Prophet 2000

Prophet 2000
Prophet 2002 (rack-mounted version)
Manufacturer	Sequential Circuits
Dates	1985–1987
Price	£2,000 (approx.)
Technical specifications
Polyphony	8
Timbrality	Multitimbral
Synthesis type	Sample + Analog
Filter	8 analog VCFs
Attenuator	8 analog ADSR envelope generator
Velocity expression	Yes
Storage memory	256 kilowords (expandable to 512)
Input/output
Keyboard	61 keys
External control	MIDI

The Prophet 2000 is a sampler keyboard manufactured by Dave Smith's Sequential Circuits (SCI) and released in 1985. It was the company's first sampler, and, despite its low audio fidelity and technical limitations by modern standards, marked a shift toward affordable samplers with better audio quality than its predecessors. It is also considered to be one of the earliest multitimbral samplers.

Using the technology developed for the 2000, Sequential also produced the Prophet 2002, a rack-mounted version of the 2000, and the Studio 440, a drum machine and sequencer that used a similar sampler at its core. The Prophet 3000, a rack-mounted elaboration upon the 2000 and 2002, was released in limited quantities prior to the collapse of Sequential.^[1]