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The old CTS pots used on the P600 as well as the Pro-One. They're OK, but they don't feel that smooth after years, and that plastic shaft felt weak to me.
The synth was shipped in the carrying case, which was great, except that two of the upper pots caught on the foam and were broken in shipping.
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SFSU Electronic Music Lab 1987
the (then) newer Serge Modular Synthesizer and the older Sequential Circuits Analogue sequencer. This was a self automated patch (SAP) I made in 1987 for broadcast over SFSU's cable TV station for overnight broadcast. People could call into the lab and use their voice to effect the patch (usually with only modest results)
Sequential Circuits created many innovative products during their ten year run from 1977 to 1987. Their first synthesizer, the Prophet-5 was the first programmable synth. The Studio 440 was the first sampling drum machine and The Prophet 2000 was one of the first affordable digital samplers. Who can forget the amazing Prophet T8 with it's weighted keys and classic Prophet sound. But perhaps their most innovative instrument (and one of my favorite synths) turned out to be one of their last products produced, The Prophet VS digital synthesizer.
The Prophet VS used Vector Synthesis as its revolutionary new means of sound creation. It uses a total of four oscillators per voice with 127 waveforms (32 user) and waveform crossfading using the joystick. The Prophet VS included 96 waveforms which were all 12-bit samples. Four of these waveforms are assigned to the oscillator slots and they are then processed by an analogue signal path, with low-pass filters based on the Curtis chips; the same that were used in the Prophet 5. The hybrid of digital and analogue helped make the Prophet VS sound very unique. The Prophet also included a very small amount of RAM that you can use to load in your own samples via the Midi sample dump standard. The OS revision of a VS can be checked during power up. Version 1.2 is the last update.
Sequential Circuits went out of business in 1987 and a small group of ex-Sequential employees formed Wine Country Productions in an effort to provide after market support for all Sequential Circuits products. Wine Country Productions acquired the entire remaining Sequential stock, technical documentation, software, and spare parts. Since that time, Wine Country Productions Inc. has provided spare parts, technical service, and operational support for the entire line of Sequential Circuits instruments so you if have an old Prophet that needs parts that's the place to go to.
Please visit www.winecountrysequential.com for spare parts and software upgrades.
Finally my CD "Mind=Blown" has been released. It's chock full of analog synthesizers like Oberheim, Moog, Arp, Chroma, Yamaha, Roland, Korg and Sequential Circuits. You can get your copy from CD Baby or the iTunes store by searching for "Scott From Canada".