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The Prophet-5 is revered by artists for its unique and influential sound that has shaped music for decades. Introduced in 1978 as the world’s first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer, it revolutionized music production by enabling musicians to instantly save and recall sounds. Today’s Prophet-5 Rev4 remains faithful to the original design, recreating the analog circuitry that produces its rich warm tone, whilestill adding a few new twists that modern musicians love.
For nearly 50 years, the Prophet-5 has lent its classic tone to iconic songs by artists like Phil Collins, Hall & Oates, A-ha, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, and Taylor Swift among countless others. Discover its rich musical legacy and kick off your Prophet-5 journey with some of our favorite tracks.
The Prophet-5 Rev4 faithfully recreates all of its previous revisions, ending any debate over which version is the best by simply encapsulating them all. Rev4’s Vintage knob and switchable filters allow you to choose whichever Prophet-5 character you desire – Rev1, Rev2 or Rev3 – and even experiment with new combinations of attributes.
The Prophet-5 Rev1 and Rev2 featured SSM filters that were rich in character but could be temperamental, while the Rev3 switched to the Curtis filter for more stability and control. Today, reissues of both analog filter chips let you experience their unique qualities without worrying about reliability. The Rev4 offers the best of both worlds, allowing you to choose your ideal Prophet-5 sound.
- Two authentic CEM 3340 VCOs per voice
- Simultaneously selectable wave shapes. Oscillator A: sawtooth, pulse. Oscillator B: sawtooth, triangle, pulse.
- Variable pulse width per oscillator
- Hard sync: oscillator A syncs to oscillator B
- Oscillator B low frequency (LFO) mode
- Oscillator B keyboard tracking on/off
- White noise source
- Switchable four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice
- Rev1/2 filter is a Dave Rossum-designed 2140, the modern counterpart of the original 2040 filter found in the Prophet-5 Rev1 and Rev2
- Rev3 filter is a Doug Curtis-designed CEM 3320
- Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control
- Filter keyboard tracking: off, half, full
- Four-stage (ADSR) Filter envelope generator
- Four-stage (ADSR) Amp envelope generator
- Velocity modulation of envelope amounts
- Three LFO wave shapes: sawtooth, triangle, square, and all waveshapes can be engaged simultaneously
- LFO initial Amount and mod wheel control
- LFO mod destinations: oscillator A frequency, oscillator B frequency, oscillator A and B pulse width, filter cutoff
- Poly mod sources: filter envelope and oscillator B
- Poly mod destinations: oscillator A frequency, oscillator A pulse width, filter cutoff
- Polyphonic glide (portamento)
- Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all five voices and key modes
- The Vintage knob recreates the characteristics of various Prophet-5 revisions by varying the behavior of oscillators, envelopes, amplifiers, and other components. Go from a very stable “4” — as in Prophet-5 Rev4, (the new version) — all the way to “1,” as in Prophet-5 Rev1, the rarest and most temperamental of all Prophet-5s.
- Selectable filter and amplitude envelope velocity response adds new dynamics to Prophet-5 sounds
- Channel (mono) aftertouch brings a new dimension of expression to the Prophet-5
- Aftertouch destinations: filter cutoff frequency, LFO amount
- The addition of MIDI enables seamless integration with modern studios
- ull-sized, semi-weighted, premium Fatar 5-octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
- Channel (mono) aftertouch
- Aftertouch destinations: filter cutoff frequency, LFO amount
- Mod wheel
- 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
- Preset switch: when off, the front panel is live; what you see is what you hear
- 200 user and 200 factory programs in 5 banks of 40 programs each
- Direct program access, including single-button access to the current set of 8 programs
- Keyboard dimensions: 37.37” L x 16.35 W x 5.95″ H (94.92 cm x 41.52 cm x 15.11 cm)
- Keyboard weight: 32 lbs (14.51 kg)
- Desktop module dimensions: 20.75″ L x 7.4″ W x 3″ H (52.70 cm x 18.8 cm x 7.62 cm)
- Roadworthy all-steel construction with premium black walnut heartwood body and trim
- Mono output (1 x 1/4” jack)
- Headphone output (stereo, 1/4” jack)
- MIDI in, out, and thru ports
- USB for bidirectional MIDI communication
- Control voltage in/out (1 x 1/4” phone jack) 0- +5V input/output signal. Configured for 1-volt-per-octave operation.
- Gate in/out (1 x 1/4” phone jack). Accepts a 1.5 to 15-volt on/off signal to gate the envelopes of a single voice on the Prophet-5. Outputs a 15-volt on/off used to gate the envelopes of an external synth.
- Filter cutoff expression pedal input
- Volume expression pedal input
- Sustain footswitch input
- IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply
- Operates worldwide on voltages between 100 and 240 volts at 50 to 60 Hz; 25 watts maximum power consumption
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