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the Character effects to generate it) the

Pro 2 can sound astonishingly ‘analogue’.

It can also produce all manner of vintage

(grainy) and modern (smooth) ‘digital’

sounds. So I’m not going to delve into

the clichés regarding screaming leads

and thunderous basses, or all the other

hackneyed phrases used to describe

monosynths, because it’s capable of

so much more than that. Indeed, if you

experiment with things such as the

modulation matrix, the character effects

and the multiple overdrive/distortion and

feedback stages, you’ll soon discover

powerful sounds that you’d never obtain

from any integrated vintage monosynth.

Sure, there are limitations, but I was

always impressed by the versatility of

the Pro 2. At times, I was tripping over

complex, evolving and involving sounds

that could have come from the BBC

Radiophonic Workshop in the ’60s and

’70s, and that’s no small accolade.

So, finally, let’s return to that niggling

question about the relationship between

the Prophet 12 and the Pro 2. Polysynths

almost always have simpler voicing

structures than monosynths because

hyper‑complex sounds rarely work as well

polyphonically as they do monophonically.

Consequently, it should be no surprise to

find that the voice structure of the Pro 2

is more complex (and more aggressive)

than that of the Prophet 12. Does that

mean that the Pro 2 is in some way better

and that you should therefore buy one in

preference to a Prophet 12? The correct

response to that is ‘don’t be daft”. The

Prophet 12 has facilities that the Pro 2’s

lacks and, despite their similarities, they

were designed to do different jobs, and

they remain distinct in both sound and use.

Conclusions

Many prospective owners will view the

Pro 2 as a sound designer’s dream,

while others may find it too detailed and

look elsewhere for something simpler.

But it’s not as complex as it seems,

and you’ll soon be wringing everything

from delicate, PPG‑esque timbres to

monstrous, overwrought sounds and

sequences from it. Selling for little more

than a well‑preserved Pro One or Mono/

Poly, it blows its ancestors away, and

when you consider what it might cost

to buy and maintain a vintage synth

and step sequencer, the Pro 2 begins

to look like very good value too. In 20

years, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to

see some youngster point at a Pro 2 and

proclaim that they don’t make ’em like

they used to.

Description Hybrid analogue/digital monosynth with four‑voice paraphonic capability.

Performance controls • Semi‑weighted 44‑note keyboard with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch.

• Pitch‑bend and mod wheels, plus dual, latchable, position/pressure‑sensitive ribbons.

Memories 396 factory plus 396 user memories, with 4 x 16‑slot playlists.

Oscillators • Four, each offering 29 waveshapes and three noise colours, with independent waveshaping per oscillator, plus cross‑mod,

AM, and hard sync.

• One sub‑oscillator derived from Osc1.

Character effects • Low and high boost.

• Sample‑rate and wordlength reduction.

• Saturation.

Filters • One resonant (self‑oscillating) 24dB/oct LPF.

• One resonant 12dB/oct state‑variable LP/BR/HP/BP filter.

Feedback section Tunable bipolar feedback loop from the output of the amplifier section to the input of the Character section.

Delay section • Four sync’able digital delays with independent modulation for flanging/chorus/ensemble effects.

Output effects Analogue distortion.

Contours • Five HADSR envelopes with looping, assignable within the modulation matrix.

LFOs Four with sync, phase offset and slew.

Mod matrix Sixteen slots, 51 sources and 142 destinations.

Arpeggiator • Up, Down, Up/Down, Note order, Random.

• Three‑octave range.

MIDI • USB.

• Five‑pin DIN In, Out, Thru/Out2.

Additional • 32‑step/eight‑track or 16‑step/16‑track sequencer.

• Four x CV In (1V/oct).

• Four x CV Out (1V/oct).

• Four x Gate Out (10V).

Audio • Stereo outputs.

• Headphones.

• External Audio In with Envelope Follower and Gate Extractor.

Power Internal 50/60Hz, 100V – 240V PSU.

Weight 8.5kg.

Abridged Specification

$1999.99 £

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+1 707 963 7006

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