DSI Prophet 8

alan partridge · Post by **alan partridge** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:35 pm

lots on that early up the thread, iirc .

nice price for me on the new module.

felis · Post by **felis** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:45 pm

Stab Frenzy wrote:$1649

MSRP - 1649 USD

I expect we'll see 1,499 USD street price.

If you go proportionally according to the PEK/PER price ratio, it should be 1399, but the P08R has knobs, and price-wise, for a manucturer, it's best to get it while you can.

OriginalJambo · Post by **OriginalJambo** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:58 pm

MrFrodo wrote:Have any of you had the chance to compare the Prophet 08 with any of the original Sequential gear? For instance, I'd like to hear it compared with the Prophet T8 and P-600.

Dude, you have to ask yourself:

- Why would you want a Prophet-08 if you have a T8/5/10 or even P-600?

- Why would you want a T8/5/10 or (especially) a P-600 if you had a Prophet-08?

- Even if you wanted both, could you afford them?

- Finally, could you be arsed comparing them painstakingly with audio demos?

It's the modern Prophet - for people who either can't afford the old ones or are put off by the unreliability or lack of modern features of the previous models.

In short - I really doubt many people have more than one Sequential poly synth.

alan partridge · Post by **alan partridge** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:12 pm

conceived to be bit of a newer-sounding thing aswell tho', iirc.

felis wrote:
Stab Frenzy wrote:$1649
I expect we'll see 1,499 USD street price.

decent !

MrFrodo · Post by **MrFrodo** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:17 pm

The tabletop version does address my issue with the rackmout Poly-Evolver. It's got plenty of knobs, whereas the Poly-Evolver module doesn't.

I can't wait to see if the mono version comes out.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:29 pm

My money's on no mono prophet 08, ever.

There's enough points of distinction between the P08 and the PEK to make it worth producing a different synth but the pricepoint for a mono Prophet 08 would be so close to the Evolver that it wouldn't be worth producing.

Notice the P08M has a different form factor to the PEK to further differenciate it so that potential buyers of one won't cannibalise sales of the other.

clusterchord · Post by **clusterchord** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:34 am

OriginalJambo wrote:It's the modern Prophet - for people who either can't afford the old ones or are put off by the unreliability or lack of modern features of the previous models.

In short - I really doubt many people have more than one Sequential poly synth.

while i think differences btwn sci models aint that subtle, i agree that apart from some collectors ppl rarely have 2 - 3 big sci polysynths..

that being said, i was cheering for a desktop version of P08, and if they do get it at my local dealers and it turns out what i think it is.. i might pick it up if it wont be overpriced in europe (as usally imports are). think its pure n brite character would complement my P5 rev2 sound beautifully. so there u go, i could actually find use for more than one Dave Smith synth..

ymmv.

OriginalJambo · Post by **OriginalJambo** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:00 pm

clusterchord wrote:that being said, i was cheering for a desktop version of P08, and if they do get it at my local dealers and it turns out what i think it is.. i might pick it up if it wont be overpriced in europe (as usally imports are). think its pure n brite character would complement my P5 rev2 sound beautifully. so there u go, i could actually find use for more than one Dave Smith synth..

And if you go through with it then maybe you'd be kind enough to compare them?

clusterchord · Post by **clusterchord** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:25 am

OriginalJambo wrote:And if you go through with it then maybe you'd be kind enough to compare them?

sure. tho if i do, it probably wont be sooner than fall or so. im done buying synths for a while. gotta.. resist... aghghhhg

however, checking out extensive tippler P8 demos and ssm P5 stuff ive posted a few weeks back should give you a very good idea of their respective characters and their difference.

cowbell · Post by **cowbell** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:02 pm

i stumbled upon this 1 hour (!) long MP3 of Prophet'08 tweaking
http://cbsmix.net/mr.pauli/ (top link)

alan partridge · Post by **alan partridge** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:20 pm

nice trippy stuff -)

any news from NAMM on when the rack'll hit the shops ?

cowbell · Post by **cowbell** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:24 pm

NAMM Prophet'08 video > http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=5955

$1499 > http://www.novamusik.com/search.aspx?ty ... 76&mid=267

soundxplorer · Post by **soundxplorer** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:00 pm

$1499 street price.
That is Sofa King sweet. Glad I held off on the P'08 keyboard. I think the rack will do just fine.

alan partridge · Post by **alan partridge** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:38 am

cheers for the demo link, cowbell.

MissionBrown · Post by **MissionBrown** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:39 am

damn I just spent my brownie points & budget on other gear...
I'd snap up the P8 desktop in a heartbeat.