<div dir="ltr">In my youth I would sneer at any preset synth (though I did enjoy fooling around with the ProSoloist in the music store). Not for anyone serious about synthesis and only for people who couldn't be bothered, or didn't have the wearwithal to learn. (Funny how arrogant we can be in our youth).<div><br></div><div>The thing is, you can't discount how GREAT the ProSoloist/ProDGX sounds! And you can't sneer at folks like Steve Walsh, Tony Banks, Denish DeYoung, Michael Bodicker, Suzanne Cianni and the tons of other artists that used the thing. Just can't replicate that "Fuzz Guitar 1" preset.</div><div><br></div><div>I found myself buying a ProDGX a few years ago and love it.</div><div><br></div><div>I've been amazed at just how much synthesis capability the ProSoloist/DGX has; VCO (w/PWM), voltage-controlled low-pass filter, 4 high-pass filters, 10 band-pass filters, AR and ADSR envelopes, plus all the aftertouch options. I asked SynthChaser about the possibility of patching one out, but that guy is way too busy!</div><div><br></div><div>Pity ARP didn't develop it further.</div><div><br></div><div>Btw, I always read about how the ARP Explorer was a more patchable sort-of ProSoloist. I played an Explorer for a while and I can assure they have little in common beyond the shape of the case. Just sayin'...</div><div><br></div><div>- Paul McLean</div><div>Denver, CO</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM Donald Tillman <<a href="mailto:don@till.com">don@till.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Jul 6, 2026, at 5:25 PM, Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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