Synthesizer used on Grandmaster Flash's "The Message"?

[dan p]

A synth mans guessing game would guess first an oberheim of some sort.OB8,OBXA.Maybe a 4 voice?!
Def sounds like a minimoog in the bass.


Dan P

[Day Tripper]

This track rules!

Love the bubbling synth sound.

What drum machine do you reckon they used?

[GeorgeHayduke]

Yea incredible track, never gets old.

[waveterm]

The drummachine is an Oberheim DMX.

WT

[SWAN808]

Ive always wondered what synth this was. Tight envelopes - I suspect it might be a Prophet 5...

[Xero]

Originally Posted by SWAN808

Ive always wondered what synth this was. Tight envelopes - I suspect it might be a Prophet 5...

considering the other guess was an ob-xa, seems like whatever it is, it might be leaning towards that early CEM/SSM sound...i could definitely see a p5 doing that sound...

[djmike303]

hi everybody, i ve got my own prophet 5 and i can confirm that it's a prophet 5, you can also recognize the same sound of dtrain , in 1981 the prophet was in all new york studio because it's the first analog polyphonic synthesizer with memory programs, this synth is the best synth i ever seen, prophet 5 the funk synthesizer

everything you ever want to know about the prophet 5 is here :

http://analogsynthmuseum.free.fr/Synthesizers.htm

[verve92]

I was 10 when this came out and would hold true if it was a week old.
The dawn of hip hop.
+1 on Prophet 5.
EDIT

[Carey M]

Originally Posted by verve92

+1 on Prophet 08.

[verve92]

Originally Posted by Carey M

Hey its late and jammin on my 08 !!!
LOL!!!

[xanax]

definitely a seminal track, and all time personal favorite.. pretty sure the bass is a mini though, P5/DMX/Minimoog was the NYC combo back then..

[Peiksi]

I have The Message on vinyl and on the back it says

"Bass...........Doug Wimbish
Guitar..........Skip McDonald
Prophet........Reggie Griffin, Jiggs, Sylvia"

and so on.