A Prophet for our times !

Well, this one took me by surprise this evening !

It appears that Dave Smith Instruments are releasing a 30th Anniversary edition/homage to the legendary Prophet 5. Called the Prophet 8, it's an 8 voice analogue synth based on the CEM chips used in the Evolver with the sequencer, arpeggiator and memories.

Rather than regurgitate what has been written elsewhere, here's a teaser video...



... and some links to info elsewhere...

News from Music Thing

News from Matrixsynth 1

News from Matrixsynth 2

News from Matrixsynth 3

News from Vintage Synth Explorer

Sound Samples courtesy of Stefan Trippler

You can be sure that as more info becomes available, it'll be posted here and on every other synth geek forum in the blogosphere !! :o)

UPDATE: The official site for the Prophet 08 is now up...

Click here