Yep, agreed. Point being, this isn’t really going to eat into the Prophet-5/10 market, but Sequential might see Rev2 sales drop when this comes along at a slightly lower price. Different price points will target different types of users. Someone dreaming of a P-5/10 (but never being able to afford one) might now decide between Rev2 and this.
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possibly. I was more so saying Sequential is well-positioned by having the Rev2 available, with so much more in it, for just a bit more cash. and then they have the Prophet 5/10 for those that really want the real deal.
this would be awesome for those that want the Prophet sound live but don’t want to gig with their precious beautiful Prophet 5/10.
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On the other hand, I think there would be a market for people who want those bread-and-butter Prophet sounds without all the distracting bells and whistles. I appreciate the extras on my “modern” synths (Pro 3, Summit, etc.) but sometimes I just wanna focus on dialing in some basic, classic sounds. No way am I going to spend $3500 plus just for that (although if I had money to burn I might do so just to support Sequential and have a “genuine” P5/10 in my collection), but I’d be tempted at ~$1000.
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Seems a good alternative to the DSI REV 2 if you cant stand that Curtis “synth on a chip” sound found in a lot of their more affordable synths (i do) and you are looking for a poly under 3000$.
I dont think the B compete with the DSI Prophet 5/10. The DSI REV 2, well… if you dont mind the extra (sequencer modulations etc ) SURE.
They said:
We’re hoping to share some sounds with you in the near future.
So soon enough we can take a stab at that question on the Pro-16 sound for ourselves.
These are my thoughts
I have a rev2, it’s a great synth. I played my friend’s prophet 6 recently and I pointed out to him it just sounds good right away. I barely did any sound design and was happy with it. I imagine the prophet 5 and 10 have a similar quality, but I would not throw down the cash for them.
I don’t plan to buy this Brophet, but it is tempting.
If it has 4-multitimbrality, I’d pay a non-clone price for it, but less than 4 and I’m relegated to the hate thread.
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no info about a desktop module though?
Cheerios 
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wow, don’t know what to think but excited none the less
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I’d imagine it’ll get pretty close sound wise to the P5 as they’ll be using the CoolAudio version of the same chipset as the rev 3.2
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Maybe? You could make the argument that with the pro one and pro 800 in the stable already that they’re quite a way down the Curtis chipset synth road in terms of hardware. Firmware is obv another story but again, the pro 800 is already in the wild and let’s face it, by modern standards the original Prophet 5 isn’t overly complex in terms of firmware etc. if they start adding more bells and whistles like poly after touch then that could push it further down the road. I think I’m right in saying the pro 800 already has midi cc control so another chunk of coding already dealt with
I’ll caveat all of the above by saying they’ll have a timeframe in mind that might be independent from whatever engineering issues they may or may not have
This one tempted me a lot, will probably sell my pro800 - which sound nice, but the interface make it a bit annoying, still love that sound - and replace it by this one which has polyaftertouch+multi timbral. I guess sound wise they might have lots of similarities in the behringer family.
I don’t think this will hurt that much Dave smith industry in the end. Rev2 is a different product feature wise, and pro5/10 is clearly out of reach for lots of consumers.