Akai Force vs Sequential Prophet REV2

So if you was to hook up a microphone uh that was a condenser mic and it needed phantom power, you would have phantom power here. You also have a line...

TL;DR I want something with responsive knobs and sliders that’s gonna be able to give me nice warm and interesting chord/pad sounds plus fat funky bass-lines and fun melodic runs.

With that said, even though getting up and running is quite simple and there's lots of shortcuts and the workflow can be really quick, there's also a ...

In this price range I would probably get a Prophet Rev2, which is an amazing synth that will keep you busy for years. Vintage synths like the Juno or DX7 are cool, but they have a lot of maintenance issues. I would start with a modern synth (unless you find an amazing deal for one of those).

But for $1,000 I really do not want any wobble! The built-in sounds were kind of bad. Others have already said this, but I think I just hoped for the best, but the sampled sounds really are just like an 80s and 90s rompler. The synth engine was cool, and I really didn't mind the menu diving at all, but the wobbly body, the frankly terrible built-in sounds, oh! And I forgot the pad velocity is so ridiculous. You really have to slam those things even when you fully adjusted the velocity

Pulled the trigger on this Prophet Rev2 desktop. Hooking it up to my Arturia Keylab Mkii 49. Sounds amazing. Only other synth I’ve owned is a Korg Minilogue and I didn’t love it so I sold it, and have just been using Arturia Analog Lab and V Collection 8, but this Rev2 is amazing

Glitchy firmware. Expect crashes and freezes embellishing your performance\production. Akai has gone overboard with features on this product, most of which are half baked. Even if it were a long term evolution entity, the device lacks the amount of sincerity that it demands in terms of software stability even though it's been >2yrs since it hit the market

For instance, I read a lot of positive comments about the Prophet Rev2, but then I’ve also seen videos from people who I share similar tastes who say they didn’t like it, and I know from experience that minority opinion of people I’m familiar with is way more valuable than a consensus of strangers. So I don’t think I would trust reviews or scores from a site like the one you’re proposing.