Sequential Prophet REV2

One last thing that I want to talk about is the companion software by sound tower now this is, it is an additional purchase. It isn't bundled with the...

With online reviews you can easily find people praising a synth that you won’t end up liking. For instance, I read a lot of positive comments about the Prophet Rev2, but then I’ve also seen videos from people who I share similar tastes who say they didn’t like it, and I know from experience that minority opinion of people I’m familiar with is way more valuable than a consensus of strangers. So I don’t think I would trust reviews or scores from a site like the one you’re proposing.

Pulled the trigger on this Prophet Rev2 desktop. Hooking it up to my Arturia Keylab Mkii 49. Sounds amazing. Only other synth I’ve owned is a Korg Minilogue and I didn’t love it so I sold it, and have just been using Arturia Analog Lab and V Collection 8, but this Rev2 is amazing.

I had a prophet rev2, sub 37, peak, Vermona running into one and I was told to try a tascam model 16.. MANNNN the difference in audio quality was amazing due to the better mixer. It was the biggest shock to my ears after plugging it all in and hearing the instruments true beauty!.

Possibility to set distortion at three points of analogue signal really opens up that warm dirtiness. I feel like this is the main game changer of this synth. Besides, you can actually kinda get VCO too when you make the filter self-oscillate.

I've owned over 20 synths, including top tier synths like Jupiter X, Matrixbrute, Moog Voyager, JX3P, Prologue... but I've never played in a Minilogue before. Anyway, I was with a Prophet Rev2, I can't explain it but there was something I didn't like about it, besides having found its construction very poorly done. Knobs were slack, I could feel it moving inside the chassis hole, it felt like it was going to break at any moment, pitch/mod wheel with VERY poor quality.

The UDO Super 6 is also above your range but doesn't even have a screen. For much less menu diving, you have more options. The Korg Prologue, Prophet Rev2 and Sequential Take 5 are all analog polys with some menu diving to get to some less used parameters, but are mostly knob per function. I have a Rev2 and can tell you that you really only need to menu dive if you're using the gated sequencer or to assign parameters to the mod matrix that you can't assign by just holding source/destination and twisting a knob (or for other parameters you won't use constantly like alternate tunings, MIDI implementation, etc).

In this price range I would probably get a Prophet Rev2, which is an amazing synth that will keep you busy for years. Vintage synths like the Juno or DX7 are cool, but they have a lot of maintenance issues. I would start with a modern synth (unless you find an amazing deal for one of those).

It can create practically any synth sound you can conceive of and the Poly Aftertouch is awesome. If you can save up for a Prophet Rev2 16 voice or keep any eye out for a used bargain, I’d recommend doing that if you can hold out. It’s deep but it’s an analogue synth so sounds a lot richer off the bat.