Overview
Pro-52 expanded Native Instruments’ Prophet-inspired software synthesizer line. Version 2.5 broadened host compatibility with DXi, MAS, and DirectConnect alongside VST, added variable sample rates, and expanded the Mac standalone implementation. Pro-53 replaced it in 2002.
Versions 1 documented
Added DXi, MAS, and DirectConnect integration alongside VST, variable sample rates, and expanded Mac standalone operation.
releasedSpecifications
- Product type
- Virtual analog synthesizer
- Categories
- Synthesizer · Virtual Analog
- Formats
- VST · DXI · MAS · DirectConnect · STANDALONE
- Initial release
- 2001
- Official website
- Visit website
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Sources 5 documented
- Service Center and Legacy Products End of Life Native Instruments · 2025 · official website
Official legacy-product table listing Pro-52 and its 2001 release year.
- Native Instruments updates Pro-52 synth to Pro-53 Macworld · 2002 · news article
Period report documenting Pro-53 as the replacement for Pro-52.
- NI Pro-52 Now 2-and-a-Half Sonicstate · 2001 · news article
Period announcement detailing Pro-52 version 2.5 formats and features.
- Mix Magazine February 2001 Mix Magazine · 2001 · magazine article
Period overview of Pro-52 as a Mac and Windows Prophet-5 emulation.
- 10 Years of Native Instruments Sound On Sound · magazine article
Native Instruments history and product timeline listing Pro 5 and Pro 52 in 2000.
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