Prophet 5 demonstration by Francis Monkman

Tegenaria Says:

Feb 2, 2008 - that first sentence, 'first time I played a Prophet synthesizer I knew I wanted one'.Can so relate!

flannelking Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - that sounds just like creepshow's soundtrack!

flannelking Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - that sounds just like creepshow's soundtrack!

Horrorshow655321 Says:

Mar 5, 2008 - John Harrison used it for Creepshow's score.

WINSTANLEYOBXa Says:

Apr 29, 2008 - CREEPSHOW!!!!

jfiore777 Says:

May 11, 2008 - Does anyone know if this is a rev 2 or rev 3.I think Its a rev 2 but I'm not sure.

uncleambient Says:

Jun 12, 2008 - Nice sounds, and a nice beard as well!!

heraldojesus21 Says:

Jun 13, 2008 - and inbetween Curved Air and Sky he played on the 801 Live! album with Eno Manzanera Phillips and McCormick, great album check it out

UncleFeedle Says:

Jul 3, 2008 - I'm pretty sure the P5 was used in numerous old horror films in the late 70's/early 80's. You can hear it (or something very like it) in Scanners, Dawn of the Dead, etc. John Carpenter also used it a lot.

jasonsttarkus Says:

Jul 9, 2008 - Francis is quite an amazing muso - recently he's recorded some amazing pipe organ albums on original instruments.

heraldojesus21 Says:

Jul 9, 2008 - anyone know if Keith Emerson has ever recorded / toured with a Prophet 5 ????

thepowerhouse4u Says:

Jul 27, 2008 - "have a rub down"? Should have been a musician.

filmfan17 Says:

Jul 28, 2008 - John Carpenter used one on the scores for Halloween III, Christine. Terrific sound!

tx816 Says:

Sep 28, 2008 - the CS80

Abramscommander Says:

Oct 1, 2008 - i Met this guy on a plane recently hes a great guy glad i met him but i dint know he was famous :)

metabog Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - OMG Can play up to five notes at once!!! :D

Drivethebeat Says:

Oct 24, 2008 - And the Prophet 600 can play 6 notes at a time! Golly!

SynthWho Says:

Nov 4, 2008 - (You can say that again) I wish I could afford a decent synth.

scorpio1066 Says:

Nov 9, 2008 - yes but considering this was made in 1977 that was plenty considering every other synth was monophonic (one note at a time) and even today its a rich sounding synth. good old wood finish and real buttons and knobs to touch not like the bloody mouse only surface you have with todays DAW software. jeez i want to do it quick not wade though 10 pages just to change one parameter - this is the real deal. great post. wish i still had mine

metabog Says:

Nov 9, 2008 - Yeah man, it was and still is a great analog synth! I was being sarcastic, but I don't hate it or anything.

scorpio1066 Says:

Nov 9, 2008 - hey its ok i was adding my bit to a great post and synth - live and let live old bean - respect

binnyman Says:

Dec 5, 2008 - Francis Monkman was also in the killer lineup of '801', with Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, Simon Phillips, et al. Their 'Live' album/CD is absolutely incredible. Seeing this makes me wish I hadn't have had to part with my Rev. 3.2 "Cecilia" (that name was written inside the synth--Girlfriend ? Mom ? And the instrument's build date in 1981).*Sigh* Peace ;-)

hterra1955 Says:

Dec 12, 2008 - Francis Monkman also played on Elton John's second album.

spiek Says:

Dec 21, 2008 - Wander off stage and get a rubdown

2youngbutcrazy Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - dude that was a huge achievement at that time