I agree, the way they program sounds from the prophet 5 is just ahead of time from 1980 to 1981, Richard and David were my inspiration to be a synthesizer kind of guy.
Many great 80-ies popsongs were made with the Prophet 5. I remember being so fascinated by this synthesizer which was used by many bands back then. Thanks for your vid and explanation :)
You're living the dream! What an absolute beaut. Do you borrow these for the demos or are they yours? Daft Punk's "Da Funk" was definitely an MS20 run back through its own external signal processor with the keyboard voltage modulating the filter cut off. Although, "Release the beast" that Daft Punk sampled is definitely the Oscillator Sync preset from the Prophet 5.
Also, I'd love to see a vid of actual sounds instead of noises and explanation of the synth's architecture. Maybe show of some brasses, pads, leads, etc thanks and nice work doctor
I once owned a Prophet 5, but I never achieved to reproduce this incredible creamy soft-brass padsound that you can hear on the chorus of "don't give up" by Peter Gabriel (on the album "So")
Great video, doc! I lost my mother last night, and I can use all the analog distraction I can find. When are you going to get your hands on an Oberheim OB series synth?
Doctor Mix Thanks, doc. I've become a fan of your channel lately, and I especially enjoy your passion for these great old synthesizers! It's going to be a tough few months, but videos like this will remind me that it's not all bad...
Check out the YMO live in 1979. Three Prophet 5 (among others [ARP, Oberheim...] altogether. YMO is so unknown in occcidental countries, but was producing the best of the best at the time.
That's what the late Rick Wright of Pink Floyd played on "Another Brick In The Wall" Parts 1, 2 & 3 on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" (1979) Album. Also Hammond Organ. I believe we hear both Prophet 5 & Hammond at the very end of "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2".
Da funk riff is all in the filter. It has a slow attack, a medium decay, lots of resonance, and distortion/ drive. Basically make the "waow" sound and overdrive it
That's what he clickbaited in his first vid on it, I hoped that he'd at least deliver in this. Both were just him trying to hump the keyboard while making horrible noises with it. .___.
Richard Barbieri from Japan was inspired by Yello Magic Orchestra and how they managed to use the Prophet 5 on albums such as "Technodelic" and "BGM". These albums are just pure magic, and almost every sounds was made with this crazy synth !
I had the complete korg MS range, it war a music shops display which they sold off at a very low price £900 when digital came along it also had a custom stand, unfortunately I had to sell it when I got married, the 2 biggest regrets of my life, lol
I own one. It stopped working over 20 yrs ago. I'm afraid to send it out for repair...the shipping and repair cost, I wonder if it's worth it...and the paranoid thought "will they take advantage of me?" I'd love to have it working and sitting above my Studiologic 88, Korg T3 and Yamaha CS6R...would look nice and add old analog synth to the menu. BTW - Eurythmics used it a lot. EDIT - 1 yr later - I found a Prophet 5 repair shop close to where I've moved to. I'm going to take it there and see what my options are. Personally I've decided I don't really like the Prophet. It's not the type of sound I like. Everything sounds buzzy and alike from it. Maybe I can have it repaired then sell it. The Prophet doesn't seem to be too popular these days.
what did it smell like? i can smell its sounds and they are like peaches and cream. btw most of the music i heard in this video reminds me of dungeon levels in a NES game :D
Last video he had three watches, six wrist bands, a ring on each finger and like a giant weird rastafarian chain on and got smashed in downvotes as TH-cams doucheiest guy. Maybe he learnt from that?
Hey Claudio, the most famous user of prophet five in Poland is Sławomir Łosowski from Kombi. Try this th-cam.com/video/YMsQ5izhIDo/w-d-xo.html and recreate it :D
This is my favorite analog synth, although I never owned one. They are extremely unreliable, all the P5s that came into my country in the 80s eventually ended up in the repair shop of a local guy here that still repairs synths. The sound tho, is out of this world. Luckily, Dave Smith the genius gave us the prophet 6 which sounds close enough and has all the presets of the 5. Unluckily, the prophet 6 has only 4 octaves, HUGE bummer.
Rene, for me it is, I did preset comparison. It doesn't have the vintage smell but it definitely delivers the good sonically. I compared a track created entirely by P5 to the same one replaced with reversed engineered P6 programmed to sound like a P5. There's literally no difference. Personally I am not a fan of desktop modules tho, as a piano player I like my synths to have their own keyboards. I know it doesn't matter to most people it's just my thing.
I have both and the P6 is very close on most sounds in a direct comparison. The P5 has a bit more raw power but the sound is very similar, especially in a mix. With the many extra features the P6 is the more practical synth for most people, it sounds great. Not that I will ever part with my P5.
The Prophet-5 is a true legend and still kinda state of the art nowadays. Its spectrum where it delivery flawless quality is unbelievable...one of the best synths every made. It always gives a strong base in every kind of sound youre creating and makes lot of fun programming. dave smith did a perfect job. To me the very first nordlead comes very close to my prophet-5, i compared them.
This video looks like a presentation of a brand new synth with never heard of features while does features have been enhanced a long time ago in subsequent synths. I was expecting more like an explanation of the specific features that the synth introduced at its time, why they where so special, if they continue to be so, what was later enhanced in new synths and what was changed for the worse if that is the case. One observation, the backlights don’t help to clearly see the synth’s physical characteristics because of the shadows casted.
Wikipedia: "Oscillator 2 VCOs per voice". Its a 10 VCO synth - Prophet 5 from 1978 and Prophet 6 from 2016 are both VCO - Prophet 08 and REV-2 are DCO.
It's a VCO synth not DCO. In the Rev 3 version, as demonstrated here, it is build around the Curtis CEM3340 VCO chips. Keyboard and envelopes are digital, but that doesn't make it DCO.
AXL trip No, the Prophet-5 was an analog synthesizer based around SSM chips, and CEM chips in rev 3s. The oscillators were still 100% voltage controlled, but they could be automatically tuned by the instruments Zilog Z-80 microprocessor. These were VCOs, not DCOs like in the Roland Juno-60 or Oberheim Matrix 6. I'm not sure where this misinformation came from, but DCOS hadn't even been invented in 1978. The new REV 2 as well as several other Dave Smith instruments use DCOs.
you would come across much much more professional and down to earth if you would just be yourself and not this act youre doing. you obviously have all the talent in the world to just be yourself, so please, take my advice! peace
From someone who produces music for a living and owns a prophet... just buy repro 5 which also comes with repro 1 by u-he. It’s hard tell the difference, neither is better than the other just slightly different but so are most prophets. Spend your money on a faster computer and sound proofing... older ain’t better.
Im amazed it stayed in tune for that long. One of the best synths ever made.
Curtis chips are not too bad when they're fully warmed up. My JP-6 would stay in tune pretty reasonable after about 25 minutes.
2:57 quick someone call Adam Neely
the lick
How did I miss that?
That wood paneling is gorgeous. It reminds me of the mini moog model D. But what's more gorgeous is the sound!
Legendary synthesizer!
Richard Barbieri/David Sylvian were masters of getting the most uniquely beautiful tones from the P5.
I agree, the way they program sounds from the prophet 5 is just ahead of time from 1980 to 1981, Richard and David were my inspiration to be a synthesizer kind of guy.
Many great 80-ies popsongs were made with the Prophet 5. I remember being so fascinated by this synthesizer which was used by many bands back then. Thanks for your vid and explanation :)
You're living the dream! What an absolute beaut. Do you borrow these for the demos or are they yours?
Daft Punk's "Da Funk" was definitely an MS20 run back through its own external signal processor with the keyboard voltage modulating the filter cut off. Although, "Release the beast" that Daft Punk sampled is definitely the Oscillator Sync preset from the Prophet 5.
Good to know thanks!
Preset # 17. I had a Prophet-5 Rev 2 and sold it, big mistake.
One of my all time favourite synths 😊
You´re the best, my friend!!! Another amazing video!!! Thanks a lot!!!
Also, I'd love to see a vid of actual sounds instead of noises and explanation of the synth's architecture. Maybe show of some brasses, pads, leads, etc thanks and nice work doctor
Yotam Cohen that’s coming ;-)
Killer-Machine! It smells sooo good! 😉
Man!!! Sounds so good!!
prophet 5 is one of the nicest synths i’ve ever played. if only for a few minutes.
Welcome to Prophet 5❣️
It's super cool👍✨💖
Takes me back to Bernie Worrell’s great work on Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads. Great synth. Thanks for the vid.
Bernie was the man.
Ranthony _101 D-TRAIN
I once owned a Prophet 5, but I never achieved to reproduce this incredible creamy soft-brass padsound that you can hear on the chorus of "don't give up" by Peter Gabriel (on the album "So")
You forgot the most powerful part of the prophet, the poly-mod section!
Great video, doc! I lost my mother last night, and I can use all the analog distraction I can find. When are you going to get your hands on an Oberheim OB series synth?
Adam Borseti sorry to hear that
Me too.
Condolances my friend. Our hearts are with you. We’ll have a couple more Prophet 5 vids, and then it’ll be the OB8 ;-)
Doctor Mix Thanks, doc. I've become a fan of your channel lately, and I especially enjoy your passion for these great old synthesizers! It's going to be a tough few months, but videos like this will remind me that it's not all bad...
Sorry about your loss Adam!.. your an awesome synth master. May your mom be in heaven smiling down upon you with your music in her heart!
Check out the YMO live in 1979.
Three Prophet 5 (among others [ARP, Oberheim...] altogether.
YMO is so unknown in occcidental countries, but was producing the best of the best at the time.
Rydeen is one of my favourite tracks.
This made Herbie Hancock Mr hands album work. Thanks to your demonstration I know why thanks.
That's what the late Rick Wright of Pink Floyd played on "Another Brick In The Wall" Parts 1, 2 & 3 on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" (1979) Album. Also Hammond Organ. I believe we hear both Prophet 5 & Hammond at the very end of "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2".
Alex Feltch a.k.a. Sonic AL the entire album bro.
Da funk riff is all in the filter. It has a slow attack, a medium decay, lots of resonance, and distortion/ drive. Basically make the "waow" sound and overdrive it
So many good synths, I can't choose!
yorksman Thanks, man!
yorksman Wait! Why did you say I'm a cool guy?
yorksman I don't know lol
sounds almost like a C64 !! love it. 👍
Ejrupolsen not at all.
Awesome vid. Would love to see famous that era songs played on this synth :)
Kaspars Vilde why not just go and listen to those records then???
Hall & Oates played on Prophet 5. You can see it in a few music videos like "I cant go tof that".
That's what he clickbaited in his first vid on it, I hoped that he'd at least deliver in this. Both were just him trying to hump the keyboard while making horrible noises with it. .___.
This is excellent. Thank you.
TOTP 1982. Japan the band and that Ghosts track with the Prophet 5. The only synth to this day I thought came from another planet.
Richard Barbieri from Japan was inspired by Yello Magic Orchestra and how they managed to use the Prophet 5 on albums such as "Technodelic" and "BGM". These albums are just pure magic, and almost every sounds was made with this crazy synth !
I love modulated pulse width.
Nice work Doc, as usual, could you please do a video on the Fairlight Synth?
Daft punk used MS-20 for "The funk" patch. But yah, you can use any synth for that. Don't forget to use distortion ;)
I had a P600 back in the 90’s and I sold it 😪
Fj Francois not the same
I'm such a synthesizer in the school of transistors did))), the same settings were
Great demo thanks!
I think the melodie by Daft Punk was done with a MS20 as far as i know. Am i wrong?
I think the Da Funk riff is an MS20, may be wrong
I had the complete korg MS range, it war a music shops display which they sold off at a very low price £900 when digital came along it also had a custom stand, unfortunately I had to sell it when I got married, the 2 biggest regrets of my life, lol
Steve Rushforth let me guess the other was the marrige
I gues Daft Punk’s Da funk has been made with a TB 303 at least for the second part of the song…
It was the Yamaha CS-15
00:04 *Regular Show*
I own one. It stopped working over 20 yrs ago. I'm afraid to send it out for repair...the shipping and repair cost, I wonder if it's worth it...and the paranoid thought "will they take advantage of me?" I'd love to have it working and sitting above my Studiologic 88, Korg T3 and Yamaha CS6R...would look nice and add old analog synth to the menu.
BTW - Eurythmics used it a lot.
EDIT - 1 yr later - I found a Prophet 5 repair shop close to where I've moved to. I'm going to take it there and see what my options are. Personally I've decided I don't really like the Prophet. It's not the type of sound I like. Everything sounds buzzy and alike from it. Maybe I can have it repaired then sell it. The Prophet doesn't seem to be too popular these days.
The new Rev 4 doesn’t have even half the mojo as this guy!!
ULTRA THICC
is the prophet 5 that your playing on, a rev 2 or 3?
Dj Isaac Must Love LFO!!
That beast is the same age as me (41) - Damn I feel old :-(
As for the cat's meow sound see Sheffield's finest Human League.
I have just bought a prophet o8
Yes!!
Paul. McCarthy played. A prophet 5 on his 1979. Christmas song
Great demo!!! Which Rev is this Prophet 5?
Like this!
Presets in to this keyboard?
IT"S ABOUT TO TAKE OFF! hahahahah dieing
Did you consider playing something tuneful on it?
Ok, what does toneful mean?
You are NOT remotely showing the potential of what the Prophet 5 can do. Search for... MrFirechild Sequential Circuits Prophet-T8 Now thats a demo!
I want one.
Really
what did it smell like? i can smell its sounds and they are like peaches and cream.
btw most of the music i heard in this video reminds me of dungeon levels in a NES game :D
Cool videos
This is basically a flat polyphonic minimoog made by sequential circuits
2:56 T H E L I C C
Reminds me of classic video game sounds!!! 😉
Mikey Talplacido no
Mikey Talplacido not familiar with synths are you???
We got to have more meow meow! :-)
so this is what Sebastian Vettel does when he's out of the car? Very cool!
No one seems to nail the Ghostbusters Theme. Could you break it up and give it a go?
Richard Alexander Hansen worst song ever.
Richard Alexander Hansen worst song ever.
Is it Rev 2 or 3.x?
Gustav Karlström 3
OMG!
You know vince clarke????
Nice! Make some boogie tracks with it fam
Me too I need that in my music production
I actually did my research and in the late 70s-early 80s they used this in boogie/post-disco/funk for some funky sounds
The P5 DEFINED the first half of the 80’s, until the crappy era of the DX7 & Romplers became the norm.
at around 3:20 it sounds like Atari 2600 music.
Sean Lee no
Day of The Dead brought me here.
Meaty
the lick
7:24 that *shart* sounds mmm...
*has prophet 5*
*doesnt even mention Doctor who*
@BRANDON MORALES the wiggles and msep fan boy Yup!
Last video he had three watches, six wrist bands, a ring on each finger and like a giant weird rastafarian chain on and got smashed in downvotes as TH-cams doucheiest guy. Maybe he learnt from that?
Get a room!
:-)
today is quite expensive one ...but its unique features..
good basic demo.
jason kidd
the licc
GET THAT CHIFF FROM YAZZO SPWAT SPWAT SPAWTSPAWT . DONT GO ,D N DN DND DND DND DND DND DND
Why do you hit the buttons so hard? You gonna break it.
And don't forget "Daft punk " is 1995 group !
15 years after constructors said "dead analog sound" and "numeric is so much powerful"
WHAAAAAT ????
Make me Phattr
5:37 O_o
Love it, also sounds a lot like my C-64 SID chip, but a lot fatter ;)
LordPepernoot ????
0:15 it probably smells like dusty electronic boards, i love that (no it's terrible)
Hey Claudio, the most famous user of prophet five in Poland is Sławomir Łosowski from Kombi. Try this th-cam.com/video/YMsQ5izhIDo/w-d-xo.html and recreate it :D
This is my favorite analog synth, although I never owned one. They are extremely unreliable, all the P5s that came into my country in the 80s eventually ended up in the repair shop of a local guy here that still repairs synths. The sound tho, is out of this world. Luckily, Dave Smith the genius gave us the prophet 6 which sounds close enough and has all the presets of the 5. Unluckily, the prophet 6 has only 4 octaves, HUGE bummer.
The Prophet 6 doesn't sounds like the Prophet 5, unfortunately.
Get a Desktop P6 and a 61 or even 88 key controller
Rene, for me it is, I did preset comparison. It doesn't have the vintage smell but it definitely delivers the good sonically. I compared a track created entirely by P5 to the same one replaced with reversed engineered P6 programmed to sound like a P5. There's literally no difference. Personally I am not a fan of desktop modules tho, as a piano player I like my synths to have their own keyboards. I know it doesn't matter to most people it's just my thing.
I have both and the P6 is very close on most sounds in a direct comparison. The P5 has a bit more raw power but the sound is very similar, especially in a mix. With the many extra features the P6 is the more practical synth for most people, it sounds great. Not that I will ever part with my P5.
The Prophet-5 is a true legend and still kinda state of the art nowadays. Its spectrum where it delivery flawless quality is unbelievable...one of the best synths every made. It always gives a strong base in every kind of sound youre creating and makes lot of fun programming. dave smith did a perfect job. To me the very first nordlead comes very close to my prophet-5, i compared them.
This video looks like a presentation of a brand new synth with never heard of features while does features have been enhanced a long time ago in subsequent synths. I was expecting more like an explanation of the specific features that the synth introduced at its time, why they where so special, if they continue to be so, what was later enhanced in new synths and what was changed for the worse if that is the case. One observation, the backlights don’t help to clearly see the synth’s physical characteristics because of the shadows casted.
Ricardo Jasso ??????!
FFFAAATTT...!!!
atari called, they want their synth back, lol, j/k keep them coming
Sueasyde A. Syst ??????
Sueasyde A. Syst are u insane???
@@SPAZZOID100 was a joke lol, I own one, and love it
@@KubieQ Pronounced Suicide assist
@@SPAZZOID100 also it was an old gamer name
it stuck
Don't forget guys !!
the prophet 5 is analog digitally control ocillator
REAL DCO ! hehe !
yeah and not a VCO!
Wikipedia: "Oscillator 2 VCOs per voice". Its a 10 VCO synth - Prophet 5 from 1978 and Prophet 6 from 2016 are both VCO - Prophet 08 and REV-2 are DCO.
It's a VCO synth not DCO. In the Rev 3 version, as demonstrated here, it is build around the Curtis CEM3340 VCO chips. Keyboard and envelopes are digital, but that doesn't make it DCO.
AXL trip No, the Prophet-5 was an analog synthesizer based around SSM chips, and CEM chips in rev 3s. The oscillators were still 100% voltage controlled, but they could be automatically tuned by the instruments Zilog Z-80 microprocessor. These were VCOs, not DCOs like in the Roland Juno-60 or Oberheim Matrix 6. I'm not sure where this misinformation came from, but DCOS hadn't even been invented in 1978. The new REV 2 as well as several other Dave Smith instruments use DCOs.
AXL trip fukk off.
modern talking
Yo. Went through the entire video and still waiting to hear decent tones from this special synth. Yo.
Tripp Payne fix your ears.
you would come across much much more professional and down to earth if you would just be yourself and not this act youre doing. you obviously have all the talent in the world to just be yourself, so please, take my advice! peace
Sorry, I am being myself! :(
okay. im sorry then. i thought you were putting on an act for the camera. cool.
He _is_ himself, you ask me. Seems like a cool guy.
Dumb synth.... u can use sylenth 1 or serum vst and midi keyboard.
You can also make love to an inflatable doll, but it’s not the same, is it? :-) hihihihi
Zkyl music Dumb COMMENT.
From someone who produces music for a living and owns a prophet... just buy repro 5 which also comes with repro 1 by u-he. It’s hard tell the difference, neither is better than the other just slightly different but so are most prophets. Spend your money on a faster computer and sound proofing... older ain’t better.
Killian Cruiser we prefer ACTUAL synths. Not images on a monitor.
Killian Cruiser vst’s last 30 years???
Killian Cruiser we prefer hardware.