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"FEATURES ON THE HISTORY OF THE SYNTH PART 1 & GIORGIO MORODER."
Love that image of the Minimoog and KORG Prophecy melding together. The KORG Prophecy in many ways was the Minimoog of the 90s. It introduced a brand new technology to synthesis with physical and analog modeling and it was monophonic. Technically the first virtual analog synth was Clavia's Nord Lead and the first synth with physical modeling was Yamaha's VL1. The Prophecy followed each fairly closely. I remember, when it came out, people were impressed and saw it as a modern day Minimoog. The melding in this image captures that. At the time it was symbolic of where synthesis started and where it brought us. The Z1 followed the Prophecy adding polyphony, but to my ears the Prophecy stands out as bolder monophonic lead and bass synth. The Z1 excels at pads, strings and certain physical modeled sounds.
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