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20 mentions in 15 episodes.

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1:49:42 · Prophet-5 · named · high confidence
“I replace the classical songs with Moogs or Prophet-5. You need a Prophet-5 to have the American sound.”
Godin's essential synth palette starts with a Prophet-5 for what he calls the American sound.

Barry Cant Swim

1:50:59 · Prophet · named · medium confidence
“We both have Prophets as well. Do you not have a Prophet? I've got a Prophet, yeah”
Both artists own hardware Prophet synths, though Josh admits he rarely touches his.

Bob Vylan

15:48 · Prophet · named · medium confidence
“I can see here there's things with, like, this is a Prophet. That didn't make it in there, but now I'm listening to it, it sounds pretty cool”
A Prophet synth part recorded in the demo session was played back but ultimately not used in the final mix.

Bonobo

1:14:47 · Prophet-5 · named · high confidence
“I got this Prophet 5 and it had this thunderous low end to it.”
A Prophet-5 bought in New Jersey was the first gear he bought in New York and plays the bass line on Cirrus, with the filter opening up for the drop.

Djo

38:31 · Prophet-6 · named · high confidence
“Blown out Prophet-6. Here's the in-context, so it makes more sense.”
Adam's overdriven Prophet-6 synth bass line drives the final chorus of 'Delete Ya'.

EJT

10:19 · Prophet (software synth) · named · medium confidence
“I started off with this Prophet Brass... The Prophet is a software. I've got the official kind of Prophet thing”
The layered 'Prophet Brass' pad that opens the synth stack on Wanna Die was played on the official Sequential Prophet software emulation, chosen because parameters can be automated after the performance.

Holly Humberstone

1:04:07 · Prophet-5 · named · high confidence
“These are a bit more serious, which is me distorting the Prophet, my Prophet 5.”
A distorted Prophet-5 provides the heavier synth layers in the outro of 'Cruel World'.

IDLES

28:36 · Prophet-5 · named · medium confidence
“There's an organ and this high Prophet. That's a bit of Nigel magic there, that Prophet.”
A high Prophet synth line added by Nigel Godrich is singled out as the detail that makes the Roy bridge work.
1:04:11 · Prophet-5 · named · medium confidence
“Pop Pop Pop needs more chords. So we got the Prophet up and I just started playing, trying to find chords.”
Bowen improvised two- and three-note clusters on the Prophet for Pop Pop Pop, which Nigel then chopped up and rearranged.

Kasabian

51:31 · Pro-One · named · medium confidence
“When you add this little synth, that little synth there is so good. So essential. That's Pro 1, and it's not cut to any grid.”
A Sequential Pro-One line, deliberately left off the grid, is the essential extra synth layer in the chorus of 'Coming Back to Me Good'.

Lorde

1:22:24 · Prophet · named · medium confidence
“this is the Prophet, but it's also getting the recording of what was happening in the room”
A Prophet synth recorded with room bleed became the source for Shapeshifter's re-pitched chords.

Maribou State

23:48 · Prophet '08 · named · high confidence
“And I own a Prophet 8”
Liam's Prophet '08 was one of the first synths in the project and remains in the live setup.

Pomplamoose

17:45 · Prophet · named · medium confidence
“one of the ways you directed it was by taking Larry away from the piano and the organ and putting him on the Prophet”
Jack moved Larry Goldings off piano/organ onto a Prophet synth to steer the arrangement away from jazz into a weirder synth sound.

RDS

12:26 · Prophet-6 · named · high confidence
“We used the Prophet-6 a lot in the studio. I really like using the drive on that, especially when the resonance is up”
The Prophet-6's onboard drive plus high resonance was a favourite way to crunch and destroy harmonics for bass sounds.
51:14 · OB-6 · named · high confidence
“It's like this OB-6 patch that we used and it just has this really interesting life to it”
An OB-6 patch written during the 2020 Surrender sessions survived into the final version of Fire Desire's breakdown.
1:49:09 · Prophet-6 · named · high confidence
“the most used piece of gear would be the Prophet-6. I think we own about 10 of them with all the stage gear”
Asked for the one piece of gear they can't live without, John names the Prophet-6, which the band own around ten of for studio and stage.

Rudimental

1:16:15 · Prophet-6 · named · high confidence
“Prophets, if you can get your hand on a Prophet 6, there's atmosphere in a synth”
Recommended as an instant source of atmospheric pads.

Sam Gellaitry

1:07:00 · OB-6 · named · high confidence
“That's to the OB-6, which I was using for the vocal anyway. I use the OB-6 all the time”
The OB-6 is the synth driving the vocoder and is Sam's most-used piece of hardware.
1:10:06 · OB-6 · named · high confidence
“I love the sequencer on the OB-6 because you record it, you can button mash and it'll play it back perfectly in”
Sam sparks new ideas by jamming the OB-6's onboard sequencer.
1:33:03 · OB-6 · named · high confidence
“This might have been OB-6... that's me on vocal, but playing on the OB-6”
The vocoder lead and solos in 'You Might Find the One' were performed by singing through the OB-6.