It's Official

Confirmed by DSI. I'll let them do the talking....

"The rumors are true. (Well, most of 'em, anyway.) Dave has emerged from his underground lair (the Dave Cave?) with a fresh take on a classic, the all new Prophet '08. It is an eight-voice synthesizer with a 100% analog audio signal path. And it will be shipping very soon. More details will be available here on the Web site in a few days. Following hot on its heels will be the Prophet '08 Special Edition, each of which will be hand-signed by Dave and which will feature lighted wheels (RED!) and exotic leopardwood end panels. And for those of you who are wondering what happened to BoomChik, stay calm. Do not panic. Development is progressing nicely. Stay tuned!

Celebrating 30 Years of Great Synth Design (a little early...)"

A million synth geeks shoot their load in unison......

UPDATE: The official site for the Prophet 08 is now up...

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A Prophet for our times !

Well, this one took me by surprise this evening !

It appears that Dave Smith Instruments are releasing a 30th Anniversary edition/homage to the legendary Prophet 5. Called the Prophet 8, it's an 8 voice analogue synth based on the CEM chips used in the Evolver with the sequencer, arpeggiator and memories.

Rather than regurgitate what has been written elsewhere, here's a teaser video...



... and some links to info elsewhere...

News from Music Thing

News from Matrixsynth 1

News from Matrixsynth 2

News from Matrixsynth 3

News from Vintage Synth Explorer

Sound Samples courtesy of Stefan Trippler

You can be sure that as more info becomes available, it'll be posted here and on every other synth geek forum in the blogosphere !! :o)

UPDATE: The official site for the Prophet 08 is now up...

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Boom Fucking Chik

Ok, I relented and here's a picture that has been doing the rounds on synth blogs everywhere and they're all followed by hundreds of fanboys jerking off over it, trying to convince each other that their interpretation of it's spec is the right one and that they all know how good it's going to be because it's designed by Roger Linn & Dave Smith.

AAARGGHHH !!!

This is one of the biggest pieces of web speculation in the synth world for a long, long time. But it's just a poster. A poster of a picture. A poster of a picture of a picture.

It's a bad render, it's ugly as sin and had it been branded with some other obscure, never heard of name, no-one would give it 5 minutes. However, plaster the names of Smith & Linn all over it and all of a sudden it's the uber drum machine, the likes of which have never been seen before !!

Don't get me wrong. I fully respect Messers Smith & Linn as masters of their craft, deserving of reverance, but I tell you this, the guy that came up with that poster is just as much of a genius. He tapped into every synth geeks psychi and provided the ultimate synth pr0n for them. You can hear the five knuckle shuffles going off all over the world to this beauty.

It has been "reported" that Smith & Linn are merely contemplating this concept, so in my skeptical eyes, it's still just an idea, therefore I hope you can see my incredulity at the furore this little poster has conjured up.

If this device does ultimately see the light of day, I am sure it will be a lovely bit of kit, much like the rest of Smith & Linn's work (think Evolver, PolyEvolver, Adrenalinn) but a small part of me wishes it doesn't see the light of day, just to teach the fanboys not to have one off the wrist so quickly over a poor Photoshop image, other than their Lara Croft collection ;o)