler at the Messe 2009

YouTube via gearjunkies
"Rodec and Shermann collaboration. Mixer and Filter technology in one. The Rodec Sherman Restyler."

Novation MiniNova with Dorian Concept

Published on Nov 2, 2012 by gearjunkies

"Dorian Concept got a MiniNova from Novation and this is what they did with it!"

Novation MiniNova's on eBay