19:58 This man had such taste - this sound is so simple and achingly beautiful. RIP Dave we owe you a lot 💙
@noiselabproject96597 жыл бұрын
This Guy is prob my Biz hero, actually cares about the stuff he makes instead of just looking for a quick buck, tries to provide employment for people within his own country instead of outsourcing to the other side of the world. Doesn`t specialise in disposable crap, is satisfied with a nice personal income in a niche market and has no plans to become a sociopathical power hungry Corporation that wants to beat the rest of the planet into submission. If only there were more Biz people like this in the world eh ?
@davebellamy48676 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. You nailed the truth there. It is something about Dave. He's obviously a businessman and a marketer for his products because he's proud of them but he keeps it all in perspective. He is in an enviable position, like Tom Oberheim too who linked up with Dave on the OB-6 when he is about 80 years of age and said in 2015 that polyphonic synthesis was where his heart was. That's wonderful to have a career like that.
@edsknife4 жыл бұрын
IKR, why would you want anything less? I love Dave because he cares about his products.
@dawsonaaron32603 жыл бұрын
i guess im asking randomly but does anyone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid lost the password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me.
@gordonvincent88563 жыл бұрын
@Dawson Aaron instablaster =)
@dawsonaaron32603 жыл бұрын
@Gordon Vincent i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Fervillasmil2 жыл бұрын
The best of western civilization in a video. To me, this is genius in all forms an existencial way possible. Dave Smith. Full stop.
@davebellamy48672 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Now sadly, he's gone.
@PinkBoardProducts Жыл бұрын
@@davebellamy4867 sad he’s left but such an amazing legacy both as inventor and person, he will live on long after most of us
@thomasrizzi14708 жыл бұрын
Dave is an example of the American dream! He is a great innovator and a great example of what you can do if you really work hard. He is also an example of us all getting along. He even has the respect of Roland & Yamaha etc. I wish we could have heard the audience questions better.
@horowizard2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Dave Smith.
@TheOmanJam8 жыл бұрын
10:31. Well done Dave for finally giving us an explanation of the real difference between a VCO and a DCO! I could never find a straight answer to that question before!
@stillphil2 жыл бұрын
To Mr Smith’s great point about the cost of one of his instruments which you would certainly want to keep/learn/grow with for years...$234.00 x 15 (years) = $3510.00 roughly the cost of a Prophet 6. Versus Fifteen years of buying software subscriptions, soft synths and plug ins for about the same amount. It does make one ponder. I appreciate both real and virtual synths but of course physical instruments connect more with your body and soul. Dave Smith remains an important innovator and creative inspiration. The Prophet 5 ALONE would have been a lifetime accomplishment. I’m glad Mr Smith kept dreaming and designing. Thank you Dave! Take your rest.
@davebellamy48676 жыл бұрын
13:18 when he switches the preset button back, he gets sound. I love it when you can just change the patch on a synthesizer in the middle of playing a keyboard and itthere is no gap. That is so massively musically advantageous.
@subc15767 жыл бұрын
Love all the knobs, what a sexy board!! massive shouts Dave Smith & Pyramind!! Best of all Made in USA.
@laurencevanhelsuwe30528 жыл бұрын
Superb video... so nice seeing the designer talk about his creation in such depth, without the need to rush. Impressive machine.
@Mojack0018 жыл бұрын
All Hail Mr. Smith, who gave us MIDI, things and stuff !
@silvermyth21198 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave! Enjoyed the Prophet 6 discussion. Keep up the great work! :-)
@damiensmith3718 жыл бұрын
thanks for this fabulous interview Pyramind and Dave!
@Orieus6 жыл бұрын
Thank You Dave Smith one of the greatest synths ever!
@BaseMosquito8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave. Absolute true. Played over 30 synths....big sounds, EFX, splits and layers and I love all those....and guess what'I walked out with Prophet 6 , which I have used already 150% on my new album. There is something about analog...that is simple but original, and stays forever.
@crominion60453 жыл бұрын
Dave is one of the great old school guys. I'm still having a blast with my pair of desktop Evolvers all these years later and even still experimenting and figuring out new stuff that I didn't know was possible. 👍
@ronaldwild Жыл бұрын
Thank you Dave. Rest in Peace.
@kiickinballistics6 жыл бұрын
Now I want a Prophet~6 to pair with my Pro 2. There’s some overlap, but they are distinct from one another and have their own identity/personality. Dave has a great company doing really fun stuff. The knobs per function is so immediate. Very little menu diving on the Pro 2 by example, and it has excellent modulation. And that SEQUENTIAL name. Yeah baby 🕺🏻😎🕺🏻
@GNeuman8 жыл бұрын
So pleased with my Prophet 6, it's got more Mojo than Austin Powers...
@javiceres7 жыл бұрын
20:00 -> feels like organic as a cello !!!!
@WhoresOfBabylon8 жыл бұрын
Great Vid by Dave. Getting back into Analog after owning a Jupiter 6 many moons ago. Knob control far outweighs Mouse control. Midi Controllers, Soft Synth, Desktop modules n Rack Synths are alright but can`t believe that almost no one makes user overlay templates for these Midi controllers, I`d consider them essential. Currently have a Pulse 2 Analog amongst digital and VA stuff. Would love a Prophet 6 but way outta my budget at the moment, doh ! I had an M1 back in the day and although it was very good for the type of records that I was making at the time ( no good now though I`d need to use an Orchestral engine in the Kontakt Sampler instead for that type of stuff ) I couldn`t understand why it didn`t sound like a `real synth` to me and the utter lack of knob controls for Hawkwind type of stuff etc. I knew nothing of Synthesis back then and there was no internet so I was totally in the dark about that until more recent times
@WhoresOfBabylon8 жыл бұрын
I hope DSI release a one voice Sequential Prophet to replace the now discontinued Mopho . . . . . . I`m betting that they will . . . ..
@seattlebeard8 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful smile Dace has. :o)
@steveforce28228 жыл бұрын
Love the video! I did have one complaint when first watching it (via a link to the video), where you you;don't hear the question. That irritated me. However, once I actually saw the youtube video page (this page) I see where the questions were thoughtfully posted, with helpful timing markers. Thank you!
@PyramindSF8 жыл бұрын
+Steve Force Sorry about that! We try to have the audience use a microphone when questions are asked, but sometimes the mic doesn’t get around the room fast enough. Glad the timing markers helped you :)
@jayunito3 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised there wasn’t more talk about his most controversial and unique instrument sitting right next to the Prophet - The Tempest. That thing is groundbreaking and definitely going to be the next 909/808!
@antagonizingusername2 жыл бұрын
There will be no next 808/909.
@padlockbeats1517 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!!!!!!
@mixerinc7 жыл бұрын
Great Video
@therealborischang6 жыл бұрын
A friend and I had a two-man electronica band in the eighties. I had a DX7 and a Rhodes Chroma Polaris (a product that came out of ARP before it went belly up), and my friend had an E-MU and a Prophet5. Not exactly the Thompson Twins, but we had a blast doing the electronic music of that era for fun.
@AllanLoboVST2 жыл бұрын
10:54 "A lot of people don't realize it: a digitally controlled oscillator is 100% analog, the waveshape coming out of it is analog, it's not digital. The only thing that's digital is determining the pitch"
@Dyaxxis8 жыл бұрын
I'm the 2nd owner of a Rev.2 Prophet-5 dated 1978. Not too sure if Dave Smith would know exactly it's date, however it makes it somewhere around 37 to 38 years old. Can't believe it's almost 40 years old, and I've owned it for almost 28 years. Btw, had some work done and it's stable and sounding proper.
@akamrkris2 жыл бұрын
Miss you Dave.
@lprophit5 жыл бұрын
wow really cool dude, amazing story
@javiceres7 жыл бұрын
In a well made analog synth, each knob is like a mod wheel. That's it.
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Javi G ??????
@Massproduce2014 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of this amazing instrument, would this double as an ideal master controller?
@ryananthony48402 жыл бұрын
But but but..... the drift is part of the flavor lol!!
@PyramindSF2 жыл бұрын
LoL
@newdavecasad9037Ай бұрын
RIP my friend
@TheOmanJam8 жыл бұрын
Does anybody or any website do a kind of serial number watch to find out how many of the analogue synths have sold to compare with the number of old Prophet-5s (7,000), Minimoogs (13,000), etc? It would be interesting to know what the serial number is on the latest Prophet-12s for instance and how many Prophet-6s they have shifted in the 2015.
@clubboy47906 жыл бұрын
wow!
@videosuperhighway76557 жыл бұрын
LOL BOOM! Softsynths. I have a collection of them paid ones, but the real deal blows them out of the water.
@fredrikw14478 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this but when is the 61 key prophet 6 coming out?
@michaelbauers88008 жыл бұрын
+Fredrik W Use a controller keyboard and the P6 desktop version
@fredrikw14478 жыл бұрын
+Michael Bauers That is two pieces of gear instead of one. There's a reason why people buy desktop synths and that is to save space and some cash. What I'm saying is for a quality and expensive synth like this I expect to be able to have that full 61 keyboard and the knobs right in front of me where they should be. I don't want to fiddle with some custom setup. I want the full design of the instrument to be able to harness it's potential, not a half measure. I'm not sure I understand Dave's decision here. A 49 key poly? To me as a keyboardplayer it doesn't make sense. But i respect it. Mad props to Dave Smith for realeasing these amazing instruments. But nonetheless I don't feel it justified for me to invest in this kind of form factor.
@chrisstrobel34398 жыл бұрын
+Fredrik W I agree 100%
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Fredrik W use OCTAVE BUTTONS.
@MrSuperdave752 жыл бұрын
Rip
@ultrajayme6 ай бұрын
still such a weird and unfortunate realization that he has passed. damn.....
@AdamBorseti8 жыл бұрын
I love Dave, but I'm gonna have to disagree with him on his quick dismissal of soft synths. I've got my share of hardware and software. They have their strengths and weaknesses that go way beyond just cost. I've got an ARP Odyssey and a Yamaha CP-20 and I love them both to death, but I also love my Sonic Projects OP-X Pro II (Oberheim OB-X emulation). They all sound great and have different qualities. Soft synths don't go out of tune, don't break down and have infinite possibilities as far as routing and studio sequencing stuff.... I never thought I'd be taking a stand against analog, and I'm really not.... but must we be limited to one or the other? That seems a bit facile.
@noiselabproject96597 жыл бұрын
Many of us use both of course depending on budget and situations. I`ll also add that modern Analog Synths are reliable and don`t have to cost too much plus the fact that they always have a good resale value especially if you bought it second hand in the first place so on reflection it`s really not that expensive either
@therealborischang6 жыл бұрын
Soft synths are great for learning subtractive theory, but I wouldn’t want to actually try to play one live. Not only just for the same reason I detest DJ’s that play music off a laptop, but also for reliability and spontaneity. A laptop really isn’t a musical instrument. It is a software emulator.
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Adam Borseti VST’s are tethered to an OS, and therefor temporary at best. 🤖
@freebreeze90426 жыл бұрын
Don't be a traitor (I know you're really not)
@mcblahflooper946 жыл бұрын
It's in his best interest as an analog hardware producer to dismiss the value of softsynths. I agree with your points though. Softsynths are really key for bringing music to the masses
@harleydunn68937 жыл бұрын
"No one really wants to play synthesizer with the guitar" Plays Hendrix with the synthesizer
@TimeLimey8 жыл бұрын
While Dave is right about soft synths not being as good, I would have to seriously think long and hard to give up Spectrasonics Omnisphere over one of his instruments. But hey, I can have both.
@StefanoPapaleo-TS8 жыл бұрын
+TimeLimey It's more of a matter of attitude, physical experience and mindset at the same time. It is hard to explain. It also depends on your age, I guess. Omnisphere is amazing and so are many other softsynths, including free ones but I guess much of the "charm" of hardware synths is, compared to a piece of software, is that everything is embedded, the thing makes the sound and it comes out of there, whereas with software it is detached (which is also an advantge in many ways, ironically). It sort of... feels more "alive" in a way...
@TimeLimey8 жыл бұрын
Stefano Papaleo This is why im about to buy a DSI very soon. I love Omnsiphere, it give's me the sound I want and then some to get the job done and I will defend it to the day I die as being just a piece of software, but your right about it being detached. I want to feel it too. Maybe Spectrasonics and other companies should get on the case with that.
@StefanoPapaleo-TS8 жыл бұрын
TimeLimey in part two he talks a little more about that. I guess to a certain extent it is like book vs ebook or anything real vs virtual
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
TimeLimey you might have to. Vst’s rely on an OS. Temporary at best.
@joachim5956 жыл бұрын
He’s a salesperson and he has a company and he wants to sell his synths. Easy as that. I think it’s quite obvious that that’s the reason he wants to talk about how softsynths get outdated etc. It’s not really true the way he’s talking about it, but I for one enjoy analogues more (that is until they can be replaced by emulsions if that ever happens).
@piano26573 жыл бұрын
techno man
@chrisstrobel34398 жыл бұрын
They would sell a lot more of these if they had a proper 5 octave keybed. I would have bought both this and the newer OB-6 in a split second if they had 5 octave boards. They gave the Prophet-12 5 octaves and proper side wheel placement, I don't understand their logic on these :(
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Chris Strobel use the octave buttons!!!
@archologyzero6 жыл бұрын
Extra octaves are kind of bleh with 98% of all synth patches to serve a utilitarian purpose. If you need more than whats offered either your voicing is obnoxious, or you obsessively noodle instead of crafting something worth the keys you are playing.
@modularcat57436 жыл бұрын
you cant not pry my Prophet 600 away from me.
@tahiro11212 жыл бұрын
This guy’s mind doesn’t age, does it?
@PyramindSF2 жыл бұрын
Knowledge is ever lasting :)
@badinibeats59397 жыл бұрын
Taylor swift lolz
@DiscolorBlind3 жыл бұрын
Not really it isn’t necessarily better than any soft synth. I’d advise anybody to get zebra over Dave smith if they were limited to one. You could say they sound “richer” different, better in some applications but come on better than something like zebra... you know Dave smith can’t compete. I mean it could it’s just different but soft synth is more advanced technology pretty much... zebra is so much cheaper for instance and it does so much more.
@DiscolorBlind3 жыл бұрын
And plus according to what Dave smith says then tetra is not an instrument either... soft synths are more stable and reliable than something like tetra. Tetra was 800 dollars.
@MCEEZR2 жыл бұрын
Which Sequentials have you played?
@DiscolorBlind2 жыл бұрын
@@MCEEZR I have a tetra. and it's very good. i have a doepfer and moog too. i know why analog is better.generally in most application subtractive beats anything to me and yeah analog subtractive is superior to digital subtractive. My point is that if you were limited to one I'd say digital because simply it does more. And also mostly as a composer too because of compatibility with the DAW.
@WARDISWARD7 жыл бұрын
26:10 Yes we do FM rules
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Ward de jager nope. Only if it has knobs....
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Ward de jager wavetable synths sound better.
@patrikboij75603 жыл бұрын
Vintage digital is the new analog
@freebreeze90428 жыл бұрын
If moog can bring back the model d then Dave can bring back the p5!?
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Free Breeze he is not interested in re-issues.
@freebreeze90426 жыл бұрын
I doubt he could if he tried. No wonder he is "not interested."
@thegreaterconundrum2 жыл бұрын
@@freebreeze9042 Proved you wrong. RIP Dave.
@theboofin6 жыл бұрын
Jesus, get a stable tripod.
@מיכאלב-ה5מ5 жыл бұрын
Dave said :"software doesn't have personality" So where he is recording his instruments? That's a lie what he said about soft synth
@bozosaurus6665 жыл бұрын
idiot
@valentinaaj27774 жыл бұрын
Englisch ist die leichteste Sprache ever du senior people
@TheCleansingx7 жыл бұрын
The reason the analog market isn't huge is because the prices are sky high
@Deeplycloseted4356 жыл бұрын
It was just four years ago Dave said that a VCO poly just wasn’t practical in todays world. Now they are everywhere. $3000 today is less than $1000 in the early 80’s. Prophet 5’s cost as much or more than a new car when it came out.
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
TheCleansingx Well, Dave & Moog are doing quite well.
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
TheCleansingx not true, especially compared to what analog synths cost in the 70’s/80’s.
Du Katzen Killer ist ja was her oder wo dat passiert ist würde niemals kostenlos bei dir aufnehmen nicht mal Milliarden wert
@valentinaaj27774 жыл бұрын
Oder evt auch mal passiert überfahren oder sonst was Katzen haben 7 leben aber wenn man die einfriert nicht baby Katzen erst recht nicht da kannst du noch so ruhige Melodien machen aus deinen Instrumenten bringt nichts habe ich mein Leben lang probiert kling Glöckchen klinge linge ling.......
@VanHau57 жыл бұрын
Lmao there is so much good software out there that sounds better than this thing 🤣🤣🤣
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
Van Hau5 BULLSHIT. And vst’s are not tangible and usually work for about 5 years.
@TROGULAR100007 жыл бұрын
dead wrong on that ridiculous filter on that weird overpriced pioneer machine. dead wrong on the nord electro range being limited to cover bands. dead wrong on comparing his synths with that sort of board. dead wrong on the tempest interface, total fail on what promised to be the best drum machine ever. comes off as some haughty SF guy living in a bubble. a rare case of not enough drugs, seems like.
@Deeplycloseted4356 жыл бұрын
TROGULAR 10,000 Dave invented MIDI and the polyphonic synthesizer....so his opinion counts.......more than yours anyhow.
@TROGULAR100006 жыл бұрын
I never questioned a second his opinion counted, and more than mine, that's probably why I reacted in the first place. I'm criticizing a public figure that's putting his opinions out there, presumably not with an agenda that they not be challenged. you're criticizing me, whom you do not know, on a strange basis. everyone's got opinions and the damn right to air them out. in case you're not a Trump supporter, should your opinion have been silenced because it was in the minority on election day. Is that what "not counting" means, not being in the majority??? That does seem pretty representative of the way attitudes are evolving. MIDI is clever and useful, almost inevitable, but his contributions and vision in synth design are far more impressive as far as I'm concerned. I wonder what place the ultra-vague "his opinion counts more than yours" holds in a forum. you're entitled to your opinion about the hierarchy of opinions based on success and fame. Upon closer examination you'll find things are not so neatly organized.
@tripppayne87776 жыл бұрын
Bitter
@mauricelabbe5182 жыл бұрын
He designed a polyphonic syntheziser and creared MIDI and thanks to MIDI you can have all these pug ins you are so mesmerized about. A synth is like a piano. You can copy it, but you can't equal it.