[NAMM] Dave Smith’s Sequential Prophet 6

Yamaha Corporation recently ceased back the Sequential brand to founder Dave Smith, and the latter decided to upgrade his Prophet range of polyphonic analog synths.

Here’s the Prophet 6:

• Fully analog signal path
• 6 voices of polyphony
• 2 new discrete oscillators per voix with continuously variable triangle, sawtooth and pulse waveforms, pulse width, hard sync, triangle sub-octave generator on osc 1, low-frequency mode on osc 2, keyboard tracking on osc 2…
• Mixer for the oscillators and white noise
• 2-pole resonant high-pass filter per voice with envelope amount, velocity modulation and keyboard tracking
• 4-pole resonant low-pass filter per voix inspired by the Prophet 5 filter, can auto-oscillate via the resonance control, with envelope amount, velocity modulation and keyboard tracking
• ADSR filter envelope generator
• ADSR amplifier envelope generator with velocity modulation
• LFO with triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square and random (sample & hold) waveforms, clock sync, multiple destinations
• Modulation with multiple sources and targets
• Aftertouch
• Master clock with tap tempo, BPM control and MIDI clock sync
• 64-step polyphonic sequencer/arpeggiator
• Effects: stereo analog distortion and two 24-bit / 48kHz digital effects with reverbs, delays, chorus and phase shifter ; delay sync and true bypass
• 4-octave semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
• Pitch bend and modulation wheels
• 8-octave transpose
• Hold switch
• Polyphonic Glide (portamento)
• Unison mode
• Preset switch
• 500 user and 500 factory programs organized into 10 banks of 100 programs each, avec quick access button to 10 programs like on Prophet 5
• 2×1/4“ audio inputs
• 1/4“ headphone output
• MIDI in, out and thru
• USB MIDI
• Expression pedal input for low-pass filter cutoff
• Expression pedal input for volume
• Sustain footswitch input
• On/off sequencer control footswitch input
• Dimensions: 81.3 × 32.3 × 11.7cm
• Weight: 9.5kg

The Prophet 6 will be available during Q2, 2015 for the US price of $2,799. Discover the reborn www.sequential.com website.