
http://www.musicradar.com/news/namm-201 ... ogue-synth
seamonkey wrote:I nominate this for STUPIDEST THREAD ever in the history of the internez.
It is true that it doesn't have a couple features that one would hope for on an otherwise fully spec'd instrument. However, in true Korg fashion, it offers a lot of bang for the buck, albeit with some notable flaws. There always seems to be something missing from a Korg machine, but that's been their MO for some time. I'm willing to forgive it pretty readily since they have been a leader in the analog renaissance and have truly listened to what their fans/musicians/users are asking for.HalloweenJack wrote:Mmmmhhh I have to say that I'm quite disappointed: ok a 16 analog poly with two real VCOs that can be mixed with the third digital oscillator looks interesting, but it has only a 12db filter (no 24db, no high pass filter), there is no aftertouch, only 1 lfo, well it's bi-timbral so if you layer the lfos are two, but in this case purchasing the 16 voices it's very important, I think that these are serious omissions and it's too expensive...
I guess it's relative. I don't have inside information when it comes to parts and components, so I'm willing to trust what you say. However, even the $2K price for the 61 key/16 voice version seems pretty reasonable to me. This is more in competition with the Waldorf Quantum in my view than with the Behringer DM. It might be tight competition between the DSI Rev 2 and the Prologue, though.HideawayStudio wrote:Holy cow its expensive though!.. especially considering how inexpensive the reissues of the CEM VCOs are in volume.
seamonkey wrote:I nominate this for STUPIDEST THREAD ever in the history of the internez.
However, it has a nicely featured arp with several modes. And it has layers and splits. Reminds me a lot of Jupiter 6 features. Have a bass arp going on one side and unison lead on the other...hours of jamming right there.thestreets wrote:No more step sequencer? That was my favorite feature of the other 'logues! Am I greedy for still wanting it even with all the other s**t they've added?
seamonkey wrote:I nominate this for STUPIDEST THREAD ever in the history of the internez.
I understand your point of view, but when I hear the words used by Korg with the Prologue, "our new flagship symthesizer", I immediately thought at a full featured synth, with multimode filters, 3-4 LFOs, aftertouch, extensive modulation matrix, because for me a flagship synth is a full featured machine.Walter Ego wrote:It is true that it doesn't have a couple features that one would hope for on an otherwise fully spec'd instrument. However, in true Korg fashion, it offers a lot of bang for the buck, albeit with some notable flaws. There always seems to be something missing from a Korg machine, but that's been their MO for some time. I'm willing to forgive it pretty readily since they have been a leader in the analog renaissance and have truly listened to what their fans/musicians/users are asking for.HalloweenJack wrote:Mmmmhhh I have to say that I'm quite disappointed: ok a 16 analog poly with two real VCOs that can be mixed with the third digital oscillator looks interesting, but it has only a 12db filter (no 24db, no high pass filter), there is no aftertouch, only 1 lfo, well it's bi-timbral so if you layer the lfos are two, but in this case purchasing the 16 voices it's very important, I think that these are serious omissions and it's too expensive...
a joke?Have you heard anything like this?alan partridge wrote:Love the sound of this thing. A lot of character, and a ton of low end.
Not comparing like with like there - none of it's competitors sound like that either tbh. Plus I reckon it actually has more* of the bass end than the trident, with modern features, even if it's only got one part of its flavour. Sounds like a cross- recipe between one half a trident, two slices some sort of oberheim , a dw-8000 dressing and a modern synth topping to me, like others have mentioned on synthtopia, gs etc. Plus that clip has got analog effects all over the shop almost like with a stringer, which some people reckon the trident is- only ever owned a polysix, so dunno if they come with the trident etc.philip wrote:a joke?Have you heard anything like this?alan partridge wrote:Love the sound of this thing. A lot of character, and a ton of low end.
IMHO it's not even close. The Rev2 has sub oscillators, 4 LFOs that can be routed to almost anything (including other LFOs), 8 separate modulation routings, and waveshaping for each waveform. It's about £100 more, but the modulation options give it depth and subtlety. I'd take it over most vco polysynths more than twice its price.Walter Ego wrote:It might be tight competition between the DSI Rev 2 and the Prologue, though.