Beware the storm that gathers here...

Postblank · Post by **Postblank** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:23 am

REwire wrote:I think the filter will make all the difference. I hope it has at least a BandPass mode, that'll give it something few Poly Analogs ever did. Analog Chorus would rule too, get that DCO Juno sound as well. I'm probably hoping too much...

Spending $2000 on a modern Prophet to get a Juno sound? Yes, I'd say that qualifies as asking a bit much.

astraeus000 wrote:at that price I imagine we'll be seeing the prices on alot of old analogs coming down on Ebay....

They'll keep trying to push them at the usual prices going "Hurr, these are the original deal and have VCOs." People will still buy the older stuff, old gear heads are going to mess their pants about this being a compromise or something.

DocT · Post by **DocT** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:35 am

sizzlemeister wrote:
Dave Bryce wrote: Wait until you hear it.

Both Ski and DocT have sound clips - maybe they'll be kind enough to post a few...

dB
DSI
Haven't I already heard it?

Yes.

HrBak · Post by **HrBak** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:42 am

DocT wrote:
sizzlemeister wrote:
Dave Bryce wrote: Wait until you hear it.

Both Ski and DocT have sound clips - maybe they'll be kind enough to post a few...

dB
DSI
Haven't I already heard it?
Yes.

Wow..!!!

Can't stop smiling

Are you guys referring to these...????

http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/p8k.mp3

http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/p8i.mp3

DocT · Post by **DocT** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:46 am

Now I hope that my server doesn't crash:

http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/csoon320.avi

Taken from a prototype however. I think the definite version will have LEDs with a different colour.

neandrewthal · Post by **neandrewthal** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:09 am

GUYS! I will take all your shitty 5-voice prophets with unstable VCOs off your hands. Just let me know where and when to come pick it up.

Carey M · Post by **Carey M** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:33 am

Will the P8 use the PEK keyboard? It's one of the nicest synth key actions IMO. Anyways, this whole P8 business is simply wonderful news! I'll start saving my cents now, because I am getting one!

- CM

Xab · Post by **Xab** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:41 am

DocT wrote:Now I hope that my server doesn't crash:

http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/csoon320.avi

Taken from a prototype however. I think the definite version will have LEDs with a different colour.

Excuse my french but la vie de ma mère... il déchire ce p8 !!!
Wow.... these demos on your server got me drooling badlyl.. and now I think I'll have a stupid smile stuck on my face for the rest of the day...
Wow wow woW !!!
Fantastic news !
Thanks for the samples
Xavier

gryphon · Post by **gryphon** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:16 am

I really hope there's some kind of connectivity with the PEK and the 08 because, as much as I would love to, having both and only being able to run an 08 thru the evolver's filter/fx would be a bit of a let down, as well as (I would assume) make the PEK less valuable to people for whom polyphony is a supreme concern (keyboardists, perhaps).

If it is possible, there should be a rack (12 voice poly evolver/prophet craziness), even if that makes it into a kind of modern super jupiter. Probably won't happen...

also:
this rules and is so out of the blue

spookyman · Post by **spookyman** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:47 am

Wooooooooow ! ! ! !

Great News...and the price Tag is more than correct. I will listen to the video in a few minutes...

I need something better than my Computer Speaker.

yburn · Post by **yburn** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:51 am

And here was I looking at PER to add poly to my MEK. I really want a P8 instead now - if the interface is half as good as the MEK it will be stunning. Are there any pics out at the moment? How big is it etc?

Andy_X69 · Post by **Andy_X69** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:04 am

Lets see what we have:

A Prophet 5 with:
8 voices
MIDI, patch memory etc
Adjutable tuning so it can sound as stable or vintage as you want
Reasonable price point

OH MY GOD! YES! YES! YES! YEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will it have multitimbrality?

CTB · Post by **CTB** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:28 am

I hope it is at least 61 keys! 76 and I'd probably be gravitating uncontrollably to my checkbook.

vwizz · Post by **vwizz** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:35 am

That's the best news of the year!!

Does it have aftertouch?

I just loved the Evolver's keybed so I guess it will....

And, concerning the anniversary edition, is it released next week as wwell or should we wait? (Because I can't

)

Anyway, thanks to everyone at DSI!!!
V

vwizz · Post by **vwizz** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:10 pm

By the way Dave, if you guys at DSI take that opportunity to reduce the price of the Poly Evolvers, I think I might still go for the Poly Evolver rack

My God, I'm really going to end up broke... Broke but happy!!!

V

Post by **kayvon** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:32 pm

Dave Bryce wrote:
nadafarms wrote:one question

are the oscillators DCO?
Yes.

I thought the evo's oscillators couldn't touch the sound of the prophet 5, 600's oscillators as far as raw fatness. I will cry if the new p8 oscillators aren't fat enough sounding (like the evo's IMHO)
As I mentioned - they're tweaked differently and sound different than the Evo's oscs - fairly noticeably, I think. IIRC, Dave messed with the Oscillator Slop parameter a bit as well.

More important than the oscs being tweaked is the filter imo. The Evo oscs had their own sound but the filter was just too perfect and lacked any character unless it had loads of resonance. Some type of filter slop would be cool.

Still, very interested, wonder if there's any tasty saturation going on in the analog domain?