SEQUENTIAL PROPHET-5 REV3 vs REV4 Demo & Review 

That patch is fantastic ! What a well-deserved honor it must be to have the very first preset!!

Must be hard having more Prophets than the Tanakh.

Yeah I can confirm this from extensive comparisons to old Prophet videos. I'm able to match up the sound perfectly every time. What's really cool is that with the REV1/2 REV3 filter switch and the Vintage Mode knob, I can match up any Prophet sound no matter the revision. Very cool

If there’s a difference, I can’t hear it. First Prophet was a Rev 2 in the late 70’s, which is long gone, but I have my Rev 3 and got the P10 Rev 4 in January. Sometimes the Rev 4 sounds a tad bit brighter but It’s all Sonic Integrity.

Compare, 18:14 to 18:22. Not saying it would make me buy the old one for sure, but it still has the edge sonically. This is much more evident in person where we have the old and the new in the studio and I prefer the old every time, even though they keyboard sucks, you can trigger it with midi. That said, it seems I am the only one to like the old one more??? Maybe my ears lie to me???

This is selling like HOTCAKES.

Nobody cares about vst’s.

@@SPAZZOID100 Yeah nobody except for the highest paid producers and musicians in the business lmao, you’re delusional.

Why???

They sometimes take a couple of weeks. I think the translator is doing it on a volunteer basis, so we have to be patient.

@@entropybentwhistle Sure, no problem. I just thought when he wrote in the description "English subtitles available" he meant the human-translated, and I could only find the auto-translated, so I thought I was missing something. I always find these videos quite enjoyable. He shows the strengths of each synthesizer, even if they are very different.

@@pinkdispatcher Yeah, Katsunori-san’s synth demos are definitely top-5 on all of RU-vid.

That's just slight differences in component ranges - I'm almost certain they just ported over the presets. I doubt they pulled John Bowen away from his game of Bingo to have him sit there and re-create them again on a replica synth. As an example, I followed along (with my Reissue Minimoog Model D) SynthMania's video where he was checking out some Minimoog patches from an old book.. if I matched the knob settings 100% with the video, it was just a bit wrong... adjusting the knobs a little got me an identical sound though. It's just little differences in values, no big deal. The Prophet 5 Rev 4, is probably the same situation - the brand new components WILL be the slightest bit different values... setting the cutoff to 7 on a new P5 might be like setting the original to an 8. Same sound, just slightly different settings to get the same sound. (BTW: the first batch of Prophet 5s were not just darker, but they just overall sounded wrong. It was an accident, that capacitor wasn't supposed to be there. If you have a first batch one, get rid of that capacitor and it will sound the way it was meant to)

@@auxorion John Bowen's busy with the Solaris, no time for bingo :P

Could be right, edgy Japanese manga and all .....

What are you doing step-bro?

He says, "These keys are very comfortable to play!". In Japan, an older sister is read as "ane" "ney" "nei" "nee" and so on. (all read in romaji). This is similar to a word "ne" which is often used between or end of a sentence. It has no meaning and it is not used in writing. Google translate picks it up and translates it as "an older sister".

@@popozz Makes sense, thanks for the clarification! Yeah, the "ne" at the end really doesn't mean anything does it. It's almost like saying "eh?" at the end of a sentence.

"it was also difficult to buy a child firefighter"

What Vintage Prophet 5 are you playing here ? Rev 2 or Rev 3 ? Thank you

I'm so glad Dave Smith changed his mind.. he didn't want to do reissues, but this one came out so good. Worth the $$

Walnut

Mine P-10 is Walnut…with much more graining and depth to it than this one in the video. It is SO beautiful !! I just want to display it on the wall when I’m not using it !!

…and now, with the new OS update, you can split/layer !! WAY better keys…velocity and aftertouch….expanded memory…ability to get parts now (if necessary) from the factory…much greater reliability…ability to have a Rev 1,2, or 3….polyphonic portamento…and a new Rev.4 is much cheaper than an original on the used market is. THIS REALLY IS A NO BRAINER !! My one complaint (if it is a complaint at all)…the initial tuning routine (when it is cold) seems to take longer than my Rev. 3’s used to take. The solution…let it warm up for 5 min. first…then tune it, and it maintains stability better than the original.

One thing not to like .. the price :p

Nice! Now I gotta see if my Repro5 can do this😆 I need that rev4 though!

That would add another $500.

Yes it does! Nick Rhodes had one of those back in the early 80s when they first got signed and got some money for new equipment to make that first classic DD record!! 🎹🎹👍🏽😁👊🏽❤️