Sequential Prophet-6 Tweaking — Daniel Fisher

Audio demonstration begins at 1:20

Daniel Fisher, Sweetwater's synth guru, explores the vast sonic landscapes of the Sequential Prophet-6 polyphonic analog synthesizer. Fisher focuses on sound examples in this video, with 25 minutes of component review and sound design by our master synthesist.

0:00 – Intro
0:13 – Prophet-6 Overview
1:18 – Prophet-6 Oscillators
6:07 – Low Pass Filter
7:01 – High Pass Filter
7:39 – LFO to Oscillator
8:53 – LFO to Amp
10:16 – Square Wave LFO to Pitch
10:43 – Random LFO to Low Pass Filter
11:40 – Stereo Analog Distortion
12:24 – Slop Amount
13:42 – Unison Choices
13:53 – Chord Mode
14:26 – Extreme LFO Modulation
15:37 – Envelope to Pulse Width
16:08 – Envelope to High Pass Filter
16:27 – Stereo Chorus
17:17 – Stereo Phaser
18:03 – Prophet-6 Delay
18:21 – 9 Minutes of Real-time Performance
27:36 – Thanks for Watching!

Note: This unit was hand-signed by Dave Smith himself at GearFest 2015.

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[blkbird]

The man was pretty much floored emotionally by the end of the video. You can hear it in the final speech. The demo was out of this world. It seems like such a small thing to say... but thank you. Really, thank you.

[prod.cipher]

19:45 - 20:15 gave me shivers. Beautiful.

[spumpy]

This synth can not make a harsh sound. Everything sounds so warm, even the super-resonant stuff. Wild.

[nonahyobusiness]

Glad to see Dave Smith gets it - giving us full access via knob-per-function allowing the instrument to be a PERFORMANCE machine!

(one of the things that made the classics - CS80, OB series, P-5, SEMs, etc - creative, flexible, musical, desirable... you know!)

[electroluxia]

The Prophet-6 is exactly what I'm looking for. Gorgeous.

[christiancortezmusic]

one of the best demo's i've seen for this synth so far

[Ponchy]

Amazing as always.


Signed by Dave Smith damn....

[anequationforhappiness]

can't believe how many of these patches just sound so good

[anequationforhappiness]

thanks so much for this demo! Finally someone showing us useable sounds not intellectual jerking off experimental stuff. I'm a newbie at sound design and this will really help me make sick patches from scratch.

[Shred_The_Weapon]

Having had a chance to get my hands on this model, I can attest to how awesome it is. Only having 49 keys is really no setback, especially with that awesome touch sensitivity and aftertouch.

[prophetate]

oh god! I love your synth demos Daniel :) the sonic explorations we tag along are always amazing. Thanks for sharing :)

[rednax]

I must say Daniel- the way you have with these instruments is something else! 🤯
Every time I watch one of your demonstration videos I’m floored by how you wield these synths... its an inspiration! Your love for your craft and the instruments you use is obvious 😃👍
Thanks for sharing your skill and talent with us, man!

[neilbarbu]

Nice seeing you jamming again! Also saw the Moog 33 jam too Thanks to Mrs. Shenckel

[setphaser]

Play it in person you will fall in love. The filter you'll hear it tuning to harmonics which is heavenly. Plus it's self resonant so you can play it as a sine wave oscillator. Go watch Doty's video on the two filters.

[setphaser]

Oh my god I learnt so much I didn't know I could do with this synth!

[MrTPF]

Pretty amazing piece of gear. Thanks for the demo Dan!

[EverettDudgeon]

Still my favorite synth in my collection bar none.

[JosephAkins]

Thanks for an inspiring and educational video for Prophet 6 users. I wonder if a different camera angle would have been even better? Placing the camera overhead so the viewer can look down at the panel, form Daniel's viewpoint, might have been even better.

[Funkbutterfly]

I am having a lot of fun learning synthesis with this beast by playing in the "live" mode. Took me a little while to dive in, but now I'm constantly playing it whenever I have time. I wish it had a screen but I guess that is against the ethos of this instrument. Pads are really beautiful. Bass is not bad but yeah the moog is better for that. Have not scratched the surface of polymod yet. The board feels really nice to play. Sweetwater is the best for customer service, but I gotta give a shoutout to proaudiostar for always having awesome deals on keyboards, especially for black friday.

[samknaak]

12:15... that sound is pretty crazy cool