DSI at NAMM 2016 Speculation

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #200 on:** January 20, 2016, 02:30:59 PM »

Well, I could peak in their van while their eating dinner....

Paul Dither · « **Reply #201 on:** January 20, 2016, 02:34:11 PM »

Awww (slightly unrelated, but who really knows?)…

dslsynth · « **Reply #202 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:00:11 PM »

. o O ( lovely make noise girl )

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #203 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:07:28 PM »

I wonder if your gal from 2014 will be doing any demos this year? What was that gadget she had? Oh, who cares.

dslsynth · « **Reply #204 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:22:14 PM »

Pretty sure she is. Working for IK Multimedia. And yeah, can be a difficult discipline. She is very cute and charming indeed. But no she is not mine. Unfortunately!

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #205 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:25:31 PM »

I showed that demo to my wife. She rolled her eyes and said to me, "Move along".

Paul Dither · « **Reply #206 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:34:43 PM »

Quote from: Sacred Synthesis on January 20, 2016, 03:25:31 PM

I showed that demo to my wife. She rolled her eyes and said to me, "Move along".

Haha!

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #207 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:42:35 PM »

It's the camera zoom at 16 seconds that drifts at first to the right of her hands that's curious. Guess the cameraman stumbled.

dslsynth · « **Reply #208 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:48:59 PM »

Hehe! What else is new? Its a delicate topic! And we all know what das wifies means about that topic. T+15 seconds: LOL! In any case I don't really see the usefulness of two faders controlled by one hand each. Such a product need more degrees of freedom to really make a difference on the control front. Now with both hands free... ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H

Speaking of multiple degrees of freedom perhaps its about time to inflict a term for the traditional synthesizer interface: black and white dinosaur. And no, its not to talk down in any way about keyboard players. So much great music have been made with keyboards and that will continue way into the future. Its just my usual hint towards not having the sufficient features in a synthesizers MIDI implementation to support the new controllers with per note expressiveness that become more and more common these years.

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #209 on:** January 20, 2016, 03:55:03 PM »

Both we dinosaurs and you mammals can live together just fine.

dslsynth · « **Reply #210 on:** January 20, 2016, 04:28:16 PM »

Yeah no point in messing it up with too much cattle output. Keyboards plays such a huge and important role as synthesizer interfaces. My comment above is only directed at the capabilities of most analog synthesizers MIDI implementation. I cannot imagine a synthesizer future without keyboard support. I can easily see the need for supporting the new controllers way better than they currently are. Hence my black and white dinosaur rant. Which leads to me wondering if multi-timbral support will be standard in future DSI/Sequential products or if they will continue their current single channel style.

PS: Anyone decided what they will cook for gearmas dinner? Or will it just be virtual snacks in front of the computer?

Paul Dither · « **Reply #211 on:** January 20, 2016, 04:51:42 PM »

The latter might depend on whether split and layer are going to be options.

Paul Dither · « **Reply #212 on:** January 20, 2016, 04:52:22 PM »

So I guess we won't see any further teasers before the big day…

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #213 on:** January 20, 2016, 05:04:18 PM »

The Oberheim question definitely interests me. I think the DSI and Oberheim sounds combine very harmoniously, so I'm looking towards Tom these days.

Paul Dither · « **Reply #214 on:** January 20, 2016, 05:07:07 PM »

Yeah, that would be cool. Well, if tomorrow's trailer features two men in the beginning everything's clear.

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #215 on:** January 20, 2016, 05:33:24 PM »

Paul, wouldn't you agree that a Pro 2 controlling a SEM would make a fabulous combination?

Paul Dither · « **Reply #216 on:** January 20, 2016, 06:04:44 PM »

That would certainly be a great combination, although the Pro 2 already takes you halfway there due to its second filter.

dslsynth · « **Reply #217 on:** January 21, 2016, 04:07:02 AM »

Quote from: Paul Dither on January 20, 2016, 04:51:42 PM

The latter might depend on whether split and layer are going to be options.

By mono-timbral I mean not having one MIDI channel per note support. Obviously DSI style Prophet voices got stack/split features but they are rarely multi-timbral. Basically only their monophonic instrument and Tetra can be used with 3D controllers. The Poly Evolvers can be multi-timbral to some degree but there is no support for editing all parameters of each voice simultaneously so its limited in its feature set.

By "black and white dinosaur" I simply mean a synthesizer incapable of being played with full expressiveness from 3D controllers such as LinnStrument.

chysn · « **Reply #218 on:** January 21, 2016, 04:35:46 AM »

Eastern time zone. I wake up at 0630 and my first thought is "new synths!" But Anaheim is three hours behind. It'll be almost lunchtime here before they announce anything there. Sigh.

dslsynth · « **Reply #219 on:** January 21, 2016, 04:47:54 AM »

Its around 6 PM here before gearmas starts. So be happy you live in a timezone closer to where it happens!

Anyway, another flagship is about to be announced and my hope is that its a Tom Oberheim collaboration using his discrete electronics SEM like designs as basis for a polyphonic instrument. Would surely rock! Or will we see a Curtis chip based instrument with new oscillators and Oberheim style voice features? Simple or complex voices?

Wonder if they would play Jump in the intro video given how many times it will be played at their booth during gearmas?