The Korg Prologue is a synthesizer that was arguably under-appreciated when it was introduced, as early discussion seemed to focus more on the instrument’s limitations than on its strengths.
Since the Prologue was discontinued, though, it seems like appreciation of the analog flagship synth has been growing steadily, as musicians have discovered its great analog sound, solid build and ease of use.
This set of videos, via synthesist Panu M Savolainen, offers ‘shut up and play’ style demos of the Prologue, showcasing the range of the instruments’ native synth engine. Only internal FX and factory presets were used.
The videos do a good job of showcasing the range of sonic possibilities that the Prologue is capable of.
What do you think of the sound of the Korg Prologue? Check out the videos, and share your thoughts in the comments!
Korg are their own worst enemy. They have so much analog history and kudos that they should be making Sequential squirm but their marketing and pricing of “full size” limited editions is counterproductive. This notion of making the proper version for people with proper size hands for a limited time and then carrying on production of a smaller version that is….well…suited to nobody outside of Japan, is just ridiculous. The Prologue should have sold better. The reason it didn’t is entirely down to Korg.
Hope Behringer clones the PS-3300 FS reissue 🙂
I hope they don’t. A company that slavishly copies other people’s work with the single goal of selling it cheaply does not add value.
Yes it does, especially when they make limited quantities for no reason. Ain’t nothing special about mass produced circuits like PS-3300 (look at the internals of the new one, it’s all SMDs). Glad they cloned the limited edition MS-20 kit with new features too.
Behringer is great.
Sounds amazing
The Prologue is a great synth that came out at a bad time.
What would you have them do different? The one thing I can think of is that they’ve dropped the ball on the ‘logue user engine. They’ve added it to several devices and then stood back and waited for third parties to help them make money.
I don’t think it was the issue with SDK. From my perspective they made few things wrong. First was tuning issue that plagued early firmware. Then there is digital conversion that gives aliasing like sound, when played with soft sounds (clean triangle wave shows this perfectly). Lastly: the hidden menu doesn’t spell good GUI. It requires learning the way that fades away with time – something that doesn’t happen with Prophet X, as an example. But the sound… I will buy second unit, when it pops up at good price, just for the sound programmed with all things from the immediate controls. :]
I’ve been hoping against hope that Korg will release an updated Prologue with a multimode filter switchable between 2-pole and 4-pole (like the Minilogue) and more modulation capability.
I’d have bought a Prologue if they had a desktop version. Or even better, the same keybed as the Minilogue but with more keys. I don’t have room to waste on keys too big for my hands.