cool, thanks for the insight. yeah I’ve not played a Prophet 6 (I favored the OB6) or 600 (favored the 106), I’m just going on what I’ve read from other synthesists whose opinion I value, as well as my opinion from having heard them. obviously any two synths are different so I believe your viewpoint is totally valid. and I can certainly see the “darker” comment.
still, I think it’s also valid to view this as B’s way of getting into the Prophet market a bit/steal some of the Prophet 6 sales. many will choose a $600 synth over an $2200 one, even if the latter has more features and does indeed sound different. and of course, many will also choose the $600 option with 8 voices versus $1800 for a vintage GliGli modded one with 6 voices.
btw, hope they’re compensating GliGli enough to make up for the loss in sales…?