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1 This took a while. 2 years, to be exact. After release of the 4-voice polyphonic minilogue (that stepping stone to a pro s synth) we would have expected its bigger brother to arrive soon. But Korg set up another test balloon at first: its monologue. A much-respected monophonic analog synth, available in various colors. The success of both instruments might have asured Korg of being on the right path. And so the super-synth has now finally arrived: the prologue. A professional Japanese polyphonic synthesizer with 4 octaves / 8 analog voices (prologue-8) or, alternatively, 5 octaves / 16 analog voices (prologue-16). Great sounds. Well whether a 8-/16-voice analog synthesizer built in 2018 is destined to write synth history or not who knows. In any case, the prologue has come to occupy a niche in our studio setup. To make it more precise: the instrument s polyphony is not its unique selling point, but rather its voice architecture. Its quality of sounds. 1
2 Trademark: Made In JAPAN For a long time, Made In JAPAN was synonym for highest quality when it came to electronic gear. However, a number of scandals with several Japanese industrial companies have seriously shaken that image in recent years. According to the Made-in-Country Index, Japan ranked 8th in 2017, but was alongside Canada the nation most rapidly catching up again. [See: Article on the most popular indications of origin, from: welt.de/wirtschaft] Korg and its prologue are high quality. Made in JAPAN is with good reason an trademark to be emphasized. Solid chassis, extremely solid, high-quality pots, switches and buttons, attractive wooden side panels, internal power supply: Prologue hardware speaks for itself. Big thumbs-up! 2
3 Pitchbend / ModWheel might be slightly oddly placed (above the keyboard! Some people like it, some don t), but they are a significant improvement over minilogue / monologue. Remember that noisy slider with its center spring? Click click! That annoying mechanical noise (!) each time you moved the slider? What a blessing to have real wheels on the prologue. And they are programmable, too! The high quality keyboard tastefully weighted and thus a pleasure to play is another real improvement over monologue/minilogue. Ok, ok a Fatar TP8 / S keyboard would have been even better, but let s not complain: The prologue keyboard feels great. All in all, Korg prologue hardware fulfills all criteria of a reputable professional synthesizer. Made in JAPAN is still a guarantee for high endurance, functionality and uncompromising quality. 3
4 But we can t avoid asking a few small questions: Why are imprinted potentiometer scalings missing? These optical rasterizations (usually 10 levels with fine subdivisions, like on a measuring tape) are a given with most synthesizers / audio devices / technical instruments. Such printed scalings might have given the prologue an even more professional look and would have made soundprogramming a tiny bit more effective. Fingerprints and dust particles show up all too well on the fine metal surfcae, letting the prologue look old before its time. A dust cover is highly recommended! Cleaning the prologue with a microfibre cloth is certainly possible, but requires a lot of energy, since fingerprints are really stubborn and hard to remove from the surface. So visual maintaining of the instrument requires a bit more work than necessary. 4
5 Finally, access to the rear side connections is a bit difficult. Although all in/outputs are labeled on the chassis upper edge which is without a doubt very helpful you simply can t see the jacks when bending over the prologue. This has to do with the futuristic look of the chassis, stylishly curved inwards. Sure, lifting the prologue does solve all (visual) problems, but it does not quite make sense to have to raise the synthesizer each time you wanna establish a connection from the prologue to, let s say, a monotribe or volca beats (sync in <> out). 5
6 Let s be honest: A these problems are no problems. Lack of imprinted scalings, laborious cleaning procedures, slightly difficult rear-side access who cares! Those are just peanuts compared to the big plusses of the instrument s high-quality hardware. After all, considering other companies Toys R Us-synth-manufacturing-policies, Korg s effort to build high-quality (pro s) instruments can t be rated high enough. Welcome to the big show The prologue is a keyboardist-oriented analog synthesizer featuring the best of Korg s expertise. (prologue user manual, page 3) The prologue is indeed a professional synthesizer in many ways, not only in terms of hardware, but also in terms of sound architecture and SOUND! 6
7 The prologue features: 8 / 16 analog voices Each voice includes a MULTI ENGINE providing a noise generator, a VPM oscillator, and the possibility to load user programmed oscillators (via SKD) Duo-timbrality with split / layer / crossfade function Various voice modes: polyphonic / monophonic / unison / chord Two digital effect sections with analog (hardware) access Analog compressor (prologue-16 only) for extra bass boost Arpeggiator with various play modes 500 immediately available sounds Comprehensive connections Let s start with the last. The connections are clearly divided in two zones. Power supply and control sockets on one side, audio connections in a respectful distance to the power supply on the other side. 7
8 Excellent: Sync In / Out for quick synchronization of prologue and other gear (Korg instruments, but bascially all trigger-modules, such as analog drum computers, step sequencers, LFOs, etc.). The expression pedal is programmable! And there are two MIDI busses (USB and MIDI IN/OUT, sadly no THRU). Internal memory commands 500 sounds. That s definitely more than enough. 250 factory presets and 250 (blank) INIT sounds. The factory presets are brilliant. However, those high-quality presets won t surprise you after you ve looked at the list of sound programmers (User Manual). The 250 factory sounds are from Francis Preve, Henning Verlage, Ian Bradshaw, James Sajeva & Nick Kwas, John Bowen, Kazuto Okawa, Luke Edwards, Tim Mantle and well KORG Inc. themselves. 8
9 The arpeggiator is very useful, the options speak for themselves. Manual mode breaks down the exact order of their input. Poly Random creates random patterns with two (!) independent notes. It goes without saying that velocity can be immediately implemented into the Arpeggio line. If you emphasize a single note (more or less), it also appears louder (or softer) in the arpeggio pattern. Next, the different voice modes, whereby the VOICE DEPTH MODE controller plays a decisive role. This adjusts the way you hear the sub-oscillators and how many there are (monophonic mode), how strong the spread of individual voices is (Unison Mode), and which chords are played (Chord Mode). 9
10 Spreading the voices in the stereo panorama is also possible (VOICE SPREAD), which in turn is reminiscent of the magnificent soundscapes of the recently presented Oberheim OB-8. A musically wonderful feature.. And now to the actual core of the prologue its voice architecture. Let s start with the oscillators. While the oscillator s classic part (VCO 1 / VCO 2) does not need much explanation (here, OSC Sync uses ring modulation, cross-modulation, all that the heart desires), the MULTI ENGINE developed specially for the prologue is the spectacular essence of this instrument. 10
11 Depending on your musical needs, the MULTI ENGINE nomen est omen delivers one of 3 sound sources. Noise is still the simplest application. Nothing to be set there. Noise is just noise. Activation, and off you go. VPM Oscillator: Variable Phase Modulation. This engine is we quote Korg built with a carrier and a modulator. Granted, the meaning of this still eludes us. The circuit diagram is something for student technicians! And the description of each oscillator type reads like the directions for a missile system. 11
12 The following 16 (VPM) oscillator types are available: Sin1: Modulated sine wave carrier basic type. Sin2: Sine wave carrier and a modulator with self-feedback Sin3: Sine wave carrier with modulator 3 harmonics higher Sin4: Sine wave carrier with modulator 5 harmonics higher Saw1: Modulated sawtooth carrier basic type Saw2: Sine carrier based pseudo-sawtooth type Squ1: Modulated square wave carrier basic type Squ2: Sine carrier based pseudo-square wave type Fat1: Second subharmonic modulator with self-feedback and driven carrier output Fat2: Half subharmonic modulator with self-feedback and driven carrier output Air1: Noise modulated sine wave carrier Air2: Sine wave carrier modulated by both noise and a sine wave Decay1: Type with decaying modulation amount Decay2: Type with strong decaying modulation amount Creep, Throat: Experimental type with complex and evolving modulations 12
13 One thing is certain: Some waveforms sound quite ordinary (sinus, etc.), but others are enormously experimental. Finally, USER (USR) is a completely self-contained oscillator engine that can be loaded into the prologue. Here too, up to 16 (own) oscillator programs user oscillators can be accessed. Although the factory version, however, has only a standard user oscillator. The implementation of user oscillators (as well as user effects) should be done with the Software Development Kit (SDK), which Korg offers for download on its website. Working with SDK requires a firmware upgrade which is scheduled to come out in July
14 The further sound path of the prologue mixer, filter, amplifier can be more or less skipped. There is nothing new here. However, we would have preferred a small adjustment (we re just dreaming, of course). The arrangement of the envelopes should be in our opinion reversed. The top ADSR for the filter, the lower for the AMP. Here it s the other way around. 14
15 The LFO can operate in 3 speed areas (FAST / SLOW / BPM). Simultaneously pressing SHIFT and turning the INT(ensity) knob will invert the selected waveform. This is just one of many examples of how many useful little details the prologue has been provided with. Details also discussed in the excellently user manual. Finally, the effect section is another special tool to give a finishing touch to the sound as a whole. Thanks to the (analog) operation, adjusting the effects is a question of seconds. 15
16 The compressor only to be found in the big prologue 16, by the way is not only a nice addition, but an important tool to optimize the sound. This is because the prologue basically sounds in the base range soewhat thin, the emphasize in the middle. At this point, the compressor compensates for what the sound generator has misses. Prologue 8 users will probably have to do this work-step externally to improve the low audio frequencies. Sound: prologue in action Granted, thaat s one boring headline. But the content is the essence, as we say. And here we come to the core of the report, to some very important, fundamental considerations concerning the Korg prologue. 16
17 The thing is: 8 analog voices sounds like a pretty decent setup. And 16 analog voices sounds even better. Now, voice and sound are two different things. Only a fool would sell his aged Roland Juno-60 to make place for the prologue 16. Yes, he got rid of awkward MIDI implementations with this sale. But je has lost Juno s warm, earthy sound as well. Any attempt to replace a polyphonic analog synthesizer from before 1985 with the prologue is doomed to fail. 17
18 Warm pads and organic (living) sounds are not the great strengths of a prologue. Its sound character is modern. Diverse and yet rather cool. But if your primary goal is multi-voiced carpeting, then there are more suitable (analog as well as virtual-analog) candidates. What truly distinguishes the prologue is its enormous sound design potential. And, as a kind of sweetening, considerable polyphonic architecture. Maybe you re tired of those eternally same Jupiter 8 string imitations. And of the eternally same Moog basses. CEM 3340 in the 100th version? No, thanks. Something, a little revolutionary? Ye, please. 18
19 Sound design is in our opinion the core of the prologue. Its most important building blocks are: The MULTI ENGINE: VPM Oscillator / USR Oscillator OSC sync, cross / ring modulation as well as own pitch envelope for VCO 1 The rough filter resonance: For the somewhat different not necessarily beautiful filter sweeps (Almost) infinitely long Portamento times (terrific) The PLAY MODES, including stereo sound impressions, detuning options, DUAL / SPLIT and much more The successful EFFECT department Programmable Expression Pedal / ModWheel These features are the key to a different sound, one that goes at least to some extend beyond the typical analog clichés. 19
20 Some modest questions First: The LFO. The challenge lies with the sound-design-task modulation in the audio area. LFO frequency up to 2 khz sounds good in theory. But the prologue Low Frequency Oscillator fails as soon as it goes into the audio modulazion range. (As with so many modern synthesizers, by the way). Audio file HighFrequ LFO illustrates how digital the LFO sounds in the audio mod range (adding unexpected digital elements). Second: The LFO again. It would have been great if prologue had featured at least 3 or 4 of those modules. And speaking of sound-design, that would have made sense Third: Dynamics. Like almost all modern (polyphonic) analogue synthesizers, the prologue has no significant dynamic range. Clipping is an inherent aspect of the prologue output signal. Modern analog synthesizers operate in a permanent mid-dynamic range (irregardless of the number of voices), whereas vintage analog polysnths yield an increase in volume with an increase in the number of voices. 20
21 All in all The Korg prologue is notwithstanding small points of criticisms a professional synthesizer for sound tinkerers and sound enthusiasts, especially for those who recognize the enormous advantage of the instrument s technical subtleties (MULTI ENGINE, etc.) in combination with its extensive polyphony. All in all: Its musical flexibility. Soundwise, prologue delivers both classic (vintage) analog sounds, and new, unheard modern analog sounds. In both MONO and UNISON mode, the prologue performs as a first-rate solo synthesizer. With focus on special lead sounds, effects, basses, novel sound effects, exciting arpeggio performance, and much more. 21
22 In POLY and CHORD mode, the prologue either remains a luxurious solo synthesizer (with complete freedom to sound as long as necessary without individual voices being cut off), or becomes a first-rate orchestral synthesizer. Focus rests here on special pad sounds with the finest of tonal nuance, generous filter sweeps, novel waveforms and sync-triggered arpeggios (poly-random!) and chords. Generally speaking, we recommend the larger of the two prologues. Not just only because of those luxurious 16 voices and that 5 octave keyboard, but also because the programmability has been solved more elegantly in certain points (extra hardware knobs for split / layer ). And then again, the prologue-16 has an integrated compressor (truely analog and thus non programmable) to optimize the overall audio range. Not a bad deal! Music files: It s all Korg prologue-8, with Yamaha s SK-20 Symphonic Ensemble and the monotribe drum station here and there Demo 1 Demo 2 Demo 3 VPM Waveforms 1 VPM Waveforms 2 Slow Motion 1 Slow Motion 2 Screaming Sync Massive Bass Leadline HighFrequ LFO Distorted Audio Dirty RingMod Classic Arpeggio 22
23 Korg prologue-8 / prologue-16 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer 8 voices / 16 voices Prices: prologue-8: 1,499 Euros / USD prologue-16: 1,999 Euros / USD Website Manufacturer: Download: Korg Prologue-8 photo 1 (1800 x 1000 px) Korg Prologue-8 photo 2 (2000 x 1200 px) 23
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