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Originally Posted by
Billy O
Hi everyone,
beceause of my budget, I need your opinions to help me make a quick choice.
If I get a Prophet 8, is there any chance to get fat low basslines like on SE-1 or ATC-1 as used on hip hop and RnB productions??
Thanks.
As someone who's owned an ATC-1 and 08 at the same time I will tell you absolutely no. While the 08 is capable of some cool bass sounds, that Curtis filter will never sound like VCOs going though a 24db ladder filter. It's just not designed to be that.
This will sound like heresay, but I sold my 08 to fund a KingKORG. The 08 is a great synth, no doubt, and there's some... I use the word "wooliness" to it that I don't get out of my KingKORG. Also, the sequencer as modulation source is amazing. Why they left that off the 12 and the 6 is beyond me.
However, the KingKORG is a chameleon. It's got a great emulation of the Prophet 5's filter (not sure what revision, but it sounds great) as well as an emulation of the 24 db Moog ladder filter, MS20 filter, SEM, etc. In the end I found the KingKORG to be more of a Swiss Army Knife, which suites me fine and in all honesty, for pads I like it more than I did the Prophet 08. (Disclaimer, I have a Prophet 12 as well)
Now, did I toss my ATC-1 (well I updated it to an ATC-X QFS a while ago) when I got the KingKORG? No. Nothing really touches it for when you want the sound you're talking about. So get the ATC-1. You won't be disappointed. But for pads and other sounds pick up a KingKORG. You could buy both for the cost of a Prophet 08 and cover more sonic ground.