« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2021, 04:19:40 PM »
If the Prophet 6 and Prophet 5/10 Rev4 are both basically almost identical and fully 100% analog (not including the digital effects on the P6/OB6), then what phenomenon has been added to P6/OB6 that makes their VCO’s so stable and ready to play almost immediately after power-on? …. un-like the P5/10’s VCO’s that have to be warmed, calibrated and tuned for some length of time before the oscillators are stable and the re-tuned periodically.
Please clarify.
Thanks,
Are you sure you didn't read about vintage P5s? My P10 is ready to play immediately and is always pretty much in perfect tune. I tend to keep the temperature very stable in my house.. my studio room might vary by 2-4 degrees farenheit at most. I would expect temperature variance to be the biggest factor in tuning instability (assuming nothing else is wrong), and even that should level out over time with multiple calibrations.
For vintage P5s its anyones guess -- the old machines ran hotter so the machine itself is going to create enough temperature variance to making stable tuning a bigger challenge.
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