More Sequential Prophet X Sounds

Prophet X was a big release from Dave Smith Instruments, which may have been a little submerged in the overwhelming tide of releases from Superbooth this year.

Not only have we got the REV 2 style synthesis engine with split and layer, but a complex and deep sample sound source (2 layers) which can be single stretched samples or full multi-sample sound sets. We shot a video with Gerry Basserman at Superbooth, which to be fair was the first of the show and as we mentioned, Gerry's sound bank had just been borked by a software update, but he did gamely give us a look a the new synth, though without his nicely prepared set of patches.

So here are a fe more sounds which give a broader perspective on what the new Prophet X can do:

A great workout from Tallshy 

And another

Prophet X will be shipping this Summer priced at around $3999 US 

More Information

• Prophet X pages
• Superbooth Coverage

Selected Features

SAMPLE PLAYBACK

• 2 multi-sampled stereo instruments per voice with editable sample start, sample end, loop size, and loop center, loop on/off, sample reverse, and sample stretch
• 150 GB of factory-installed 16-bit, 48 kHz sampled instruments created by 8Dio. An additional 50 GB of samples can be added by purchasing additional sound libraries. User-sample import is planned for December, 2018.

OSCILLATORS

• 2 digital oscillators per voice with selectable sine, sawtooth, pulse, and supersaw waves. You can vary the shape of any of the waveshapes.
• Glide (portamento): separate rates per oscillator; (samples can glide in Sample Stretch mode)
• Hard sync

FILTERS

• 2 x analog 4-pole resonant low-pass filter per voice
• Digital high-pass filter in Effects section

ENVELOPES

• 4 loopable, five-stage (ADSR plus delay) envelope generators: Filter, VCA, and two assignable

SEQUENCER

• Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps (6 notes per step), and ties and rests.

Dave Smith Instruments Social

• NAMM 2019: Sequential Prophet XL And A Hint Of Whats To Come? 31-Jan-19
• Prophet X Gets User Sample Import 19-Dec-18
• Prophet 12 - Last 100 Will Be Custom White 16-Nov-18
• Dave Smith Instruments Rebrands As Sequential 03-Sep-18
• Sonic LAB: Prophet X Hybrid Synth - Big Fat Review 14-Aug-18