Bad Gear - Korg Prophecy

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about The Prophecy, used by artists like The Prodigy and Joe Zawinul. Is this hard to use menu diving hell of a 90s digital mono synth worth the effort? Do the virtual analog synth engines and physical modeling voices still hold up today? Can I handle a solo synthesizer?

Thanks to my neighbor Paul for lending me his Korg Prophecy, check out his Insta:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:58 Overview Korg Prophecy
01:26 Hands-on Controllers
01:49 Synth Engines (VA, Comb Filter, VPM, Sync/Cross/Ring Mod)
02:27 Physical Modeling Engines (Brass, Reed, Pluck)
02:42 Oscillator Sets, Sub Osc, Noise
02:56 Wave Shaper, Internal Signal Chain
03:12 Multimode Filters, Amps
03:25 FX Section
03:40 Envelopes, LFOs
04:00 Arpeggiator
04:11 UI, Menu Structure, Parameters
04:49 Actual Sounds
05:30 Used by...
05:54 Pricing, Technical Issues, VST Plugin, Thanks
06:08 Hate
06:31 Jam 1
07:24 Jam 2
08:23 Finale
08:53 Verdict