Sequential Prophet 6 Module

After the massive success of the Sequential Prophet-6 6 voice keyboard synth, Dave Smith Instruments have created a module version that you can sit on a desktop.

Instead of being restricted by the 4 octave keyboard that’s on the original synth, you can hook this module version up to your favourite keyboard of choice. If you’re used to an 88-note fully weighted keyboard, or you’re looking for a super compact 2 octave keyboard (with synth style action), you’ll have the flexibility to choose – and still have the amazing prophet-6 sound.

It’s got all the same knobs and switches as the keyboard version of the prophet-6, except that they’ve added a poly chain feature which allows you to have up to twelve voices! That’s perfect if you’re looking to utilise a larger keyboard.

Vintage AND Modern

The Prophet 6 pays tribute to the poly-synth that started it all; the Sequential Prophet 5. But instead of just recreating that great vintage classic, Dave Smith takes it one step further and creates, in his words “the most awesome-sounding, modern analogue poly synth possible”.

The result is a synth that takes all the best qualities of the original – including true voltage-controlled oscillators, filters and amplifiers – and then adds modern enhancements (like studio quality effects, a polyphonic step sequencer, an arpeggiator and other great tools). These allow you to make the most of the awesome prophet sound.

Classic Warm Vibe

The unmistakable warm and punchy sound in the prophet 6 is in the most part thanks to the newly-designed, discrete voltage-controlled oscillators that create each voice. Add to this the knob-per-function front panel that many digital synths seem to lack these days; Instead of trawling through menus on an LCD, all the features are right there at your fingertips for intuitive control.

Oscillators

• Two newly designed, discrete VCOs per voice
• Continuously variable wave shape (triangle, sawtooth, pulse, square) per oscillator
• Pulse width per oscillator
• Hard sync: oscillator 1 syncs to oscillator 2
• Triangle sub-octave generator (oscillator 1) per voice
• Low frequency mode (oscillator 2)
• Keyboard tracking on/off (oscillator 2)
• Oscillator slop amount for increased tuning instability, from subtle to extreme

Mixer

• Oscillator 1 amount
• Oscillator 1 sub-octave amount
• Oscillator 2 amount
• White noise amount

High-Pass Filter

• Two-pole, resonant, high-pass filter per voice
• Bi-polar filter envelope amount
• Velocity modulation of envelope amount
• Keyboard tracking: off, half, full

Low-Pass Filter

• Four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice, inspired by the original Prophet 5 filter
• Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control
• Bi-polar filter envelope amount
• Velocity modulation of envelope amount
• Keyboard tracking: off, half, full

Filter Envelope

• Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator

Amplifier Envelope

• Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator
• Velocity 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 amount
• Mod 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 amount
• Destinations: 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 tempo
• BPM control and display
• MIDI clock sync

Arpeggiator

• Selectable note value: 16th note, 8th note triplet, 8th note, dotted 8th note, quarter note
• One, two, or three octave range
• Up, down, up/down, random, and assign modes

Sequencer

• Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps and rests

Effects

• Stereo analog distortion
• Dual, 24-bit, 48 kHz digital effects, including: reverb (room, hall, plate, spring), delay (full bandwidth digital delay and emulated bucket brigade), chorus, flanger, phase shifters, and ring modulator
• Delay sync
• True bypass maintains fully analog signal path when digital effects are off

Performance Controls

• Polyphonic glide (portamento)
• Hold switch latches held notes on
• Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all six voices, and key modes
• Preset 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 each
• Direct 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 ports
• USB for bidirectional MIDI communication
• Low-pass filter cutoff expression pedal input
• Volume expression pedal input
• Sustain footswitch input
• Sequencer start/stop footswitch input