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PROPHET 10

More great vintage gear! Up for auction is another serious piece of electronic music history. This is the grand mack daddy of ALL analog synthesizers. The Prophet 10 took the 5 to a whole new level adding another keyboard and 5 additional voices. This 10 voice monster has the ability to split two sounds on each manual, layer two sounds across both manuals, or have one massive 10 voice monophonic lead! This one is the latest incarnation: Rev 3 with the original factory MIDI - arguably the most stable and reliable of the Prophet 10 models. This is currently owned by legendary film composer and sound designer Alan Howarth (Star Trek I, II, III, IV, Halloween, Poltergeist, Jurassic Park, etc.).

This is the ACTUAL synth that was used by Alan on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to create the sound of the "warp drive engine" for the Enterprise. This was also used by Alan Howarth for sound design and music composition for "Escape from New York," "Christine," and "Big Trouble in Little China." This piece has an incredible legacy in Hollywood sound design history. The winner will also receive a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Alan, as well as THE ACTUAL PATCH for the Enterprise warp engine!!

This synthesizer is mint and as cherry as they come. It's a 9.8 out of 10. It is one of the finest Prophet 10s I have EVER seen! Also...this has the highly-sought after custom Dave Smith analog white noise mod, replacing the digital "loopy" sounding white noise. It also has a custom Breamar tape drive installed by Dave Smith, replacing the factory disk drive. You can see the Breamar drive in the photos, with the disk drive covered by a Prophet 10 faceplate. All custom work done by Dave Smith. Alan is the SOLE owner. This synth was just serviced here in Los Angeles by Advanced Musical Electronics, and was given a clean bill of health and works 100% perfectly. Due to its age, there will be no warranties, expressed or implied. It is sold AS IS. It will be guaranteed not to arrive DOA.

Unit will ship with the Owner's Manual, Service Manual, hard shell road case and Alan's patches!

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Prophet 10 highlights:

This rarely seen monster analog synth is by far one of the fattest and nicest vintage synthesizers. The Prophet 10 is simply two glorious Prophet 5 synthesizers stacked together. That gives 10 voices with 20 of Sequential's unique analog VCO oscillators at 2 per voice for a big fat analog dream! The Version 1 series suffered from major overheating and unstable tuning problems making it clumsy and unreliable to use. It also had a standard 61 note keyboard and looked just like the P5.

Then came a bigger and better looking stacked keyboard version (as seen above); to be known as Version 2. Better chips were designed which soon cured most of the overheating problems. While Rev. 1 & 2 Prophets used chips made by SSM (Solid State Microdevices) which were fatter sounding but less stable, the Rev 3 Prophets changed to CEM (Curtis Electronics Manufacturing) chips. These increased their stability and reliability. Some audiophiles think they sound thinner than the SSM chips. However tuning and other functions were still somewhat unstable.

Version 3 was by far the best and most stable. 20 oscillators (2 per voice), 10 voices, 2 independent 61 note keyboards and all the great sounds and editing facilities as the Prophet 5! Built in Tuning tones and Auto-Tuning functions help make sure you won't go out of tune. And top notch circuitry and design prevent overheating. Multiple keyboard modes allow for true flexibility for different performance / voicing needs! The Prophet 10 is a truly fat and classic analog instrument. Used throughout the 1980's and on into the 90's by names like Tangerine dream, The Orb, The Who, Vangelis, Genesis, the Human League, and filmmaker/composer John Carpenter.

We welcome SERIOUS bidders from around the world. International bidders will send payment via Bank Wire ONLY.

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Bidders with ratings less than 10 MUST email FIRST prior to bidding, or your bid will be CANCELED. If you have any recent negatives, you MUST EMAIL ME FIRST.

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