Hello Forum readers!
Last week saw my first Solaris OS update since Messe, adding hard sync functionality. Klaus has worked really hard with the intent to make the hard sync work as well as possible, without the aliasing problems evident in many other software versions out there (including his older Scope models). You can hear the results in the following comparisons.
From the first time I heard an oscillator hard sync'ed and pitch swept with an envelope (at an in-store ARP Odyssey demo that Roger Powell did in the mid 70's), I fell in love with the sound! It was one of the reasons I strongly insisted the Prophet 5 have hard sync capability, and the PolyMod function of envelope to pitch, and it was one of my favorite patches when I created the factory presets for it. So, it's only natural that I drag out my Prophet 5 (rev 3 in this case) and do a 'real-time' comparison.
I also thought it would be good to borrow a new Prophet '08, since there's so few Prophet 5s out there for the current user to try.
All 3 did a great job, as you 'll hear. I made a close approximation of the Prophet 5 preset 3-2, but with the filter fully open, to hear how they compared. The files are all .wav files; MP3 versions just ended up sounding pretty crappy!
I'm not going to say which is which here - guesses and comments are welcome!
1)
http://www.johnbowen.com/WavDemos/Sync1.wav
2)
http://www.johnbowen.com/WavDemos/Sync2.wav
3)
http://www.johnbowen.com/WavDemos/Sync3.wav
There is a problem with one of the examples, which I will discuss after people have had a chance to listen.
Next I will patch together files that have each of the same note from each example, so you can hear the comparisons more specifically.
Cheers,
John B.