Feyo Sickinghe
a hobbyist user
from The Netherlands
writes:
The P5 is a great synth, I came across a Rev 2 in the 80's and it has not left my set up since. I also own a T8 and I must say that the rev 2 indeed sounds fatter and richer. The key velocity on the T8 is great, but in unison mode (10 ocs) the rev2 sounds better than the T8 (16 ocs). The Rev2 is a synth to fall in love with. The SSM IC's are extremely hard to find and can be very expensive. If you own a rev 2, make sure it is in a stable environment (not dry to avoid static electricity problems) and use a power controler to avoid peaks etc.. and, enjoy!
Rating: 0 out of 5
posted Monday-Oct-29-07 at 15:51
Dr. Synth
a part-time user
from Germany
writes:
I own a Prophet 5 Rev. 2 SSM now for a few months. A paid a ridiculous 2200 € for it. I feel it´s worth every penny, because I got blown away immediately when turned it on before buying it. I owned a Jup 8 and a pro one before. The Pro One sounded completely different. So if a Pro-One is a “One voice Rev. 3” the sound is really different.
The sound is different to a Jup. 8 also. Only the Prophet makes these spacy sounding beautiful resonances– and I think that´s due to the SSM chips - and the keyboard tracking is really musical in context with these filters. It gives this great sounds that every tries to emulate but can not without this box.
BTW: This doesn´t mean its so much better then the Jup. 8 – it´s different. But its far better and really different to the Pro-One.
The software emulations are totally different – they are not even 1% of the Prophet. All of them. If You aren´t deaf though :-). A virus would be closer …. So still 10000 miles away.
Even the prophet 5 SSM sounds somehoew closer to the cs-80 as the virtual cs-80 sounds to the cs-80 as far as I can judge from the recordings I heard. This shows how different analog technology still is, because the architecture of the Yamaha is so striking different. Use VAs what they are made for, but don´t think or expect they are a Prophet in any way. I´ll like my Virus B and still keep it. It´s a great tool and can do different things.
PS: If anyone want´s to sell a jup-8 or cs-80 please leave me a note.
PPS: I own a mini as well and it´s funny that they all like the mini-filter so much (which I do also), but I think the Prophet 5 I have is at least equal or perhaps even superior.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Thursday-Jun-14-07 at 13:45
analogbass
a hobbyist user
from USA
writes:
Rod M really sounds like someone about to sell a rev 2 Prophet, with that silliness about the big differences between the 2 and rev 3s.
Bottom line the 3s sound great, are far more reliable, stay in tune and are easily midied. I speak from experienced, having owned many Prophets. All the rest of the rhetoric is noise; any differences aren't major. I've never heard records with Prophets on them in which i thought "if only it was a rev 2" LOL
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Wednesday-Apr-04-07 at 17:33
synthuz
a professional user
writes:
To all of you that are use to computer pluggs please get the real deal, it cant be compared, a synth is a synth and a computer plug is a bad compy of of a synth, if you would be infront of a pro5 you would never compare it to the real deal, its a big differance.they are expencive now but i understand why.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Friday-Feb-09-07 at 14:32
Rod M.
a professional user
from USA
writes:
Rachael Hughes is dead wrong in all aspects of her review - except her review of the T8 and P600. Her review reads like a person who couldn't afford the 2 and had to buy a 3.
There is a huge difference between the sound of the Rev. 2 and 3 Prophet-5. Anyone who can't hear the difference between the two needs to have their ears examined. I've owned both, and spent several years comparing them side by side. The 2 is ballsier and sounds brasher and bigger than any of the three Rev. 3's I've owned. Listen to 99 Luftballons by Nena and tell me you can get those sounds on a Rev. 3. You can't! Or ask Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads who was quoted in Keyboard Magazine as saying there's a huge difference between the sound of the 2 and 3. Jerry kept his Rev. 2 instead of buying the 3. OMD were sad they had traded up to the 3 because it sounded so different.
I've had less problems with my Rev. 2 than any Rev. 3 I've owned. The 2 doesn't sound warmer, it sounds bigger, nastier, and more in-your-face. It's all in the filters. The sound of the 3 is muted and dull. My 2 stays rock-solid in tune, and never drifts. Every Rev. 3 I owned had problems with notes dropping out on some keys. I sold the three Rev. 3's, and self-installed a Kenton MIDI kit in my 2 - which was fairly easy to do - even with my very limited electronics experience.
I will never sell my Rev. 2 Prophet-5, one of the best synths ever made!
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Sunday-Dec-10-06 at 07:36
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