It’s really open to experimentation for what you want to put in the signal chain. Starting from a mono signal really opens up options before having a reverb at the end that outputs a stereo signal. I say keep it mono until you need it to go stereo. I mean, if you have a prophet 5, it’s going to be hard to sound bad. Right?
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I use my microcosm, BAM, and ultrasheer all with the p5 mono to stereo with no issues and excellent results
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Fun with P5 and Torso T-1
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any of you guys went with a p5/10 board but then wished you’d gone desktop module instead or there way around from module first and then wished you’d gone with the keyboard versions.
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Q: Desktop or Keyboard?
A: Yes
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quite… and yet still
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Yes. I went for the module. Wish I would’ve gone for the keyboard.
Future me will go for the keyboard, and then wonder why the hell I traded it for the module, which was so much more convenient back in the days when I had it.
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yeah I was planning on going the module route +the deluxe board but something about the cohesiveness of the keyboard version got me
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That’s exactly my setup now. And it works really well.
But it doesn’t compare. Module + great keybed is one thing, a solid experience, but functional.
An integrated keyboard, that’s just playing, going with the flow, in an entirely different way.
However, as much as I can appreciate a top notch Sequential board, no synth beats for me the experience of a great piano. So I don’t so much prioritise keyboards these days, because I don’t approach electronic music the way I approach the piano.
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all my synths hit a patchbay first. I patch pedals from that as needed. I don’t like the pedalboard approach because the routing is hard-wired and I end up re-patching all the time anyway. might as well just go into it expecting to do that…
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so anybody install the voice expansion card yet, how simple was it to do?
sounds great!
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I’m really curious if anything played here could only be played on the 10. Is there anything here that the 5 wouldn’t have been able to handle? I am in love with this whole demo but would like it if I could get the 5 and save some money.
One option is to go ahead and get the 5 now, then buy the voice expansion card to make it a 10 later, if you find you really need it.
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Oh great idea! Is it difficult to install the voice expansion? is that something where I would need to send in the synth to have it done?
I guess then the only difference would be the 10 has stack/split and the 5 doesn’t?
Edit: Ok I read now that once it’s upgraded to 10 voice the new OS would also allow for stacking and splitting. Awesome!!
I think nobody answered captain8’s question, which is the same as yours, because, well nobody has done it yet.
You can judge for yourself:
As for me, if I get a P5, then get the voice card, I’ll probably talk my local synth enthusiast/retired engineer friend into throwing a party where we’ll watch him install the card on my P5. He repaired my Lyra-8 after I broke the on-off switch on it, and fixed his own Memorymoog which required major surgery.
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I’m planning on just taking my p5 over to LAX and have the TSA agents install the upgrade if I end up getting it.
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I like my party idea because it’s a fun group to hang and drink with.
But I wont judge if your idea of a good time is to hang with TSA agents
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lol, if push came to shove I’m sure I’d rather have your synth buddy do it 
To me, putting the card in doesn’t look much harder than adding RAM memory to my old computer - but DIY is not as much fun as jamming on synths with friends and having good beers - after the job is done of course. Alright, I’m out for today - my post count on this thread is excessive as it is. Too many posts means I’m spending too much time on BS and not enough time on music.