Another welcome reprise is Unison mode, which features configurable voice count (1-6 voices) and key modes. Destinations include oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 1 shape, oscillator 1 pulse width, low-pass filter cutoff, and high-pass filter cutoff. True to the original, modulation sources are filter envelope and oscillator 2 (both with bi-polar control).
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Poly Mod and Poly Step SequencingĪlso present from its classic predecessor is a Poly Mod section, with enhancements. There’s also an independent stereo distortion effect, which is 100% analog. While the effects themselves are digital, with 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution, a true bypass maintains a full analog signal path. The dual effects section provides studio-quality reverbs, delays (standard and BBD), chorus and phase shifter. Voltage-controlled amplifiers complete the all-analog signal path. There are two discrete filters per voice-a four-pole, resonant, low-pass inspired by the original Prophet-5 filter, and a two-pole, resonant, high-pass filter. Continuously variable waveshapes provide the tonal palette with triangle, sawtooth, and variable-width pulse waves.
Classic Tone, Classic VibeĬentral to the warm, punchy sound of the Prophet-6 are its two newly-designed, discrete voltage-controlled oscillators (plus sub-oscillator) per voice. The result is pure, unadulterated analog tone with the stability and reliability of a state-of-the-art modern synth. Rather, as Dave puts it, “It’s the result of our effort to build the most awesome-sounding, modern analog poly synth possible.” The Prophet-6 takes the best qualities of the original Prophet-5-true voltage-controlled oscillators, filters, and amplifiers-and adds enhancements such as studio-quality effects, a polyphonic step sequencer, an arpeggiator, and more.
But it’s not simply a reissue of a classic. The Prophet-6 is Dave Smith’s tribute to the poly synth that started it all-the Sequential Prophet-5. To find out more about how each synth differs, view our Synth Comparison (pdf) Vintage with a Modern Twist