Dave Smith Prophet 08' | Mothership Gear

Dave Smith Prophet 08' | Mothership Gear

Today's guest is Mary Ives. On this episode of Mothership Gear, Mary Ives will be giving her impressions and sharing the story behind this Dave Smith Prophet 08'.

From Sequential:
Prophet ’08 is no longer in production, but you can still access this page for information and support.
Prophet ’08 Overview

With real analog oscillators, famed Curtis low-pass filters, and analog VCAs, the Prophet ’08 is capable of reproducing the familiar sounds of its legendary predecessors.

But modern features like a greatly expanded modulation matrix and additional modulation sources—such as three envelopes and four LFOs per voice—take it way beyond vintage gear and make it a worthy and unique addition to the Prophet family tree.

Features include a gated 16 x 4 step sequencer, arpeggiator, split or stacked key modes with separate stereo outputs per layer, and rack ears for optional rack-mounting.

The Prophet ’08 module can also be used as an expander to increase the polyphony of another Prophet ’08—keyboard or module—to 16 voices.

The Prophet ’08 PE (potentiometer edition) has all the features of the standard Prophet ’08, but many of the front panel’s rotary controls use potentiometers (AKA “pots”) for more “vintage-style” control. (The standard Prophet ’08 primarily uses rotary encoders.)

Full-featured polysynth with a 100% analog signal path.
Classic, real analog sound—including legendary Curtis analog low-pass filters—married to a modern feature set.
Compact size, huge sound.
Tons of knobs for direct, real-time editing and performance.

00:00 Dave Smith Prophet 08' Synthesizer Demo
00:58 Mothership Gear Introduction
01:00 The Origin Story of Mary Ives' Dave Smith Prophet 08'
04:13 Utilizing the Prophet 08' for Recording and Live Performance
06:00 Mary's Favorite and Least Favorite Prophet Patches
06:50 No Corn Yet
08:24 Paring a Dave Smith Prophet with a Korg Minilogue
08:40 What do voices do?
08:50 Description of the Prophet 08's Features
11:10 The Actual Definition of 8 Voices
12:50 Searching for Usuable Sounds with a Prophet 08'

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