Ok, three weeks ago I ordered a Modal Cobalt 8X synth, from the big local music store.
They said it'll take about 2 weeks to come.
The 2 weeks came and went, then 3 weeks. Other suppliers were saying 'Not available to Order', but one claimed to have some.
I went in to get the store to find out what's going on, but Modal weren't answering the phone, or emails.
Perhaps they have gone bust.
The store had a Sequential Prophet Rev2 on demo, which was for sale at a discount:
So I cancelled the Modal order, and enquired about the Prophet.
They shaved a further smidgen off the price, and I bought that instead.
I figured a Prophet wouldn'd do my synth collection any harm.
Because the roads were chockablocked when I tried to pop in last week, I walked to the store.
This meant I had to lug a big weighty box home on foot. Probably a mile and a bit, as the crow flies.
Six rests later, getting on for half way, a very kind lady stopped in her SUV, and offered this grey-haired old git with a big box a lift.
I offered her a £10 note for her trouble, but she refused. So I said I'll send it to a charity of your choice then.
She opted for the charity 'MIND', a mental health charity.
She dropped me plus box at my house, nearby. I thanked her and promised I would send the money.
So I looked up the charity on the net, got their address, and posted off a cheque this afternoon.
Back to the plot-
I fired up the Prophet later on. I'd never tried one before.
I went through a bunch of the factory voices. Very cool indeed. With just a couple of fingers, it was making very cool sounds.
I was thinking Left hand on the Prophet, Right hand on the Sledge, could be a magic formula.
The Prophet has a lot of depth to it.
Looking forward to digging deeper...