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 potentiometers to create a more vintage-style control. Featuring an eight-voice synthesizer with a 100% analog signal path, aftertouch, and velocity with added performance features including a gated 16 x 4 step sequencer, arpeggiator, and the capacity to split or stack sound. These features enable modulation possibilities of sound production that the classic synths just cannot touch. The Prophet ™08 PE includes a spring-loaded pitch wheel and assignable mod wheel, two digitally operated analog oscillators, three envelope generators, and 256 completely editable programs including two layers in each program. A fully-featured polysynth with a 10% analog signal path, the Prophet ™08 PE delivers classic, true analog sound, including a modern feature set as well as the renowned Curtis analog low-pass filters. The Dave Smith Instruments™ Prophet ™08 PE delivers affordability in a compact size along with enormous sound, and comes with loads of knobs for hands-on, real-time editing and performance.

• 5-octave keyboard with semi-weighted action, velocity, and aftertouch
• Spring-loaded pitch wheel and assignable mod wheel
• 256 fully editable programs (2 banks of 128) with 2 layers (2 separate sounds) in each
• 16 x 4 gated step sequencer
• Arpeggiator
• 2 digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCOs) per voice with selectable sawtooth, triangle, saw/triangle mix, pulse waves (with pulse-width modulation), and hard sync
• White noise generator
• 1 analog Curtis low-pass filter per voice; selectable 2- and 4-pole operation (self-resonating in 4-pole mode)
• 3 envelope generators: filter, VCA, and assignable (four-stage ADSR + delay)
• Envelope 3-can loop
• 4 LFOs (low-frequency oscillation)
• Glide (portamento): separate rates per oscillator
• Analog VCAs (variable gain amplifiers)