BLIND TEST: Prophet 5/10 REV4 vs Prophet 6 // Can you tell the difference? // (J3PO remix...)

loopop

"Thanks very much to J3PO for sending me the raw files for this video!

Julian is a keyboard player and producer, tours with Marcus Miller and several members of Snarky Puppy, and works closely with Sequential and Nord Keyboards, most recently contributing to some of the factory presets for the Prophet 10 as well as the new Nord Wave 2.

Here's a link to his full video:" [posted here]

Sequential Prophet-5/10 Rev4 Sounds

Perfect Circuit

"The Sequential Prophet-5 and 10 are back! This video shows some of the sounds that the Prophet-10 Rev4 can produce. If you have always wanted a Prophet-5 but didn't want to pay vintage prices or worry about it breaking you can now get a brand new one!

The Rev4 adds the option to switch between the Rev1/2 and Rev3 filters as well as the "vintage" knob that that goes from the modern stable Rev4 on one end to the quirky and drifting Rev1. For keys the Prophet-5 and 10 have 49 Fatar semi-weighted keys with velocity and aftertouch.

Prophet-5 Rev4 available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/sequen...

Prophet-10 Rev4 available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/sequen..."

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 - 5 Part Invention part 3 :: Experimental Synth

experimentalsynth

"One last visit with generative sequences on the Prophet 5. Created with Ableton and Max4Live, then run through an Eventide H9. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"

experimentalsynth Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 posts

Sequential Prophet-5 rev4 various sounds, filter & vintage knob demos

Paul Schilling

"A run-through of patches I created for the Prophet-5 rev4. Some of these were included in the factory set. I focused a lot on the rev2 SSM-based filters. In several of the patch demos I do some tweaking, for example to show the difference the Vintage knob makes, and to show the quality of the filter with low or high resonance.

No processing except a touch of reverb. Because some seem to prefer dry demos I included a few patches at the beginning with no reverb, and also all patches after 13:50 have no reverb."

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 & Pro 3 :: CV Filter Modulation :: Going Further :: Experimental Synth

experimentalsynth

"Further explorations using the Prophet 5 Pedal Filter Input as a CV in and modulating its filter with a CV from a Pro 3. Here I'm sending a repeating step-sequenced voltage pattern to the P5 while the Pro 3 sequence plays in the background. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"

experimentalsynth Sequential Prophet 5 posts

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 Filter Modulation with the Pro 3 - Experimental Synth

experimentalsynth

"More fun with the new Sequential Prophet 5 rev4. I used the Pedal Filter Input as a CV in and modulated the filter with a CV from a Pro 3. The Pro 3 CV was from one of the Aux Envelopes which was triggered every time the sequencer played a note, giving the P5 filter a nice clock-synced rhythmic workout. I added a couple more sequenced instruments (Voyager, MatrixBrute) to hear them all playing together, creating a great rhythmic environment. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com'

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 with Moog MIDI-MuRF & Eventide H9 - Experimental Synth

experimentalsynth

"If you have some interesting ingredients, sometimes you just have to mix them together and see how it turns out. I like the way these combined. Sequential Prophet 5 rev4, Moog Music Inc. MIDI-MuRF and an Eventide Audio H9. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"

Sequential Prophet 5 & Asheville Music Tools ADG-1 Analog Delay

experimentalsynth

"Just a quick "explorer's journal" of some of the places I went combining the new Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 and the Asheville Music Tools [AMT] ADG-1 Analog Delay. They make a great pair and this just scratches the surface. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 - 5 Part Invention part 2 - ExperimentalSynth

experimentalsynth

More footage from my Prophet 5 testing sessions. A generative sequence created with Ableton and run through Valhalla Super Massive is combined with hands-on tweaking. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com

experimentalsynth Sequential Prophet 5 posts

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 - Patch audio demos from Peter Dyer

peterkeys88

"I had the privilege of contributing to the factory preset banks for Sequential's Prophet 5 rev4. These are clips I recorded direct from the Prophet 5, playing the patches I contributed, which you will find if you grab a new Prophet 5. Many of these are already included in Sequential's Soundcloud Audio Demos, which you can hear [below]
Check out my preset pack "Mammoth Pads" for Sequential's Rev2 at
https://www.peterdyer.net/shop"

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 - "Prophet Run"


"While beta-testing and making patches for Sequential's delightful Prophet 5 rev4, I was checking midi timing for myself in Ableton and using Live's arp device. Turns out I had fun making a short runner-bass track. Let's call it "Prophet Run". All sound sources from the Prophet 5, except kick and snare. This was a beta unit so it's panel is missing some name plates"

Sequential · Prophet-5 Audio Demos

Sequential Prophet 5 Rev4 - track snippet

peterkeys88

"I had the privilege of doing beta-testing, and some factory patches for the incredible Sequential "Rev4" Prophet 5 (or 10) this summer. Its a lovely and beautifully simple instrument thats a true joy to play. I started this "all prophet 5" track before i had to send the beta down the road to the next tester. Some FX were added."

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 & AMT (Asheville Music Tools) ADG-1 Analog Delay - ExperimentalSynth

experimentalsynth

"I came up with a nice, thick pad on the Prophet 5. Adding the Asheville Music Tools ADG-1 Analog Delay puts the icing on a very sweet cake. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"

Sequential Prophet 5 posts

Sequential Prophet 5 rev4 - 5 Part Invention :: Experimental Synth

experimentalsynth

"Exercising the Prophet 5 rev 4 by throwing a lot of notes at it. Doing this with Ableton via USB MIDI. This gave me some hands free for timbral exploration. The Prophet 5 does the plucky stuff very nicely. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"

Sequential Re-Introduces the Prophet-5 and Prophet-10 Synthesizers

"The new Prophet-5 is Dave Smith's return to the analog poly synth that changed the world. It embodies all three revisions of the legendary synth — Rev1, Rev2, Rev3 — and now, the Rev4. History never sounded better.

Soundtrack exclusively by Prophet-5. Yes, even the drums."

Both models will be available in October. The Prophet-5 has a US MAP of $3,499. The Prophet-10 has a US MAP of $4,299. Note there is an additional video demo by INHALT further below.

Sequential · Prophet-5 Audio Demos

And the press release (pics below):

"Sequential Reintroduces the Prophet®-5, the Synth that Revolutionized an Industry

San Francisco, CA—Oct 1, 2020—After months of clandestine development, Sequential today announced the reintroduction of its most famous and beloved instrument: the Prophet-5. Timed to coincide with founder Dave Smith’s 70th year, the instrument revisits a landmark era in American analog synthesizer design and marks an authentic and authoritative return to roots for the legendary pioneer of electronic instruments.

“It’s not often that you get to revisit your past, retrieve some of its magic, and give it new life,” said Dave Smith. “The Prophet-5 was one of the most exciting instruments to appear in an equally exciting time for music and technology. It’s gratifying to rediscover that its sound and aesthetics are just as appealing now as they were then.”

Faithful to the original, the new Prophet-5 features five voices with two multi-waveform analog oscillators, resonant analog low-pass filters and amplifiers, and a filter and amplifier envelope per voice. Modulation is provided by a multi-waveshape LFO and Poly Mod, a ground-breaking modulation scheme for its time that allowed the filter envelope and oscillator B to be routed to a variety of destinations including filter cutoff frequency, oscillator A frequency, and oscillator A pulse width.

The new Prophet-5 features original, genuine Curtis VCOs and filters as used in the Prophet-5 Rev3, as well as the Dave Rossum-designed SSI 2140 filter, the modern counterpart of the original SSM 2040 Rossum designed in the Prophet-5 Rev1 and Rev2. “We made the new Prophet-5 the best of all Prophets by embodying all three revisions of the original. We did this by adding a Rev switch to the front panel, so you can choose your preferred filter.”

Smith continued, “We also researched what made the original P-5 sound the way it did — organic and alive — and found that a lot of that desirable character was due to fluctuations and differences in the response times and frequencies of the individual oscillators, filters, and envelopes from voice to voice. So we also added a Vintage knob that loosens all of them up like they were in the old days. You can dial in progressively more vintage character as you go from a very stable “4,” as in Prophet-5 Rev4, all the way to “1,” as in Prophet-5 Rev1, which was the most temperamental of all Prophet-5s. We’ve even included the original factory sound set for the full vintage experience.”

Other modern enhancements include velocity sensitivity and aftertouch to increase expressiveness, as well as MIDI and USB connectivity. Control voltage and gate ins/outs are also present for connecting modular synths and other gear. The new Prophet-5 is housed in a collector-worthy, premium-quality, steel and hand-oiled sustainable black walnut heartwood body, with a full, five-octave, semi-weighted Fatar keybed.

Sequential is simultaneously offering the Prophet-10, a ten-voice version of the synthesizer with the same sound engine and collector-worthy design. “I originally designed the first Prophet in both five-voice and ten-voice versions. But the five-voice model was the one that achieved mass production. We thought it would be fun and fitting to reintroduce the ten-voice as well, to make the circle complete.” Sequential Circuits’ later product, the dual-manual, bi-timbral Prophet-10, was a different instrument in both concept and execution.

Both models will be available in October. The Prophet-5 has a US MAP of $3,499. The Prophet-10 has a US MAP of $4,299."

Sequential Prophet 5 Rev4 INHALT Sound Design of Factory Patches Demo


"There are few synthesizers that spark deep emotions and reverence. The Prophet 5 is one of them. Its history is marked by both the counter and the dominant cultural works; wether listening to the independent outings of New Musik and Skinny Puppy, the art of Japan and Sakamoto, the disco of Cowely, the soundtracks of Carpenter or the pop of McCartney and Madonna, it collectively becomes clear that the Prophet 5 is the great enabler of the modern musical expression. If the Model D is the left hand the Prophet 5 is the right. And rightly so, as its genius and genuineness transitioned the 5 from "tool of novelty" firmly into the place of an exuberant enabler of the creative expression. From decade to decade, its design and purity allowed it to slot into a music production unweathered and unbiased by whatever style is in vogue. Yet, it's always fashionable and it always sits right where it's supposed to. Put simply, it's a workhorse that inspires. Whatever the revision. And now, that story, that lineage continues with the Rev 4.

It's with absolute honor, gratitude, and exhilaration that I accepted the offer to work on the factory patches for Sequential's latest chapter in the story of the Prophet 5. Sound designing alongside the superb voicing team has been a wonderful collaboration with a company I consider family and my way to give thanks for the career that the Prophet 5 has helped me build. Unlike other projects I've done in the past, part of my testing of the Rev 4 included putting it through an actual studio music production. I'm currently in the middle of producing two LP's (the artists Some Ember and Patriarchy) and the Rev 4 got used heavily on both. The main question I sought to answer: "does it handle the same as a vintage unit". What became abundantly clear: the Rev 4 isn't like a Prophet 5, isn't inspired by a Prophet 5, ins't referencing a Prophet 5; it is a Prophet 5. Through and through in every sense of the very defining characteristics of the 5. It's a Prophet 5. Period. And in many regards it's better. Why?

Rapid fire MIDI, Fatar keybed, both genuine SSM (SSI) filters and VCAs, genuine Curtis filters and oscillators, a perfectly tuned LFO and envelopes, the ability to actually save LFO amount settings, velocity, aftertouch, the same voice allocation as the original ... and zero repairs needed with no sacrifice to the soul of what makes the 5 the 5. It looks the same with minor additions that can be completely ignored if you choose. You can play it like the original and you can expect it to do exactly what the original does. Or you can take advantage of all of the modern facilities. I also made a set of patches that were the same sounds on both a vintage 5 and the Rev 4 and quickly cycling playing the same passage on the 2 instruments, for all in the room, it was impossible to tell what's what and who's who.

The amount of care, attention to detail, and workmanship that has gone into the Rev 4 is remarkable and I am honored to have been a part of the team putting it through the paces. Sequential is a special company. It's marked by integrity, friendship, care, and carries on a tradition of producing musical instruments from that platform. The Rev 4 is a Prophet 5 and ONLY Sequential can make that.

Please note, the Rev 4 in the video is a prototype unit and I recorded this with a beta firmware. As such, while the synth was largely done there are some changes both to the panel and to the OS that are in the final shipping version (obviously). The Prophet 5 was recorded straight into Pro Tools HD and no post processing or fx were added. What you're hearing is the raw Rev 4."

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