Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Jump by Van Halen

Published on Aug 2, 2015 synthartist69
Update: Re-Published on Aug 2, 2015

"I posted an earlier version of this but the Prophet 6 was out of tune so I did a retake of just the music, hence the video sync issue at the very beginning. The background music I created several years ago. Several of my subscribers have asked me if the Prophet 6 can do Jump by Van Halen and my answer is NO, not from any of the factory patches! So, I decided to create a usable OBXa sawtooth patch myself. I simply took two oscillators and detuned them apart, dialed in the correct cutoff filter setting, attack, sustain and release. I added the onboard chorus and delay effects. I basically do this on every keyboard I buy because I do a lot of 80's music live and really need that sound :) In this video I am using my Roland JV1000 via midi to control the Prophet 6 since it only has 49 keys, so I am just playing using both keyboards but the sound is all Prophet 6. The whole 49 key deal just ruins this synth for me.... it really does, just like my Alesis Ion. Great sounding synths but with only 49 keys I am so limited and it is too much trouble to midi up another keyboard all of the time. When I play live I like my setup to be as simple as possible. Thanks for watching and enjoy!"