DSI Mopho Keyboard Unboxing

Please leave any questions for the review below and we'll try and address them in the full review.
Arrived literally an hour ago, the Dave Smith Mopho Keyboard adds more control to the single voice analog synth. It shares the same architecture as the Tetra and the Mopho module. Please comment

Category:

Music

Tags:

• DSI
• Dave Smith Instruments
• analog
• synthesizer
• mopho
• tetra
• mopho keyboard

[forthazel]

Does the mopho keyboard offer any performance advantage over a comparable MIDI controller + mopho tabletop combination? Are there controls not mappable by MIDI? When you adjust parameters in real time e.g. filter cutoff is it "smoother" with this configuration? Thanks!!

[sonicstate]

@forthazel Well they are dedicated to the Mopho whereas a MIDI controller would not have the same layout, some pots have higher resolution due to them being Rotary encoders

[meninrevolt]

@sonicstate "some pots have higher resolution due to them being rotary encoders" that's an unfounded and stupid thing to say. and it's wrong, too. they are not higher resolved.

[sonicstate]

@meninrevolt `well you are actually wrong there as with Rotary encoders, you can have a higher resolution - eg more rotations than with a fixed pot. For instance, most MIDI values are 128, whereas some can be 10bit - 1024 steps which would mean that a rotary encoder would be ideal for as you can just keep turning until the maximum value is reached. Or perhaps BPM which would by nature have more than 128 steps.

[mettez]

Could you mention how much electricity it uses?

[sonicstate]

@mettez 13-15v 400mA

[brandonelliot]

CONFESSION: I absolutely could not focus on the Mopho once my eyes focused on the Roland Jupiter 6 AND Korg Mono/Poly casually leaning on the wall in he background lolol

[meninrevolt]

@sonicstate Okay, then the display is misleading, because it only shows 128 steps.

Sorry for using strong words.

[JustHarry98]

Is there a larger version, I'm looking for a new keyboard and want something Bright different from others would really help if you could give me some suggestions

[JustWickedSwede]

@mettez Just by curiosity.. why do you wonder how much energy it uses?

[Xend54]

The Redneck Virus.

[numanuma20]

Is this good for a rock band player who mostly plays accoustic/synth piano?

[BUZZDOG001]

hi mate,

i wonder if you can help me before i spend any more money as i am very interested in purchasing one of these. i have a korg emx as a master - xoxbox slave - kp3 all midi clocked and would like to introduce a nice keyboard for making my own personal patterns /loops.

can i load my own one shot samples or loops into this machine before purchasing and if i can how long in length can they be the emx wont do it and the kp3 is roughly 7 seconds depending on bpm.cheers gary.

any info apprec.

[ibai25]

what do you need to play this?