Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Sign in to saveThe Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977. It was the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory.
Key facts
- Synthesizer.synth_name
- Prophet-5
- Synthesizer.synth_manufacturer
- Sequential
- Synthesizer.image
- Sequential Prophet 10 Rev 4.png
- Synthesizer.image_caption
- A Prophet-10 Rev 4, a modern re-issue of the Prophet-5
- Synthesizer.synthesis_type
- Analog subtractiveAnalog FM (Poly-Mod)
- Synthesizer.polyphony
- 5 voices (Prophet-5) 10 voices (Prophet-10)
- Synthesizer.timbrality
- Monotimbral (Prophet-5) Multitimbral (Prophet-10)
- Synthesizer.oscillator
- 2 VCOs per voice
- Synthesizer.filter
- 4-pole resonant low-pass
- Synthesizer.envelopes
- ADSR
- Synthesizer.lfo
- 1
- Synthesizer.memory
- 40 patches (Rev 3 120, Rev 4 200)
- Synthesizer.fx
- None
- Synthesizer.keyboard
- 61 keys (Prophet-5 (all versions), Prophet-10 (1977, withdrawn from production) (Prophet-10 (1981-84)) Dual manual 61 key
- Synthesizer.velocity
- Rev1 to Rev3 no, Rev4 yes
- Synthesizer.aftertouch
- Rev1 to Rev3 no, Rev4 yes
- Synthesizer.left_control
- Pitch and modulation wheels
- Synthesizer.ext_control
- CV/GateProprietary serial interfaceMIDI (Rev 3.3)
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The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977. It was the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory.
Before the Prophet-5, synthesizers required users to adjust controls to change sounds, with no guarantee of exactly recreating a sound. Sequential used microprocessors to allow users to recall sounds instantly rather than having to recreate them manually. The Prophet-5 facilitated a move from synthesizers creating unpredictable sounds to producing "a standard package of familiar sounds".