Hello,
First of all, I like the sound and functionality of this synth very much!
But...
On the Prophet REV2 (as well as on the prophet 6), the 'HOLD' function is very odd and I don't manage to get it work properly.
I'm used to the (much more logical and musical) way the hold function of the Korg Polysix works:
- you press 'HOLD'
- you press a a note or a chord (ranging from two notes to 6) so all those notes are staying hold or sustained
- when you press another note or a chord (of a given chord progression), no matter the amount of notes pressed, the previous note or chord is completely reset or, if this makes more sense, 'overwritten' by the new note or chord.
That new chord keeps being sustained until the next note / chord is played etc...
This is really the way a 'HOLD' function should work. So you don't have to use a sustain pedal, and the notes are sustained until the next notes (or chords of a progression) are being played.
In case of the prophets: as far as I experience and understand, the HOLD button adds notes until full polyphony is reached, what makes it totally useless (at least for me, and I guess for a lot of other musicians as well).
In this case, if you play a triad when HOLD is active and then you play another triad (of a given chord progression), instead of hearing only the new triad, you get a mixed and very messy six-tone chord, consisting of the first and second chord of the chord progression (good for some polytonal free jazz stuff I guess, but not so nice for pop music)!
In case of a six-voice (prophet 6), playing two notes of the next chord of the chord progression will result in a correct result (after reaching the max. of 6 voices, the notes are reset so now you hear the next two notes as they should be).
In case of a 8 voice (or more), these 2 notes also add up to the previous 'special chord', an you then get a completely dissonant 8 note chord mashup!
Well, that's really really weird! Very strange this behavior still exists and users are not being able to change the way the 'HOLD' function works in globals menu...
Can please someone give some more insight into this? Is DSI planning to have the user choose how the 'HOLD' function works?
Thanks a lot!!
L.