Korg Prophecy | demo by Jexus / WC Olo Garb

[@Jexus]

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[@helisoma]

@0:21 just epic 😳😳😳 and so happy i got a mint one of these recently

[@Docipede]

First watched this three years ago. Bought the thing a year after. Still, every time i watch it i have to admit, "WHY MY SYNTH NO SOUND LIKE THEES?" Some men are just born to edit the fuck out of synths.

[@westerncivilization]

same, bro. and it is astounding how many of Jexus videos are of synths i once owned.

[@bluecoast1]

All these videos are great proof that like analogs were 15 years ago, the cheap old stuff on the pawn shop shelf is still all you need -- an artist can paint a masterwork with any brush at all.

[@joso7228]

I worked in a 2nd Hand Synth shop and would take home different Synths for a couple of months to make Tunes then return them. So I have used some amazing synths but with The Prophecy i simply thought, "This Is Too Good For Me!". And it still is.

[@jellysheep505]

Two decades on and I still don’t understand how to use the one I have. 🥲 I have to just enjoy videos on KZbin of the people who understand it.

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

Which other synths did you keep, and what style(s) of music do you make?

[@joso7228]

I now have this and a Quasimidi Sirius if that gives you a clue. previously - MoogSource Blofeld OBX SC-Prophet2000 AN1X SH101

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

​@@joso7228Didn't like Blofeld?

[@elektrogeist]

protips: use FEEDBACK in mixer section for extra BAMP, check output level in effects to make sure volume is actually up on the patch, use the UTY menu often to splice up parts from other patches into frankenpatches. if you take time to learn details of this machine its one demonic beast.

[@TheProducerNetwork]

This was the first synth video I remember watching on YT back in the days. Thanks for all your work and inspiring sound design over all those years!

[@Jexus]

cheers:)

[@albedoshader]

When the Prophecy came out back then I bought it without hesitation. I still own it and love it!

[@jarsamo]

Getting my Prophect finally today. Been waiting for it since I read about it from Future Music magazine. Very cool sounds in this vid!

[@BoingBoomTCHACK]

One of my first synths. All I have to say is Korg synths are in a class of their own!!! Moss filters were the bomb.

[@lundsweden]

The Prophecy is still a great synth, can sound organic, synthetic or a mixture of both! I have the VST which I find is easy to edit, sounds great, is polyphonic (unlike the hardware) not to mention cheaper.

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

Solo-Tri card (full Prophecy) for Trinity is cheaper than VST, has great, easy touch interface, and many big advantages over Prophecy. Not polyphonic, but if you want hardware, it's the way to go.

[@JobimSynthMusic]

to me, this is a whole music album I come back to listen again most often among all the demos. I keep wanting and not wanting this (I have some analogues, no extra space), like a pendulum. this demo is just too good.

[@o.p.f.7668]

I'm surprised by how chunky and ballsy it sounds. Powerful little synth!

[@gjc82071]

With 37 keys, the Prophecy is pretty small. (as you can see in the video) About half the size of standard, 61 key unit/keyboard. With 49 keys, the MS2000 is a little bigger.( & wider/longer) The Z-1 is a full sized, 61 key unit, as is the AN1x. The EX5 has 76 keys & is a bit bigger than a standard, 61 key unit. The PLG150-AN & EXB-MOSS are expansion boards. (so you need a compatible keyboard to use them (Triton, Motif, etc) Both are small,...roughly the size of a CD case. (though a bit thicker)

[@radiowsa]

You make always the best demos.When i want to buy a synth ,always i check your demo first.

[@Synthelicious]

Great video!! Even though I'm not really into digital and virtual analog synths, I must say this synth sounds pretty good! It has it's own character. Though having a distinct digital sound, it sounds way better than a nord lead (I've owned a NL2), and this video made me bid on one on ebay. Nice job!!

[@Esaelectronics]

i have one of these and they can be picked up for under 200 gbp,so well worth it as the keybed is great and it works well as a master for playing in lead lines.

[@5Zylinder]

0:14 - 2:00 THE BEST of ALL Sounds from him!

[@BarryWarne]

8:13 I now own a Prophecy and really like this instrument - which it is. A true instrument that can be played on it's own or within a small combo outfit with oboes and triangle players.

[@OneTanMan]

This is one of the hardest synths to program. If it was ever in doubt, you are a master. Nice work.

[@cyberholix]

Jeden z najlepszych monofonicznych syntezatorów świata. Ten niewielki instrument ma ogromny potencjał. Synteza MOSS brzmi ciepło i dziarsko ;) Jexus pokazał nam na co naprawdę stać tą bestyjkę, za co należą mu się brawa!

[@baronsimms]

when i saw this video i bought one a week later on ebay!!! couldnt be without this synth now as a hardware man.

[@sierrasamusic]

i remember that synth when it came out back in the days and it was supposed to emulate acoustic sounds. i am very surprised of how it can sound... never had thought

[@robjenkins9839]

He would make a fortune selling patches for the synths he's programmed..

[@albedoshader]

Yes. It has a lot of sythesis algorithms and modulation possibilities.

[@simonmodig]

Wow, amazing sounds around 2:00 and forward!!!

[@pierbover]

Wow one of the best synth demos I've seen...

[@racingguitars]

That thing is glorious sounding. I love Korg stuff.

[@gjc82071]

Sure man. It's just personal preference. Prophecy & Z-1 both use the same "MOSS" synthesis technology, so they sound very similar. But I prefer the Z-1 because it has 61 keys & it has 12 note polyphony. (expandable to 18) The Prophecy is monophonic. (1 note polyphony)

[@albedoshader]

@albedoshader: Google for the original title of Chowning's paper: "the synthesis of complex audio spectra by means of frequency modulation" You can download it as a PDF file. It's just 9 pages long but contains all the theory that is behind FM.

[@HSMHaterzhehe]

This Guy Puts on a show with each keyboard he plays

[@Drzewianszczyzna]

wspaniałe dźwięki - coś pięknego ♪♪♪♪

[@ArmandoAKAdjArmando]

i think i am in love with this synth!

[@skillzflux]

i love it, too... it gives me chills

[@OneTanMan]

@z0hmz Yeah good point. I agree that the theory is not that difficult, it's the clunky interface that makes it laborious to program. I'm thinking about getting one again, and using an editor for creating patches. Then I can use the excellent knobs and 'the log' for performance.

[@albedoshader]

@z0hmz: It was Yamaha's greatest commercial trick to sell their phase modulation synthesizers as FM synths. :) Chowning's original paper on FM is a good introduction and demonstrates what a complex matter FM really is. If you don't know what Bessel functions are you won't get the full mathematics behind it but Chowning gives several basic examples how the parameters influence the spectrum of the sound. The rest is trial and error or using existing sounds as a basis for your own experiments.

[@fumada]

KORG PROPHECY is the law friend, buy one years ago and I can say that this at a height(the level) of any other shynt, it performs the better thing of KORG, congratulate you. I want to see more

[@Gazdatronik]

don't mind me, my hearing is so good its impractical, meaning I always am analyzing the timbres to the point where I pick stuff apart. I am also surrounded by analogs all the livelong day. While the Z1 and prophecy are cool little digital bastards, the sound engine is ancient, compromised by the technology available at the time. It's not a slight at all. It is awesome the same way a commodore 64 is awesome. you will never get realistic graphics out of it, but it still kicks much ass.

[@R---66---R]

Incredible KORG power!

[@Andybaby]

LOVE the kraftwerk bit!

[@albedoshader]

@theoriginalmrsm: Although both use "MOSS" technology there are surprising differences between both synths. The filters are pretty different and a lot of parameters are implemented very differently. Both the Z1 and Prophecy are great pieces of hardware with their own strengths character.

[@Shivotheque]

@1982Batmobile well,you can always try his email on the page/synth blog he has..he answered me back like 2 times or so..nice conversation..I wanted for him to shoot or prepare me a video in his unique pastiche/crazy demented visual trademark styling,but he gave me the usual "not much time at hand" answer heheheh..but at least I had the chance to correspond with one of my idols!!! hehehe

[@KaslarProductions]

that ribbon is genius

[@albedoshader]

@elektrogeist: The feedback section makes the Prophecy such a sound monster. Like made by the devil himself. I love it.

[@wilhelmbernadotte]

Well done my polish friend. It makes me wanna pick out my own baby from the cupboard again!

[@5Zylinder]

The first 2 minutes are the best

[@gjc82071]

$400 for a Prophecy. It's a really neat lil'synth, but if one can afford it, they're probably better of getting a Z-1 for $600. Both synths use "MOSS" & sound nearly identical. I have EXB-MOSS installed in my Triton Pro X & I love it. I love the sound of MOSS, Z-1, Prophecy. (& MS2000 sounds great too) I'm going to pick up a Z-I @ the end of this month. I'd like a Yamaha AN1x too. I have a Yamaha EX5 & PLG150-AN installed in my Motif-6. It's a different sound than MOSS, but equally as cool IMO.

[@dayuhanspace]

sounds wicked,dirty and loud! i wanna program my prophecy just like that

[@albedoshader]

@johnrozzo: There's no need for making your point by being so rude. Well, you have a point but the Prophecy and Z1 are really not easy to program if you want to go beyond bormal sounds, so the question ins understandable. Maybe an answer by Jexus, like "Sorry, dudes. Learn the stuff by yourself, I just want to show off." would make this point clear, too. ;)

[@betex_]

Very cool, mannnnn!!!

[@golafs]

some really nice bits there ;) f.ex ca 2.30, 2.50 & 7.30(riff+sound).

[@DirtyDiezel]

7:50 is insane

[@KikusTruskawkus]

dope dope dope

[@StephanS]

When the Filtervalue reached 99 i wished some 909 Drums... great Video

[@gjc82071]

That is tight as !@#$ bro! Sounds amazing!

[@BarryWarne]

sweet. Such luxury in these times of economic gloom. Perhaps one day I can trade my cart of potatoes for such a thing. I know, I dream foolishly and lavishly.

[@niceguy100000]

It's approximately a CASIO Wave Ceptor WV-M120E-1VER :-)

[@electroscope943]

SYNTEZATORY's videos ROCK!!! SYNTEZATORY's videos ROCK!!! SYNTEZATORY's videos ROCK!!!

[@vreeeuum]

very nice

[@MM6Logan]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. I think i want 1 now =D

[@X820NL]

I just bought a Korg Prophecy, not knowing very much about programming yet, this synth can be a real pain in the A** LOL! I bought it mainly for nice sLeads for house productions like the one here wich can be heard at 5.17min. Could you give some pointers on how to program sounds like these? Or maybe upload that one patch, so I can explore the parameters? I hope you'll help me out as I need to be shown the right direction with my Prophecy. Thank you in advance man, you rock!

[@lownrgy]

@Newcomingmusic Z1, get it now still you can!

[@chillipp]

indeed!

[@Dangdalf]

hey man that really cool, you programmed all thos epatches yourself? how diffcult is it to program in terms of menu digging?

[@DanHahnProfile]

Horrible. I actually fell asleep trying to read the manual. The onboard sound set is dire, but this dude here has done really great stuff with it.

[@BarryWarne]

I want to see it work on a person. I want to see a negative before I provide you with a positive. Those sounds are interesting to a Replicant. I want to hear the full range.

[@Docipede]

@XcesMusic Haha, ta for the advice but i do have many synths and half a degree in music technology ;)

[@BarryWarne]

this video was a vacation to the office of 1972

[@d3p3ch3mod3]

Do you have to do any scrolling with this synth? It reminds me a lot of a Micron except monophonic and better interface

[@stryker126]

Inspired.

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I have this synth but it was included in my version of the Korg Trinity. I'm still not sure if I have the same parameters to edit through the Trinity, as I might have had with the stand-alone Prophecy unit. Does anyone else have a Trinity that includes the Prophecy Card, and can you edit the same parameters as you can in the Prophecy synth, itself? The only time I have heard the Prophecy on any recording is on 808 State's "Don Solaris" CD. I have never heard it in any other recorded music. Please help...

[@richwood6193]

I think the circuitry is the same in the Trinity, but it is missing the powerful arpeggiator on the Prophecy.

[@AlexHilbertcool]

I'v heard from many peeps that because this is monophonic, it's sound is limited. Im gettin 1 4 xmas because they're so versatile, and good midi controlers. any chance of sharing your patches?

[@vfx7t]

17 ans passèrent !

[@JenniferTod]

Technically the Z1 should be a better synth, but something got lost along the way. Having owned both I think the Prophecy is the real winner. Z1 is still very powerful once you understand it and how to program it. Prophecy seems more punk rock though.

[@gothicsakura82]

all that sounds are coming from the synth alone?

[@s.g.3042]

yepp

[@goommis]

zajebiste szacun

[@Gazdatronik]

well, its a monophonic Z1. Ive seen utter magic come out of them. they sound like like MP3 quality, however, but in this case I do not care.

[@deused]

When i first saw this thing i thought it was some kind of crappy keyboard. It suprised me bigtime it was a korg with this kind of sounds. Not as beautiful as my korg ms-20 but certainly a great synth! ;)

[@fjdubya5726]

Joe Walsh should have used this synth in every song he ever recorded!

[@LoL-dg3du]

@ 9:10 uff

[@petemk1966]

its a korg attitude

[@albedoshader]

@albedoshader: I mean ...strengths and character ;)

[@BarryWarne]

where can I buy a digital watch like that ?

[@gotmonkeyfinger]

GREAT! be in my band?

[@st16900]

al go with the synth as well lol

[@1982Batmobile]

@YakuzaJoe88 Yazuka, jexus never answear

[@DannyPlass]

This synth is deranged

[@amonster8mymother]

Ahhhh n8ce.

[@peter47a]

ebay?

[@sigma5054]

the mutts nuts 🙂

[@6Mega6Man6]

how small are these units

[@cloud7fr]

@Docipede You gotta work for it lol

[@katseazzz]

so?witch is better?r3?

[@sibariba]

Something is our of the order!!! Hahahahahaha

[@ryanhom7524]

a oafish friend of mine spilled half a liter of coke in mine and it cost 400 to fix which he paid but it was sadly never really the same.

[@gjc82071]

To control what?

[@Droidbot_electro]

05:19

[@katseazzz]

this or r3?

[@Twirlyhead]

Nice demo - given me a bit more incentive to use mine - thanks - I was going to sell it - now I'll give it a reprieve. Demo wise - I'd really like to here someone demo the acoustic models with an emphasis on realism and fooling the listener into believing they're really listening to sax, trombone etc, etc ...

[@cdeization]

LOL why oboes and triangle players? Why not harmonicas and kazoos?

[@6Mega6Man6]

Prophecy rather than get a Z 1