street priceProphet VS is the first synthesizer which applies vector synthesis method. Unfortunately, Prophet VS was produced only a few months before Sequential Circuits ceased its operating in 1987. Later (in 1990), this method was used by Dave Smith in Korg Wavestation, which, in fact, is a modified version of Prophet VS.
The sound is created by mixing simultaneously the signal of four oscillators. For mixing 127 waveforms are available, 32 of which can be customized. The proportion of signals is set by the position of the joystick, and can also be modulated by the signal of the built-in LFO.
The synthesizer has an analog filter section controlled by a microprocessor. The filter has a four-stage structure with resonance, cutoff frequency and modulation depth (LFO or an independent envelope generator) control.
Prophet VS comprises a stereo chorus effect and an arpeggiator. All the settings of the synthesizer can be saved in one of 100 presets.
The synthesizer was used by Apollo 440, Depeche Mode, Trent Reznor, Vince Clarke, Kraftwerk, John Carpenter.
Country of origin / production: USA
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Digital (D) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 6 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 2 part(s) |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| KORG | |
| Vector Synthesis | |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator): Waveform Count | 127 |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Patches | 100 |
| Filter | |
| Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| 4-pole | |
| 24dB | |
| Resonance | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Delay+ADSR | |
| Effects | |
| Chorus | |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Arpegiator | |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI (GM) | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Aftertouch | |
| Size | 5 |
| Number of Keys | 61 |
| Display | |
| Display type | TFT |
| Color resolution | Monochrome |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Audio out | |
| Stereo | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 2 |
| Power | |
| Voltage | 100-230(250)V |
| Voltage | 50-60Hz |
| Power Supply | Built-in, internal |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 101 mm |
| Width | 965 mm |
| Depth | 381 mm |
| Weight | 16.5 kg |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal&plastic | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1986 |
| Production end | 1987 |
| Production ended | |
It is a rackmount version of Prophet VS synthesizer (it differs only in the absence of a keyboard and pitch/modulation wheels).
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