ANAHEIM, California - January 24, 2013 - Dave Smith Instruments today unveiled a new polyphonic synthesizer, the Prophet 12, at the 2013 NAMM Show. “After 35 years of synth making, this is simply my best synth,” said Smith. ”For this project we started from scratch, instead of separating ideas from our other previous projects.
Il Prophet 12, boasts the greatest polyphony of an instrument designed by Smith. Each voice features four oscillators capable of generating classic and complex waveforms, a sub-oscillator, resonant analog low- and high-pass filters, and analog VCAs.
the new section Character adds a variety of waveforms, sound modeling options, such as drive, hack, decimator, girl e air. A host of advanced features include feedback sections, four-tap delay per voice, advanced arpeggiators, extreme modulation capabilities, and bi-timbral operations LFOs, delay and arpeggiator can be synchronized, either to the internal clock or an external MIDI clock . Two programmable position- and pressure-sensitive touch sliders take performance control beyond the standard wheelbase and mod wheels (included).
“We're already blown away by the sonic breadth of the synthesizer's new voice architecture,” continued Smith. "It doesn't sound like anything else and I'm very excited to make people feel this new instrument."
The Profhet 12 is expected to be available in the middle of 2013, with a MAP of approx dollars 2.999.
ANAHEIM, Calif.—January 24, 2013—Dave Smith Instruments today introduced a new polyphonic synthesizer, the Prophet 12, at the 2013 NAMM Show. “After 35 years of creating synths, this is simply my best synth yet,” said Smith. “We sort of started from scratch on this one rather than spinning off another product from our previous designs.”
At twelve voices, the Prophet 12 boasts the greatest polyphony of any instrument designed by Smith. Each voice features four oscillators capable of generating classic and complex waveforms, a sub-oscillator, resonant analog low- and high-pass filters, and analog VCAs. The new Character section adds a variety of wave shaping and sound sculpting options, like Drive, Hack, Decimation, Girth, and Air. Additional features include a tuned feedback path, a four-tap stereo delay for voice, expanded arpeggiator functionality, deep modulation capabilities, and bi-timbral operation. The LFOs, delay, and arpeggiator can all be synced, either to the internal clock or an external MIDI clock. Two programmable position- and pressure-sensitive touch sliders take the performance controls beyond the standard pitch and mod wheels (also included).
“We're already blown away by the sonic breadth of this synthesizer's new voice architecture,” Smith continued. “It doesn't sound like anything else and I'm very excited for people to hear it.”
The Prophet 12 is expected to be available Q2 of 2013 with a projected MAP of $2,999.
