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Prophet '08 — now to the details PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 23 August 2007

Amazingly fast, but there was a short way from rumours to real instrument for new Dave Smith's Prophet.

 prophet 08 for real

So here we have an overview, specifications and legend. And the legend seems to be back! The moder analog Prophet'08 includes:

  • 5-octave keyboard with semi-weighted action, velocity, and aftertouch.

  • Spring-loaded pitch wheel and assignable mod wheel

  • 256 fully editable Programs (2 banks of 128) with 2 Layers (2 separate sounds) in each Program.

  • 16 x 4 gated step sequencer

  • Arpeggiator

  • 2 digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCOs) per voice with selectable sawtooth, triangle, saw/triangle mix, and pulse waves (with pulse-width modulation), and hard sync.

  • White noise generator

  • 1 Analog Curtis low-pass filter per voice, selectable 2- and 4-pole operation (self-resonating in 4-pole mode).

  • 3 Envelope Generators: filter, VCA, and assignable (four-stage ADSR + delay); Envelope 3 can loop.

  • 4 LFOs

  • Glide (portamento): separate rates per oscillator.

  • Analog VCAs

Ins and Outs

  • MIDI In, Out, Thru, and Poly Chain

  • Main stereo audio output: 1/4" unbalanced

  • Output B stereo audio output: 1/4" unbalanced

  • Sustain pedal input: accepts normally on or normally off momentary footswitch.

  • Pedal/CV input: responds to expression pedals or control voltages ranging from 0 to 5 VDC (protected against higher or negative voltages).

  • Headphone output: 1/4" stereo phone jack.

 

The price for Prophet '08 in USA is around $2000.

Photos and demos of new synth:

 

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