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Dave Smith Instruments DSM03 Tuned Feedback Eurorack Module

10HP Eurorack Tuned Feedback Module with 4-pole Digital (24-bit/96kHz) Lowpass Filter, Noise Generator, and Extensive CV Control
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A Sound Designer's Dream Eurorack Module

Dave Smith's DSM03 Feedback Module is the third Eurorack device from the legendary synth maker, and it's one of the most creative ones Sweetwater synth gurus have seen. Based on one of the powerful sound-design elements of the Evolver, Pro 2, and Prophet 12, the DSM03 module uses tuned feedback to totally transform incoming audio. What's more, you can control every important aspect of the DSM03, allowing you to turn simple oscillators into string machines, add a metallic clang to percussion sounds, beef up bass patches, and pull off all kinds of other sonic stunts.

Dave Smith Instruments DSM03 Eurorack Feedback Module at a Glance:
  • Tuned feedback lets you transform any audio source
  • Powerful lowpass filter offers even more sonic sculpting
  • Advanced CV options expand your effects possibilities
Tuned feedback lets you transform any audio source

Ever since he came up with the Evolver, Dave Smith has been a master of using tuned feedback to take ordinary sounds to new heights. By feeding incoming back on itself, the DSM03 acts as a kind of sympathetic oscillator, complete with its own attack, decay, and intensity. What's more, you can alter the pitch of the feedback, allowing you to dial in a kind of harmonic string-like effect, and when you plug a gate into the trigger input, you can fire off bursts of noise into the mix. And that's just the basis of what the DSM03 can do.

Powerful lowpass filter offers even more sonic sculpting

Next, there's the DSM03's impressive 4-pole lowpass filter. Sculpted in breathtaking 24-bit/96kHz detail, if we didn't tell you that this filter was digital, then you'd never assume it was. Not only is the DSM03's filter delightfully robust, it also offers you an excellent range of resonance for further sound mangling. Between the feedback, the noise generator, and the filtering, you can completely redefine any audio and achieve a kind of Karplus-Strong string synthesis.

Advanced CV options expand your effects possibilities

When you start adding CV to the DSM03, things get really cool. There are individual CV inputs for the feedback amount and tuning, as well as the lowpass filter frequency and resonance. Snag a CV feed from an envelope generator and split the gate to trigger the DSM03's noise generator, and you have a whole new synth voice right there. Add an LFO to the feedback amount, and you can create weird tremolo-like effect, and there are all kinds of things you can do with the tuning. Simply put, once you add a Dave Smith Instruments DSM03 Feedback Module to your collection, your Eurorack rig will never be the same again.

Dave Smith Instruments DSM03 Eurorack Feedback Module Features:
  • An extremely versatile Eurorack tuned feedback module
  • Easily create Karplus-Strong string synthesis and other effects
  • Tuned feedback adds sympathetic harmonics to any audio
  • Attack and decay settings let you shape your feedback
  • Control feedback amount and tuning via CV
  • Use gate to trigger a noise generator for added grit
  • 4-pole, 24-bit/96kHz digital lowpass filter onboard
  • CV inputs also available for filter cutoff and resonance
  • Only 10hp wide with 1.54" (39mm) installed depth
Add amazing sound-shaping power to your Eurorack rig with the Dave Smith Instruments DSM03!

Tech Specs

  • Type: Tuned feedback
  • Analog Inputs: 1 x 1/8" (audio in), 1 x 1/8" (audio trigger in)
  • Analog Outputs: 1 x 1/8" (audio out)
  • Other I/O: Feedback CV, Tuning CV, LPF CV, Resonance CV
  • Depth: 1.54"
  • HP Size: 10HP
  • Power Usage: 20mA, ±12V DC
  • Power Supply: Requires Eurorack case / power supply
  • Manufacturer Part Number: DSI-4002

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Rated 5/5

Clean noise source

Too many words in product description above, here are the basics:

Controllable clean noise signal generator
(4) knobs controlled by CV
Bonus AD envelope

Sounds like good drugs
Music background: Production
Rated 4.5/5

Surprisingly versatile module.

Funky module, that I nabbed for a smaller portable system. The other functions on this box are what surprised me. It's become my go to hi-hat module lately, just using the noise part of the module, as it's different that your typical 808-hat sound. The DSP filter by itself is nothing crazy, but a great utility module in a pinch, especially with rare CV-control over resonance. Also, when the delay tuning is set to 7-9pm, it's a handy delay effect that gets down into maybe 1/8 notes around 140bpm and good for quick delays. Note that the Karplus-Strong part doesn't track 1v/oct, so it's not a substitute for your typical melodic sequences. At 10hp it's a great box to add some varied function and spice to a rig.

For the lifelong keyboardists and synth geeks at Sweetwater, Dave Smith is a bona fide legend. His Prophet-5 made synthesis affordable, and as one of the three responsible for creating the MIDI standard, Smith helped shape the keyboard world from the early '80s on. Many of us grew up with Sequential Circuits, and Dave Smith Instruments carries on that legacy with exciting new designs we love so much we're excited to share them with the synth nuts we know. These days, DSI continues to merge the historic synths we love with exciting new innovations, such as partnering with other innovators including Roger Linn and Tom Oberheim to create cool new designs we love to share with our favorite customers.

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