On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Nick Copeland
<nickycopeland(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
OT: I never
noticed any difference for the sound quality, of different
versions of the Prophet 5, but I guess everybody heard about stable or
unstable tuning for different versions of the Mini Moog ;). Revisions
could have different qualities. [OT end]
There were two major releases of the Prophet-5, one with Curtis chips and
later one with SSM chips. The Curtis had rather wild temperature senstivity
and so was replaced. Anybody who has used both found the newer models
to sound a lot thinner and some would prefer the sensitivity/unreliability
of
the former to get the sound quality.
The MiniMoog is a bit more esoteric, they did not used anybodies chipsets
but mostly discrete components. Legend has it they the board layout was
changed at some point and even though the design was the same those in
the know did not appreciate the new sound.
I am pretty sure the Oberheim went through the same issues as SC. The
big Rolands are a separate issue - I think they used there own chipsets but
I could be a bit wide of the mark.
Kind regards, nick.
This thread reminded me I have a DX7 sitting in the garage. Wonder if
it still works? Hasn't been out of the flight case in years...
- Mark