This new synth is very welcome. I will purchase one at some point. There are not very many 8 voice analog synth in the market right now, in fact only prophet 8 and Studio Electronics Omega 8 / Code 8 (any other? Sunsyn?). The P8 is just a synth which many analog synth lovers have waited. The P5 has been one of the most interesting vintage analog synths for me (never played one but still) and the introduction of P08 was a very big and positive surprise.
It always bothered me that the evolver has a/d and d/a-conversions in the signal path. However, I was still going to get a MEK but now it seems that it will be Prophet 08. I really like the design of the Prophet 8. I hate the way how most manufacturers use blue LEDs in their equipment. Of course it's easy to make the product more attractive in the music stores if it has very bright LEDs but it's kind of annoying to use in a dark room. The red and yellow LEDs in prophet 8 look very good. The knobs look good too.
Most of the P8 sound demos which have been posted don't represent the kind of sounds which I use but I can still hear how the synth sounds and I am already thinkig of those vangelis kind of pads which I will program with it. :P
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