I've often thought about starting a thread considering the questions, "How much longer will the Prophet '08 be in production, and will another similar instrument take its place?" But of course, such a discussion is bound to be full of blind guessing, since we have no information on either question. Oh well...here's the thread anyway!
I would love to see what I'm sure we will not see - a Prophet '08 Mark II. Just add a few features - a high pass filter, onboard delay, and longer envelope times - and you'd have the superb instrument on the simpler side of synthesis. But again, I certainly don't expect we'll see this, so what will follow the P'08? Will it simply be dropped without a clear replacement? I mean, the argument can be made that the Poly Evolver Keyboard was discontinued only when the Prophet 12 appeared. The latter is something of a replacement for the former. So, will it be the case also with the P'08? I do hope so, that DSI will present us with a new full-sized analog poly synth in the simpler old school tradition, one that fulfills the needs of Prophet '08 users who would be interested in upgrading.
Please, DSI don't merely retire the instrument and leave us with the Prophet 6. As good as it is, it's not nearly enough. If you must retire the Prophet '08, then replace it with something better in the very same tradition.