andromeda vs. prophet 08

sven kalmar · Joined: Apr 29, 2009 Posts: 15 Location: norway

yes you should...heheh the A6 is awesome... Shocked

peterkadar · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject:

I used to own an A6, and currently own a P'08.

I did not get one of the good A6's... it got more and more dysfunctional as time went on, until it basically became a tough to repair, $3000 paperweight. I did really like the sound... very smooth and silky at times, with a LOT of potential for craziness too.

I really like the simple and elegant layout of the Prophet 08. To my ears, it captures that classic analog polysynth experience that I loved on 80's records, and my experiences in music stores when I was a kid. When I bring it out on gigs, the sound makes everyone in the band smile. It can be brutally fat and awesome.

I think a lot of folks describe the A6 as lush and silky etc. partially because of the built in FX. Conversely, I think people tend to describe the Prophet as raw, fat and ballsy for just the opposite reasons. I'm curious to hear what it would be like to run the P'08 through some high quality FX. Fortunately, I think it sounds so good that the only FX I've ever felt like running ti through was my Moog Phaser. My God...

ThreeFingersOfLove · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject:

Shreddie · Joined: May 12, 2009 Posts: 80 Location: UK

ThreeFingersOfLove · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:

Mine is permanently connected (along with a Voyager) to an Eventide H-8000, also using the Aux outputs. Couldn't be happier. Very Happy

peterkadar · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:08 am Post subject:

bobbybass · Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 17 Location: nyc

i own them both, without going into a ton of detail as some of the other posts have done i will say that the andromeda does pads better..but the prophet is capable of making some monster leads and basses and if you decide to get the rack version can save considerably $$ wise.