street priceIn 1978 in order to consolidate the company’s position on the market Sequential Circuits released Prophet-10. Basically the synthesizer is two combined Prophet-5 units. The architecture of the synthesizer is not changed at all, the only difference is in the smaller number of presets, since each preset should contain settings for two synthesizers at once.
The first version of Prophet-10 had a 61-note keyboard. The batch of the synthesizers of this revision was withdrawn due to frequent failure, i.e. overheating of electronics.
Later (versions 2 and 3) the synthesizer got two keyboards and the total number of keys became 122. The VCOs, built on SSM chips, were replaced by CEM in the third revision.
The sound of Prophet-10 can be heard in the works of Tony Banks, Gas Chamber Orchestra, Geoff Downes, The Who, Tommy Eyre, Brian Gascoin, The Human League, The Moog Cookbook, Jeff Lorber, Wim Mertens, The Orb, KMFDM, Optical, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Rick Wakeman, Vangelis.
Country of origin / production: USA
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Hybrid, Digital+Analog | |
| Polyphony | |
| Analog Voices | 10 |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Oscillator Type | VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) |
| Oscillators' hard sync | |
| Oscillators per voice | 2 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Triangle |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Saw |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Patches | 32 |
| Filter | |
| Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| 4-pole | |
| 24dB | |
| Resonance | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Filter | ADSR |
| Amp | ADSR |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Portamento | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Size | 5 |
| Size (second keyboard) | 5 octave(s) |
| Number of Keys | 61 |
| Number of Keys (second keyboard) | 61 |
| Display | |
| Display type | TFT |
| Color resolution | Monochrome |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| Audio out | |
| Mono | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 3 |
| Power | |
| Voltage | 100-230(250)V |
| Voltage | 50-60Hz |
| Power Supply | Built-in, internal |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal&wood | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1978 |
| Production end | 1980 |
| Production ended | |
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