Softube Model 80 Five Voice Synth

[Lbdunequest]

This synth emulates Repro 5's prophet 5 emulation very well minus some features. Sound is very similar, basicly indistinguishible.

[aMUSEd]

This synth emulates Repro 5's prophet 5 emulation very well minus some features. Sound is very similar, basicly indistinguishible.

It's a Reproduction

[Super Piano Hater 64]

What is it about Softube and dirty keyboards? I know they want a vintage vibe, but on their Juno they had keys that looked like they were nicotine-stained (always attractive!), and these ones look like they are covered in finger grease...

I don't have a problem with a bit of patina, but they don't have to make them look gross... vintage synths can be externally cleaned just as easily as new ones.

This is why I want them to make a 303. There’s no other hardware synth that truly deserves to look halfway destroyed, except maybe a DX7 engulfed in very realistic flames.

[martiu]

What is it about Softube and dirty keyboards?

it sounds more analog

[cyberheater]

U-He sounds a lot closer to the Softube version relative to Arturia.

I'm really liking the Softube version. Do I like it enough to not wait for a sale.

[hebex]

It´s the first VST-emulation of a Prophet synthesizer that has got close enough to the original sound to give me some actual gratifying chills down my spine, the way I get it when I hear certain sounds from the real Prophet hardware, and I´ve owned a real Prophet 10 rev 4.

Amazing job Softube!

Instant purchase.

Oberheim and CS80 next!!

[gentleclockdivider]

For me softube emulations are just marginally better compared to the competition .
Their 101 against tal bassline , and now the pro 5 against repro .,softube minimoog versus -legend etc… but it also consumes twice as much cpu and the hassle of ilok .
The minimum improvement in analogue modelling does not justify it , I prefer hassle free ilokless installation and moderate cpu use

[kingtubby]

Do I like it enough to not wait for a sale.

Well, it's on sale now, so...

[SLiC]

For me softube emulations are just marginally better compared to the competition .
Their 101 against tal bassline , and now the pro 5 against repro .,softube minimoog versus -legend etc… but it also consumes twice as much cpu and the hassle of ilok .
The minimum improvement in analogue modelling does not justify it , I prefer hassle free ilokless installation and moderate cpu use

Not to mention more than 5 notes at once!

[Lbdunequest]

One thing i actually like more about this version of Prophet is the GUI and how things are marked.

[SHall1000]

FFS! I thought my shopping spree was over and now this...

Just out of interest, why would you buy this over (or as well!) as Repro?

Mainly because of the modules for Modular.

I find the Softube’s synth derived modules for Modular a bit disappointing. Minor variations in flavours and limited inputs for modulation. They had some sort of deal Intellijel and Doepfer early on. Wish they would do more of those.

[SebAV]

I wonder if the choice of the Prophet is the result of their survey. It was at the beginning of the year so certainly not.
Anyway next model should be Jupiter 8 then.

[steffensen]

It´s the first VST-emulation of a Prophet synthesizer that has got close enough to the original sound to give me some actual gratifying chills down my spine, the way I get it when I hear certain sounds from the real Prophet hardware, and I´ve owned a real Prophet 10 rev 4.

Amazing job Softube!

Instant purchase.

Oberheim and CS80 next!!

I feel exactly the same. Never thought i'd see the day!

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Ok, on first listen, my reaction is: this is really quite good, but it's still a worse plugin instrument than RePro-5. Allow me to elaborate. First, the sound of the Softube is spot on. But so is RePro. The two sound close to each other. If anything, RePro-5 may sound a little more hi-fi and maybe the Softube has a touch more character to the sound. But nothing of major note. You can easily dial them in very closely. So kudos to Softube AND U-he on that.

But...RePro-5 kills it in every other way IMO:

1. Better GUI
2. More voices
3. Has effects
4. Has per voice distortion
5. Has some additional filter, osc options on the Tweaks page
6. Way better browser
7. Better presets
8. Two mod matrix slots
9. You get a WHOLE OTHER SYNTH (RePro-1)

Softube has the advantage of adding the Modular options and is also the cheaper option right now with the intro price (if you ignore RePro-1). But otherwise, if I were looking for a Prophet emulation, I wouldn't buy this over RePro-5 unless I were a hardcore Softube Modular user. But that's not a knock on Softube. They did a great job. U-he just does instruments very well and focuses on that (e.g. browser experience, FX, etc.).

[Lbdunequest]

I wonder if the choice of the Prophet is the result of their survey. It was at the beginning of the year so certainly not.
Anyway next model should be Jupiter 8 then.

Please no, we have Roland Jupiter 8, the real deal from Roland themself.

Alesis Andromeda A6 all the way