The first commercially available synth to implement MIDI!! It's a fun synth. Its big brother is the legendary Prophet 5. The P600 is very affordable today and is a great buy. Models with the newest software will enjoy polyphonic MIDI implementation and up to 100 memory patches to store their own sounds! The sound of the Prophet 600 is brighter and harsher than that of a Juno 106 but still just as funky.

The P600 has two oscillators per voice with sawtooth, triangle and variable pulse waveforms. The oscillators can be individually tuned or synced together. Similar quality VCF and VCA sections from the Prophet 5 can be found here too! The P5's Poly-Mod section has also been passed onto the P600.

The P600 is extremely versatile and easy to use! Its best functions include the onboard arpeggiator, 2-track sequencer and poly-modulation. The P600 is great for creating analog effects, swells and drones. It has a cool glide effect and has very flexible modulation possibilities! It is used by Hardfloor, The Higher Intelligence Agency and Eat Static. Perfect for Ambient, Dub and other electronic music.

MIDI Parameter Codes:

• Record + 1 = program change on/off
• Record + 2 = current program dump
• Record + 3 = center pitch wheel
• Record + 4 = wheel send/receive on/off
• Record + 5 = sequence dump
• Record + 6 = Omni mode on
• Record + 7 = voice defeat (hold key down first)
• Record + 8 = Poly mode on
• Record + 9 = channel +/-

chachilongbow

May 8, 2013 @ 2:47 pm

agreed with rmbls.. while it may not have envelopes that can keep up with a moog's in terms of snappiness, it is still capable of doing lots of percussive, thumping, squelchy sounds, and does plenty of other things very well. calling it unusable is a ridiculous overstatement. also, an update on an earlier comment i made - the lag i was experiencing was caused by dirt and dust in the pots confusing the CPU. opening it up and cleaning around them with a q-tip has made it very responsive and lag-free.

Max

May 8, 2013 @ 2:46 pm

The gossip about envelopes is exaggerated. They're not that bad compared to other synths, just bad compared to the speed of a Prophet 5's envelopes

http://analog.no/cms/index.php/envelopes

Matthias

May 5, 2013 @ 4:44 am

This is a super synth, no question! Very fat sounding. I never had any problems with the Envelopes.

RMBLS

April 18, 2013 @ 10:48 am

If you think this synth is "unusable" because of the envelopes, that just shows your limitations as a musician and of your creativity.

pmacls

April 8, 2013 @ 1:41 pm

Software generated ADSR is very dull and makes this synth somewhat unusable. Sad.

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