People like comparisons, finding similarity and difference. When they announce the Proton Behringer amusingly said they cloned themselves
– meaning the Neutron.
You can read detail on the Proton in my unplugged thread. ( When appropriate does that thread get revived ? I wanted to post this there. ) From that you can see the similarities and differences.
Neutron vs Proton:
| Features | Neutron | Proton |
|---|---|---|
| Oscillators | 2 with 5 wave-forms | 2 with 5 wave-forms |
| Paraphonic and Sync Mode | yes | yes |
| Sub-Oscillators | 0 | 2 |
| Multi-Mode filters | 1 | 2 (series or parallel) |
| ASR envelopes | 0 | 2 with looping, reverse, inverse, bounce options |
| ADSR envelopes | 2 | 2 |
| LFOs | 1 with 5 waveforms | 2 with 5 waveforms |
| Wave folder | no | yes |
| Analog BBD Delay | yes | no |
| Sample & Hold | yes | no |
| Overdrive | yes | no |
| Noise Generator | yes | yes |
| Patch bay points | 56 | 64 |
| Knobs and direct controls | 43 | 68 |
| Quarks | 1 up, 2 down | 2 up, 1 down |
What also has been said is that the Proton is like a more West coast Neutron. They are using Cool Audio parts inside, so this does bring a sound.
It seems you can find influences, as you can with most other synths from most other companies. So in that way then these are like all those synths too.
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ADDED : Quarks