The Pro-53 takes what was already one of the best classic synth emulators to a whole new level with improved features and sound! The Pro-53 is the third installment from N.I. of the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 analog synth plug-in. The original Pro-Five, a VST-Instrument, was a faithful recreation of the original Prophet 5 and allowed thousands of computer-based musicians the chance at playing and performing the classic synth themselves, and for just a few hundred bucks! Following the Pro-Five came the Pro-52 which added many features bringing the plug-in up to date with more modern functions like effects, enhanced MIDI (SysEx import/export), audio inputs, and stand alone capability.

The Pro-53 is the next version, released in late 2002. It adds many new exciting features. It adds the all important MIDI-learn function which lets you quickly and easily assign control knobs, sliders, etc. on your synth controllers to any of the parameters available from the front panel display of the Pro-53. The Pro-53 is also compatible with all major Mac and PC audio interface formats (ASIO, DirectSound, MME, SoundManager, VST 2.0, Audio units, RTAS, DXi, DirectConnect, MAS/FreeMidi). There's also a re-designed oscillator technology giving the Pro-53 a punchy, warmer, and more dynamic sound. For a virtual instrument, it sounds very organic and is much more stable and cleaner than the original Prophet 5's aging analog circuits. The Pro-53 interface has been spruced up as well, adding larger knobs and few new ones too.

The filter has new features including a switch to invert the filter envelopes, and a new high-pass filter. There's a new LFO-Envelope-Retrigger function which retriggers the envelope with each new cycle of the LFO wave for interesting animated and colorful sounds. The Amplifier section features a new Hold button which latches any notes played so you can free up your hands to tweak sounds while hearing their effects in real-time. Linear and circular knob control modes allow you to customize the Pro-53 to your ergonomic preference. In linear mode the mouse moves up or down to adjust the knobs; in circular mode the white notch on the knob follows the mouse as you drag it around the knob, clockwise to increase and counter-clockwise to decrease it. The NI logo is actually a pull-down menu holding most valuable functions including the MIDI Learn mode, controllermaps, microtuning settings, and other plug-in settings. A must-have plug-in! It is used by Hans Zimmer. Demo sounds and Plug-In demos, updates, and upgrades are available at Native Instruments.

11 VISITOR COMMENTS

MYM

January 9, 2012 @ 2:16 pm

I agree with Dave S.'s comment. I played Pro 53 back to back with a P5 Rev 3.2 and was shocked at how close they were. Yes, there are subtle differences but it's so close that most will not notice. This VSTi really is in the 'close enough' category.

Lamster

February 13, 2011 @ 9:40 am

pro53 is a very usable virtual inst and is more lively than pro52. If you forget that it is meant to be a prophet5 emu and judge it on what it does and use it for what ever fits your music then I think it is a very good VA synth, pro5 it isn't.

Lamster

February 13, 2011 @ 9:33 am

XH90 I know where your coming from. I'm not convinced with VA either. In the confines of the studio all the cpu emu stuff sounds great and its easy to burn your finished project to Cd couldn't do that 20 years ago.what if you want to gig or jam.?
I spent months building a keyboard with a pc inside and a tft on the front loaded up vst and a shed full of plugs and took it out for a jam. sounded great on its own until the others joined in then it just sounded wrong.Through an amp it was just too thin no depth, didn't even do as well as some sad bit of 90s digital kit.

xh9o

September 21, 2010 @ 1:11 am

and for doodlio.


nice pr [beep] , but its a simple thing. the more you process a signal, the more its substance got revealed. therefore a bad base signal maybe gets louder and it bit more textured on its surface, but you can´t fake its low organic quality up. its still flat and 2-dimensional WHATEVER you put on it. if you have a good base signal your manipulations can go much deeper, and thats what artists back then did.

you can use va-vst for live music, where your senses are splitted up. or if you prefer listening to music only on your ipod. you can even use it a lot for little details, but its hard using va-vsti for musicial leads or complex organic sound creations.

xh9o

September 21, 2010 @ 1:00 am

it meant 1000$ converters. at least! i mean, you want it real, don´t you?

take away all that crap. it kills music.

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