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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, lead

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Contest: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 played lead on Can't Tell Me Nothing by Kanye West (2007)

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Settings

osc
2 saw -1 detuned + square -1 sub, unison 1, detune 23 cents, sub none
filter
LP24 style
cutoff
1709 Hz
resonance
0.27, drive 0.13
envelope
A 8 ms D 246 ms S 0.6 R 437 ms; moderate opening on transient, settles to sustained level; filter env amount -0.16
modulation
lfo sine 0.344 Hz to cutoff, mono
effects
short plate reverb, 1/8 stereo delay, light chorus, none
notes
approximated from West's Graduation-era stated influences (Daft Punk, Steely Dan, Michael Jackson): bright Prophet-5/Moog-style stacks with unison and filter-env punch. On 'Can't Tell Me Nothing', this shows up as a slow pitch-bent synth lead answering the vocal in the hook, DJ Screw-influenced pitch drag. Patch built from the album's documented/era-typical gear rather than a leaked session file, so treat cutoff and envelope numbers as representative of the era, not a measured capture.

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  • Seedsystem