Music Machines Spec Sheet ------------------------- Synth: SCI Prophet 600 Review by: Kyle Farrell (orb@ee.washington.edu) Summary: 6 voice analogue synth Years Made: '82-85? Polyphony: 6 Multitimbrality: no MIDI: Note on/off: yes MIDI controllers (aftertouch, CC, etc): no Sysex patch dumping: yes Sysex parameter control: no Other external control: CV/Gate: no Clock: trigger input for arpeggiator Other CV: filter footpedal input Audio input: no Proprietary (DCB, etc): no Programmer: no Patch storage: 100 Patch dumping (tape, MIDI, etc): tape Voice architecture: 2 VCOs: square (pwm), sawtooth, triangle, hard sync 1 -> 2 VCF: Envelope, osc 2, LFO LFO: tri or square. Routable to oscillators, filter or pwm ENV: 1 for filter and oscillator 1, 1 for VCA Poly-mod: osc 2 can mod osc 1 (FM) or filter Sequencer/Arpeggiator: both, arpeggiator can sync to trigger input Sequencer must run off internal clock Keyboard/rack: 5 octave keyboard Known problems: none Accessories: none Related synths/gear: Prophet 5, 10 and T8 Comments: Strengths: similiar to Prophet 5 but not as expensive Weaknesses: uses membrane buttons. Resolution (quantization) of some knobs is rather low. Overall: nice, a bit underrated Other: