The Rev2 is available in three versions - the 8-voice (the nearest equivalent to the outgoing Prophet 08 and costs £1,435); the 16-voice (this review unit) at £1,914; and the 8- and 16-voice desktop ...

Sequential has announced that its Prophet 12 synth is about to be discontinued, but the company is seeing it off with a limited edition ‘arctic white’ edition.

The case work was not big enough to support heat sinks or fans, so an inevitable recall resulted in Prophet-10s having half their voice chips removed, reverting to the status of the Prophet-5.

Last week, Behringer previewed a new synthesiser, the Pro-16. Though still in the prototype stages, the synth closely resembles the Prophet-5 design, which was pioneered by Sequential in 1978.

The Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 was a big deal when it was released back in 1982/1983. The 600 was the first commercially available synthesizer to include a MIDI interface.