Dave Smith Instruments

Dave Smith is the designer of the legendary Prophet 5 synthesizer, the world’s first programmable polyphonic synth. He’s also one of the founding fathers of MIDI—in fact, he coined the acronym.

Dave Smith Instruments Include:

Mopho is a compact and affordable—but powerful—monophonic analog synthesizer. The voice architecture is identical to a single voice of the Prophet '08, but with a couple of unique twists to distinguish it from its award-winning sibling. We have added two sub-octave generators—one per oscillator—for additional girth and crushing basses. It also has an audio input that lets you process external audio and mix Mopho's own audio output back in pre-filter for feedback effects that can range from subtle distortion to extreme skronk. The Push It button is a manual trigger that lets you play a specific note or latch notes and sequences on. It can also step through a sequence to play short melodic lines without a keyboard. Of course, Mopho can also be used with a MIDI controller or external sequencer.

Evolver - The original desktop Evolver is a compact monophonic synthesizer that packs an amazing amount of sonic power into a small package. It features two analog oscillators and two digital oscillators utilizing the waves from the legendary Prophet VS

The Evolver Keybpard is a monophonic, performance-oriented synth. The voice architecture is identical to its siblings, but it sports a 3-octave keyboard, pitch and mod wheels, and enough knobs and switches to put a smile on the face of even the most jaded tweaker.

The Poly Evolver Rack is essentially four Evolvers in a single rack space. It can be a four-voice poly synth, four mono synths (each with its own sequencer!), or any combination in between.

The Poly Evolver Keyboard is the king of Evolver performance synthesizers. It is a four-voice synthesizer with a 5-octave keyboard, pitch and mod wheels, and a ton of knobs and switches in a clean, clear layout for the ultimate in real-time control.

The Prophet 08 is an eight-voice synthesizer with a 100% analog signal path. "Warm, fat, ballsy, earth-shaking sound. Extensive modulation options. User interface has huge instant-gratification factor." - Keyboard Magazine. We agree!

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