The Prophet 6 is a tribute to the legendary Sequential poly synth that started it all, the Prophet 5. The Prophet 6 features six voices, with voltage controlled analog oscillators (VCOs). It's a modern re-imagining of the best qualities of the Prophet 5, but with additional enhancements, like dual digital effects engine, continuously variable waveshapes, arpeggiator, poly step sequencer, a thousand factory and user programs, and more. The Prophet 6 is a reliable, stable, modern analog poly synth with all the warmth of the classic Prophet 5.
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Simple FM modulationSome analog synthesizers do have FM, however this is just a basic FM with a lot of restrictions. To do proper FM you need more than two oscillators, and each needs to have its own volume envelope, plus many other things that are too complex to be properly implemented in analog synthesizer. It would cost too much just to sound as DX-7, which you can buy for much less. However, if you are good in FM programming and have analogue synth which features FM, you can do some nice FM sounds (bells, metals, etc.). However to achieve a true DX sound you need PM or Phase Modulation. This is what drives all of the FM synthesis types of synths that we have on the market.
Today this kind of synthesis is probably no longer needed, however it still sounds unique. We can add that analog emulation part in D-50 is awesome making it really powerful and thick sounding digital poly synth.
The structureStructure of almost all synthesizers is basically the same. It starts with the tone generator whose function is to create the sound. On analog synthesizers, this generator is a simple oscillator circuit, which can generate few basic waveforms like pulse, saw or sine wave. Therefore on analog synthesizers it is more common to use term oscillator than tone generator. On digital synths used terms are: wave gen, wave generator, tone generator, and sometimes, even an oscillator (though it is not a real oscillator inside).
Amplifier and envelopeLast stage of sound manipulation that is taking place in the synthesizer is happening at the amplifier section. Its purpose is to control volume changes of the sound. On analog synthesizers amplifier is usually called VCA (if it is voltage controlled) or DCA (if it is digitally controlled). On digital synthesizers amplifier is usually called AMP or in case of Roland it is called TVA, which stands for time variant amplifier. Main part of the amplifier is the ADSR envelope.
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