SEQUENTIAL PROPHET-5 REV3 vs REV4 Demo & Review

[@masanorimatsuda4462]

こんな素晴らしい prophet の紹介観れるなんて 幸せです。 氏家さん最高です。 バラエティーに富んでいて、 且つ懐の深い 唯一無二のサウンドですね〜。

[@AlexBallMusic]

Your back-to-back demos towards the end show that the rev4 is a legit Prophet. We've been doing some comparisons too and they can sound very, very similar and where they are different, it isn't a case of "better" or "worse". Or at least that's what I'm finding. 🙂

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

Must be hard having more Prophets than the Tanakh.

[@auxorion]

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

[@peterldelong]

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.

[@brettlarson3504]

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???

[@jibberish00]

@@brettlarson3504 I only hear a slight detune on the rev3 in this example?

[@musictrackjp]

English sub-titles available. Click [CC] and choose English from the Settings menu.

[@MichaelinLosAngeles]

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

[@MFASonic]

I love your videos. The Japanese language is so relaxing, and your playing is awesome. As well as your enthusiasm. Thank you very much!

[@y-b3u]

氏家さんは、音色に合ったフレーズを弾くのがとても上手く素晴らしいですね。

[@lovinggazeofmoonchannel2459]

待ってました!

[@INHALTVIDEO]

It gives me great joy to see you play the patch I made for the factory bank (111).

[@emilioasstevez6898]

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

[@YMO-t4q]

素晴らしい嬉しいコンセプトによる見たかった動画。感謝申しあげます。ありがとうございます！

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

The velocity sensitive keys, the aftertouch, The mahogony with the black faceplate, I just love everything about it

[@station2station544]

Walnut

[@abwdoc]

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 !!

[@abwdoc]

…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.

[@mrdali67]

One thing not to like .. the price :p

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

Ujiie, I know it's a difficult job - playing with four figure synths all day. But someone has to do it and we thank you. :-)

[@cassisbrook]

Thank you Mr Ujiie. 🙏🏽💓

[@AllenMichael]

Love your demos. You actually play music instead of noise. Thanks!!!

[@luxoverb]

Thank you, Ujiie-San. Nice demo.

[@teamyordle23]

Been looking forward to watching this review. So nice.

[@juliesnow5542]

Sounds exactly the same to me. And you get a Rev 1, and a rev 2, and a rev 3 all in one box. People are asking 9000 dollars for a vintage prophet. Good luck.

[@smokey5100]

Glad to see that you reviewed this. Love your videos!

[@yoshihirokumakiri6435]

氏家先生 楽しみにしいました。 『Sequential Circuit Prophet-5 Rev4』。 素晴らしいです。 全体で21分の動画でしたが、そんな時間なんて気にも止めませんでした。 ・アナログなのにアフタータッチ対応。 ・フィジカル感の良さ。 ・ディケイ系の音からパッド系の音まで幅広い音色。 ・個人的にはアナログブラスの音が素晴らしいと思いました。 ・ポリのグライドの実現。 ・MIDIコントロールが出来るからマスターになり得るシンセです。 ・アタックがメチャメチャ遅いSE的な音色が中々鳴らない（アタックが遅いから）の音の良さ。 ・「REV」の切り替えはマニアック過ぎます。 ・Bank511以降には昔のPriphet-5のプリセットが入っているのは素晴らしい。 ・オルガン、ベルの音色も良い音してます。 時代の進化は素晴らしいですね。

[@アッキアッキ-w6s]

この映像を待ってました！って人多いんではないでしょうか？！　僕もそうです、、、ゴキゲンです！

[@MG-kk9gl]

待ってた

[@loudboymusic8018]

Amazing ! Always enjoy your videos !

[@metabeat4436]

知る人ぞ知る時代を作った名器復活ですね。松武秀樹先生は真っ先に入手した、とラジオで言っていました。50万円ほどとお手頃価格（当時170万でしたから…）！　まぁ手は出せませんので私はarturia V-collectionのPro-Vで満足してますけれど。 なんとも夢のあるお話です。

[@DIGITALSCREAMS]

The sound at 18:11 was used back in the 80's on horror films such as Day of the Dead (1985) and the Burning (1981). Check out the film trailers.

[@paulaustinbailey]

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

[@aimoriizumi]

プロフェット５の忠実復刻は、ストラディバリウスが復刻したに等しいと思います。　この流れで今後も多くの名機を復刻させてほしい。楽器店も元気になれます。　SDE２５００等のエフェクターもどんどん復刻して欲しい。　限定生産ではなく安定生産を望みます。

[@curryboogie]

一緒じゃないですか😳買おうかな

[@SyncdAlien]

Beautiful! 👍

[@kuadara]

一度聴いたら忘れない！プロフェット-5、オデッセイ、ムーグ、オーバーハイム、そして意外に好きだったのは、KORGのシグマとか、monopolyも良かったですよね！でも一番好きな音色は、ジュピター4のプリセット音のベースです！ライオットインラオスのイントロは、あの音でしたよね？違うかな？

[@RayyMusik]

12:06 The only adequate way to say “vintage“. :D

[@kiko1935]

My main man, Ujiie. Synthesizer Pro ™ (彼はシンセサイザーのプロです)

[@GNeuman]

18:11 beginning of She's Got Claws by Gary Numan

[@RayyMusik]

A true masterpiece played by a true master. So far, so good. But I see a 2nd P5 wasting your space. I would take it for free and even pay the shipping! ;)

[@takeshi.t2076]

次は複雑にワークステーション化していないデビューした頃のDX-7　DX-7ⅡではなくDX-7、限定復活でもいいから。

[@kevinsturges6957]

Every time I see these wonderful, expensive synths, the first thought I have is: that beautiful wood REALLY needs to be oiled. It’s so dry, and in a few years it’s going to splinter and crack!

[@agst2006]

it sounds so thick, very nice

[@wolfpackpresets]

Analog heaven ... 👍

[@denzilstudios7072]

is it me or does the rev4 sound better than the vintage one? 16:13

[@kinya001]

たまらんです☆☆☆

[@pinkdispatcher]

I can't get real subtitles, only auto-generated Japanese, auto-translated into English, which isn't really helpful. Should there be orginal English subtitles?

[@entropybentwhistle]

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

[@pinkdispatcher]

@@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.

[@entropybentwhistle]

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

[@bluelagoon1979]

Dave Smith氏逝去の報がNAMM前に流れました。この名機を生み出したスミス氏に感謝。R.I.P.

[@dvamateur]

When is Roland firing back with the Jupiter-8 and Yamaha with the DX7? Well, never mind. Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi wouldn't have wanted that from Roland, but hey, a Jupiter-XL would be great for Roland's 50th anniversary. You know, a 6-octave Jupiter-XL, with polyphonic aftertouch, and the following loadable models being released one after another: D-50, D-10/20, U-20, D-70, S-770, JP-8000, and the V-Synth. Roland has the code, they can do it. I mean, since the D-50, everything is software. All that needs to be modeled are the respective D/A converters, and of course the S-770 A/D converters to, if the Jupiter-XL were to become a sampler.

[@chri458n]

Yooo the auto generated translation is totally wack it's hilarious 6:33 "the feeling of my sister on this keyboard is amazing"... 😐😐😐😭😭😂😂😂

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

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

[@stocchinet]

What are you doing step-bro?

[@popozz]

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".

[@auxorion]

@@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.

[@SacSynths_Jack_Z]

"it was also difficult to buy a child firefighter"

[@chrisstrobel3439]

It’s a very pretty looking instrument with a proper 5 octave keybed like the original, and properly placed mod and pitch wheels. In the 80’s for me it was down to a Prophet 5 or Jupiter 8 .. I choose the later for its extra polyphony and split/layer capability .. and the midi capability with the MD/8. I personally can’t justify this Rev4 though sonically with the VST’s out now days.

[@SPAZZOID100]

This is selling like HOTCAKES.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Nobody cares about vst’s.

[@blib3786]

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

[@JBR-RBJ]

KOREEEEEDAY !! Hi Mr Uije ✌️😀

[@リテイク脳血管リハビリ]

いまさらながらProphet5の可能性におののく

[@lackskmica4782]

Any chorus/FX used at the output, or direct?

[@2001promo]

if the rev4 had the ssm for the oscillator like the rev2 would be comparable with the rev2 too. it's a pity that they put the new ssm only into the filters :( anyway the best new synthesizer

[@SPAZZOID100]

That would add another $500.

[@Dantoriusar]

Looking forward to Roland Fantom review

[@gregblack2764]

Plz review modal cobalt8

[@kevinmortimer1883]

Nice. Still waiting korg m3.. 🤩

[@SPAZZOID100]

Why???

[@theaudioeng]

I read that logo badge not as "Prophet-5", but "BUY ME RIGHT NOW!". Feel another re-mortgage on the horizon .... 😕

[@auxorion]

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 $$

[@AlainHubert]

@3:00 that beautiful patch suffers dearly from a lack of available voices, unfortunately. A 5 voices programmable polysynth was innovative and revolutionary in 1978, but in 2020+? Not.

[@RetreatSyndromeJapan]

４５万円強の価値は充分あると思いますが、やっぱちと高いｗ　欲しいけどｗ　(^^; 当面 Repro-5（ソフトウェア・シンセ）を使い続けます。（１万円台後半で８ボイスだし）

[@ConstantinPhillipou]

Needs no translation.

[@DasHemdchen]

Could you provide English subtitles, please!

[@kazuki.m5150]

某黄色魔術楽団のせいでキーボーディストの機材にプロフェット写ってるの見るとテンション上がるようになっちまったじゃないか、、

[@hagehagehage]

Prophet-5ってREV3までしかなかったよな??? と思って見てみたらアナログシンセはほぼそのままに機能増やして復刻なのか。最近追ってなかったからそんなの知らなかった。

[@tommyboy9998]

Some of the presets after ~14mins clearly sound brighter on the Rev 4 - so much for that knee-jerk mod on the second batch :/

[@auxorion]

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)

[@Wagoo]

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

[@aimoriizumi]

Rev4.1が発売になるときは、VCFのRevボタンとキーボードボタンを右側に並べて、ツマミをRev２、３と同じ配置にして欲しい。

[@j.fuuryuji]

プロフェット5の新型

[@AlainHubert]

The original P5 outshines the REV4 overall. There is something wrong with the modern one, it's missing some bite, some mids that the vintage one has. The REV4 is too polished and not raw enough to match the vintage one. Sorry Sequential but you've missed the boat if your goal was to create a clone.

[@jibberish00]

First, there’s nothing “wrong” with the Rev4. It has a different eq profile. It is less pronounced in the mids and highs. It is darker, but has significantly more low end. The Rev3’s default envelope shapes are a bit snappier and more aggressive, but you can achieve this manually on the Rev4 by adjusting the envelope shape. Second, the Rev4 is not a clone no more than the Rev3 is a clone of the Rev2. It’s not a reissue either, it is a revision, just like the others before it. Dave wanted to make a stable, reliable prophet with modern upgrades. The only significant loss is the absence of unpredictable components contributing to movement and variation in the sound, but that’s the trade off for reliability.

[@shinxx0055]

内容にないしてのいいね少なすぎ