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Ikkini « Soft and warm »
Published on 02/29/12 at 05:06The Prophet '08 module has 4 audio outputs (two stereo groups). Headphone output (which could have been more convenient front). The inputs for sustain and expression pedals. The trio MIDI in / out / thru and an output Polychain for those who are limited by the 8 ways of the craft!
This synth works almost like the old: 1 button = 1 function. With some exceptions, but the screen is very clear that we have never s to "engage in sub-menu pages. Can not get lost in editing a patch!
You can back up your patches in 2 banks of 128 presets. as well say at once that there is plenty to do!
The Prophet '08 can be seen as two synths with 4 channels of polyphony, indeed, we are free to use all 8 channels to create the patch, or use 4 and 4 is to split the keyboard is to enrich the by superimposing the two patches.
Each channel has two oscillators, noise generator and a resonant low pass filter switchable to 12 or 24 dB.
Modulation level, the possibilities are immense! Three envelopes, four LFOs, sequencers 4 events!
Add to that a comprehensive arpeggiator and you can already imagine the hours that you can move on to pummel the beast!
Come on, we will be choosy and say that a multimode filter lowpass, bandpass, highpass and notch would have made the synth even more exciting!
UTILIZATION
To use it is happiness, knowing exactly what you want to do or make you want to experience random, handling is very intuitive!
We may regret the race encoders a bit strange ... Sometimes long, too long that it's hard to manage the acceleration when you want to manipulate the sounds live. But I find that there is still fast enough and it allows interventions on fairly thin sound.
I heard about many problems with the encoders who drop out, but I have not had the problem on mine.
SOUNDS
For sound, this is something very subjective ... Personally, it is what I wanted: a retro sound very organic and imitating the old cuckoos I love so much in such compositions Carpenter. Groundwater creamy and scalable at will. Deep bass without ever being aggressive.
The overall sound is very soft and slow envelopes prevent create sounds aggressive even in Unison mode in which sound is of a great power without being fit in there!
This is a very subtle and warm, while the filter is 12 dB it can create layers of very soft, very velvety.
The possibilities of modulation (and even more by using the Stack mode) can create very complex and evolving sounds.
The patches that are present in the base machine does not render him homage and unfortunately it will spend a lot of hours to program its own settings.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a year. I have not compared with equivalent models, because I did not find anything analog with as many knobs and polyphony in a machine of this size and at this price. DSI has been strong with this synth at very attractive price for the polyphonic analog.
I used a Polylite MFB which had the advantage of taking up very little room for 4 voice polyphony (and cost a pittance). But the potential of P'08 and analog oscillators have obviously replaced the Polylite.
I can not imagine parting of the Prophet '08, even if I found an equivalent machine that sounds as good, it would be too large to live with me, either possess fewer knobs ...
This synth works almost like the old: 1 button = 1 function. With some exceptions, but the screen is very clear that we have never s to "engage in sub-menu pages. Can not get lost in editing a patch!
You can back up your patches in 2 banks of 128 presets. as well say at once that there is plenty to do!
The Prophet '08 can be seen as two synths with 4 channels of polyphony, indeed, we are free to use all 8 channels to create the patch, or use 4 and 4 is to split the keyboard is to enrich the by superimposing the two patches.
Each channel has two oscillators, noise generator and a resonant low pass filter switchable to 12 or 24 dB.
Modulation level, the possibilities are immense! Three envelopes, four LFOs, sequencers 4 events!
Add to that a comprehensive arpeggiator and you can already imagine the hours that you can move on to pummel the beast!
Come on, we will be choosy and say that a multimode filter lowpass, bandpass, highpass and notch would have made the synth even more exciting!
UTILIZATION
To use it is happiness, knowing exactly what you want to do or make you want to experience random, handling is very intuitive!
We may regret the race encoders a bit strange ... Sometimes long, too long that it's hard to manage the acceleration when you want to manipulate the sounds live. But I find that there is still fast enough and it allows interventions on fairly thin sound.
I heard about many problems with the encoders who drop out, but I have not had the problem on mine.
SOUNDS
For sound, this is something very subjective ... Personally, it is what I wanted: a retro sound very organic and imitating the old cuckoos I love so much in such compositions Carpenter. Groundwater creamy and scalable at will. Deep bass without ever being aggressive.
The overall sound is very soft and slow envelopes prevent create sounds aggressive even in Unison mode in which sound is of a great power without being fit in there!
This is a very subtle and warm, while the filter is 12 dB it can create layers of very soft, very velvety.
The possibilities of modulation (and even more by using the Stack mode) can create very complex and evolving sounds.
The patches that are present in the base machine does not render him homage and unfortunately it will spend a lot of hours to program its own settings.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a year. I have not compared with equivalent models, because I did not find anything analog with as many knobs and polyphony in a machine of this size and at this price. DSI has been strong with this synth at very attractive price for the polyphonic analog.
I used a Polylite MFB which had the advantage of taking up very little room for 4 voice polyphony (and cost a pittance). But the potential of P'08 and analog oscillators have obviously replaced the Polylite.
I can not imagine parting of the Prophet '08, even if I found an equivalent machine that sounds as good, it would be too large to live with me, either possess fewer knobs ...