Sequential Prophet 6 Module
UPC/EAN #855346000760
MPN #DSI-1600
The Prophet-6 desktop module is every bit as powerful and easy to use as its counterpart, the Prophet-6 Keyboard. It's an ideal combination of portability and power.
Vintage Analog Sound - Small Enough to Fit in a Backpack
The module has all of the same controls as the keyboard version and provides the same immediacy and ease of use - with absolutely no menu diving. As with the Prophet-6 Keyboard, all parameters are at your fingertips, with full-sized knobs and switches and a comfortable, intuitive layout.
How does it sound Awesome - just like the keyboard, because on the inside, it's exactly the same. The same analog signal path with discrete VCOs and VCFs. The same high-quality digital effects. The same classic sound that has been earning raves from customers and reviewers alike.
We've also added a poly chain feature so that any two Prophet-6s can be paired for twelve-voice polyphony!
Vintage with a Modern Twist
Both the Prophet-6 desktop module and keyboard are Dave Smith's tribute to the poly synth that started it all-the Sequential Prophet-5. But it's not simply a reissue of a classic. 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. The result is pure, unadulterated analog tone with the stability and reliability of a state-of-the-art modern synth.
Classic Tone, Classic Vibe
Central to the warm, punchy sound of the Prophet-6 are its two newly-designed, discrete voltage-controlled oscillators (plus sub-oscillator) per voice. Continuously variable waveshapes provide the tonal palette with triangle, sawtooth, and variable-width pulse waves. 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. Voltage-controlled amplifiers complete the all-analog signal path.
Dual Effects
The dual effects section provides studio-quality reverbs, delays (standard and BBD), chorus and phase shifter. While the effects themselves are digital, with 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution, a true bypass maintains a full analog signal path. There's also an independent stereo distortion effect, which is 100% analog.
Poly Mod and Poly Step Sequencing
Also present from its classic predecessor is a Poly Mod section, with enhancements. True to the original, modulation sources are filter envelope and oscillator 2 (both with bi-polar control). Destinations include oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 1 shape, oscillator 1 pulse width, low-pass filter cutoff, and high-pass filter cutoff. Another welcome reprise is Unison mode, which features configurable voice count (1-6 voices) and key modes. The polyphonic step sequencer allows up to 64 steps and up to 6 notes per step. You can create sequences polyphonically, with rests, and sync to an external MIDI clock. The full-featured arpeggiator can be synced to external MIDI clock as well.
Easy to Program
The knob-per-function front panel offers instant access to virtually all Prophet-6 functions. Included are 500 permanent factory programs and 500 rewritable user programs. Toggling off the Preset button enables live panel mode, in which the sound of the Prophet-6 switches to the current settings of its knobs and switches. In this state, what you see is what you hear.
Easy to Play
All of this awe-inspiring sound is packed into a desktop module that's small enough to fit in a backpack. It's an ideal combination of portability and power for the project studio or the gigging musician.
Specifications
OSCILLATORS
Two newly designed, discrete VCOs per voiceContinuously variable wave shape (triangle, sawtooth, pulse, square) per oscillatorPulse width per oscillatorHard sync: oscillator 1 syncs to oscillator 2Triangle sub-octave generator (oscillator 1) per voiceLow frequency mode (oscillator 2)Keyboard tracking on/off (oscillator 2)Oscillator slop amount for increased tuning instability, from subtle to extreme
MIXER
Oscillator 1 amountOscillator 1 sub-octave amountOscillator 2 amountWhite noise amount
HIGH-PASS FILTER
Two-pole, resonant, high-pass filter per voiceBi-polar filter envelope amountVelocity modulation of envelope amountKeyboard tracking: off, half, full
LOW-PASS FILTER
Four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice, inspired by the original Prophet 5 filterFilter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance controlBi-polar filter envelope amountVelocity modulation of envelope amountKeyboard tracking: off, half, full
FILTER ENVELOPE
Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator
AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE
Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generatorVelocity 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 amountMod 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 amountDestinations: 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 tempoBPM control and displayMIDI clock sync
ARPEGGIATOR
Selectable note value: 16th note, 8th note triplet, 8th note, dotted 8th note, quarter noteOne, two, or three octave rangeUp, down, up/down, random, and assign modes
SEQUENCER
Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps and rests
EFFECTS
Stereo analog distortionDual, 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 shifterDelay syncTrue bypass maintains fully analog signal path when digital effects are off
PERFORMANCE CONTROLS
Polyphonic glide (portamento)Hold switch latches held notes onUnison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all six voices, and key modesPreset 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 eachDirect program access, including Prophet 5-style single-button access to the current set of 10 programs
IN/OUT
Left and right audio outputs (2 x 1/4" phone jack)Headphone output (stereo, 1/4" phone jack)MIDI in, out, and thru portsUSB for bidirectional MIDI communicationLow-pass filter cutoff expression pedal inputVolume expression pedal inputSustain footswitch inputSequencer start/stop footswitch input
POWER
IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply
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