Sequential circuits samplers

Whats up, I just bought a used Prophet 2000 a couple days ago.

I used to own a Prophet 2002 rack sampler & currently own a Studio 
440 as well.

I am just getting familiar with it & getting to know it...
So far I REALLY LIKE IT.
I am very happy with this beast, it sounds great, I love the lo-fi, 
old school sounds, filtering, arpreggiator, etc...
This thing kicks ass (so did the price, even though mine was beat to 
hell).

I am gonna be rebuilding mine, it's a little beat up.
Since that will require some disassembly, I figured this would be a 
could time to perform any modifications/enhancements - if any exist.

So, are there any worthwhile P2K Mods or enhancements that anyone 
knows about?

To start, I was gonna see about replacing some of the LED's with Blue 
LED's, at least the ones on far right (to match the blue keyads).
Maybe have the top shell refinished (custom) as well, hmmm... but 
then gotta figure out how to get the Sequential logo silkscreened 
back on.

So yeah anyhow, was just curious.

I bought mine to use it as a Midi-Controller (for my Paia Fatman) and 
to be my 12bit sample grit'ifier, I also have an MPC 3000 & SP1200.
MPC is my main machine, but I like to ocassionaly wash my samples 
thru a 12 bit machine to toughen them up, I really liked the sound of 
my Studio 440 (moreso than the SP1200) but using the 440 is sometimes 
a pain & it's a finnicky box, I kind of want to leave it alone & not 
risk shortening it's life.
The rack Prophet 2002 I had was cool, but I just found it hard to 
operate & without a good keyboard controller it was kinda lame.

So far the Prophet 2000 keyboard seems like the perfect blend of 
worlds, great sample engine, ease of use, all kinds of filtering 
goodies & it's tank tough.

Ok, I'll stop here...

<< So far the Prophet 2000 keyboard seems like the perfect blend of 

worlds, great sample engine, ease of use, all kinds of filtering 

goodies & it's tank tough. >>

don't know of any mods that are possible besides the "official" ones- I have 
the schemos and usually modify everything I use somehow or other, but my p2k 
was perfect how it was. my 2k2 came unaltered but I added the separate outputs 
kit and some extra ram. this latter moved into the 2k when I got it, but sadly 
a few years ago the keyboard controller chip packed up and so I had to retire 
it. it's one of the chips that WC can't get any more of... so the ram is back 
in the 2k2.
if yours is working, look after it and be careful with it. I wish mine was 
still useable :-(
I may even strip it and use the analogue chips (all curtis, vcf and vca) in a 
synth project. damn shame.

duncan/r.m.i.

Yeah so far the only thing I can see myself doing is 
physical/aesthetic type enhancements.
Unless some really cool mod is out there, I will most likely leave it 
alone, since it's already a great machine.

I'll prolly order some parts of WineCountry pretty soon.

Thnx!


--- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, ferrograph@a... wrote:
> << So far the Prophet 2000 keyboard seems like the perfect blend of 
> 
> worlds, great sample engine, ease of use, all kinds of filtering 
> 
> goodies & it's tank tough. >>
> 
> don't know of any mods that are possible besides the "official" 
ones- I have 
> the schemos and usually modify everything I use somehow or other, 
but my p2k 
> was perfect how it was. my 2k2 came unaltered but I added the 
separate outputs 
> kit and some extra ram. this latter moved into the 2k when I got 
it, but sadly 
> a few years ago the keyboard controller chip packed up and so I had 
to retire 
> it. it's one of the chips that WC can't get any more of... so the 
ram is back 
> in the 2k2.
> if yours is working, look after it and be careful with it. I wish 
mine was 
> still useable :-(
> I may even strip it and use the analogue chips (all curtis, vcf and 
vca) in a 

> synth project. damn shame.
> 
> duncan/r.m.i.

Here are some words about hacking a 2002 : 
http://www.textura.org/reviews/tenquestions_deepchord_soultek.htm 

"One of the most important pieces to the puzzle of Echospace is what 
I would refer to as the "Echospace box" which is a customized 
Prophet 2002 sampler; it has numerous Mods to its circuitry and many 
additions which make it produce some very unique textures of sound."

any clue about these mods ?
regards


--- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "j.g." <jg573@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah so far the only thing I can see myself doing is 
> physical/aesthetic type enhancements.
> Unless some really cool mod is out there, I will most likely leave 
it 
> alone, since it's already a great machine.
> 
> I'll prolly order some parts of WineCountry pretty soon.
> 
> Thnx!
> 
> 
> --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, ferrograph@a... wrote:
> > << So far the Prophet 2000 keyboard seems like the perfect blend 
of 
> > 
> > worlds, great sample engine, ease of use, all kinds of filtering 
> > 
> > goodies & it's tank tough. >>
> > 
> > don't know of any mods that are possible besides the "official" 
> ones- I have 
> > the schemos and usually modify everything I use somehow or 
other, 
> but my p2k 
> > was perfect how it was. my 2k2 came unaltered but I added the 
> separate outputs 
> > kit and some extra ram. this latter moved into the 2k when I got 
> it, but sadly 
> > a few years ago the keyboard controller chip packed up and so I 
had 
> to retire 
> > it. it's one of the chips that WC can't get any more of... so 
the 
> ram is back 
> > in the 2k2.
> > if yours is working, look after it and be careful with it. I 
wish 
> mine was 
> > still useable :-(
> > I may even strip it and use the analogue chips (all curtis, vcf 
and 

> vca) in a 
> > synth project. damn shame.
> > 
> > duncan/r.m.i.
>

No idea about the "Echospace box" but I was thinking about modding my  
2002 too. What comes to my mind is:

* external use & control of the CEM3379s
(filter-ins, ext. CV control of frequency, resonance, gain and pan).

* redesigning the control surface to access various editing  
parameters simultaneously rather than the doomed one-knob-offline- 
editing...

Gonna give little more thought to this after having finished some  
other projects on my desk.. If I come up against s.th. interesting  
I'll let you guys know about it..

r.



Am 10.10.2007 um 10:29 schrieb min.struct:

> Here are some words about hacking a 2002 :
> http://www.textura.org/reviews/tenquestions_deepchord_soultek.htm
>
> "One of the most important pieces to the puzzle of Echospace is what
> I would refer to as the "Echospace box" which is a customized
> Prophet 2002 sampler; it has numerous Mods to its circuitry and many
> additions which make it produce some very unique textures of sound."
>
> any clue about these mods ?
> regards
>
>
> --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "j.g." <jg573@...> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah so far the only thing I can see myself doing is
>> physical/aesthetic type enhancements.
>> Unless some really cool mod is out there, I will most likely leave
> it
>> alone, since it's already a great machine.
>>
>> I'll prolly order some parts of WineCountry pretty soon.
>>
>> Thnx!
>>
>>
>> --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, ferrograph@a... wrote:
>>> << So far the Prophet 2000 keyboard seems like the perfect blend
> of
>>>
>>> worlds, great sample engine, ease of use, all kinds of filtering
>>>
>>> goodies & it's tank tough. >>
>>>
>>> don't know of any mods that are possible besides the "official"
>> ones- I have
>>> the schemos and usually modify everything I use somehow or
> other,
>> but my p2k
>>> was perfect how it was. my 2k2 came unaltered but I added the
>> separate outputs
>>> kit and some extra ram. this latter moved into the 2k when I got
>> it, but sadly
>>> a few years ago the keyboard controller chip packed up and so I
> had
>> to retire
>>> it. it's one of the chips that WC can't get any more of... so
> the
>> ram is back
>>> in the 2k2.
>>> if yours is working, look after it and be careful with it. I
> wish
>> mine was
>>> still useable :-(
>>> I may even strip it and use the analogue chips (all curtis, vcf
> and
>> vca) in a
>>> synth project. damn shame.
>>>
>>> duncan/r.m.i.
>>
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