jamoo wrote:OscBombs wrote:jamoo wrote:I'm actually in a very similar situation right now. I've got a nord stage 2 and I'm looking to buy either the prophet 08 or the tempest. Im currently leaning towards the tempest. What did you end up doing?
Hey, Jamoo. I got the Tempest, and love it. Still learning it. It's very intuitive, and the sounds are great and--I find--an interesting compliment to the Wave. On my first day with it I started playing the sawtooth synth sound from the "Little Red Corvette" preset project along with a nasty FM-based clav sound from the Wave, heavy on overdrive, and it was quite, quite
I've seen your threads on the DSI forum. Couldn't really advise you on the Tempest over the Prophet08... Tempest still needs some updates to the OS to have all of it's functionality as a polysynth fleshed-out (would love for it to have MIDI aftertouch as mod source, etc etc), and it doesn't have an arpeggiator yet. Of course the Prophet can get 8 voices of polyphony versus the Tempest's 6, and the Prophet's obviously all-analog oscillators (neither good nor bad, up to you). What I can tell you is that I bought the Tempest because I was looking primarily for a synth and then figured "hey, why not also have a drum machine...". Well, having the Tempest as a drum machine is (1) a TON of fun and (2) a TON of work (though all very intuitive... but it's an art that doesn't come immediately). So, if your playing is more keyboard-performance based, you might not want to invite that kind of distraction. If you're up for that distraction, then go for it.
Got to mess with the Wave again after doing nothing but Tempest for a few weeks, and I still love this machine.
Whoops - sorry mjbrands, thanks for the input tho! very helpful
Oscbombs- Im around 2 weeks away from making my purchase, just wondering...since you bought your Tempest "primarily for a synth", how does it perform? What are you happy/disappointed with?