Dave Smith Prophet REV 2 - SonicLAB Review

We're taking a look at the Prophet REV 2 form Dave Smith Instruments. The successor to the Prophet 08.
Available in 8 and 16 voice versions.

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[jayunito]

I love my Rev2. Endless possibilities and sits well within the mix.

[Tranzphonic]

so.. you could in fact make two patches slightly detuned and LAYER them to get double the oscillators!!!

[vtxpony]

I love my Rev2, which I bought last year. The sound sits nicely in the mix with my band; great for comping and for leads. I ended up buying some 3rd-party programs that really brought out some of the classic Prophet sounds that I thought were missing in what was shipped. I appreciate this review, as it helped me decide on the purchase.

[KordTaylor]

I do love watching Nick’s reviews I keep going back and watching whenever I’m considering a purchase.

[chrisstrobel]

Still a great synth all these years later.

[dominicstocker]

You can actually sync the LFOs up so that they are in the same phase on all voices: You select key sync, go into unison with all voices, press any note, reverse step 1 and 2 and there you go.

[lriz]

bought the Prophet REV2 with 8 Voices a couple Months ago.... When i first played it, it was like i was in Heaven, that machine sounds so damn good!

[AnalogMonoxide]

Oh, and thanks as always for the lovely reviews. I love watching these even for gear I already have, just to listen to you poke it and talk about it. Always entertaining, and usually very informative/educational too.

[noiselabproject]

Picked up an 8 voice one in October after having gone down the Mopho box, Tetra and then Mopho x4 polychained to Tetra Rabbit hole first. Very happy with it and made some very warm pad/string patches for it too ! Also 16 voices is by no means essential especially if you mostly want that old school trad analog sound

[RenoFriends]

How can I see, for example on my iPad, the wave of the sound that is played as it can be seen on this review? Would be nice to have more on screen feedback 👀

[TorBruheim]

Best review so far on this synth. It all comes down to how this synth is programmed. The factory presets could have been better, but some of the sounds created by people out there sounds great, and this synth has a huge potential.

[factckzone]

I've been watching a lot of Rev2 videos trying to glean all that I can from them. I'm treating this Sonic Lab vid like a tutorial. Thanks!

I really wanted an OB6 but there's no way I could afford it without selling a lot of my other gear. I got my Rev2-16 less than a month ago and I'm very happy with it. I have a long, long way to go to learn its many capabilities as I'm new to synthesis or making my own sounds. I have over 20 years of experience using factory presets with all my other gear and I've produced enough music to burn 4 CD's. But now I feel grateful to have the opportunity to play the Rev2 and discover what I can do with it. I also own the Deepmind 12 and so far it pairs nicely with the Rev2 in my little studio.

[Opss]

“Lots and lots of different sauces here” @ 25:51

[synriser]

Got it today. It's an amazing synth with lots of capabilities. Sounds great and love the keyboard. Got it hooked up on my digitech Polara for more greatness.

[jakedooom]

That was brilliant. Thanks Nick and Sonic State. And thanks to comments below for useful extra info…

[Symmetry]

I'm interested in getting one, my main concern is whether or not there is an option to have the synth replicating whatever the knob positions are at any given time, like on the prophet 6 you have a preset button which reverts the synth to whatever the knobs are doing. Does anyone knows this please

[JaredNichols]

I love this keyboard. So versatile and fun to program. Thanks for the nice review, Nick,

[sandwich-breath]

"Sing song harmonics... so you can take a drink"

Me - takes a drink

[timmbrockmann]

I can confirm the solid build quality; my double keyboard stand crashed to the floor with the new Rev2 and a Matrix-6 falling on top of it. All working fine

[idngafaa]

dude, i have ta turn you to 3/4rs of the speed to catch some of your sermons, but absolutely not in a bad way. nick you are the absolute king! apologies for not being able to keep up, but you give the clearest advice i could ask for. cheers! :D