(c) 2016 by AnalogAudio1 Demo of the Moog Prodigy analog synthesizer from 1979. I played the Moog Prodigy with reverb effects from a Lexicon MPX-500 and delay effects from a Korg SDD-3000.
As a fellow Prodigy owner (without external control), I will say that for a very limited synth, what it does do is wonderful. It gives you straight up "Moog Bass" and "Moog Lead". Poor man's Mini for sure. I mean, listen to that with the added reverb and delay... Just amazing.
One of those poor men was Andy Fletcher (RIP) of Depeche Mode, when they first started using synths. The Moog Prodigy was his first, and the irony was that when Alan Wilder joined, he started playing this synth (Fletch had upgraded to a Moog Source by then) despite owning a Minimoog of his own at the time (it would never used for the band, for some reason).
Moog is something I see as one or another. Many people programme boring and blippy modular patches. Seeing something like this is really refreshing! Especially with the somewhat constricted controllability of the moog prodigy!
This sounds amazing! There's something about that Moog sound... I'll probably get a Korg MS-20 mini as my first monophonic synth, but if I continue my interest in synths, I'll have to get a Moog one day!
I've had the Rogue for many years and always desired to own this one instead... the Prodigy sounds worlds richer and better than Rogue --Prodigy can do more; and that wood panel. still want one
Wow, very nice tones and playing! I recently purchased two of these in pretty bad shape and got them up and running (i love tinkering with electronics). I am a guitarist but have always loved the sound of Moogs and other vintage synths. It's funny how people are fooled into thinking that software synths can get the same 3D depth, growl, and harmonics. Don't get me wrong, soft synth sound ok and are very convenient, but the technology isn't there just yet. You can't really appreciate this until you play the real deal. Prodigy's are like guitars in that they each seem to have their own personality. It's simply a brilliant instrument! I too love the opening patch as well as the similar one at 2:10. If you happen to remember the settings, or if you can get me in the general area, I would greatly appreciate it! Like I said, I am a guitarist and totally new to analogue synths. I can use all the help i can get.
+AnalogAudio1 You are quite welcome, I mean really, the tones and playing are amazing. I did try replicating the sound based on the panel settings (from what I can see clearly anyway), and I just can't seem to squeeze that nice tight wah / portamento type modulation out of either one of my two Prodigy's. Is there anything besides a delay unit that you are using? Did you mod your synth? You pulled that patch up at least twice in the video. Surely it must be a favorite of yours. You must remember what the majority of the settings are. Please?
+Al Rodriguez just a bit delay, the Prodigy is not modded at all. The magic of that tone is the slight detune of the oscillators, that causes a phasing. It's an easy setting. One VCO is pulse, the other saw.
Sounds like a great idea until you realize that the wood sides are actually a cabinet and the rear panel / control panel are heavily glued to it (almost looks like Liquid Nails glue...). Yeah... I was pretty bonked about that myself when I wanted to refinish my Prodigy and an Opus 3, which is the same case design. It's certainly doable, but IMO not worth the hassle unless you plan to keep it forever.
Phineus Mikey I always thought the Prodigy used detuned squares and maybe the boss ds 1 on the distortion for that particular sound. Its quite easy to replicate. However the Donk(ish) sound in Full throttle sounds like it maybe a dx fm sampled sound as it has bit of a transient bite to it on the front end if you listen closely. Not sure if your also aware of the jd800/900 Tekno clav sound which is similar esque sound used alot in the 91-93 jungletekno/oldschool/rave days.
Hey brother!!! Can you please tell me how you’re getting those sounds at 4:30? Can’t really see but can’t tell either.. thanks!! Great video and thanks for posting
iBeachStudios - And if anyone knew what they were doing with an analog synthesizer, they'd probably be able to figure out how to closely duplicate the sound on their own.
Some pieces resemble bits of Prodigy (band) songs. Can't name exactly, bet seems they were used there. Also, at 4:00 the curve shape that is so much abused nowadays, it's everywhere and nauseating.
Can someone please explain to me major differences between Prodigy, Micromoog and Rogue? What sets them apart? What makes each of them unique? Please help me, cheers
different basic sound, different possibilities, different sound architecture. You could search after XXL pictures from the front panels and compare them to get an impression. That's the way I would do...
When I told Bob Williams of analogue systems I had one he said he heard some people even prefer it to the Minimoog, despite the 2 vco's instead of 3! I bought mine mainly for bass & the syncs hot too.Plan to remove the keyboard from this and my white Arp Oddy & make em into modules.
yes, different materials. They also builed different diskrete components hand maded, nowadays everything is builed with robots. pre sketched on a computer. And of course everything has to be cheap...
The first synth I ever owned, followed by a Yamaha CS30 and a Sequential Pro-One. But that was then. 40+ years later, I'd rather have a computer than can reproduce all this and do something new. The matured in oak caskets analogue purists get on my nerves.
Entweder du oder deine Eltern kommst/kommen aus reicheren Verhältnissen oder du hast einen sehr gut bezahlten Job. Anders kann ich mir nicht erklären wo du die ganzen geilen aber teuren Synths her hast. Es sei denn du leihst dir die Teile von Bekannten oder Freunden.
Alles selbst erarbeitet. Videos mache ich ja auch schon seit 2008, viele Sachen habe ich schon Jahre vorher gekauft, wo sie noch billig waren, außerdem habe ich auch viele Geräte wieder verkauft. In der Summe sieht es nach mehr aus, als es ist ;-)
