I was just thinking about saving up for one of these. Dang.
I’m kind of hoping it one day gets cracked, modified, flashed or in some other way becomes even more tweakable than it currently is.
Plenty of old synths have had cool user additions to them years later.
Being basically a home pc build inside of here, it seems like the potential is there if anyone were to ever put the time and effort in.
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lots of stock left on the PX in Canada. If anyone is thirsty
Is it time to start a ”What’s next for Sequential” thread?
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It’s already a thread.
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It can go either way, but if retailers have had them in stock and been sitting on them for a while this is the green light to blow them out… I feel like that’ll be the case with the PX.
I also feel like the world will catch up with the Prophet X in the future though, there’s not much else like it at all and that’ll make it stand out amongst its contemporaries.
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I agree! It’s a special proposition…somewhere between rompler and high quality synth, made by a brand most of us trust. I think this thing will appreciate in value a few years from now.
I don’t have the space for it and have plenty of synths to explore still, but I wanted to get an X eventually…maybe this will force my hand… 
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I really wanted to buy one of these for the past few months, but I’ve convinced myself that it will be more gratifying to achieve a similar type of romper/synth architecture using Ableton racks, Kontakt, Pigment and the AH+FX. I just need to find the time to do it.
I tried most of these for a while myself.
Not to be a gear pusher, but I still have the PX.
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For a time I tried to convince myself I could go a similar route and really didn’t need a PX. And I’m also sure for most people, in the box is a much better solution.
However, I picked it up on a whim and I’ve created more custom patches on this than any plugin I’ve ever used . With the exception of the Nord G2, that applies to hardware also. It’s incredibly inspiring, fun and quick to work on. I got an Iridium keyboard around the same time and I’ve barely looked at it even though on paper at least, it seems superior.
I would have posted examples of my patches but they probably would make little sense on their own but mostly, they pale in comparison to the incredible patches posted above by @philroyjenkins!
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They are actually almost 1000$ bucks off at L+M right now.
Still 4k and my wife would kill me, but worth mentioning I guess.
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If I had the room I’d scoop 
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Nah we’d still love to hear em bud.
I’ve been on a “straight up synth” kick with PX.
I’m kind of trialing it as if I sold my Prophet 6. I think come end of this year, PX is going to be my only synth. I just work better with less.
I’m not saying this covers P6 territory, but given enough time I learn to find corners I love of every synth, even cheap ones. I can’t use “It has that one special thing nothing else does” as a reason for hoarding gear, ya know?
The moment I stuck the P6 in its case in the closet, I started pushing PX towards the kinds of traditional synth sounds I wanted and found some new special territory that’s totally unique to PX.
Plus adding subtle velocity mods to literally everything can be rewarding. A cheap and dirty mod I use here (and often) is note number to instrument or osc tuning with an amount of one. It just detunes every key in a static way that gives just a touch of nice wonk.
E: Same patch with some light tweaks took me in a new direction. Changes up a bit throughout.
E2: “Straight up synth” my ass. I can’t do it for long. Ten mins of tweaking later. Crap sounds ahead.
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Nice!
Another PX trick I think is overlooked. In 32 voice mode, the filter is paraphonic!
It’s kind of described as a negative, but I really love para filter behavior. You can also make an empty split patch if you didn’t want all 32 voices, which can be too much for a “synthy” sound.
Here is some para action on a rhodesy patch with questionable noodling.
And the same idea on a synthier patch. Again, I only know like two scales (all black keys, or all white) so the playing is just … there.
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There are no flute samples on the PX natively, as far as I can see… does anyone know the closest samples on there to a flute without having to load something external by any chance?
I made a post weighing the choice of which Prophet to keep (P6 vs PX)
I don’t want to be presumptuous but it seems a couple of you dig my output with the PX (and maybe rev2 / P6 previously as well.)
I’d appreciate some thoughts if anyone could spare a moment for something so silly as some guy deciding between two big boy noise making toys.
https://www.elektronauts.com/t/help-a-dude-decide-which-prophet-to-keep/
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Hi guys!
Apart from its sample engines, can the synth part sounds as good as Rev2?
I am asking as I have an offer for 2000eu for a good condition PX.
Thanks!
Hi,
I had Rev 2 for a while and it wasn’t my jam. The filter in my opinion sounds different, but oscillators for me seemed similar. For me PX sounds better, with better effects and more power in voice architecture minus gated sequencer. But there is one type of sound that I found is like flagship sound of Rev 2 and that’s kind of brassy sound, easy to catch in a song in radio (think Hania Rani), thanks to its filter.
But then… 2000 EUR for PX is good price and if you can sell it without loss, I would at least try it and find if its filter, with more careful sculpting, can give you that sound.
Cordially,
Norman
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I find myself using samples even when I just want raw oscillators. Some of the packs have some really tasty stuff. Ironically I ended up liking the T8 pack even more than the P5.
The built in non sample synth section is serviceable, especially as an additional layer or as a mod sourced pointed at the samples for FM.
I do feel sorry to say I never found it as inspiring in isolation as the Rev2. It never hampered my experience with the PX though.
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