One of the most interesting stories of the synth world is that of Dave Smith and Sequential Circuits. I decided to try to tell some of it via their flagship series, from the Prophet 5 in 1978 to the Prophet X in 2018. With the help of a dozen other people who were incredibly generous and equally excited by their instruments, this film is the result: The History of the Prophet Synthesizer.
Massive and heart-felt thanks to all of these awesome Prophet people, this film would be very short without you!
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Prophet 5 (rev 3) and Minimoog Model D performed and recorded by Alex Ball at Curve Pusher Studios.
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Prophet 10 performed and recorded by Mike TC at 100 Things I do at MESS, Melbourne.
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Prophet 10 rev 1 (only 2 of these have survived!) images provided by David Kean at Audities Studio
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Additional Prophet 10 images provided by Mathew Watson at MESS, Melbourne.
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Pro-One performed and recorded by Alex Ball.
Prophet 600 performed and recorded by JP Geersing
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Prophet T8 performed by Alex Ball. Massive thanks to the owner!
Prophet 2000 performed and recorded by Pulsophonic
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Prophet VS performed and recorded by Marko Ettlich at Retrosound
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Prophet 3000, VS and Studio 400 images provided by Synth Electro
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DSi Tetra provided by Dave Grant
Prophet 08 performed and recorded by Patrick Gill
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Prophet 12 performed and recorded by Pulsophonic
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Prophet REV2 performed and recorded by Alex Ball
Prophet 6 performed and recorded by Mike TC (100 Things I Do)
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Prophet X performed by Alex Ball and recorded by Pendle Poucher. Huge thanks to the owner.
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David Abernethy’s absolute bible on the subject: “The Prophet from Silicon Valley”:
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Prophet 10 / Terminator time signature article: [ Ссылка ]
External image credits:
All print ads from the incredible Retro Synth Ads archive: [ Ссылка ]
Dave Smith 1977 image: [ Ссылка ]
Model 600 image: [ Ссылка ]
Dave Smith late 70s: [ Ссылка ]
Dave Smith Grammy image: [ Ссылка ]
Model 700 programmer image: [ Ссылка ]
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SSM schematic images: [ Ссылка ]
EMU history website: [ Ссылка ]
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Prophet 2000 "coke can" photo conceived by Paul Gilby and taken by Mark Ewing. It originally appeared in a 1985 edition of Sound on Sound.
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Prophet 3000 screen shots: [ Ссылка ]
Korg M1 image: [ Ссылка ]
Sequential rebrand: [ Ссылка ]
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