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Dave Smith

Instruments Pro

The depth and

complexity of the

Pro 2 could make

it Dave Smith’s

most sophisticated

monosynth yet.

Monophonic Synthesizer

aren’t going

to give

it a chance

to prove this;

I’ve already read

comments (many

written, I fear, by people

who have never played

one) that dismiss it because

of its hybrid analogue/digital

architecture. So let’s be clear:

the filters, the audio amplifier and

the final output stage are analogue.

The oscillators and Character effects

are digital, as are the LFOs, the contour

generators, the modulation matrix and

the delay lines. If this bothers you, feel

free to read no further. But it would be

a shame if you went for a bevvy now,

because there’s lots of exciting stuff to be

discovered here.

Down The Signal Path

Given its appearance, it’s inevitable

that people are also going to view the

Pro 2 as a monophonic version of the

Prophet 12. In fairness, there are many

points of similarity, but there are as

many significant differences between

the two. For example, whereas the 48

primary oscillators in the polysynth offer

12 Special Waves and three colours of

noise, in addition to the four standard

analogue waveforms, the Pro 2’s four

primary oscillators also offer 13 additional

Superwaves. These comprise multiple

instances of the sawtooth and each of the

special waves, and you can detune these

to create chorusing. Because you can

modulate the amount of detune (and do

so using numerous different modulation

sources acting upon a different

GORDON REID

hen DSI announced the

Pro 2, many considered it

to be the long‑anticipated

successor to the esteemed Sequential

Circuits (SCI) Pro One from the early

1980s. Of course, it’s not; its architecture

and the breadth of its capabilities make

it at best a very distant descendent.

Nevertheless, the name is well chosen

because it suggests that this is going

to be a cut above any previous DSI

monosynth. Unfortunately, some people

DSI Pro 2 $2000

p r o s

It looks and sounds gorgeous.•

It can produce the dirtiest, angriest •

sounds I’ve ever heard emanating from an

integrated synth.

It’s deep but not impenetrable.•

Paraphonic mode is much more useful than •

you might imagine.

The amount of analogue connectivity is •

unusually high for an integrated synth.

c o n s

There are issues with the CV architecture •

to be addressed.

The sequencer would benefit from •

further development.

s u m m a r y

Dave Smith has been asked on numerous

occasions to release a modern incarnation

of the Pro One, but the Pro 2 isn’t it. It’s

much, much more than that. And, although

a superficial glance suggests that it’s similar

to one voice of the Prophet 12, it’s much,

much more than that too.

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Résumé du contenu

Page 1 - Instruments Pro

Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2The depth and complexity of the Pro 2 could make it Dave Smith’s most sophisticated monosynth yet.Monophonic Synthesizerar

Page 2 - Paraphonic Mode

section has been replaced by an even more powerful architecture that consists of a self‑oscillating 24dB/oct low‑pass filter and a 12dB/oct, resonant

Page 3 - Round The Back

you add drive, drive and yet more drive... well, if you like to listen to synths scream, this is one way to make them do it.You can now pass the analo

Page 4 - Modulation & Analogue

rates) and 142 destinations, which is considerably more than the Prophet 12. When you add the destinations accessible directly from the auxiliary cont

Page 5 - Special Waves

on the CV inputs as we assume that a device driving the CV input will have some amount of its own offset as well. In this way, one would likely correc

Page 6 - Memories

simple, and sequencing things such as filter sweeps is a doddle: just twist the parameter’s knob while the sequence is running. (You can also determin

Page 7 - Abridged Specification

the Character effects to generate it) the Pro 2 can sound astonishingly ‘analogue’. It can also produce all manner of vintage (grainy) and modern (smo

Page 8 - Mix with the best!

Mix with the best!“As aprofessional Iadmire Sound On Sound as one of the most trusted and credible sources of inspiration and information.”Jack Jose