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<h2 id="development">Development</h2> <p>The Prophet-5 was created in 1977 by the American engineers <a href="/facts/Dave_Smith_(engineer)/vctwMKS1">Dave Smith</a> and <a href="/facts/John_S._Bowen_(sound_designer)/4Lj4VeoR">John Bowen</a> at <a href="/facts/Sequential_Circuits/3YBIqh07">Sequential Circuits</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> At the time, Smith had a full-time job working with <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">microprocessors</a>, a new technology. Smith conceived the idea of combining them with synthesizer chips to create a <a href="/facts/Programming_(music)/xWD7z2z0">programmable</a> synthesizer; this would allow users to save sounds to <a href="/facts/Computer_memory/hQKVQ51J">memory</a>, rather than having to recreate them manually.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> He did not pursue the idea, assuming <a href="/facts/Moog_Music/w2jekxxq">Moog</a> or <a href="/facts/ARP_Instruments/YJDJrfz0">ARP</a> would design the instrument first.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> When no instrument emerged, in early 1977, Smith quit his job to work full-time on the idea.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Initially, Smith and Bowen developed the Prophet-10, a synthesizer with ten voices of <a href="/facts/Polyphony_and_monophony_in_instruments/55jLEj0X">polyphony</a>. However, it was unstable and quickly overheated, creating tuning problems. Smith and Bowen removed half the electronics, reducing the voices to five and creating the Prophet-5.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Smith demonstrated the Prophet-5 at the <a href="/facts/NAMM_Show/ENy017Pu">NAMM Convention</a> in January 1978 and shipped the first models later that year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h3>Production</h3> <p>Three versions were built between 1978 and 1984. The first, Revision 1, was hand-assembled and produced quickly to generate initial revenue; only 182 were made. Revision 2 was mass-produced in quantities over 1,000; this model was more robust, added cassette patch storage, and replaced the koa wood casing with walnut.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> Revision 3 replaced the Solid State Music (SSM) chipset with Curtis (CEM) chips, necessitating a major redesign. According to <i><a href="/facts/Sound_on_Sound/Jkx8HMnL">Sound on Sound</a></i>, Revision 3 "remained impressive and pleasant to play, but was slightly cold and featureless by comparison to earlier models".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Almost 6,000 Revision 3 models were produced.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <p>In 1981, Sequential Circuits released the Prophet-10, featuring 10 voices, 20 oscillators, and a double manual keyboard. Like the Prophet-5 Revision 3, it uses CEM chips.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The first Prophet-10s used an <a href="/facts/Exatron_Stringy_Floppy/0pUvy4fv">Exatron Stringy Floppy</a> drive for saving patches and storing sequencer data. Sequential later moved to a Braemar <a href="/facts/Tape_drive/9MfLuCa0">tape drive</a>, which was more reliable and could store about four times as many sequencer events.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p><p>In 2020, Sequential released a new version, the Prophet-5 Rev4, with additional memory and features. They also released a new version of the Prophet-10, with the same external design as the Prophet-5.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>Unlike its nearest competitor in the 1970s, the <a href="/facts/Yamaha_CS-80/qXt8fm4N">Yamaha CS-80</a>, the Prophet-5 has patch memory, allowing users to store sounds rather than having to reprogram them manually.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> It has a proprietary <a href="/facts/Serial_interface/VpcrH530">serial interface</a> that allows the user to play using the Prophet Remote, a sling-style <a href="/facts/Keytar/hGPzKDnc">keytar</a> controller; the interface cannot connect the Prophet-5 to other devices. Sequential produced a <a href="/facts/MIDI/tblhmeFV">MIDI</a> interface that could be retrofitted to later Prophet-5 models. Third-party MIDI interfaces have also been offered.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="impact">Impact</h2> <p>Before the Prophet-5, synthesizers required users to adjust cables and knobs to change sounds, with no guarantee of exactly recreating a sound.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> The Prophet-5, with its ability to save sounds to patch memory, facilitated a move from synthesizers creating unpredictable sounds to producing "a standard package of familiar sounds".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a>: 385 The Prophet-5 became a market leader and industry standard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> According to <i><a href="/facts/MusicRadar/nvb1LUDs">MusicRadar</a></i>, the Prophet-5 "changed the world – simple as that".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/The_Cars/jjFqToNo">Cars</a> keyboardist <a href="/facts/Greg_Hawkes/YdqVqEYu">Greg Hawkes</a> used the Prophet-5 for the hits "<a href="/facts/Let%2527s_Go_(The_Cars_song)/S7YADJKd">Let's Go</a>" (1979) and "<a href="/facts/Shake_It_Up_(The_Cars_song)/F9w5nwIS">Shake It Up</a>" (1981).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Kraftwerk/rCfmar40">Kraftwerk</a> used it on their 1981 "<a href="/facts/Computer_World/W1bED0jX">Computer World</a>" Tour,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Phil_Collins/fJ4ccc0D">Phil Collins</a> used it on his 1981 single "<a href="/facts/In_the_Air_Tonight/9qRjfkj4">In the Air Tonight</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Japan_(band)/uv7v9Pns">Japan</a> used it frequently, such as on their 1982 hit single "<a href="/facts/Ghosts_(Japan_song)/gDwJw5Jb">Ghosts</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Michael_Jackson/LLa098zX">Michael Jackson</a> used it extensively on <i><a href="/facts/Thriller_(album)/x5Nus6lN">Thriller</a></i> (1982), and <a href="/facts/Madonna/kHDBUtL7">Madonna</a> used it on <i><a href="/facts/Like_a_Virgin_(album)/6hKkWvY3">Like a Virgin</a></i> (1984).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Peter_Gabriel/IYQ3DoTx">Peter Gabriel</a> considered the Prophet-5 his "old warhorse", using it for many sounds on his 1986 album <i><a href="/facts/So_(album)/VWRfyy5w">So</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Brad_Fiedel/Wco97P51">Brad Fiedel</a> used a Prophet-10 to record <a href="/facts/The_Terminator_(soundtrack)/WgAWY5A3">the soundtrack</a> for <i><a href="/facts/The_Terminator/xXkApgF1">The Terminator</a></i> (1984),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> and the filmmaker <a href="/facts/John_Carpenter/2PWowPQs">John Carpenter</a> used both the Prophet-5 and Prophet-10 extensively for his soundtracks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> The Greek composer <a href="/facts/Vangelis/WooCLYPf">Vangelis</a> used the Prophet-5 and the Prophet-10, such as in <a href="/facts/Blade_Runner_(soundtrack)/oMMDNDR5">the soundtrack</a> of <i><a href="/facts/Blade_Runner/Fycnw6Lu">Blade Runner</a></i> (1982).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> </p><p>The Prophet-5 was widely used by 1980s <a href="/facts/Synth_pop/ejVwqcNb">synth pop</a> acts such as <a href="/facts/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark/9FaIRTJU">Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark</a>, <a href="/facts/Tears_for_Fears/eVqUEUXC">Tears for Fears</a>, <a href="/facts/Thompson_Twins/rhswn9rg">Thompson Twins</a>, <a href="/facts/Thomas_Dolby/L7UVGBRs">Thomas Dolby</a>, <a href="/facts/Devo/QdWy4u9x">Devo</a>, <a href="/facts/Eurythmics/EllbXl6v">Eurythmics</a>, <a href="/facts/Soft_Cell/6PtUVpFX">Soft Cell</a>, <a href="/facts/Vince_Clarke/w0DTqout">Vince Clarke</a> and <a href="/facts/Pet_Shop_Boys/RFEGJFm0">Pet Shop Boys</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Radiohead/6TVeLFk7">Radiohead</a> used it on their 2000 album <i><a href="/facts/Kid_A/vb9k50b0">Kid A</a></i>, on songs including "<a href="/facts/Everything_in_Its_Right_Place/zG53P3ro">Everything In Its Right Place</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> Other users include <a href="/facts/Giorgio_Moroder/Dmxe1jgJ">Giorgio Moroder</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Tony_Banks_(musician)/WRdPaEuR">Tony Banks</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Tangerine_Dream/JJI6FTCk">Tangerine Dream</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Jean-Michel_Jarre/krg5JHT6">Jean-Michel Jarre</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Dr._Dre/lJmrxYF5">Dr. Dre</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Richard_Wright_(musician)/rJvxFIA0">Richard Wright</a> of <a href="/facts/Pink_Floyd/a3U8PyeV">Pink Floyd</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Rick_Wakeman/maaEwWjF">Rick Wakeman</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Pendulum_(drum_and_bass_band)/471MEERG">Pendulum</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> <a href="/facts/BT_(musician)/4cbmd2Ag">BT</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/John_Harrison_(director)/g5LvBDdq">John Harrison</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="successors-and-emulations">Successors and emulations</h2> <p>Smith's companies released several synthesizers with the Prophet name, including the Pro-One,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> the Prophet VS,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> the <a href="/facts/Prophet_%252708/5WHptFG1">Prophet '08</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> and the Prophet-6.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> They also released <a href="/facts/Sampler_(musical_instrument)/BVGHPATc">samplers</a>, such as the <a href="/facts/Prophet_2000/u7vNCha3">Prophet 2000</a> and the Prophet 3000.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> In 2020, Sequential announced a new version of the Prophet-5, the Rev 4. It adds features including <a href="/facts/USB/XcIKWLyg">USB</a> and MIDI connectivity, <a href="/facts/Keyboard_expression/dqavcTWQ">velocity and aftertouch sensitivity</a>, polyphonic glide, and two sets of filters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> Sequential also announced a new Prophet-10 Rev 4, a ten-voice version of the Prophet-5 Rev 4.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a> </p><p>Bowen provided consultation for <a href="/facts/Native_Instruments/0hjHzrCo">Native Instruments</a> during the development of the Pro 5 <a href="/facts/Software_synthesizer/1dale4sj">software synthesizer</a> emulation, released in 1999. It was followed by the Pro 52 in 2000 and the Pro 53 in 2003.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55"><sup>55</sup></a> Bowen also provided consultation for <a href="/facts/Creamware_(company)/hWnoujjK">Creamware</a> for their 2003 software emulations, the Prophet and Prophet Plus.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56"><sup>56</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Arturia/IFUN53rw">Arturia</a>, U-he and Softube released emulations in 2006, 2018 and 2023.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57"><sup>57</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58"><sup>58</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59"><sup>59</sup></a> </p><p>Other hardware clones include the upcoming <a href="/facts/Behringer/j9YXVyeW">Behringer</a> Pro-16 (prototype revealed at <a href="/facts/NAMM_Show/ENy017Pu">NAMM 2025</a>), and PikoPiko Factory's <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open-source</a> Profree-4, released in 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60"><sup>60</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61"><sup>61</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62"><sup>62</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>"Prophet 5". <i>Music Technology</i>. Vol. 2, no. 12. October 1988. p. 42. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0957-6606">0957-6606</a>. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/24835173">24835173</a>.</li> <li>"Retro: SCI Prophet 5". <i><a href="/facts/Future_Music/qlweax4E">Future Music</a></i>. No. 47. Future Publishing. September 1996. p. 53. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0967-0378">0967-0378</a>. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1032779031">1032779031</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikiquote has quotations related to <i>Prophet-5</i>. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. <ul><li><a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/sci/p5.php">Prophet-5 profile on Vintage Synth Explorer</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Pinch, Trevor; Trocco, Frank (2004). Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01617-0. <a href="978-0-674-01617-0" target="_blank">978-0-674-01617-0</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Reid, Gordon (March 1999). "Sequential Circuits – Prophet Synthesizers 5 & 10 (Retro)". Sound on Sound. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065241/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/retroprophet.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065241/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/retroprophet.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Dave Smith in his own words". Keyboard. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11. Retrieved 2018-10-17. <a href="http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/dave-smith-in-his-own-words/149095" target="_blank">http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/dave-smith-in-his-own-words/149095</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Dave Smith in his own words". Keyboard. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11. 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Retrieved January 23, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065241/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/retroprophet.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065241/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/retroprophet.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Reid, Gordon (March 1999). "Sequential Circuits – Prophet Synthesizers 5 & 10 (Retro)". Sound on Sound. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065241/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/retroprophet.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065241/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar99/articles/retroprophet.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Reid, Gordon (March 1999). "Sequential Circuits – Prophet Synthesizers 5 & 10 (Retro)". Sound on Sound. 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