Key Features
- Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08
- Classic real-analog sound
- Loads of knobs for real-time control
- Built in step sequencer
Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08 Keyboard Synthesizer Overview
The return of a legend or the beginning of a new era? The Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 is an eight-voice keyboard synthesizer with a totaly analog signal path. While the Prophet '08's overall sonic character will be familiar to anyone who knows Dave Smith's work from the '70s and '80s, it is much more than just a vintage reissue with a few new bells and whistles. Of course, it includes features we now take for granted, like velocity and aftertouch. Add to that performance features like an arpeggiator, gated 16 x 4 step sequencer, and the ability to split or stack sounds. The modulation possibilities are much deeper than anything Sequential ever produced, making it capable of producing sounds the "classics" simply could not. Dave has always said that he is only interested in moving forward. The Prophet '08 is the product of evolution, not nostalgia.
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Product Ref: 14929
Full Description
View Full Description- The only affordable, full-featured polysynth with a 100 analog signal path.
- Classic, real analog sound?including legendary Curtis analog low-pass filters?married to a modern feature set.
- Compact size, huge sound.
- Tons of knobs for direct, real-time editing and performance.
"The Prophet '08 gets my vote for best analog poly synth... ever." - Remix
"...the sexiest little analogue synth I've played in years." - Sound on Sound
Specifications
- 5-octave keyboard with semi-weighted action, velocity, and aftertouch.
- Spring-loaded pitch wheel and assignable mod wheel
- 256 fully editable Programs (2 banks of 128) with 2 Layers (2 separate sounds) in each Program.
- 16 x 4 gated step sequencer
- Arpeggiator
- 2 digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCOs) per voice with selectable sawtooth, triangle, saw/triangle mix, and pulse waves (with pulse-width modulation), and hard sync.
- White noise generator
- 1 Analog Curtis low-pass filter per voice, selectable 2- and 4-pole operation (self-resonating in 4-pole mode).
- 3 Envelope Generators: filter, VCA, and assignable (four-stage ADSR + delay); Envelope 3 can loop.
- 4 LFOs
- Glide (portamento): separate rates per oscillator.
- Analog VCAs
- Dimensions: 12.1" (30.73 cm) W x 34.8" (88.39 cm) L x 3.875" (9.84 cm) H (2.25" at front edge; the feet account for 0.25" of the total height)
- Weight: 22 lbs. (9.98 kg)
Ins and Outs
- MIDI In, Out, Thru, and Poly Chain
- Main stereo audio output: 1/4" unbalanced
- Output B stereo audio output: 1/4" unbalanced
- Sustain pedal input: accepts normally on or normally off momentary footswitch.
- Pedal/CV input: responds to expression pedals or control voltages ranging from 0 to 5 VDC (protected against higher or negative voltages).
- Headphone output: 1/4" stereo phone jack.
- Includes power supply for 110V ? 240V AC operation (13-15 VDC, 400 mA) and operation manual.
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