VCM ++ Volume 2 Sound Set for Prophet Rev 2

VCM ++ Volume 2 is here!  It takes advantage of the latest firmware update (v1.2) for Prophet Rev2, with tons of new Vintage Voice Modeling (VCM) Sounds, Binaural Stereo Stacks, Advanced Motion Patches, and Bitimbral Layered Textures.  Plus lots of Famous Song sounds!

VINTAGE VOICE COMPONENT MODELING (VCM)

Several years back I did a bunch of research and analysis on vintage synths from the 1970s through 2000s, to understand what gives classic/vintage synths their lush character and organic warmth. I published info on my findings at http://www.VoiceComponentModeling.com, and released a patch bank for the Prophet Rev 2 (as well as other soundsets for other synths in the past few years). This new soundset (VCM ++ Volume 2) is the latest release, harnessing the techniques I've been working on for the past few years, plus exploiting some of the new capabilities for complex motion patches on the Rev 2.

LATEST O.S. for PROPHET REV2

This Soundset takes advantage of the latest Prophet Rev2 OS (Operating System) that was released a few months ago. I had been lobbying Sequential for years to fix some issues with the Gated Sequencer Key Stepping, which prevented some more advanced usage of the synth with bi-timbral stacks. They fixed the issues, along with several other minor bugs in version 1.2  This O.S. is the latest stable release, and highly recommended for usage with these patches. They would technically work with previous O.S. versions, but not sound as good. Go get the latest O.S. for free on the official Sequential website, here:  https://www.sequential.com/updating-prophet-rev2-os/

 

NEW CAPABILITIES WITH UPDATED O.S.

Now that the Key Stepping of the Gated Sequencer works fully on stacked patches, there are some new capabilities that the Prophet Rev2 has.

 

Firstly, it can now pull off stacked/layered patches with Vintage Voice Modeling on both layers, with correct voice stepping. This allows for huge sounding vintage stacks, emulating double tracked or binaural stereo sounds, with tons of organic, vintage character through per voice modeling (VCM).

 

Second, the excellent gated sequencer / modulation sequencer can now be used in key stepping mode for stacked/layered patches. This provides the Rev2 with incredible syncopated motion capabilities, unmatched by virtually any other synth on the market. By combining two layers of Arpeggio motion, with strategically planned Osc Frequency Modulations, Cutoff jumps and other modulations, you can create incredibly rich animated motion that can be played up and down the keybed in any key. The resulting patterns that are created are extremely unique, and by targeting octaves, perfect fifths, and perfect fourths, along with staggered timing/reset points, you can create semi-procedural, intelligent melodies and multi osc harmonies that respond to your playing.

 

Third, the above two capabilities unlocked with the latest O.S. can be mixed/matched. For example, there are many patches in the soundset and demo, which have a pad, brass or string sound with vintage voice modeling on one layer, combined with an advanced motion arp on the second layer, for rich motion patches, with a fundamental organic, vintage style based underneath.

 

PATCH BREAKDOWN

Over half of the Soundset is focused on Voice Component Modeling Patches (VCM) for extra organic/vintage/warm sounds.   There are many famous song patches included as well, from hits from 1970s though modern day.   There are patches inspired by Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Muse, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Tears for Fears, The Cars, Prince, Michael Jackson, Vangelis, Aha, Journey, Genesis, Phil Collins, Daft Punk, Europe, Kraftwerk, Madonna, Boards of Canada, M83, and several other Soundtracks or Cinematic Sounds.  

  22 KEY Patches - Vintage Electric Pianos, Modern Electric Pianos, Plucks, Stabs

  25 STR Patches - Vintage String Patches, Ensembles, String Machines, Modern Strings

  7 BRS Patches - Vintage Synth Brass, Cinematic Brass and Famous Brass Patches

  10 SYN Patches - Synth Staples and Famous 80s Synth Patches

  9 LED Patches - Lead Patches, Unison Leads, Vintage Leads, Famous Song Leads

  7 BAS Patches - Modern and Vintage Bass Sounds, Famous Bass Patches

  9 PAD Patches - Vintage and Modern Pad Sounds, Famous Song and Cinematic Pads

  16 ARP PAD Patches - Bi-timbral Stacks with ARP+ModSeq combined with a Pad 

  16 ARP Stacks - Dual Arps + Mod Sequences on Each Layer for Rich Animation that is Dynamic

  + Some VCM Templates, Splits and Other Patches

 

ORGANIZATION
I'm a big fan of organized patches with standard prefixes.  In all of my patch banks I group together similar type of tones, as that is much more useful for music producers and songwriters who want to be able to quickly access and audition through sounds based on their type.    The three character prefixes listed above are some of my standard ones I use in my soundsets. 

 

PROPHET REV 2 VERSIONS
I designed these patches on my Rev 2 16v.   These patches will work with the Prophet Rev 2 8-Voice, Prophet Rev 2 16-Voice and Prophet Rev 2 Desktop Synth units.   Many patches use bitimbral layers/stacks for huge binaural stereo sounds, or complex motion with each layer progressing though curated motion sequences in sync.  

 

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, LICENSE TERMS
This product is a digital download only.  This licensed product is only for use with your Prophet Rev 2 Synth.   You agree to not copy, redistribute, transfer or resell any of the patches in this product.  They are copyrighted and licensed for your use only.

 

USER BANK OPTIONS INCLUDED (U1, U2, U3, U4) 

The download includes a ZIP with several files: An Installation Instructions and License Info file, plus four versions of the VCM ++ Volume 2 Sound Bank.  Each of the four versions are identical, except they are saved with a specific User Bank specified.   In the file names, you'll notice U1, U2, U3, or U4.   This is the indicator for which bank the soundset will load to on your Prophet Rev 2 synth.   (User Bank 1, 2, 3, or 4)    

 
LEGAL DISCLAIMER:
Manufacturer, artist or product names contained in this sound set may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are in no way associated or affiliated with CreativeSpiral or this digital download.  The names are only used to indicate sonic character that inspired the patches.

 

TESTIMONIALS:

Below are some testimonials for this soundset and the Voice Component Modeling (VCM) methods used:

 

"I've purchased both of your banks for the Rev2... epic work mate, Ive spent hours jamming on these sounds. I've also been applying your VCM concept to my own patches with excellent results, thank you.... Cheers, " - PB

 

"VCM is a crazy amazing trick that fixes the sonic issues I sometimes have with this and other modern analogue synths" - NY

 

"Incredible! You've really pushed the Rev2 past its limits with these patches." - MW

 

"This is "wizard stuff" that shows what this synth is capable of" - BM

 

"Thanks!! really great sounds and bringing out the greatness of the Rev2!" - ER

 

"Your patches really show how versatile this synth is. They possibly surprise the Sequential crew as to how you bring out diversity this synth has to offer. Cheers love your work." - TC

 

"Voice Modeling is - by far - the most magic synth tweak I discovered in 2021. Literally incredible and so kind of you to reveal this to the world. " - SN

 

"This is an amazing approach! At first I thought maybe you were trying to reinvent the wheel in regards to some sort of slop functionality, but this is a way more granular approach." - JG

 

"Purchased the patches and sound fantastic for sure,hopefully a new sound set is in the pipeline" - XC

 

"I downloaded the VCM templates and OMG!! I can only say Thank you Jason!!!, it's as if I had put a turbo to the good Rev2. Now I'm testing my own configurations, I have fun for a while!!!"
- AF

 

"Absolutely great stuff! And amazing that you figured this voice modeling out yourself, where the manufactures could've discovered this and made better instruments... Bravo!" - B9

 

"Holy shit. This is amazing! Well done." - JS

 

"Sounds great! Sounds just as nice as anything I could achieve on my P6." - GM

 

"absolutely legendary" - CE

 

"..playing your pads on the Rev2 with some Valhalla vintage verb through a set of Focal Trio 6 is absolute sonic bliss" - PB

 

 

Patch List:

 

KEY EP Thom Yorkey 

KEY EP Radiohead Everything in its Right Place 

KEY EP Thom Yorke Dawn Chorus Split

KEY EP AmbiPluck 

KEY EP Kraftwerk Computer Love

KEY EP Electrophase

KEY EP RainyDay

KEY EP Dirty Rhodes 

KEY EP Echopop 

KEY EP Digistack 

KEY EP Madonna Holiday 

KEY EP SupStack 

KEY EP Wurlitzer Echo 

KEY EP Fender Rhodes v2 

KEY EP SoftAtmos 

KEY Modupluck 

KEY EchoPlkNoise 

KEY The Cars Drive Pluck 

KEY Prince When Doves Cry 

KEY PAD DXSpace 

KEY PAD Majestic

KEY EP DigiPulse 

STR Stacatto Strings 

STR Muse Undisclosed Pizzicato Stab

STR Orchesra Pizzicato 

STR Near Orchestra Pit 

STR StringPunch 

STR OrchStereo 

STR Rush Subdivisions Stack

STR BigStringStack 

STR EchoPluck 

STR Prince When Doves Cry Strings

STR ChoirStrings 

STR StringMachineVoice 

STR BrightSolina 

STR ChamberMachine 

STR PhasedStrings 

STR DeepMachine 

STR Memswell Dub 

BRS MegaBrasSwell 

BRS Michael Jackson Billie Jean Stk

BRS BigBrassAtmosphere 

BRS Binaural Brass 

BRS 80s VCOBrass 

BRS Vangelis Blade Runner Blues 

BRS Michael Jackson Thriller Brass

BRS Prince Party Like It's 1999

SYN Muse Uprising Synth 

SYN Memory Moog DoubleTrk 

SYN A-Ha TakeOnMe Aha 

SYN Journey Separate Ways 

SYN Beverly Hills Cop Axel-F Lead 

SYN Rush Tom Sawyer Lead 

SYN Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World 

SYN Phil Collins I Don't Care 

SYN MegaLeadWide 

SYN Memory Moog Dubble

SYN Lyle Mays Prophet 

LED 80ProphetLead 

LED-M Daft Punk Robot Rock 

LED Abacab Gen 

LED-S Flashbulb 

LED Pink Floyd Dogs Synth 

LED ELP Lucky Man  

LED Electric Light Parade 

LED NastyTalk 

LED Europe The Final Countdown 

LED Pink Floyd Shine on You Crazy Diamond 

BAS Boards of Canada ROYGBIV BoC 

BAS Michael Jackson Billie Jean Dub 

BAS Madonna Isla Bonita Bass 

BAS Madonna In The Groove 

BAS LofiRumbler 

BAS Kraftwerk Computer Love Bass 

BAS Michael Jackson Thriller Bass 

PAD ElectricCityPWM2 

PAD Astral Choir2 

PAD M83 Outro Supermod 

PAD The Cars Drive Pad 

PAD VOX SyncChoir2 

PAD-S Noisipulse 

PAD-S Pulsimat 

PAD-S ResoTarkus 

PAD-S Unveil CS8 

ARP PAD HorizonGlow 

ARP PAD SolarFlare 

ARP PAD ElectricCity2 

ARP PAD Satellite 

ARP PAD Solar XS8 

ARP PAD Atmodrone 

ARP PAD Syncronicity

ARP PAD Timeline 

ARP PAD Percuhaze 

ARP PAD Windswirl 

ARP PAD Frigate

ARP PAD TimeFlies 

ARP PAD Trenchery 

ARP PAD Humanawav 

ARP PAD PluckXSec 

ARP PAD SynVox 

ARP PAD BellPad Fant 

ARP PAD GrowthPattern

ARP Keystone 

ARP PulseWit

ARP PizzPluck 

ARP LoFiPluck 

ARP Syncomatic

ARP Keypad 

ARP EP Etherial 

ARP BellSwirlPad 

ARP MachineSync 

ARP CrystalPattern 

ARP ChirPrhythm

ARP PulseSig 

ARP Maxtronic 

ARP DualingBass 

ARP SYN 80sPulsar 

ARP KEY ClockTicks 

ARP Noisy Pluck 

ARP AnalogPlk 

SPL YouCanRun 

SPL Led Zeppelin In The Light 

SPL DroneTargeting 

SPL ARP Computronic

SPL StrangerThemes 

PAD UniBrickDrone 

VCM Basic 5-Voice Vintage '80 Template

VCM Basic 5-Voice Vintage '85 Template