That does nothing to excuse the recently-housecleaned but still bulgy-feeling Wakeman-sized rig on my drive. Widely spaced enough, four or five different synths that aren't cheating by being a Kontakt suite can handle rap or classical with ease. That's not a competition, that's a dual WIN for players. There's the Smith way and the Kakehashi-san way. People slag Roland for revisiting its history, but Sequential has the same pluses going for it in terms of its strengths. I also see the tone debate/argument as mostly empty. Same with bells here, IMO, but that's not the central point of a Prophet. You can get nice strings from FM (and even moreso now), but its not the first place you'll usually go for them. It was so novel that the imagined lacks meant squat. The trick then was to EQ it just short of making something shriek out at you. That's the first real poly I got to play, so I retain some bias in checking the "For" box. Still has a soft tone to me, but your point is fair. This vid was uploaded 2018, so it predates Prophet 5 Rev4 Now I am curious as to what you think of this bell preset on the Prophet 5. Its easy to coax sharp bells from ROMplers and wavetables, but is it just me, or are purely analog synths getting better at that? That said, he bought what he could afford and is satisfied with it. Based on the capability of the Summit and the sound of the Rev2 that I heard live, the Summit can eat that synth for breakfast. As an owner of an original Prophet 5 Rev 3.2 and had previously owned Oberheims back in the day, to my ears, the Rev 2 was disappointing, From what I heard, its an inexpensive knock off that is "Not quite" worthy of the Sequential name. I know a local KB player in a band that plays clubs, Frat Parties and other low paying jobs where I live, I went over to listen to his band and specifically to the Rev2. It was an impractical purchase for this band but sometimes you just gotta do it We are guitar-oriented covers and I normally play organ on a lot of songs, anyplace I can I'm switching to synth! (We obviously are not sticklers to play original versions thankfully). I am still trying to stretch out with it in my band. It sounds good enough that I might start using it in songs at home, but I'm 100% in the box with software and using hardware is an inconvenience (plus my software like Repro sounds fantastic too.) Sweetwater gave me a smoking deal or I would have saved some and gone with my original choice, a rev2. No, I love the Summit, but as I only use it for live gigs I didn't want to break the bank. I think the Summit has a lot more horse power than the new baby prophet. It sounds like you're not satisfied with your Summit to me. Not that I don't love my Summit (I do) but this would have saved me a bunch (though I did get the Summit for 300 bucks off). 44 keys is a nice compromise between compact and being able to actually play something Ok, on paper if this thing had been out when I got my Summit, I might have gotten it.
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