I have never been into the modern Nord synths, as to me they appear a bit boring. I do own a trusty old Rack 2 and I love it because of its wonderful deep sound and quite interesting sound design possibilities. The Rack 2 does need a good external delay and effect rig to bring it alive in a mix.
I am not really interested in mimicking other synths or acoustic instruments. I m also not interested in playing other people's music. What I dream about is to create new sounds, combining acoustic like sounds, sounds of nature, my partners beautiful voice with electronic sounds.
The sound design possibilities of the Prophet X are mind blowing. I have been trying to build myself something along the lines of the Prophet X using an old Akai S5000 and applying analog filters like the ones on the Evolver desktop. But this is fiddly. Then Sequential brought out the Prophet X and it was exactly what I dreamt about: samples + synthesis + analog stereo filters.
I will be performing live with the Prophet X and I had two 'rehearsal sessions' myself where I transported the Prophet X in it's original box by car. I still need to find a good case for it.
I am not really a keyboard player, but getting better slowly. My passion is with, Berlin school style, sequencers and tweaking the synths on the fly while playing live. Mind you I don't have much experience yet playing live, time will tell.
I do trust Sequential 120%, their support has been exemplary for me. I upgraded my second hand Evolver using the upgrade kit and everything was wel described, help was always available. All the early issues with the Rev2 that bugged me have been ironed out. So I felt very confident buying the Prophet X (there is a PC motherboard inside + an SSD card which brings the hardware closer to my field of understanding anyway).
I hope this gives you a bit of an idea what I am up to.
I am typing this from a beautiful cottage on Vlieland, one of the amazing Dutch islands in the North of the Netherlands. We are here to make nature recordings. Birds, sea, waves, wind through the leaves etc. Sooner or later these recordings will end in the Prophet X. I almost can't wait to get back. Only my limited time, busy at work, stops me moving any faster
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