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paul e.
Joined: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 1567 Location: toronto, canada
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject:
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ok...so i went for this instead of the triton
the triton is ok for the old 90's ooh and ahh's and bad pianos hehe
the prophecy is a mono synth as you all know...but..it sounds spectacular
i played around with the nord lead 3 for a while
wow...ok that is an awesome synth
also an awesome price..out of my league
anyone else own a korg prophecy ? _________________ Spiral Recordings |
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elektro80
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject:
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My suggestion : get some Novation A-station synths.
It sounds great, it can sound oldish ..near analog.. it has cutting power.. it has a vocoder and it is dirt cheap. Get 10! Get 20! I have used this one.. and i am planning to get 2-4 or more. Use a sequencer for setting them up between songs. You will need a keyboardcontroller of course.. and a decent submixer. The Behringer digital mixer thingie.. which is really cheap right now will do just fine for stage use.
I wouldn´t say it is easy to program, but it isn´t hard to learn. If you run different patches on the devices and layer them, you can build up some great textures. Unless you need the Triton sounds or any similar polka board soundset, the A-Station will do fine for gigs. This is a synth.
Sound on sound calls it "Small and cute: the Winona Ryder of synths"
Anyway, read this: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Dec01/articles/novationastation.asp _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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paul e.
Joined: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 1567 Location: toronto, canada
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:05 pm Post subject:
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thank you for that recomendation
i tried out all of the novations..
i hate to say......thin...fizzy..digital...soft synths are better, imo
was really not feeling those synths _________________ Spiral Recordings |
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elektro80
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject:
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Uh, the default presets might be pretty stupid, but you can make some really fat sounds with it. Uh, and I like to DI and do some analog processing with all those digital synths anyway. That goes for the virtual synths too.
The A-Station is underrated. I was messing about with one at the local music store and the guys who worked there had to check if I actually was using the A-Station. They never knew it could make sounds like that. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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paul e.
Joined: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 1567 Location: toronto, canada
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject:
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i don;t doubt you
the Korg Prophecy just seemed to feel right
time to put it to use.....hehehe _________________ Spiral Recordings |
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paul e.
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elektro80
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:
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I see. I haven´t played the Prophecy much. I think I remember that I found it to be "unremarkable". I am not quite sure what I meant by that. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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cebec
Joined: Apr 19, 2004 Posts: 1098 Location: Virginia
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject:
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I used to have a Prophecy. I got a software editor for it, too. I can't remember the name of that editor, now. It was especially for the Prophecy. Anyway, I liked the sound a lot, actually, and it has pretty flexible modulation routing and lots of tricks up it's sleeve. I don't play keyboard traditionally so the fact that it's a monosynth never bothered me a bit. For awhile, though, I lusted after a Z1 but just couldn't afford it.
All in all, I wish I hadn't sold the Prophecy. I wish I hadn't sold ANY synths, come to think of it! |
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elektro80
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | I wish I hadn't sold ANY synths, come to think of it! |
Yup! agreed! _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Wan
Joined: Mar 31, 2004 Posts: 259 Location: Netherlands, Ugchelen
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:39 am Post subject:
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paul e. wrote: | anyone else own a korg prophecy ? |
I do.
It is a lovely little synth. But the last year i don't use it anymore. Used to take it live but nowadays i only take the G2X with me. But if any synth will return in my live setup the prophecy is a first contender. I do have a Z1 as well, but imho the prophecy sounds better. Now the Z1 doesn't sound bad . But this one also hasn't been used the last year
I have to little time or to many synths _________________ Grtz Wan |
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paul e.
Joined: Sep 22, 2003 Posts: 1567 Location: toronto, canada
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:58 am Post subject:
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that makes sense..i can see why you opt for your G2X now
because i was trying out the various clavia units, and they were all spectacular..i was really impressed
but right now, it's a question of price, and i got a great deal on this Prophecy
but...that nord lead 3... inspiring... out of my price range..for now _________________ Spiral Recordings |
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elektro80
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:47 am Post subject:
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I am pretty sure the Creamware "hardware" synths will be pretty good.
http://www.creamware.com/
Minimax ASB MRSP 899 USD
Profit-5 ASB MRSP 999 USD _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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s. t. Demas
Joined: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Holland
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:11 pm Post subject:
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The korgs are goodbuild instruments , i have a m1 and a wavestation a/d , oke its no triton or prophecy , but they sound good and have a good design
korg is oke
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seraph
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Joined: Jun 21, 2003 Posts: 12398 Location: Firenze, Italy
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:39 am Post subject:
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elektro80 wrote: | Quote: | I wish I hadn't sold ANY synths, come to think of it! |
Yup! agreed! |
I don't as the Chinese say: "less is more" _________________ homepage - blog - forum - youtube
Quote: | Don't die with your music still in you - Wayne Dyer |
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s. t. Demas
Joined: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Holland
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject:
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seraph wrote: | elektro80 wrote: | Quote: | I wish I hadn't sold ANY synths, come to think of it! |
Yup! agreed! |
I don't as the Chinese say: "less is more" |
Very wise people those chinese , that must be the reason that there are just a few chines people in china:shock: |
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seraph
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:
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s. t. Demas wrote: |
Very wise people those chinese , that must be the reason that there are just a few chines people in china |
you are right but consider how few synths there are in China _________________ homepage - blog - forum - youtube
Quote: | Don't die with your music still in you - Wayne Dyer |
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elektro80
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject:
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seraph wrote: | s. t. Demas wrote: |
Very wise people those chinese , that must be the reason that there are just a few chines people in china |
you are right but consider how few synths there are in China |
China must be full of microphones... _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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s. t. Demas
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:26 am Post subject:
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seraph wrote: | s. t. Demas wrote: |
Very wise people those chinese , that must be the reason that there are just a few chines people in china |
you are right but consider how few synths there are in China |
i dont know about the synth , but they are trying real hard to build good cheap pianos
some are also build with imported german parts , its just a matter of time and they are just as good as the Steynway or yamaha, but it takes maybay 20 year i think .
yamaha whasnt so good , with the piano s in the begining , but now they are just as good as the steynway. |
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davep
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:44 am Post subject:
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elektro80 wrote: | I am pretty sure the Creamware "hardware" synths will be pretty good.
http://www.creamware.com/
Minimax ASB MRSP 899 USD
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I don't understand why they would choose these two synths to emulate. There are already tons of mini clones, in the form of softsynths, VA hardware, and real analog hardware. And the P5 was kinda nice but nothing special, and there are already tons of products that cover the same territory.
If a company is going to go to the trouble of creating something like this, why not do what companies like Arturia are doing and choose legendary and impossible to find (or afford) synths that people really lust after, like the Oberheim Matrix 12, Oberheim Eight Voice, Emu Audity, Yamaha CS-80, Memorymoog, Chroma, PPG Wave 2.3, EMS VCS-3, etc. Why keep making the same two or three synths over and over?
And give the user the choice of either authentic features with all their limitations, or to be able to remove the limitations of the original gear - for example, why on earth would they make the Prophet 5 with polyphony limited to five or six voices?? The low voice count was an unavoidable SHORTCOMING of the original, not a feature, and you should be able to choose 64 voices with massive layering on the new version if you want. _________________ Dave Peck |
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elektro80
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:06 am Post subject:
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Well, I agree with you, but the obvious thing is that these are hyped already and a lot of kids will lust for these.
I am sure these will prove to be two cute small nice "polysynths".
Something like a new wave 2.3 hardware clone complete with an improved Waveterm and the expander and the PRK would be just fine. Or a PS3200, or a Jupiter 6, the EMS gear.. whatever... _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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