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Dave Smith Instruments Tetra

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AWESOME POLYPHONIC ANALOG SYNTH!

Whoa, ho ho ho! Hold the phone, folks. If someone told you that you could have FOUR of Dave Smith Instruments' wildly popular Mopho synths... at a super-sick price (the price of TWO!)... you'd go for it. And why wouldn't you?!?! You'd get 100% KILLER analog synth tones, with FOUR VOICES at that! So naturally your jaw is going to drop and/or your ears are going to smile (if that's possible) when you take a look at the Tetra. Yes, we didn't start off this description on a tangent. Because the Tetra is the awesome POLYPHONIC (4-voice) analog synth from Dave Smith Instruments... that's sized to fit on your desktop, in your backpack... wherever you feel like making the music. And when you hear this thing, you will feel like making music. It's like having FOUR MOPHOS in one!


The Dave Smith Instruments Tetra features two oscillators per voice. There's sawtooth, saw/triangle, triangle, or square with pulse width. Plus there are three envelope generators per voice and two sub-octave generators per voices. What does all that add up to? MAJOR FLEXIBILITY... 100% ANALOG SOUND! The slick black look doesn't hurt in the Cool Department, either. Feeling REALLY WILD? Chain four Tetras together for 16-voice polyphony. You'd have to be CRAZY. SYNTH CRAZY. And maybe you are.

Dave Smith Instruments Tetra Compact Analog 4-voice Synthesizer Features:
  • Multitimbral four-voice analog synthesizer
  • 100% analog signal path
  • Two oscillators per voice (sawtooth, triangle, saw/triangle, square with variable pulse width)
  • with hard sync
  • One classic Curtis lowpass filter (switchable 2- or 4-pole) per voice with audio rate
  • modulation, self-oscillating in 4-pole mode
  • Analog VCAs
  • Three envelope generators (ADSR plus delay) per voice
  • Two sub-octave generators (one octave down and two octaves down) per voice
  • Feedback loop per voice with programmable level and gain
  • White noise generator
  • 4 LFOs per voice
  • Gated 16 x 4 step sequencer (one sequence per program)
  • Arpeggiator
  • Glide (portamento): separate rates per oscillator
  • Fully programmable (free downloadable software editor for Mac OS and Windows)
  • Dimensions: 7.9" L x 5" W x 2.7" H (20.07 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.86 cm)
  • Weight: 1.8 lb. (0.81 kg)
  • Ins and Outs
  • USB type B receptacle
  • MIDI In, Out/Thru, and Poly Chain
  • Audio outputs 1/Left, 2/Right, 3, and 4: 1/4" unbalanced
  • Headphone output: 1/4" stereo phone jack
  • Includes power supply for 100V - 240V AC operation and operation manual
Dave Smith Instruments Tetra Specs:
Sound Engine Type(s) Analog
Polyphony 4 Notes
Number of Presets 512
Expansion Poly Chain Out
Number of Effects 0
Effects Types No Effects
Arpeggiator Yes
Sampling No
MIDI Sequencer 16 x 4 Step Sequener
USB MIDI
Number of Audio Inputs 0
Audio Input Types No Audio Inputs
Number of Audio Outputs 5
Audio Output Types 4 x TS, 1 x TRS (Headphone)
Number of Digital Inputs 0
Digital Input Types No Digital Inputs
Number of Digital Outputs 0
Digital Output Types No Digital Outputs
MIDI I/O In, Out, and USB
Height 2.7"
Width 7.9"
Depth 5"
Weight 1.8 lbs.
Power Supply 13-15 VDC 450 mA (Included)

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