These waveforms could be detuned up or down by more than a fifth, allowing for the creation of thick pads as well as atonal sounds.

The low frequency oscillator (LFO) of the Prodigy featured a triangle and square waveform, which could be routed to the VCO or VCF to create pitch or filter modulation effects.

[1] The Moog Source, which began production in 1981, featured internal workings very similar to the Prodigy in a much sleeker physical design that featured programmability, arpeggiator / sequencer and white noise.

It inspired the name of British electronic band The Prodigy whilst recording their first album.

The band's frontman, Liam Howlett, is known to have used the synthesizer in some of the songs he made in the early 1990s.