Sequential Prophet REV2-8

So the REV2 came out and was lusting it a lot. Anyway i was an owner of a pro8 and the revision 2 with the better seq, pw in all waves and ofcourse the great fx, just made me sell the old one and buy the new in an instant. The box arrived in typical thomann quality packing and everything was nice, until i took it out and tested the synths' build quality first of all which unfortunately didnt follow the price tag. Most of the encoders feel wobbly, it doesnt affect the synth functionality but compared to my dominion 1 knobs which they feel like they are forged onto the chassis somehow made me fall into comparing them. I mailed immediately DSI fearing that my instrument might be faulty along with a video showing the wobble and the chassis bend in the middle and they responded that all REVS2 are like that and i should not worry and have fun with it. Im deffo gonna have fun with it and not thinking to resell it (at least now), however the build quality is a bit of a let down even compared to its predecessor.

The value for money is really good for the features that you get from this synth.You can design from almost any type of vintage brass,bass,synth, sound to more modern movie grand pad like sounds and the Modulation possibilities are unlimited.
Though quality control could be better,since i received mine with a minor stability issue due to corrupt OS which was quickly resolved by sequential's team who provided me with instructions instantly on how to resolve the problem.
Overall,menu diving and resolving problems and stability issues on a brand new synth is not quite appealing and it should not be ruining your creativity,So next time i would think twice on pulling the trigger on a DSI instrurment.

This is my first analog synth and it's indeed a very good synth. I play in an alternative rock band as keybordist and Prophet rev2 has a sound that goes perfectly well with the type of music I play. It's never too jazz-y nor too electric-y. But the richness of its sound feature sometimes can be too much if the band already has a second guitar or that someone has to give way anyway. But Prophet rev2 really has a nice and distinctive sound that stand itself out from other synth. It's also very easy to use, very intuitive. There's only one thing to complain - if only it has a looper.