Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 was released in 1978 and was welcomed by many artists at the time, including Rick Wright (Pink Floyd), Bernie Worrell (Parliament), Ozzy Osborne, Berlin, The Eurythmics, and Kraftwerk.
In an interview with Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, he listed the Prophet 5/10 as one of his favourite keyboards:
“I was sitting by a pool in Oakland, sometime in 1977. This bloke came over to me and introduced himself as Dave Smith. He said, ‘I’m building a synth’. At first, I didn’t pay much attention. Everybody was building synths in the ‘70s. You could get a synth kit with your monthly electronic project mag. ‘Granny, what are you doing? Making soup?’ ‘No, I’m building a synth.’ But then he told me that this synth was going to be a polyphonic version of the Minimoog. Ah, now that’s interesting.
He pulled out reams and reams of circuit diagrams, which were completely useless to me. Didn’t have a clue what he was on about. I said, ‘If you want to appeal to Minimoog users, you need the layout to look similar’, and I sketched a rough Moog panel on a napkin. Anyway, off he went, and I never expected to hear from him again.
The following year, I was living in Switzerland and this huge parcel turned up on the doorstep. It was one of the very first Prophet 5s with a thank you note from Dave. It had patch memory! You didn’t have to mess around trying to recreate your favourite sounds. Thanks, Dave."
Interview from Music Radar:
https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/rick-wakeman-on-his-top-5-synths-i-suddenly-had-an-instrument-that-could-give-the-guitar-a-run-for-its-money
“Without synths, I wouldn’t have been able to play the music I wanted to play”
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