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HAL76 · Post by **HAL76** » Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:36 pm

Benutzername wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:40 pm I picked up a white Arturia Microfreak recently

Same here. I´m urgently looking for "character" and the MF nailed it. Decided against Prophet rev2. Decided against a Waldorf. Lastly decided against all the others for now and enjoy this little one very much.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:25 am

I dunno. If I was after something like this, I'd just go with software. After all, that's all it is - software running in it's own plastic box. I've been tempted by the form factor but, ultimately, I can't see the point. NI's TRK-01 Bass, for example, is in a similar vein and it's free.

rezoneight · Post by **rezoneight** » Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:48 am

BONES wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:25 am I dunno. If I was after something like this, I'd just go with software. After all, that's all it is - software running in it's own plastic box. I've been tempted by the form factor but, ultimately, I can't see the point. NI's TRK-01 Bass, for example, is in a similar vein and it's free.

you dont get an analog filter in software.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:07 am

That's a largely meaningless fact. There are good and bad filters on both sides and, from what I've heard, there is nothing particularly special about MicroFreak's filter. I'd suggest, for example, that the digital filter in Modal's Cobalt sounds better than the analogue filter in MicroFreak.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:06 pm

Anyone here have a Dreadbox Nymphes? I found a decent deal and the Typhon got me excited about Nymhpes, but I'm feeling a little underwhelmed by the demos now.

rezoneight · Post by **rezoneight** » Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:53 pm

BONES wrote: Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:07 am That's a largely meaningless fact. There are good and bad filters on both sides and, from what I've heard, there is nothing particularly special about MicroFreak's filter. I'd suggest, for example, that the digital filter in Modal's Cobalt sounds better than the analogue filter in MicroFreak.

Its not a meaningless fact , largely or otherwise, when you were the one that said:

"After all, that's all it is - software running in it's own plastic box. ".

That ISNT all it is. Whether you like the way it sounds is irrelevant. MicroFreak is a hybrid. Cobalt 8 sounds better all around IMHO but thats not really related to anything other than it matches your statement that its just software running in its own (metal) box

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:31 am

Whether I like the way it sounds is the ONLY thing that's relevant. Any other considerations introduce bias that lead to poor decisions.

Constructed Identity · Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:46 am

Have to add the Prologue here - I love the thing to death because it is two synths in one, a 16-voice analogue, and a digital one I ended up buying a bunch of DSPs for from Sinevibes including 'corrosion' a multi-algorithm distortion that turns the thing into a monster. The digital synth is also the NTS-1 which you can still buy.
Apparently the prologue has been discontinued by Korg.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:50 am

I guess the only synth I can think of that blew me away was the Studio Electronics ATC-1. (Since replaced by the “X,” a four filter version) I still love it, but what blew me away was that I bought it feeling kind of skeptical that analog really offered something that I was missing.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:55 am

Constructed Identity wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:46 amApparently the prologue has been discontinued by Korg.

It's still listed on their website.

Constructed Identity · Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:59 am

BONES wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:55 am
Constructed Identity wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:46 amApparently the prologue has been discontinued by Korg.
It's still listed on their website.

Yes, it was just discontinued in Feb. along with the King Korg and another synth I can't remember

Constructed Identity · Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:03 am

They also have the ARP 2600FS on their website which was apparently a limited-run product that sold out immediately

licasto2 · Post by **licasto2** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:21 am

Moog Sirin. Super fun to use, sounds great and is worth almost twice the price I paid for it.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:39 am

Constructed Identity wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:59 amYes, it was just discontinued in Feb. along with the King Korg and another synth I can't remember

I can't find anything to confirm this, just the usual bullshit rumours started in Reddit. StoreDJ here in Aus has plenty of Prologue 16s but only a couple of Prologue 8s.

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Thu Mar 03, 2022 11:58 am

It's delisted from https://www.thomann.de and https://www.musicstore.de which is strange. Not just listed as out of stock, but completely removed.

There were some rumors that the power supply wasn't EU compliant, but in that case wouldn't they just redesign the PSU? The EU seems like a too big market to simply ignore.

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