This is my go to synth. It’s been three years since watching this. So inspiring

@jonathanfrieze8497

2 жыл бұрын

So you would highly recommend this over a deepmind12 ? I've got a minilouge and a poly d that I've had about 2weeks and I love it I never dreamed i could own something that close to a real mini moog looking at that 2600 as well but I'm thinking about waiting till they release there OB-xa clon or the desktop poly 800 that stuff probably wont be out till christmas or first quarter of 2022 exciting times to be a musician

Definitely the best Korg Prologue demo I've heard yet. Also this guy looks like Walter from the Big Lebowski which is a plus.

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely in my element with this synth! Thanks for watching!

@Dr_Satan

6 жыл бұрын

That's just like, your opinion, man.

@robappleby583

5 жыл бұрын

His friends died face down in the mud to bring you this demo. You're out of your element. Daniel - unlimited reshpeck, man.

@marcosledesma8529

3 жыл бұрын

Smokey...this is not NAMM there are rules.

@christophermarcelo2215

3 жыл бұрын

i guess it is kind of off topic but does anybody know a good website to watch new tv shows online?

I can't even afford a Volca, why am I here.

@ModularLanding

6 жыл бұрын

Jerry The Obnoxious Mouse. Seriously, Screw Jerry. To dream...!

@ph_stuff

5 жыл бұрын

As we say here in Brazil, "dreaming costs nothing". ;D

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

Once you get your first Volca, you'll likely be sooo happy you did. I was, even though the OG Minilogue was my first synth and only synth at the time :)

@chrisstrobel3439

4 жыл бұрын

Jerry The Obnoxious Mouse. Seriously, Screw Jerry. Heck I can barely afford the bandwidth to even watch this video 🙄

@benbauer1065

2 жыл бұрын

I can relate to this so much!! Haha

Daniel you're a synth master, hats off to you sir.

The Rev2 may have more features, but I always buy based on sound and to my ears, the Prologue wins. I’ve never been taken by a synth so fast. Had to buy it right away. Honestly, the Multi-Engine with its own controls and EG makes up for lack of a couple LFOs. The real omissions are that motion sequencer and aftertouch. But you can get that with an SQ-1 and cheap pedal.

Very interesting synth, it's likely not for me but I think it's great that Korg is bringing a feature rich, regular sized keys, polyphonic synth to market.

@auralplex

3 жыл бұрын

Why comment?

@Iofflight78

3 жыл бұрын

@@auralplex because I think it's great Korg brought a feature rich, regular sized keys, polyphonic synth to market - and I want to support such endeavors. Why did you even bother commenting yourself? I mean I added support.. you added.. well nothing (a whole 2 years later)

wavetable & FM options too.. they actually made what everyone is been asking for

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

Lack of a sequencer is a dealbreaker for me, unfortunately.

@HotStrange

4 жыл бұрын

Mikeureko You don’t have an external sequencer or a DAW to do sequencing? The arpeggiator is pretty powerful and having a poly arpeggiator is a huge plus. I can see your point, though. The Minilogue XD will probably be right up your alley! It doesn’t sound quite as good, IMO, but it’s close.

@mikeexits

4 жыл бұрын

@@HotStrange I do have a Circuit, but it can only sequence 2 synths, overdubbing the on-board ones (which is great for layering though). I didn't even know you could sequence synths with a DAW, but I'm more interested in a DAWless jamming setup. It does sound like I would enjoy implementing that sequencing into my workflow though. I already have a Minilogue and am quite happy with it (along with my Volca Sample, FM, and Modular), so I won't be buying any more Korg synths for a while. Currently looking into the Moog Sirin, Behringer Model D, and Behringer Neutron. I guess once I get 2 more of these, it'll be time to get another Circuit! At which point I'll sync my Volcas to it and use their onboard sequencers. That's a long-winded explanation of where I'm coming from, lol. Thanks for trying to help :)

@PunguinYoga

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonremymusic5192 Have you tried zZounds for your instruments?

Your demos are great Daniel, thank you so much. I've just ordered one thanks to reviews like yours.

This has to be the best demo I've seen and heard in ages ; it literally sold the synth to me. Only thing is waiting for it to hit the shops in Europe. Thank you for sharing, Daniel. That was real class. 👍

An utterly fantastic display! Well done Daniel and Sweetwater for posting a REAL synthesis video, actually exploring some of the "under the hood" capabilities instead of boringly trying to emulate the usual instruments and sounds. It's about time people started using synthesisers more imaginatively and creating unheard of soundscapes.

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you for your comments. And thank you for watching!

@PunguinYoga

3 жыл бұрын

Do I ever agree with that!

Just when I was having doubts about my pre order. This is a brilliant demo.

Fantastic sound demo, thanks for sharing!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks AA, it was a gas jamming on it. I'll have more specific videos about it as time goes on. Thanks for watching!

Great demo as always - great sound. Thanks.

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi D r Jezz, just wait until I've put some hours on it! Thanks for watching!

A review without words. Nice 😊

Best product introduction ever made for this synth.

Great review! You saved this synth in my opinion from other boring reviews

very good demo Daniel. provides good insight into the sonic capabilities of the prologue.

It looks and sounds awesome!

Best demo of this synth so far. HUGE posibilities it has.

fantastic thanks for your time

Great demo. I love this guy!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dark Horseman. I love my job! Thanks for watching!

Great demo Mr.Fisher!

This sounds so good

Wow - sounds amazing

I’ve tried to convince myself to want a Rev2 since owning a Prologue, mainly bc of the mod options, but playing next to each other, the prologue just sounds noticeably deeper. Somewhat underrated synth IMO

@Digiphex

3 жыл бұрын

​@Rhizosphere If it had a sequencer like Korg does on many lower priced synths with no problem, I'd buy one.

This sound surprisingly good!

Definately getting this beast.

What a dream machine.. well done Korg!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

🙌

WHY YES I WILL CONTACT MY SWEETWATER SALES ENGINEER THANKYOUVERYMUCH!

I love the sweetwater playreview's Daniel is great!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Triplebacon Art, the Prologue definitely inspired me non-stop during the whole tweaking session. I'll have more spec detailed videos in the near future. Thanks for watching!

@triplebacon1

6 жыл бұрын

Looking forwards to those thanks!

This synth sounds massive. Wow. Impressive. Love the Space sounds! Daniel sounds like he does what I like to do with synthesizers, but he does it better! Not every analog synth is created equally. It also takes a very knowledgeable player to demo it! If I had one of these synths I would stay in my music room and make space noises all day and only come out to use the bathroom. Cheers!

Rich! Wow I LOVE this one, it's got some amazingly powerful sounds, the one at 28:09, wow. And not monophonic. Thank you so much Korg!

Damn, that sounds good!

Love what you did there (4:04), Daniel!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Grant, it's surprising how well the wavetable oscillator blends with the two analog oscillators. Thanks for watching!

Holy crap Nice work Korg Thanks Daniel, sounds lush

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi MrBoxxed, "Lush" is definitely one of the descriptions I kept thinking while I was tweaking the Prologue. And I definitely said "Wow" out loud more than a few times. Thanks for watching!

Finally Korg makes a very nice and affordable synth again! Near 30 minutes of sonic bliss in this video, thank you for that :D

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi agerven, it's even better when you're in front of it with powerful speakers. Thanks for watching!

Sounds great, definitely getting it...Thanks Daniel, awesome demo.

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out! 😎

@AlainHubert

6 жыл бұрын

Of course you will, you're designing synthesizer patches for a living... ;-)

Really thank you for this great video

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Akiss, it was a blast. I turned it on and started tweaking. Thanks for watching!

@akissparaskevopoulos

6 жыл бұрын

SweetwaterSound this video made me order one. It is A very capable synth. I can’t wait to see what ordinary will do with it.

Trippy! Looks like a beast of a synth!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Greetings Supreme Lord Commander, It sounds like a beast as well. Thanks for watching!

I have a Minilogue and love it. Will definitely be ordering a 16 voice Prologue.

You people keep whining about a lack of modulation possibilities, but listen to the sounds it can make, how complex many of them are, and ask yourself if large modulation possibilities are really needed.

@johannesrauch8319

3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing right now. I guess the bi-timbrality, the digital oscillator, knob tweaking and the ability to assign parameters to the wheel and pedal make up for the lack of a mod matrix.

QUOTE: "And I know you don't want to hear me talking about it" LOOOOOL :-D Smart man :-) Thanks for the demo, nice work: really appreciated!

Holy crap... I was just thinking after playing the Minilogue for the first time... "Man I wish they would make something called the Prologue with 8 voices instead of 4." Well, you gave me 16... And for that, I love you Korg.

What a bangin intro

this may or may not be one of the best sounding synths of all time (I have it - at least partly due to this video - and love it, so I'm clearly biased), but this is certainly one of the best synth demos of all time.

Now this is how you demo a synth! Great job. Got one the other day. I do have the Minilogue and, I got a DeepMind12. People are concerned about it being 4 Minilogues with some reverb. The two synths share the same VCO structure (or very similar rather), 2 VCO, 3 waveforms, all with different wave shaping capabilities. That’s where the primary similarities end. The 3rd oscillator is, at the moment, primarily a VPM (or FM in Yamaha speak) synth engine. You have 16 user slots here, one of the slots come preloaded with a wavetable synth from Korg, 2 wavetables with a sub wavetable, these can modulate each other. So it’s not an analog synth with a bunch of digital sampled waveforms in the 3rd oscillator (although you can obviously dial up basic waveforms if needed). Will be interesting to see how far people will be able to take it with the SDK. People talk about missing after touch, personally I’m happy that someone finally made a synth with _quiet_ keys, fast action, as well as excellent velocity response (you got 9 curves I believe), I can live without AT here. Why would anyone want a sequencer onboard by the way? As for the DM12....umm I guess you can blow out candles with it as a party trick, the two fans inside are...really great. It does have after touch but, the keybed is absolutely horrible (unless you only play elevator music like Uli Behringer, or make Stranger Things covers for a living:-). Sound wise there’s no comparison, but the DeepMind12 is a low budget affair, so can’t hold that against it.

nice demo, some great sounds there

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Big Dawg! 👍

so stoked, FM and wavetable !!!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Vivian, I can honestly say that I'm pleasantly shocked at how well the FM/Wavetable MULTI ENGINE organically blends with the two analog oscillators. Thanks for watching!

@viviansutherland2169

6 жыл бұрын

it's seriously a dream synth

Wonderful .. Merveilleux ..!!

THE SOUND 😍

Superb!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Adrian. It was a blast making it.

Good job Daniel. You just sold another one!

5:32 is so Jean-Luc Ponty!

As much as i would like to beat on about how great this sounds,.... (YES I BLOODY LOVE IT !!!), i think its good to bear in my mind for other manufactures to start digging deep and start developing some decent competiton to this synthesizer. Thanks for the demonstration sweetwater well worth the 29+minuites watch 👍

Very jealous. You had FAR too much fun making this vid ! ! ! ;o)

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Guilty as charged. Thanks for watching!

Love it! A lot of the sounds remind me of Jean-Luc Ponty's keyboards.

For anyone curious about this vs the Minilogue XD. I sold my Prologue to get the XD and I’m currently about to sell my XD to get the Prologue back. They’re both great synths, but IMO, the Prologue sounds better. And having more voices, bi-timbrality, a full ADSR with more destinations, an actual audio rate LFO with more destinations, and full size keys it worth more to me than the sequencer on the XD, though the sequencer is awesome.

@javiceres

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comparison

15:30 woooahhhhhh

i support this...this looks awesome!!

Awesome demo, sounds amazing

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi TheSilentVortex, I was truly inspired by this beast while I was playing it. It was difficult to make a sound I didn't like. Thanks for watching!

Superb

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Neo Luddite. Like your name, the Prologue is both futuristic and old school. Thanks for watching!

Beauty!

Pad at 18:40 Is spectacular

Wow! This thing sounds really nice to me. We're not exactly short of analogue / hybrid poly synths these days. Maybe only since the last couple of years. But to my ears this sounds like one of the nicest so far. Always like the DSI stuff. And I loved the Behringer Deep Mind sound. I think this beats them both. Very nice. Wonder what the Aus price will be.

@AdamTheAd-vanc3d

6 жыл бұрын

Dogboy73 I was thinking the same thing. Its quite refreshing to listen to . My polysix hunt has well and truly been cancelled.

that organ-ish sound on 3:50 is already pretty sweet. I deeply hope that they've implemented the microtuning feature from the monologue :O

At 28' very apocalitcic sound,Amazing!!!

4:26 this sound is magic!

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

Hi tompparaideri. It's ridiculously easy to get magical sounds out of a Korg Prologue. Everything blends so well. Thanks for watching!

Prologue or the Rev 2 is the big question. I do think the Prologue seem to sound more to my taste, more sweetspots. But the Rev 2 has more modulation options, and it's got a fatar keybed with aftertouch.

Daniel you rule dude.

16:45 Terry Riley style

You rock Daniel! Thank you!

Welp. No need to buy it now that we’ve heard every sound it can possibly make! 🤪 I’m surprised I havent ran across this video yet. Never thought to research the prologue. Gj! 👍🏼

Beautiful patch ideas from this video. No idea how you made some of these lol

It was love at first sound. Time to sell everything and buy it.

Great synth I wish I could have heard it's Mono style synth lead (more keyboard technique) with pitch bend and modulation ! I'm a big Moog fan but I know the Korg Prologue is amazing and can do just about anything ! Cheers !

This thing is an ambient monster, that LFO is so great too. What a great synth, maybe some day I might be able to afford one, I think I'll stick with my Monologue for now though.

@HotStrange

4 жыл бұрын

Retro Plus Monologue is still amazing.

It sounds great! This one has stereo outs, correct? And from what I hear, they've omitted the motion sequencing the Minilogue and Monologue are known for?

For those who are hating, the Jupiter 8 only had one LFO, just saying

Great demo Daniel. You really did an amazing job showing this thing off and your demos just get better and better as you go. Congrats. I have no idea what to make of this synth. Seems like it's almost better at digital style sounds than classic analogue stuff. I've been listening to demos all morning and I have to say it's taken me hours to hear stuff I like come out of the Prologue which, for me, is usually a bad sign. As an aside does anyone know what filter is in this thing? Some patches I've heard in various demos remind me very much of the MS20 filter. I wonder if they've not just pilfered the filter out of their new ms20 mini?

@EvilDragon666

6 жыл бұрын

It's likely a modified design from the Minilogue, it has nothing in common with MS-20 filter to my ears.

Dystopian science fiction soundtracks from the last 40 years all in one box. Hilarious review, hard not to be impressed.

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi suereed, it is definitely ready to make lots of soundtracks! And I definitely became more impressed the more I tweaked it. Thanks for watching!

One of the best things with the minilogue is the sequencer and the 8 voicemodes

Sold!

@machiwoomiapoo

6 жыл бұрын

I agree! :)

@sauce_aux

6 жыл бұрын

mootbooxle moot you can make a broken piano sound nice, is there any keyed instrument you aren't a wizard at?

@station2station544

6 жыл бұрын

sold...me and the Moot

@mootbooxle

6 жыл бұрын

Sauce_Aux haha, you're very kind! I can probably play anything with keys on it, but I usually feel like much less than a wizard! I can't wait to get all wizardy with this Prologue. Already pre ordered it!

@mootbooxle

6 жыл бұрын

Station 2Station we have good taste in synths, huh?

I've been tempted by the minilogue and other equivalents, I need to wait and buy the first proper synth. This or others.

@HotStrange

4 жыл бұрын

Rhizosphere the XD is certainly awesome but doesn’t sound quite as good, IMO. It still sounds excellent, though.

I can't even bear all the sounds i could build in it, omfg. i want it NOW! Nobody is showing the prices though...

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Matthew, on all Sweetwater product videos, you will find links to the demonstrated products in the Info section. The links will take you to further descriptions and current prices. Thanks for watching!

Man. Wish the prologue and the polybrute would have a baby that has the polybrute's control features but the prologue's sound and voice count.

Nice preview! Industry Take Note. We don’t need more of the same!

Always totally underwhelmed by Korgs own promotional material, I though this thing sounded thin and crap till I watched this video. It happens every time.

@zerobeat2020

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, even worse with the Waldorf Quantum promo videos. I always look for people who actually have done things with a synth before I decide it is for me. Test drive if you can (never trust the car salesperson).

@johnadams5489

5 жыл бұрын

GREaston If Sweetwater's Daniel Fisher can't make a synth he is demoing sound great, its not worth buying. I heard other demos of this Synth by other players that used poly chords, played some nice runs, but failed to show off the capability of this synth like Daniel Fisher.

First, Prologue sounds excellent and looks like a very solid build! It has a serious Minilogue vibe to it and more! Some minor and not so minor feature set differences (honestly a bit disappointed in some of thier decisions, I understand though). Not sure if this is worth $2000 or $1500 for me. Do I really need or want 16/8 voices of the Mini??? The Wavetable/FM OSC is super sick though! Going to pipe in four voices of FM8 or Wave Station into my Mini's external input and see what kind of Prologue flavor's i can get! Happy NAMM time to us synth fingers!

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex, listening to new gear and then finding a way to create similar sounds on your own equipment is an excellent way to explore synthesis. Thanks for watching!

Who needs a DX7 anymore?? Awesome synth!

We could form a band!

24 : 30 that patch !!!!!

If Korg drops this into a module format its a done deal for me.

I love it, is this the best synth around?

one of your better demos thank you....well it has a wide sweet spot ....for the money I would rather get peak....or Rev 2 8 voice, not to say it isn’t a good synth it is a good synth just depends on what you already have and what you need....

Nice demo! That arp @18:00 ... wow! With the split keyboard, you could play on top of it with a different sound?

@sweetwater

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Valdis, Yes, you can Split, Layer, and even Cross Fade two different presets. Thanks for watching!

trippy

I would have gotten it if I didn't have the Minilogue ;) What would you recommand me ? For fat sound ? Rev2 ? Peak ? Digitone ? :D

Dontwatchitdontwatchitdontwatchit SHIT IT'S AMAZING

Sir i am gonna ask you to take your hands of that pitchbend wheel!

Nice tonal sensibility on the part of the player...