I have to say Sacred Synthesis that I think I begin to appreciate your point of view. I am a huge fan of the P12 because I want to do new stuff. As I did with my (now knackered) DX7 I always want to make unique sounds, and the P12 is fantastic for that. I was so pleased with results that I had not focussed on the traditional sounds which sounded OK to me but uninspiring, like most of the presets. Over the last 2 years I have listened to your examples and can detect some difference in the qualities of P12 versus older sounds, which does not affect me, but I can imagine would annoy more traditional synth fans.
I used to think you were being too picky whereas I now realise that we are both paying attention to different subtleties from different perspectives. Thank you for broadening my outlook
Thanks for that very honest and even humble post, Chaparral. After thinking about it, I had intended when I got back home tonight to delete my previous post if there were no comments following it, because - believe it or not - I hate raining on someone else's party. I don't mean to criticize an instrument that other people enjoy, and that includes DSI themselves, who are naturally and justifiably quite proud of their instruments. But it seems impossible to dismiss the subject, since it's a natural one and unavoidable on a DSI synth forum, and especially in light of the fact that other people continue to post such videos and make such claims. My main interest is not to put down anything or anyone, but only to establish a correct assessment of an instrument that cannot but attract me, if for no other reason, due to its size. Being such a tremendous fan of DSI synthesizers, and loving large instruments like the Prophet 12, why else would I speak negatively about it? It's my loss, that I don't care for it.
It might be obvious now why I would be interested in discussions about future DSI synthesizers, including a possible successor to the Prophet '08.