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.

24 Visitor comments

Alberto

August 25, 2012 @ 1:32 am

can be great if anyone shared disks :)

Roh

February 5, 2012 @ 6:48 am

Hi folks - does anyone have the original discs for this synth? Looking for the string sounds specifically....
thx!!

xh9o

November 13, 2011 @ 12:29 pm

this is maybe the greatest. it does all kinds with highest clarity, bright and dark, lush and hard. handling is very easy, midi (sysex dumps) is superb.

Kent

October 7, 2011 @ 11:10 am

This synth was used in the Oingo Boingo Dead Man's Party video that shows clips from the movie "Back to School". Now, that doesn't mean they actually played it, but it's likely they did.

FrannyRampling

August 12, 2010 @ 12:32 pm

Best Analog filter sampler since the Emulator II and III.
And for peanut prices too. Really cant speak highly enough of it the 2002 rack is mine for keeps.