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Product information "Sequential Prophet X"
The Sequential Prophet X is an outstanding synthesizer designed for both professional musicians and ambitious hobbyists. With its unique digital and analogue hybrid sound generation it offers a captivating sonic palette that includes both sample-based and synthetic sounds.
The Prophet X features two 16-bit/48 kHz sample-based voices that can be perfectly combined with two digital oscillators. This combination lets you create complex and dynamic sounds that are indispensable in modern music production. With polyphony of up to 16 voices in mono or 8 voices in stereo you can realise your musical ideas without limitation.
The 61-key, semi-weighted, velocity-sensitive keyboard provides an authentic playing feel and responds precisely to your performance. Aftertouch gives you additional expressive options after the keys are struck. Performance controls, including a pitch bend wheel, a modulation wheel and two programmable touch sliders, let you intuitively shape your sounds and effects.
The Prophet X is equipped with a powerful multi-effect processor that offers a wide range of sound-processing options. With an extensive 150 GB sample library — covering acoustic and electronic instruments as well as ambient and cinematic effects — you have access to an almost endless source of sonic material. Additionally, 50 GB of internal storage is available for importing your own samples and integrating them into your compositions.
The three OLED displays provide a clear and user-friendly interface, while the comprehensive connectivity, including MIDI In/Out/Thru and USB To Host, enables seamless integration into your existing setup. The analogue line output with four 6.3 mm jack sockets and a stereo headphone output give you the flexibility to use the Prophet X in a variety of situations.
Weighing 11 kg and with compact dimensions of 976 x 109 x 343 mm, the Prophet X is well suited for both the studio and live performance. If you're looking for a versatile and powerful synthesizer that opens up countless creative possibilities, the Sequential Prophet X is an excellent choice.
- Aftertouch: yes
- Color/ Finish: Black
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 976 x 109 x 343 mm
- Display: 3 OLED Displays
- Effects: Multi-effect processor
- Keyboard: semi-weighted, velocity sensitive
- Keys: 61
- Memory: internal
- Other in/outputs: analog line output 4x 6,3 mm jack (L/R), stereo headphone output 6,3 mm jack
- Pedal/Controller Connection: Sustain, Volume
- Playing Aids: Pitch wheel, modulation wheel, two programmable touch sliders (pressure and position sensitive)
- Polyphony: 16
- Subcategory: Synthesizer
- Synthesis: two 16 bit / 48 kHz sample-based voices plus two digital oscillators with waveshaper
- USB / MIDI: MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB To Host, USB Sample Import
- Weight: 11,0 kg
- bi-timbral 8-voice stereo / 16-voice mono
- analog stereo filters
- 150 GB sample library (acoustic/electronic instruments, ambient and film effects)
- 50 GB internal memory for importing additional samples
- Arpeggiator
- sound generation: Digital-Analog Hybrid
Behind the synthesizer workshop Sequential Circuits from San Francisco stands the small but distinguished company of the legendary synth pioneer and Grammy winner Dave Smith. Dave Smith is also regarded as the driving force behind the MIDI specification, worked on physical modelling synthesis in Yamaha's development department as President, and among other achievements produced the Korg Wavestation and other technologies that are now legendary. After developing software synthesizers for Intel in 1994, he realised that his heart lay much more with hardware synthesizers and shortly afterwards founded his own company Dave Smith Instruments. Classics followed, such as the Prophet-X, Prophet Rev2, Prophet-6, OB-6 and the Tempest drum machine in collaboration with Roger Linn, to name just a few cult instruments. Dave Smith renamed his company DSI to Sequential in 2018 to close that chapter of his legacy.
The success story of his current company actually began in 1974. That year he not only founded his company, but also developed his first musical instrument, the analogue 16-step sequencer. The wood-cased sequencer was called the Model-600 and was originally intended just for Dave's personal Minimoog. But his invention was so well received that he sold a number of units. Driven by those first sales, the digital sequencer Model-800 and the Programmer Model-700 for Minimoog and ARP-2600 followed, before in 1978 he achieved perhaps his greatest triumph. With the Prophet 5 he developed the first fully programmable analogue polyphonic synthesizer with built-in microprocessors.
Just two years later he doubled the polyphony with the Prophet 10 and caused a sensation on the fiercely contested synthesizer market. In 2020 we were delighted to hear that Dave intended to breathe new life into his two flagships, the Prophet-5 and Prophet-10, with revised features while keeping the same circuitry. We are hugely proud to inform you on our landing page "The Return of the Prophets" about the most important innovations.
History has never sounded better!