Comments on: Sequential Prophet VS Vintage Synth Demo

By: TheDewd

TheDewd — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:30:05 +0000

Dave Smith was the creator of the Prophet synths. When Sequential went belly up, he worked in R&D for Yamaha for awhile, then went on to found the R&D group for Korg, based in California. This group created the Wavestation synth, so it isn’t surprising that Dave Smith brought some of his ideas with him at Korg.Aaro

By: imaginary friend

imaginary friend — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:38:32 +0000

I wish the host had talked a bit about two small things that made the VS super cool: the looping envelopes and the random patch generator. That last one should be standard on every polysynth.

By: The VX-323

The VX-323 — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 04:37:43 +0000

Prophet VS sound like a million bucks. Shimmering and warm, or metallic and cold. Have yet to hear a synth that matches its character. Pity about the power supplies though, pretty buzzy.

By: N

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:55:34 +0000

I really hope we get a faithful reissue from Sequential one day

By: S-Trigger Dave

S-Trigger Dave — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 22:55:18 +0000

I have warm feels for Sequential. The keyboard’s pressure sensor had unfortunate issues (hooray for the rack version), but I believe it was the first commercial vector synth. It also put wavetables up front with a post-PPG crowd. Now, those things are generally standards. The Yamaha SY22 was a poor man’s version, although it had some nice strengths of its own. The VS is a serious hall-of-fame resident.

By: J

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:51:00 +0000

Some of the most rad VS tones can be heard on Nine Inch Nails’ first record, Pretty Hate Machine. It’s all over that record.