From gacki@sax.sax.de Sat Nov 26 17:15:05 1994 Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 14:28:59 +0100 From: Malte Rogacki To: Ab Wilson Cc: analogue@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: Sequencial Circuits Machines > > >I don't know what is more important, but in 1982 the first > > >prophet-600 came out that had a MIDI build in it, it was a first midi > > >device > >There is a big gap in my knowledge when it comes to the later SCI >machines. The ones I roughly know the specs of are P5, Pro1, Sixtrack, >Multitracks, VS and 2000. I don't know anything about the P600 and >the T8. Would someone care to fill me in. The T8 is pretty much like the Prophet 5. The architecture is quite similar. Oscillator A has three waveforms (like Osc B) instead of two in the Prophet 5. The keyboard tracking of the filter can be scaled (the Prophet 5 can switch it just on and off). All modulations are there with one exception: On the Prophet 5 you can modulate the pulse width of either Osc A or Osc B, on the T8 you always have to modulate both. The remaining added features have to do with the velocity- and pressure-sensitive wooden keyboard (76 keys). Velocity can modulate the Attack/Decay time, the filter peak and the amp peak, release velocity can modulate the release time. Pressure (polyphonic BTW) can modulate pretty much everything. 128 patches, with the possibility to create splits or layers. Even a small one-track sequencer is there. The layout of everything is almost completely similar to the Prophet 5. To me it looks and feels like a Prophet-5-de-luxe. Malte Rogacki gacki@sax.sax.de 100116.154@compuserve.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Don't forget to TURN ON THE SYNTHESIZER. Often this is the reason why you get no sound out of it." (ARP 2600 Owner's Manual) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------