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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.

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61 keys (Prophet-5 (all versions), Prophet-10 (1977, withdrawn from production) (Prophet-10 (1981-84)) Dual manual 61 key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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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5.jpg
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