[sdiy] GRP Genesi

[Paul McLean]

In my youth I would sneer at any preset synth (though I did enjoy fooling
around with the ProSoloist in the music store). Not for anyone serious
about synthesis and only for people who couldn't be bothered, or didn't
have the wearwithal to learn. (Funny how arrogant we can be in our youth).

The thing is, you can't discount how GREAT the ProSoloist/ProDGX sounds!
And you can't sneer at folks like Steve Walsh, Tony Banks, Denish DeYoung,
Michael Bodicker, Suzanne Cianni and the tons of other artists that used
the thing. Just can't replicate that "Fuzz Guitar 1" preset.

I found myself buying a ProDGX a few years ago and love it.

I've been amazed at just how much synthesis capability the ProSoloist/DGX
has; VCO (w/PWM), voltage-controlled low-pass filter,  4 high-pass filters,
10 band-pass filters, AR and ADSR envelopes, plus all the aftertouch
options. I asked SynthChaser about the possibility of patching one out, but
that guy is way too busy!

Pity ARP didn't develop it further.

Btw, I always read about how the ARP Explorer was a more patchable sort-of
ProSoloist. I played an Explorer for a while and I can assure they have
little in common beyond the shape of the case. Just sayin'...

- Paul McLean
Denver, CO

On Mon, Jul 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM Donald Tillman <don at till.com> wrote:

> On Jul 6, 2026, at 5:25 PM, Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Other competitors - Moog, Roland, Yamaha, etc - had their preset synths
> but none lasted as long as the PS [...]
>
> Nobody else had the Tony Banks solo from Genesis' "Cinema Show".
>
>   -- Don
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> Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California
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