My love of Dave Smith Instruments synthesizers is public record.  That’s why I own two of them (the Prophet ’08 and the Mopho).  Well, he just released another in the “08 family” called the Tetra:

Dave Smith Instruments Tetra

Go to the website to read all the details.  But basically, the Prophet ’08 family breaks down like this:

• The Prophet ’08 is an all-analog, eight-voice polysynth with VCAs, curtis filters, 4-track sequencer, crazy modulation options, etc. etc.

• The Mopho is one voice of the Prophet ’08, but with some killer extras like two sub-oscillators, audio input, and feedback/distortion (making it a bass and industrial monster!)

• The Tetra is four voices of Mopho, with the additional features of a combo mode for crazy multi-patches, and through the poly-out it can be a four-voice extension module for a Prophet ’08 or Mopho.

Needless to say, I’m very excited about this unit!  I love how the whole Prophet ’08 family has the same basic tonal signature, but each unit offers some features that make it very complimentary to other units in the family.  Of course, the fact that these are extremely affordable compared to other such units is a good thing too. Finally, the USB MIDI capability of the Tetra is very welcome.

This may find it’s way into Ember Studios one day soon…