does anyone have experience running a prodigy through a SansAmp bass driver D.I. box?
i use my prodigy specifically for bass and i plan to run it direct to the board when i play live. i’d like to get the phattest thickest bass tone possible and i’m just wondering if this little D.i. box would help.
any advice in this department would be helpful!
I wouldn’t think you’d need the sans amp, you could probably just go direct from the prodigy. Bass guitars output a lower signal that needs amplification before it’s sent to it’s destination. Even though the mixer can provide this amplification, most people are accostomed to the sound of a bass sound through an amplifier, which the Sans-Amp replicates very well. But with a synth it’s not really neccesary. It wouldn’t neccesarily hurt, but it won’t particularly help much either. If you want an amp type sound, just mike your speaker.
How do you like your Prodigy? Do you have any other synths to compare/contrast it with. I don’t have a Moog synth and I’d really like to buy one. I’ve owned a Micro and an MG-1 in the past, as well as a lot of other synths. I hate to say it, but I just really like the way Moogs look and the whole idea of owning and playing a “Moog” at shows and so on. I really liked both the MG-1 and Micro, but I can’t swear that their sound was any better (maybe “different” is a better word) than any other mono synths I’ve owned (Sh101, Korg Mono/Poly, Korg MS20, Arp Odyssey). But, I’d like to try a Prodigy and see if I can sqeeze some MiniMoog tone out of it. I have played an original Mini and Voyager and can unequivically say they have the best tone I’ve ever heard, particularly the original Mini. What’s your take on your Prodigy?
i owned an original mini at one point, but the oscillators were so unstable it was rendered pretty much useless to me, so i sold it 
i own two opus 3’s and i just sold my rogue to pay for the prodigy. i also have a juno-60… and a korg ms2000… though i haven’t touched the korg since my analog fixation has come into effect.
unfortunately other than these synths i haven’t played/heard much else. i will say that i was quite happy with the rogue, though the prodigy is a touch warmer, and the mini is just a touch warmer than the prodigy.
but so far i’m extremely happy with the prodigy. it can do just enough of what i need and nothing i don’t. it stays in tune fairly well and the wood casing can’t be beat.
the prodigy to me it sounds better and is more versital than the rogue, but only slightly so. it knocks the socks off the juno however. some day i’d like to own a voyager, but for now the prodigy is the next best thing (that i can afford). i hope this helps.
and thanks for the advice, i kind of figured that would be the case… you just saved me $200!
Yeah that helps and is pretty much in line with what I was thinking also. I borrowed a Prodigy from a friend once and initially thought it sounded very close to my MG-1, or a Rogue. These synths definitely have a uniquely raw sound, but I wouldn’t neccesarily describe it as a fat sound. It also seemed pretty limited. But now that I no longer have a Moog, it seems like a good option, and I kind of miss the simplicity of a Moog. I can get most all of the sounds on my Odyssey or MS20, but they’re not as direct somehow. The Prodigy has a nice size and shape and look, and I feel like if I spent a little more time with it, it might make a better performance synth.
The Sans Amp is a really useful device if you play other instruments (especially bass guitar) and is a great reasonably priced instrument pre-amp/DI. But for synths, I wouldn’t bother with it.
I used an Alembic F-2B bass preamp with my Rogue, and I liked the results. I wouldn’t think that a preamp would be essential to a Moog synth, but depending on what you’re looking for it could be useful, whether for the EQ possibilities of for that good ol’ “tube warmth” on top of the “analog warmth”…
