Dave Smith Instruments Prophet-6 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

The Prophet-6 desktop module is Dave Smith’s tribute to the original poly synth: the Sequential Prophet-5. But it goes a step further. The Prophet-6 takes the best qualities of the original Prophet-5—true voltage-controlled oscillators, filters, and amplifiers—and adds enhancements such as studio-quality effects, a polyphonic step sequencer, an arpeggiator, and more.

The result is pure, unadulterated analog tone with the stability and reliability of a state-of-the-art modern synth. Or as Dave puts it, "It’s the result of our effort to build the most awesome-sounding, modern analog poly synth possible.”

Features include:

• All-analog signal path; discrete VCOs and filters
• 6 voices; 2 voltage-controlled oscillators plus a sub oscillator per voice
• 2 discrete filters per voice: 4-pole resonant lowpass and 2-pole resonant highpass
• Digital dual-FX section (true bypass maintains a full analog signal path)
• Multimode arpeggiator; 64-step polyphonic step sequencer
• A ton of buttons and knobs, and who doesn't love buttons and knobs?