New mini monosynth from Dave Smith (Page 1 of 5)

That's far from cute to my eyes!
It's vulgar both in name and design!

"Cute" was more a reference to its' size than anything else.  I don't particularly care for the color and design either.  Reminds me of an Emu Orbit.

i dont know...Ive definitely heard worse sounding instruments...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KJwGMEp3pw[/youtube]

I gave the manual a quick read.   There's no ringmod, but you can route the output of OSC 1 to filter cutoff so you could still get some weird stuff happening.  You also get 4 modulation sequencers per patch like you do with the Prophet 08.

No oscillator cross-mod.  Boo.

Perhaps this product will follow the same path as the Evolver - a small desktop box first, then a proper keyboard model afterwards with more physical controls.  Perhaps it will just die since everyone's first impression is something to the tune of "holy fuck that's ugly".

Looks almost as ugly as those Jomox modules.

Agreed. 

The prototype looks much better:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FMBJEkaC8Lw/S … _mopho.jpg

KILL KILL KILL!!!!

Don't touch it or you will catch the ugly disease..

On another note. It looks like you have to turn the buttons for ages to get anywhere!?!!?

yeah, buttons are for pressing, turning them won't get you anywhere
the knobs are probably like on the prophet '08, meaning that you will indeed have to twist them a bit more than regular knobs.

it's really only the finish that's ugly i think. underneath that it looks pretty much like a generic box, which is probably a good thing cost wise. and dave smith is an old hippie. all those hippie pedals and stuff are super whacky and ugly.

this is the perfect thing for people like me who likes the '08 but are not quite impressed enough by it's sound (read: too poor) to spend all that cash on it. also the size makes it excellent for live use.

The prototype does not even appear to be in a complete case. You can see a PCB stand offs on the bottom. This thing is by far the ugliest piece of synth gear I have seen. That input gain knob is also really ugly. It looks like it should be the cover of a corny new metal CD or something. And since I am already on a bit of a rant, whats up with those cheap ass looking knobs? Barf!

I respect that he is trying to change it up, but the name and color are gross. How hard could it be to come up with something less embarrassing than Mopho? I would have bought one in a heartbeat if it were not for the esthetically questionable case and name choice.

yeah... looks like they saw the success of the moog little phatty, and went with that vibe....
and yeah, it's kinda sad but that's what people obviously want to buy.

On the positive side, it's got a real LCD rather than shitty matrix panel editing like the evolver desktop has.... and 4 assignable knobs you can directly route to parameters in a patch, to perform with. and I think that the addition of audio feedback is a really awesome idea. audio feedback is one of the best things the evolver does, and I thought it was sad that they missed out on it for the p08. Osc sync would have been nice.. maybe he's saving that for the next edition of the mopho - called "yo-mamma" or "tuff-fucka" or something....

I wish it was that simple for me but the fact is I always end up getting rid of the ugly gear because it stands out.