slightly OT, but looks like I wasnāt far off with this prediction:
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OMG!!! 
Iām both OT and being pedantic, so apologies, but this line
With the vintage operation, you can dial in some lovely old-school randomness for a more warm, organic, and alive character.
I followed the Prophet 5/10 thread on another forum, and the head dev explained the vintage knob does not introduce randomness (the slop knob on the P6/OB-6 was actually random, which could sometimes sound bad).
The vintage knob/method uses very specific, exact variances between voices, which they got from measuring vintage synths. So they basically have a ātableā of variances stored in the firmware, measured on a bunch of different vintage models/components, and based on how far you turn the vintage knob it will select the more or less extreme set of variances.
Edit: I just thought it was interesting, so sharing, not really my intention to correct the article or whatever
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itās worth reading the Nord Wave 2 review in Sound on Sound Magazine 
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Will do!
I too remember Mr Oberheim talking about having something new on the way, but itās been a bit quiet since thenā¦
Thanks for the input yall
Wow, this is exciting. I sure hope so!
(Lookup table is similar to the approach described on http://www.voicecomponentmodeling.com/)
I came across this demo of the OB-6 Filter with Vintage Knob:
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Great article, thanks!
I suppose a good enough mod matrix with just about any poly would be able to emulate āvintageā or irrational behaviour/the vintage knob.
However, what synths are missing? Bring em on! Must be others that have the/a MMF?!
Hydrasynth? That has a state-variable filter I believe.
Iām suprised the Modal Cobalt8 doesnāt actually, thought that would have been included.
Also, someone mentioned the Sequential Pro2 - it is sort of mono, but does do 4-voices of paraphony through a shared filter. Depends how polyphonic you need.
OB6 is the one though, unless something new pops up this week.
Thanks, was thinking of hydra before but forgot to look into it. Also the msb synth pro might be a contender come to think of it. I know the Ambika also have a SEM-ish filter as an option but canāt really find any info about it and how it works (I get the feeling itās just two serial hp/bp/lp filters).
Yea, if the cobalt had one Iād buy it instantly but having limited space it wouldnāt make sense getting one, which is a shame because it seems like a great synth 
Iām really looking for a poly with 6-8+ voices, although the SEM-filter could very well work/sound great for a paraphonic synth.
Wish someone made a poly like peak/summit with filter cartridges, like the SE Omega/code. With a good mod matrix I think itād be all I need in terms of polys (famous last words). Was thinking of buying a code 8 second hand but the price is still way out there, and itās racked. AND I believe each filter cartridge/set of cartridges is around 1000ā¬ 
Edit: the MFB Synth Pro isnāt a SVF sadly, but I found out the PolyBrute sports a Steiner-Parker filter where you can morph between lp/bp/hp but having quickly researched sounds on YT I was once again let down :(. Perhaps it was the demos but it didnāt seem to do that ASMRish ear-tickling cotton-filtering.
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I can recommend the ob6
The filter was one of the reasons iāve looked at that synht.
Was very hesitating to buy it.
Price vs specs
But that sound, the interface
The first time I heard it blew my mind and there was no hesitating anymore so I bought it.
And in combination with my Dt or Dn or MnM
I can link any of the cc parameters of the ob6 to those LFOs and it works great 
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This sounds amazing. Very much like a hardware synth. Itās cpu intensive but worth it. Was a bargain in the BF sales.
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Watch till the endā¦
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This isnāt helpful. Iām trying not to gas here. I am trying to forget. What am I doing now you ask? Oh just checking for SEMs for sale. Thank you kindly sir
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If you havenāt yet, check out an OB-6. Iāve had mine for years and still love it. They basically dropped in the SEM oscillators and filters and made it polyphonic.
I was just going to post this video here. Looks like no one else had watched to the end yet!
Maybe it needs a thread of itās own?
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Incredible plot twist 
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