Once a week , createdigitalmusic‘s Peter Kirn checks in with pet music equipment picks . This hebdomad wreak a new keyboard from pioneer Dave Smith ; it ’s not even out yet , but blink blue light , lots of knobs , and the combination of two coevals of synthetic thinking technology with both analog and digital circuitry might make even a non - musician salivate .
Forget the analog - versus - digital debate : why not have both ? fabled electronic medicine innovator Dave Smith ( the human race behind Sequential ) quietly taunt synth fans on Christmas Eve with aglimpse of a unexampled keyboardthat does just that . This wildcat has the deduction power of four of the pop Dave Smith Evolvers ( see Ken Hughes ’ greatreviewfrom Keyboard Magazine ) , in a must - have keyboard case . Sound is produce by both parallel and digital oscillators and processed by analog filters and digital effect . That alone would make this a drool - worthy gismo , but the package is finished with the kind of specs that really seal off the deal : glow blue - backlit roulette wheel , blinking juicy Light , and 78 knobs and 58 switch . Dave Smith is known for being the anti - lenient - synth : no mouse here , just safe , sure-enough - fashioned computer hardware . Look for in - astuteness stats atcreatedigitalmusicin late January if this sort of matter makes your pulse quicken ( or your wallet quiver ) .
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