Dave Smith Instruments Prophet REV2 Demo & Review 

Agreed! But the sound of the Rev. 2 isn´t that good, unfortunately:-(

It is exactly that good, actually. I've had so many synths I've lost count. You've not used one. Or you think it's just a prophet 08. I've had it next to prophet 6 and my old synths and it's every bit as good, just in sometimes different ways, it's definitely analog and very refined but can be dark or sweet, soaring or moody, very powerful, beautifully built and great to work with. For the record I was never much a fan of the prophet 08 but I LOVE my rev2 and it's rapidly replacing all my old VCO and DCO synths as a go-to, it's the most VCO sounding DCO synth I've ever used and even the much maligned filter proves to be very flexible and very musical.

quarkyzarky The Prologue sounds much better. 👍

The Prologue has better effects, but sounds pretty close. On the other hand it's also a kneecaped synth missing basic features.

jj ???????

Zach Barnhart got a great deal...

Same here - I was using VSTs up to that point and man I forgot what a proper synth should sound like.

I have the same feeling for my rev2

These are great japanese lessons we are taking. Learn japanese via watching synth reviews!

You can bang my wife for a buck. Talk about a steal of a deal!

You know it buddy! ;)

But people prefer the even better 08 filter.

They just read DCO and figure they gotta hate it. The only difference is how the oscillator frequency is generated!! VCOs are great, but there's no denying this synth is rad, and the fact that it will only drift a miniscule fraction of where a Pro-5/6/10 will after many years of play only makes it sound better to me!

That's because of how clear and transparent it is. Its definitely analog.

Thank you! :)

Again crap video quality. Sorry guys, but please get back to the old video quality you had which was excellent. Audio is great, and Ujiie is great as always, but it's hard to watch because of the awful video quality.

And pretty please... don't be late!!!

Oh man finally ! thank you

It's Dave's subtle way of suggesting which synth he really thinks you should get ;-)

The $500 range is still great for mono synths, but IMO, there’s no real great poly synths until you started getting into the $799+ range.

He sold one to my 4 month old son who’s since been adopted so I could keep the synth :)

@@HotStrange cool...

The harsh uncontrolled territory is the fun part.

I thought it was Asia or Kansas or Boston?

chieftp ??????????

WTF?

Digiphex Electronics fucking soyboy

Yes - and a little before that there was about a bar of Pictures at an Exhibition I think!! :-)

The Rev2s filter and oscillators have been tweaked as well but overall it sounds similar for sure.

TOTO

Dean Davis the Rev2 can definitely get into Oberheim territory quite easily.

Michael Bauers I think in most cases ppl lend him the board

I think musictrack jp is paying.

If you were a keyboard manufacturer, would you not want Ujiie to demo your products? No one is better!

I prefer it to prophet 6/ob-6, it has a MUCH nicer, refined tone, not as raw no, the filter isn't as rocking no, but it's a way better synthesizer and still beautifully analog. I'll be honest, this guys videos are fun but he rarely EVER shows a synth in its best light, here it makes it sound very small and a bit tame.. maybe just some presets? When you program this beast, wow, it's so rich, beautiful, full, textured, warm and far far better than just a Prophet 08. On top of that it's a beauty to program with very few shortcomings vs the limited ob-6/prophet 6.

Thanks for the info. I will have to go and check them out in person. One thing I like is the idea of more poly, and also if I went the Desktop I could upgrade to more voices later for basically the same cost as buying it straight out. Analog is key though and I need something to push big fat pads and chords. :)

@@quarkyzarky No can't agree with you I have a Prophet 08 and they're very similar but 08 filter is better and panning spread is also better on 08, the rev2 does have the effects though.

Samuel Isaksson you can if you layer the sounds. On an 8 voice you can layer sounds and get 4 osc and voices. On the 16 voice you can get 4 osc and 8 voices.

SteeVtheRipper Thanks! Makes me want it even more...

you can layer two sounds , so you will have 4 oscillators + 2 sub oscillators .But the polyphony will be halved :)

Sergio Varvazzo thanks

Neighter the Korg nor the JD-XA have aftertouch. For me personally, that’s an instant no-go for a synth or workstation. If you can settle for a analog-modeling digital synth with no aftertouch, i’ll recommend the Kingkorg. Otherwise, skip to the Rev2 or, of you have enough to spend, the Prophet 12.

What’s EBM?

@@HotStrange yeah lol

Tsaav Ntsaim make your own!!!

Because this is the 16 voice version? Wtf are you on?

@@HotStrange Fruit of looms a little tight?? Relax!

Dukerbud 88 lol no? 🤔

The OB-XA sounds like heaven and the Rev. 2 seems like a decent workhorse but the filter is just....lame. Hopefully DSI will make a big brother companion to my OB-6:-)

Filter is fine for the synth in question. I prefer it to prophet 6 (not the filter but the synth), the REV2 is not the same old Prophet 08, it's a much better synth and can sound very very beautiful, dark, moody, sweet, powerful it just doesn't really sound raw. Overall though the best synth I've had and I've had many synths (inc vintage VCO). I'll take rev2 over Prophet 6/ob-6 anyday and maybe even over Prophet 5 for how actually useful/musical the REV2 is compared to the less useful or inspiration older, simpler but nice sounding '5.

The price is also doubled. Lmfao.

16 voice Polyphony; 2 DCO per voice - it offers much more for the money. DeepMind 12 lost the game - lmfao

yes, continue to compare Cadillac with Rover... I wish you success to find a Cadillac at Rover's price, btw...

+J Cesarsound It's bit like comparing a Juno 60 to a Jupiter 8. Both great. The Jupiter is a lot more powerful but also a lot more expensive. The Juno has a good base sound, but is more limited. The same goes for comparing the DeepMind with the Prophet Rev2.

The secret of JU60 is its Chorus Processor (it is an analog BBD bucket brigade).

So program your own sounds? I've heard it's actually really good when you do that.

The whole point is to program your own sounds. I don’t know any synthesizer enthusiast that buys a synth for the presets. Get your head out of your ass.

So now analog purists can't even call analog synths, analog? Wow. I hope you are joking.

lol

chill out,man,I'm just kidding

I LOVE my rev 2! Have all the original Junos (60, 106, Alpha Juno), Korg Monopoly, Polysix, and had a Prophet 6 on loan for 2 weeks. I a/b'd all of them very thoroughly. It definitely stands up to all of them. I would say its tendency is to be a bit clearer and smoother (kind of like a 106) but all that vintage goodness can be easily programmed in with the excellent interface. Seriously, for a synth with this much modulation power/options it's super easy to use. Build quality is fantastic, it looks badass, and the keyboard is fantastic, the best of any synth I've played in terms of response and action. I'd say some of the oldies have a bit more body and richness but in terms of sheer versatility with analog sounds, and for actually having something to fill basically 90% of what you'd use a synth for in recordings it doesn't get much better than this!

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