Bad Gear - The Prophecy

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness 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: 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