Sequential Circuits • Prophet 2000
An early and affordable sampler synth. It's similar to the Emulators and old Ensoniqs. It is a low quality sampler with a tiny 256k (or 512k) memory and 12 bit sampling. However it has analog VCF's and VCA's which give you analog tweak-control over the sounds you sample. Though it does not even come close to modern day synth samplers like the Kurzweil K2000, it is an affordable classic that, with a little creativity is capable of some great and unusual lo-fi sounds. It has 8 voices of polyphony, the keyboard can be split into 8 layers, MIDI equipped, and there is an arpeggiator. The Prophet 2000 was also released in a rackmount version called the Prophet 2002. These have been used by: Hardfloor, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Information Society, Mark Isham, filmmaker/composer John Carpenter, and D:ream.
Klaus Schulze
David Vorhaus
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Information Society
I have a rack version(2002).
Make sure you change the voltage to your region(110-220/240) to get the smoothest operation.
Wine County are slow to respond to advice on any problems you may have, but they get there in the end.
Curtis filters,stack, and the arpegiator are sublime, even with a 256k version.
try sampling a Moog, Oberheim or PPG and dropping each sample in as you go to record as opposed to getting self righteous and demanding milti timberal operation.
Wine county do a 512k expansion still to this day.
The only limitation is that you can only sample upto 256k at one time.
2 x 256k samples.
they do an 8 x output expander as well, although it requires some metal work and a tech to wire up the mods if your not able to do them yourself.
you also need a chip mod to enable the outputs.
contact Dave @ Wine county if you need info, he's a good lad.
Pete Namlook has used it a lot as well.