The Lost Prophet: Dave Smith's Forgotten Flagship

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The Prophet 12 was one of the first synths that caught my eye when I first got into synthesizers, but then I promptly forgot about it during the analog revival of the 2010s. I recently got my hands on one, and decided to do some digging into why this synth is seldom talked about, despite Dave Smith himself proclaiming it to be his favorite when it was released 10 years ago.

Special Thanks:
Andrew McGowan - Senior Product Designer at Sequential
Tony Anderson - Artist, Prophet 12 Owner (@TonyAndersonMusic)

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:08 - My history with the P12
4:59 - The story of its development (with Andrew McGowan)
9:18 - An artist's perspective (with Tony Anderson)
12:34 - Digital vs. Analog, and how Dave felt about it
17:28 - The Character section
21:07 - Comparisons to the Poly Evolver
23:15 - Aesthetics and UI
25:03 - Intuitive Complexity and FM
26:39 - Why don't many people talk about it anymore?
31:10 - It was never supposed to sound like a Prophet 5
32:52 - Leaving a legacy
34:35 - Was it still Dave's favorite synth?

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