Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 Synthesizer
A 5-octave keyboard with vintage-style controls and modern sound options.
Dave Smith Instruments™ Prophet ˜08 PE (potentiometer edition) provides all the features of the standard Prophet ™08 and adds many of the front panel' rotary controls use p... read more
Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 Synthesizer
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A Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 PE keyboard synthesizer sits on the middle support of a synthesizer rack in this photo of "New toyss... more
During the performance of Lotus Flower, Jonny Greenwood at times plays the Prophet '08. The camera is on Thom Yorke for the most part, bu... more
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Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 Synthesizer
Based on 7 Reviews
Great choice
This is the most creative piece of gear I have ever had. Incredible sequencer and classic curtis filter. It does not try to sound like the old Sequential gear too much. Its a more modern equipment for people who are looking for some inspiration.
What a beast. Lush and rich harmonic sounds. Not so reliable, but i have to admit that insofar DSI have been behind their product and support works better than most.
Great sounding synth for the most part and a do-it-all beast, has a few small flaws sonically and functionally
For the most part it sounds great and ALIVE and the sound design possibilities are pretty amazing for an essentially analogue synth, only significant flaws are the need to install the potentiometer boards (it came with awful rotary encoders), an occasional bit of extra noise artifacts, and most annoyingly the rather small amount of space for saving presets and the need to update and backup via MIDI SysEx, which would've been acceptable in the 80's but makes no sense now.
Lush analog goodness
I love my Prophet 08. It sounds lush and deep and has many deep modulation possibilities, including a 4-track sequencer that can be used for notes or to modulate parameters. I also love that it’s bitimbral, you can split the keyboard and play one patch on the left side and another patch on the right, or layer the sounds. So many possibilities with this!
It loses one star for the less-than-inspiring Curtis filter, and a few random nitpicks about how things work. The after touch and expression pedal are inspiring to program and play.
Overall, I love it and I’ve used it on many albums.
Biggest bang for buck synth on the market today
With 4 LFO's 3 Envelopes, 4 modulation sources, and a 2 and 4 db filter, you really cant find a more quality synth for less than $1000.