Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 Polyphonic Keyboard Synthesizer

Full Description

Premium synthesizer technology

Access a new world of serious synthesis. All the sounds you could ever need, right at your fingertips. The Prophet 12 is a modern, professional synthesizer that combines an elegant build with cutting edge features. The Prophet 12 features a tuned feedback path, a four-tap stereo delay per voice, expanded arpeggiator functionality, deep modulation capabilities and bi-timbral operation. The LFOs, delay and arpeggiator can all be synced to MIDI, and there are two programmable position- and pressure-sensitive touch sliders as well as the standard pitch and mod wheels.

Huge sound crafting capabilities

Each of the Prophet 12's voices is built using a new hybrid digital/analogue architecture which helps it sound different to any other DSI synth. A digital front end is followed by an all analogue signal path output and each voice has five high res digital oscillators, a resonant Curtis low-pass filter, a digital character effects section, a high-pass filter, tuneable feedback circuit, a four-tap delay line with feedback per line, four loopable five-stage envelope generators, four synchronisable LFOs with slew and phase offset, sophisticated arpeggiator and a sixteen slot modulation matrix with 26 mod sources and 97 modulation destinations!

The Prophet 12's digital oscillators can be frequency and amplitude modulated by each other with impressive accuracy. You can freely assign them in whatever operator and modulator configurations you choose or each assigned to modulate LFOs, envelopes and filters.

Professional build quality

The Prophet 12 is a sleek Dave Smith synthesizer ready to handle whatever you can throw at it. Its tough construction means that it's more than tour ready. Its timeless aesthetic is coupled with modern day housing to help it last for years to come.

Featuring a digital front end and an analog signal path. The Prophet 12 has the best of digital flexibility and analog character. Everything can be modulated and the full sized five-octave weighted keyboard provides a huge performative advantage. Whether you're working on new sounds in the studio, or stunning the crowd at the big show. The Prophet 12 will stand out whatever the context.

Features

Oscillators

• Five DSP-based oscillators per voice (including one sine wave sub oscillator)
• Four classic wave shapes (saw, square, triangle, sine) per oscillator
• Twelve selectable complex shapes per oscillator
• Three noise types per oscillator: white, pink, violet
• Analog VCAs
• Shape modulation
• Oscillator cross modulation: frequency modulation (FM) and amplitude modulation (AM)
• Hard sync on each of the four oscillators

Character Effects

• Five high-quality digital effects. Thicken the signal and add harmonics or completely destroy the signal pre-filter.
• Girth and Air are high and low shelf equalizers with harmonic excitement. Useful for thickening and/or adding air to the signal.
• Hack and Decimate are sample and bit rate reduction algorithms which can add subtle grit or completely destroy the signal. It's harsh yet musical!
• Drive is a soft saturator for adding soft distortion and harmonic content to the signal

Filters

• Famed Curtis 2- or 4-pole resonant analog low-pass filter (self oscillates in 4-pole mode) per voice
• 2-pole resonant analog high-pass filter per voice

Feedback and Delay

• Tuned feedback
• Four-tap syncable multi delay with feedback and amount per delay per voice

Envelopes

• Four Delay + ADSR envelopes (LPF, VCA , and two Auxiliary envelopes)
• Auxiliary envelopes 3 and 4 freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations
• All envelopes can repeat/loop

LFOs

• Four syncable LFO's with phase offset and slew per LFO

Modulation

• 16 x 2 modulation matrix with 26 mod sources and 97 mod destinations
• Modulation assignment buttons enable quick and easy modulation routing

Arpeggiator

• Sophisticated programmable arpeggiator with up, down, up+down, random, assign modes
• Re-latching arpeggiator
• Programmable Distortion
• Independent programmable stereo analog distortion per layer.

Controls

• More than 50 knobs and 50 buttons enable deep and comprehensive editing with little to no menu diving.
• Backlit pitch and mod wheels are easily visible in low light situations and have a smooth yet precise feel and response.
• Independently adjustable upper and lower pitch wheel range.
• Two assignable position- and pressure-sensitive latchable touch sliders for enhanced interactivity and control.
• Full-sized, 5-Octave, semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch

Specifications

Memory

• 396 user and 396 factory programs
• Direct program access using numeric keypad and dedicated User, Factory, and Bank buttons
• Playlist mode for generating easily accessible setlists of your favorite programs. Create four play lists with up to forty programs each!

In/Out

• 1 MIDI In, 1 MIDI out, and 1 MIDI Thru port
• USB port for bidirectional MIDI communication
• 1 Sustain/footswitch input
• 2 expression pedal inputs
• Main stereo output (2 x 1/4" phone jack)
• Layer B stereo output (2 x 1/4" phone jack)
• Headphone out (stereo 1/4" phone jack)

Power

• 1 universal IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply
• Operates worldwide on voltages between 100-240v, 50-60Hz, 30 watts maximum power consumption

Physical Specs

• Oiled bubinga wood end panels and trim
• 38.4" L x 12.8" W x 4.15" H (97.5 cm x 32.5 cm x 10.5 cm)
• 26 lbs. (11.8 kg)