DSI has done such a superb job on the REV2 that I have to believe it will somewhat cut into Prophet 12 sales. I realize the two are very different instruments, but still, this P'08 upgrade is a substantial step into complexity. I think it will be the supreme analog pad machine.
Now how would I describe the general character of the Prophet '08? What is its core sound? All I can do here is ramble. It's been called brassy and bristly, and that it is when you open its filter with or without resonance; but it can also be dark, warm, and mysterious using the 2-pole filter. It doesn't have the density of a Moog, or the creamy sweep of an Oberheim. I would call it just slightly thin sounding, but not in a negative way; just enough to keep it from sounding overly murky when layering patches. I know others disagree, but I find it sits somewhere between a Prophet 600 and an ARP Odyssey. It seems to have a mild character that suits it for many things, without having any boisterous traits. Its strengths are in the domain of strings, brass, PWM pads, and other similar traditional old school sounds. It strikes me as an excellent all-round workhorse without having any pronounced sonic traits. But its tone is still identifiable, still somehow unique.