Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Even your  dinosaur 80's synths have 6 voices, indeed. 
But do they have a hybrid osc generator, 4 lfo's, envelope generators, 4 4x16 step squencers, a complex modulation matrix, 3 syncable delays, feedback, hack (... should i go on...?).
So yeah, it's short on polyphony - but don't compare it to your 80's dinosaur synths, since it beats them on all the other departments.

--- On Thu, 3/11/10, wasteking1 <wasteking1@...> wrote:


From: wasteking1 <wasteking1@...>
Subject: Re: [DSI Synths] DSI - "no to 4 voice PEK upgrade"
To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 3:00 PM


  



a seperate expansion unit sounds fine in theory,maybe good for the hiding-in-the- studio-types but is of little live convienience, and totally kills easy portability- -- as i said before--LOOK INSIDE THE PEK--- its HALF EMPTY--- plenty of room for more voice circuits --- even on a modular plug-in/add on basis. (2 at a time?) even just 6 voices would keep me from having a dropout problem while simply playing one program with two hands.and certainly it limits what kind things you can do with partial 'unison' voice allocations. . Obviously DSI considered 8 fine for the CHEAPER Prophet---why not their 'flagship' model? Its a real shortcoming in the marketplace.

--- In DSI_Evolver@ yahoogroups. com, "meatballfulton" <hubcapbrian@ ...> wrote:
>
> --- In DSI_Evolver@ yahoogroups. com, "wasteking1" <wasteking1@ > wrote:
> > How come the PEK pot version could be so quickly adapted? 
> > how many people asked DSI for it or ws it just Dave's idea? 
> 
> Based on all the complaints about encoders I've seen in Evo discussions, it must have been a LOT of people asking for it. Dave obviously likes the encoders (as do I).
> 
> > How many people would like 8 voices???? (even my dinosaur 80's 
> > synths have 6)
> 
> Poly expansion leaves the option up to the end user, the people who want the extra voices can buy them. While it's not as convenient as having all 8 voices onboard the PEK, MEK and DEVO users can also make use of it.
> 
> I've heard similar complaints about hooking up a Mopho keyboard to a Tetra, and the Mopho keyboard hasn't even been released yet!!!
>