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Prophet-5

The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977. It was the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory.

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Aftertouch expression
Rev1 to Rev3 no, Rev4 yes
Dates
1978–84, 2020– (Prophet-5) 1977, 1981–84, 2020– (Prophet-10)
Effects
None
External control
CV/Gate Proprietary serial interface MIDI (Rev 3.3)
Filter
4-pole resonant low-pass
Keyboard
61 keys (Prophet-5 (all versions), Prophet-10 (1977, withdrawn from production) (Prophet-10 (1981-84)) Dual manual 61 key

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Prophet-5

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples115
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Prophet-5

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has impact · 27
Prophet-5 → According, Air Tonight, Before, Computer World, Everything In Its Right, Ghosts, Greg Hawkes, In, Japan, Kid, Kraftwerk, Let's Go, Like, Madonna, Michael Jackson, MusicRadar, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Place, Radiohead
related to Successors and emulations · 27
Prophet-5 → Arturia, Behringer Pro-16, Bowen, Creamware, In, It, MIDI, NAMM, Native Instruments, Other, PikoPiko Factory's, Pro, Pro-One, Profree-4, Prophet, Prophet Plus, Prophet VS, Prophet-10 Rev, Prophet-5 Rev, Prophet-6
related to Production · 19
Prophet-5 → According, Almost, Braemar, CEM, Curtis, Exatron Stringy Floppy, In, Like, Prophet-10, Prophet-10s, Prophet-5 Revision, Revision, Sequential, Sequential Circuits, Solid State Music, Sound, SSM, The, Three
related to Development · 17
Prophet-5 → American, ARP, At, Bowen, Dave Smith, He, However, Initially, January, John Bowen, Moog, NAMM Convention, Prophet-10, Sequential Circuits, Smith, The Prophet-5, When
related to Features · 7
Prophet-5 → It, MIDI, Prophet Remote, Sequential, Third-party MIDI, Unlike, Yamaha CS-80
Aftertouch expression · 1
Prophet-5 → Rev1 to Rev3 no, Rev4 yes
Dates · 1
Prophet-5 → 1978–84, 2020– (Prophet-5) 1977, 1981–84, 2020– (Prophet-10)
Effects · 1
Prophet-5 → None
External control · 1
Prophet-5 → CV/Gate Proprietary serial interface MIDI (Rev 3.3)
Filter · 1
Prophet-5 → 4-pole resonant low-pass

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sequential used released sounds synthesizers prophet-10 smith memory prophet users bowen also synthesizer 1981 revision first new midi 1977 2020

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Prophet-5Aftertouch expressionRev1 to Rev3 no, Rev4 yes1.00infobox
Prophet-5Dates1978–84, 2020– (Prophet-5) 1977, 1981–84, 2020– (Prophet-10)1.00infobox
Prophet-5EffectsNone1.00infobox
Prophet-5External controlCV/Gate Proprietary serial interface MIDI (Rev 3.3)1.00infobox
Prophet-5Filter4-pole resonant low-pass1.00infobox
Prophet-5Keyboard61 keys (Prophet-5 (all versions), Prophet-10 (1977, withdrawn from production) (Prophet-10 (1981-84)) Dual manual 61 key1.00infobox
Prophet-5Left-hand controlPitch and modulation wheels1.00infobox
Prophet-5LFO11.00infobox
Prophet-5ManufacturerSequential1.00infobox
Prophet-5Oscillator2 VCOs per voice1.00infobox
Prophet-5Polyphony5 voices (Prophet-5) 10 voices (Prophet-10)1.00infobox
Prophet-5PriceUS$3,995 (Rev 1, 2) US$4,595 (Rev 3.x) US$3,499 (Rev 4, 5-voice, 2020) US$4,299 (Rev 4, 10-voice, 2020)1.00infobox
Prophet-5Storage memory40 patches (Rev 3 120, Rev 4 200)1.00infobox
Prophet-5Synthesis typeAnalog subtractive Analog FM (Poly-Mod)1.00infobox
Prophet-5TimbralityMonotimbral (Prophet-5) Multitimbral (Prophet-10)1.00infobox
Prophet-5Velocity expressionRev1 to Rev3 no, Rev4 yes1.00infobox
Prophet-5is aanalog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential0.90text

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