Korg Prologue Still Worth Getting in 2022? | Synth Review 

My pleasure 😊

need to use the mono mode more! Thx for the tip!

Welcome aboard! Thanks for supporting, new synth videos almost every week!

Amazing! It's a great synth. Enjoy it! I also released a custom patch bank if you decide you wanna check that out :)

Where did you hear the Prologue is not being manufactured anymore? That’s big if true!

@@MilesAwayOfficial On gearspace: Synthpark News from Superbooth: Prologue is not produced anymore Drumlogue is coming Originally Posted by Prophonic Couldn't find any other Superbooth news corroborating that info. Did you talk to a Korg rep at the show? Yes. I had some conversation about "this and that". The stock units in the US seem to be just the last ones.

@@boeiend100late reply but turns out you were right. Hold onto your prologue!!

totally agree mark! I agree it's such a special and underrated keyboard, just like the Pro 2 (doing a video on that in a month or two as well). Cool - the Fusion looks amazing, I need to check that out! Thanks for recommending.

Glad you enjoyed it Jay!

Thanks Joseph! that's an awesome set up, I think a Prologue would compliment it quite well, since you don't have a poly, and the grandma kills the bass department already, so you won't miss out on the Prologue's bass sounds!

Dude get if you can the Prologue 8, I have it and a really dig it, over my other synts.

Much love Faheema!

Wow thank you so much! Glad I could help :) check out my custom Korg Prologue patches in the description if you like too!

That's a great combo for sure! And yea covering synths is important long term! Try stretchy keyboard dust covers off amazon as well.

It really is a special one! I think it will be a future class 10-20 years down the line, just like an Access Virus or Alesis Andromeda is now

Very cool idea that would have been great! Have you seen my recent video on the 3rd Wave? It solves a lot of the nit picks I had with the Prologue (still kept the prologue of course cause it sounds great!)

@@MilesAwayOfficial i'll have to check it out. Thamk Miles :)

Good choice! Its gonna be a future cult classic for sure. Not sure if you have them already, but check out my Custom Korg Prologue Patches if you like - my most popular presets!

How do u like it compared to a dedicated mono synth for bass?

Thanks for watching! You never "need" a piece of gear, but I still highly recommend it, especially if you don't have a VCO based poly synth yet. This will sound totally different than the wavestate and make a great combo :D

@@MilesAwayOfficial Awesome ! Thank you for the recommendation 😊

Those are all fantastic suggestions! I really do hope they make a Prologue 2 but sadly with how this one flopped I kind of doubt they will :/

Great tip right there!

Thanks for the sub! I actually did a full comparison of those two synths on my channel, check it out! My honest opinion, though I like the sound and character of the Prologue maybe 10% more, the Summit is by far more versatile and therefore a better choice for your first major synth, it also has a slightly better keyboard as a midi controller :) both are awesome though and if you love the sound of the Prologue get it! Prologue has been on every single Miles Away release since I got it in 2019

@@MilesAwayOfficial Thanks for the reply. I did. watch your comparison a while back and just watched it again. Of course, still. can't decide . I may even come down to dimensions! The Summit can fit perfectly on the stand under my desk ,but the Prologue is too tall by about half an inch! I want something that I can really start playing and get lost in, which I can imagine could be either. The simplicity of the Korg I see as advantage. I like simple synths that are easy to master, but I think you said something in one video that you wouldn't recommend the Prologue as your ONLY synth, and I can imagine why that would be the.case. It's like a Juno in that it's instantly satisfying and simple to operate, but it has its' limits. The Summit looks like it almost has no limits, while still looks intuitive to get right into it. Would you say the Summit is easily accessible in that it's intuitive and easy to get going without quickly becoming overwhelming?

Totally agree, and I honestly do think that if you hold it for many years it's got a good chance of appreciating as a cult classic. I buy and sell tons of synths but Prologue will never go!

Thanks for the kind words and sub! Yep - sustain pedal. It's a must for this synth as Korg put no hold/latch button for some silly reason

Thanks! None anymore, firmware fixed all of em. I'd recommend making sure. you are updated to the latest firmware, and reaching out to Korg if its still and issue!

That's an epic combo! You can do any sound with those 3. I want a Montage!

Thanks for watching and congrats on getting one! I agree, everyone was surprised when I did the shootout against the OB-6 with vintage mode, Prologue holds its own. People get so bogged down on spec sheets, like "only 1 LFO and no sequencer", they miss the unique analog hybrid magic and grit of the Prologue

Cool idea! I didn't know about that. And totally agree, Prologue has such a unique sound. It's forever been underrated.

huh. that's odd, never experienced that sorry!

Not anything on the actual synth but I wouldn't be surprised if someone has made a user FX that does that!

sorry for the late reply! Both rock for simple knob per function sounds, and sound great! I think that you should really decide based on if you like the Prologue filter - the Prophet 6 filter is much more classic for well known synth sounds, whereas the Prologue filter is more unique and special, but not always good for every single sound.

That one will be released soon on an EP in January called RU-vid Songs! Along with some other requested tracks :) stay tuned here

Tough choice - Take 5 didn't exist when I got Prologue, its definitely a serious competitor. Much deeper mod matrix. You can't go wrong with either!

@@MilesAwayOfficial Yeah, I think for me I just love the way Sequential synths sound and feel. BUT...I've always been attracted to the Prologue. I had an OG Minilogue, which I sold - but I always loved how "wild" the oscillators were. You could go to some seriously strange places with them, which I'm not sure is the case with the Take 5.

16! its not that much more expensive and makes a huge difference for layered and splitpatches and the LF compressor is amazing

Man if you can get a 16 for under 1200 used thats just a steal! Hidden gem for real. Thanks for watching!

You can't do that on the prologue unfortunately (that's called a sequncer)! And no I haven't tried any new rolands before!

Jupiter/Juno X are plugin/out digital synths (VA / Zencore) case modding copies of System-8 (ACB) - prologue is an analog beast of its own with SDK OSC and Digital Effects. Juno-X is an 2000$ overprized Roland Cloud Controller w/o any analog filters/reissues from Juno 6/60. Roland is no langer an hardware synth dealer, they dealing their software emulations in familiar cases now. Some might be impressed. However, i'm missing new ideas at roland.

Couldn't agree more on the cult classic vs jack of all trades! That's what I meant by correcting my original review. The Prologue doesn't do everything well (get a rev2 like you have or a Summit for that), but what it does do well it rocks at with tons of character. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for a new synth video every week!

Not sure where you’re getting that prologues are discontinued, but they are still widely available. Chip shortages have made it difficult to keep in stock

@@nickhaldin8674 down to the fact that I couldn`t find it listed as current range on Korgs website and I saw that hardly any were for sale anywhere in the UK although as you said chip shorteges could have left it looking like that and Korg just wanted to erase it from their website until they could satisfy demand again methinks

Couldn't agree more! I love customizing mine with User FX and oscillators. If you haven't already, check out my KORG PROLOGUE CUSTOM PATCHES :)

it's so special, I agree! I keep thinking of selling it but then i play it, and I know I never will haha.

Go for what inspires you! Heads up they just discontinued the Prologue so I’d recommend getting one soon before they get harder to find if you want one

@@MilesAwayOfficial Appreciate that! I might grab one asap. I hate to miss out. New is 1500.00 mint used 1200.00 going to go brand new. Truly love the sound! Behringer arp2600 also on list.

@@Curious_Skeptic that's a great one too! Which did you get?

Oh man that’s rough! Have you updated firmware?

@@MilesAwayOfficial not yet, but I’m going to check it out, thanks.

If you feed it too many MIDI inputs at once you can swamp the synth. I use the LFO device in Live to give me additional LFOs as the MIDI implementation on the Prologue is pretty good but if you run more than 1 or 2 LFO devices hitting the synth at the same time it can fall over.

Agreed! Check out my custom patches for the prologue if you have not already :)

@@MilesAwayOfficial I already copped them a Year ago, my favorite patch is the Boards of 🇨🇦 Canada Patch 🔥

@@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000 amazing! Thanks for supporting:)

It’s a great synth good luck! Stick around my channel for more videos like this :)

@@MilesAwayOfficial I was binge watching till 1 am

really eh ? you might wanna contact korg - mine used to be messed up but the firmware solved everything

@@MilesAwayOfficial I’ll keep trying 👍 when you first turn it on is it out of tune on certain patches and does it get better the longer it’s on?

@@Bringyourownhammer yes give it about 15 minutes and use a tuner . I actually found the Minilogue XD a bit wonkier then the prologue 8. Right now I have a Behringer model D and Moog Grandmother. Those synths drift much more than the prologue unit I received. Use tuners and embrace it or use software when you need stability

@@thomaswesney1864 Ok …thanks Thomas. It does get better the longer it is on 👍

@@Bringyourownhammer u should wait for 15-20 minutes for warm up, then manually start autotuning exit+shift. repeat three times. so memory effect should still work (latest update required, firmware/OSC -> see manual).

Do it! It's a great time to get one now that they are discontinued before they become hard to find.

Not better or worse just very different. The filters sound totally different, the oscillator sections are different too, and the modulation capabilities are totally different too.

@@MilesAwayOfficial so is the rev2 the 8 voice? Or is there a 16 voice rev 1 and rev 2?

@@peppercrybeatz there’s 8 and 16 voice!

@@MilesAwayOfficial so there’s a rev 1 and a rev 2 for both? How can I tell the difference?

@@MilesAwayOfficial wait hold on.. is the rev 2 a totally different synth? by sequential? i was confused?

+1 awesome sounds.

Whod'a thunk? Quite a nice surprise.

Small world, I just got my Nymphes in and am working on a video on it, stay tuned!

Enjoy!!!

Aftertouch is overrated in my humble opinion but I get that lots of people like it and it should be a standard nowadays!

Couldn't agree more! That's a wicked combo! thanks for watching and stay tuned for more synth videos :)

Totally agree! Great combo, I love the Pro 2 and I can imagine the Pro 3 is even better!

@@MilesAwayOfficial I just updated my firmware from 1.32 to 2.10 on the prologue. So lazy of me and damn it sounds so much more lush and richer and it even seems louder

@@MilesAwayOfficial pro 3 has a weird screen-jump glitch

It’s also particularly annoying they didn’t add mod wheel/lfo control section on the front pannel (unless I missed it in my in person demo of it)

agree with you there - setting different destinations for the wheel is a pain!

@@MilesAwayOfficialdo you think the prologue holds up In 2024 😂. Gosh it would be funny to have to do updates for every single synth forever. lol don’t do that! But I wonder if Korg will release a prologue SE, or mkii with the cool revisions we’ve been seeing from Korg lately (like the opsix se)

Totally agree! I could see these being hard to find in 10 years. Thanks for watching and feel free to check out my custom Prologue patches if you are interested :)

@ghost mall they may have misunderstood the market. They offered a simple and powerful synth that hits the tone just right but keeps it simple like vintage synths. A lot of people are superficially obsessed with tons of modulation options. Korg was absolutely right to offer a VCO synth with this amount of polyphony at the price range. They couldn't have guessed that people would be so superficial and sleep on it.

@ghost mall a lot of people are fans of brand names or spec lists. They’ll criticize an unpopular brand for making clones, but praise new brands for making “classic inspired” synths. The most common criticism I see of the prologue is it’s lack of modulation, but those same critics will turn around and praise the purity and simplicity of classic synths from the past that didn’t have a broad modulation matrix. It’s a superficial standard that changes with their tribalism. The prologue is not a perfect synth but what it aimed to do, it did extremely well. Because it’s korg people were overly critical because they thought a big company should do something more than a simplified synth. Much like Behringer and the Deepmind, it’s synth that handles more than its price tag implies.

Why do you think Korg left off the motion sequencing modulation on the Pro's? I have an original Minilogue.

@@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene mm if it was a design decision based on an unresolvable problem perhaps the multitimbral modes of the prologue as created issue with the current design they use for the sequencer. The other just as likely possibility is they misjudged how important the sequencer would be to users of a full size 8-to-16 voice keyboard.

Totally agreed! I'd hold on to your prologue if you have one, it might be the last flagship analog they make for a while :/

Totally agree Brian! Nothing beats the tangible feeling of playing a physical instrument. Thanks for watching, new synth videos weekly

Lol paying for software

Moog and Korg are a match made in heaven :)

No, I said Moog !!

for studio use when they don't have a separate output for each part they are.