Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6 demo unit

De Prophet 6 is gebaseerd op de polyfone synth waarmee het allemaal begon, de Sequential Prophet 5. Maar de prophet 6 is niet simpelweg een reissue van de 5….volgens Dave Smith zelf is de prophet 6 het resultaat van de moeite die gedaan is om de meest perfecte klinkende analoge polyfone synth te maken. De prophet 6 heeft de het beste uit de prophet 5, zoals echte analoge VCO’s, filters en amps, en maakt gebruikt van studio kwaliteit effecten, een polyfone step sequencer, arpeggiator en meer.

Specificaties

OSCILLATORS

• Two newly designed, discrete VCOs per voice
• Continuously variable wave shape (triangle, sawtooth, pulse, square) per oscillator
• Pulse width per oscillator
• Hard sync: oscillator 1 syncs to oscillator 2
• Triangle sub-octave generator (oscillator 1) per voice
• Low frequency mode (oscillator 2)
• Keyboard tracking on/off (oscillator 2)
• Oscillator slop amount for increased tuning instability, from subtle to extreme

MIXER

• Oscillator 1 amount
• Oscillator 1 sub-octave amount
• Oscillator 2 amount
• White noise amount

HIGH-PASS FILTER

• Two-pole, resonant, high-pass filter per voice
• Bi-polar filter envelope amount
• Velocity modulation of envelope amount
• Keyboard tracking: off, half, full

LOW-PASS FILTER

• Four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice, inspired by the original Prophet 5 filter
• Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control
• Bi-polar filter envelope amount
• Velocity modulation of envelope amount
• Keyboard tracking: off, half, full

FILTER ENVELOPE

• Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator

AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE

• Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator
• Velocity modulation of envelope amount

LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR

• Five wave shapes: triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, and random (sample and hold)
• Clock sync (internal or external MIDI clock)
• Initial amount
• Mod destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 2 frequency, oscillator 1 and 2 pulse width, low-pass filter cutoff, high-pass filter cutoff

POLY MOD

• Sources: filter envelope (bi-polar) and oscillator 2 (bi-polar)
• Destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 1 shape, oscillator 1 pulse width, low-pass filter cutoff, high-pass filter cutoff

AFTERTOUCH

• Source: channel (mono) aftertouch with bi-polar amount
• Destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 2 frequency, LFO amount, amplifier envelope amount, low-pass filter envelope amount, high-pass filter envelope amount

CLOCK

• Master clock with tap tempo
• BPM control and display
• MIDI clock sync

ARPEGGIATOR

• Selectable note value: 16th note, 8th note triplet, 8th note, dotted 8th note, quarter note
• One, two, or three octave range
• Up, down, up/down, random, and assign modes

SEQUENCER

• Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps and rests

EFFECTS

• Stereo analog distortion
• Dual, 24-bit, 48 kHz digital effects, including: reverb (room, hall, plate, spring), delay (full bandwidth digital delay and emulated bucket brigade and tape delays), chorus, and phase shifter
• Delay sync
• True bypass maintains fully analog signal path when digital effects are off

PERFORMANCE CONTROLS

• Full-sized, semi-weighted, 4-octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
• Backlit pitch and mod wheels
• Spring-loaded pitch wheel with selectable range per program (1 to 12 semitones up and down)
• Transpose controls for an 8-octave range
• Hold switch latches held notes on
• Polyphonic glide (portamento)
• Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all six voices, and key modes
• Preset switch: when off, the front panel is live; what you see is what you hear

PATCH MEMORY

• 500 user and 500 factory programs in 10 banks of 100 programs each
• Direct program access, including Prophet 5-style single-button access to the current set of 10 programs

IN/OUT

• Left/mono and right audio outputs (2 x 1/4” phone jack)
• Headphone output (stereo, 1/4” phone jack)
• MIDI in, out, and thru ports
• USB for bidirectional MIDI communication
• Low-pass filter cutoff expression pedal input
• Volume expression pedal input
• Sustain footswitch input
• Sequencer start/stop footswitch input

POWER

• IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply
• Operates worldwide on voltages between 100 and 240 volts at 50 to 60 Hz; 30 watts maximum power consumption

PHYSICAL SPECS

• 32” L x 12.7” W x 4.6″ H (81.3 cm x 32.3 cm x 11.7 cm)
• 20.0 lbs (9.5 kg)
• Walnut end panels and trim