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On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Nick Copeland

 wrote:

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>> OT: I never noticed any difference for the sound quality, of different

>> versions of the Prophet 5, but I guess everybody heard about stable or

>> unstable tuning for different versions of the Mini Moog ;). Revisions

>> could have different qualities. [OT end]

>

> There were two major releases of the Prophet-5, one with Curtis chips and

> later one with SSM chips. The Curtis had rather wild temperature senstivity

> and so was replaced. Anybody who has used both found the newer models

> to sound a lot thinner and some would prefer the sensitivity/unreliability

> of

> the former to get the sound quality.

>

> The MiniMoog is a bit more esoteric, they did not used anybodies chipsets

> but mostly discrete components. Legend has it they the board layout was

> changed at some point and even though the design was the same those in

> the know did not appreciate the new sound.

>

> I am pretty sure the Oberheim went through the same issues as SC. The

> big Rolands are a separate issue - I think they used there own chipsets but

> I could be a bit wide of the mark.

>

> Kind regards, nick.

>

This thread reminded me I have a DX7 sitting in the garage. Wonder if

it still works? Hasn't been out of the flight case in years...
- Mark

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