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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: 440

From: Scott Juskiw <scott@...>
Date: 2003-11-20

>Have a look at the official 440 page. The way I read it, the
>440 gives you the P5 rev. 2 filter. Now I never had the
>chance of playing that synth, but if it has five of these
>440 babies built in... it must sound impressive!

I had a rev 2 prophet 5 (the one with SSM 2040 chips) back in the
early 80s (this was before MIDI, for all you kids out there). The
filters sounded fantastic, especially on brassy swells.
Unfortunately, I don't have that synth anymore (sob) so I can't do
side-by-side comparisons to the 440. But I do have some recordings of
me playing the prophet and I have been able to recreate those sounds
with a 440 and the rest of the MOTM line. JH did a great job in
recreating a classic.