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Bad Gear - Sequential Pro 4
Sequential Pro 3
Tetra ,
DSI Tetra ,
Dave Smith ,
Dave Smith Instruments ,
DSI Tetr4 ,
Sequential Circuits ,
Prophet-5 ,
Prophet 12 ,
Prophet 8 ,
Prophet X ,
SCI Prophet ,
DSI Prophet ,
Analog Synth ,
Analog Synthesizer ,
Polyphonic Synthesizer ,
Music Production ,
Gear Review ,
Meme Video ,

Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. There are countless reasons to get a synth created by the one and only Dave Smith: the gravitas of early Prophets, the mind-boggling sound design potential of the Evolver or the intuitive UI concept of vector synthesis in general - just to name a few.

However, he also made the Tetr4 .

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:42 Overview Dave Smith Tetra
01:57 Synth Engine, Oscillators
02:37 Filter Section
03:01 Envelopes, LFOs
03:18 Mod Matrix
03:29 Polyphony Features, Arpeggiator, Sequencer
03:58 Workflow
04:28 What else ( Multitimbrality, Limitations, Pricing, Thanks)
05:06 Hate Screen
05:30 Jam 1 ( Pro-1 meets 80s Poly Synth )
06:19 Jam 2 ( Classic Analog Poly Sounds )
07:22 Finale ( PsyTrance )
07:49 Verdict