Superbooth 2018 video: Dave Smith Instruments Sequential Prophet-X

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"A powerful evolution of the Prophet series"

Superbooth 2018: Following Dave Smith Instruments' big pre-show reveal of its stonking new Sequential Prophet X - a bi-timbral, 8-voice stereo (16-voice mono) synth that combines samples and synthesis - we grabbed a showfloor demo on day one of Superbooth.

Simon Arblaster
Simon Arblaster
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I take care of the reviews on MusicRadar and Future Music magazine, though can sometimes be spotted in front of a camera talking little sense in the presence of real musicians. For the past 30 years, I have been unable to decide on which instrument to master, so haven't bothered. Currently, a lover of all things high-gain in the guitar stakes and never one to resist churning out sub-standard funky breaks, the likes of which you'll never hear.

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