Radagast Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Does anyone have experience with one of these? It seems to be very powerful and versatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Freak Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I was also interested but was bothered by a very small polyphony (8 stereo, 16 mono). It seems to have a huge amount of good samples but you can"t use them well (at least for samples of the acoustic instruments). Otherwise, I never tried it ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 previous threads https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2926766/1 https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2953732/Sequential_Prophet_XL https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2949489/Prophet_X_review_modulated_sid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 previous threads https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2926766/1 https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2953732/Sequential_Prophet_XL https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2949489/Prophet_X_review_modulated_sid Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgoo Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I was also interested but was bothered by a very small polyphony (8 stereo, 16 mono). It seems to have a huge amount of good samples but you can"t use them well (at least for samples of the acoustic instruments). Otherwise, I never tried it ... I think the limited polyphony is less of a factor if you consider its design intent, which as far as I can tell is more toward sound design and less at being a mere ROMpler. Quote Custom Music, Audio Post Production, Location Audio www.gmma.biz https://www.facebook.com/gmmamusic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Gaia Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I was also interested but was bothered by a very small polyphony (8 stereo, 16 mono). It seems to have a huge amount of good samples but you can"t use them well (at least for samples of the acoustic instruments). Otherwise, I never tried it ... It helps a great deal to think of the Prophet X as a hybrid synthesizer whose primary appeal is in using a wide range of sampled content as alternative oscillators in an otherwise conventional subtractive analog synth. From that point of view? Eight true stereo voices with independent filters on each channel is relatively generous, and the filters themselves are glorious. As a pure sample playback device it's impossible to beat a modern computer, so manufacturers are finding different niches to fill instead. Quote Acoustic: Shigeru Kawai SK-7 ~ Breedlove C2/R MIDI: Kurzweil Forte ~ Sequential Prophet X ~ Yamaha CP88 ~ Expressive E Osmose Electric: Schecter Solo Custom Exotic ~ Chapman MLB1 Signature Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I wrote my comments in the linked thread above. Haven't had time to work with it since returning to California; been pretty busy with the job search and taking care of house issues. My hope is that it can become a gigging keyboard once gigs are happening again. I do like the action on the XL, and the acoustic piano samples aren't bad. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Lady Gaia, I'm curious to know if the official sample preparation tool has caught up with your PXToolkit yet. Please advise. Thanks. Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Gaia Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 My hope is that it can become a gigging keyboard once gigs are happening again. I do like the action on the XL, and the acoustic piano samples aren't bad. There's at least one other piano available as well. I converted the "9000 Foot" grand piano for Christian Henson's Pianobook project to Prophet X form and find it quite playable. Lady Gaia, I'm curious to know if the official sample preparation tool has caught up with your PXToolkit yet. Please advise. I haven't seen any updates at all since the official tool was originally released in beta, so I've kept updating PXToolkit. There's now native support for M1-based Macs, lots of niceties like automatic handling for sample rates other than 48kHz, automatic dithering of 24-bit samples down to the required 16-bit format, support for the additional user banks added by one of Sequential's firmware updates, etc. The other option is SampleRobot, which is a fully-featured commercial automatic sampler and sample editor that can export in Prophet X format. The last time I looked at a build it supported velocity switching, but not round-robin samples. For comprehensive support of everything the instrument supports? As far as I'm aware PXToolkit is still the only game in town. Quote Acoustic: Shigeru Kawai SK-7 ~ Breedlove C2/R MIDI: Kurzweil Forte ~ Sequential Prophet X ~ Yamaha CP88 ~ Expressive E Osmose Electric: Schecter Solo Custom Exotic ~ Chapman MLB1 Signature Bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Yep, and that's the one I'm referring to; it's my preferred piano. I greatly appreciate that you posted some helpful links in the original thread. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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