Release: Fade out time after you lift your hands from the keybaord.
You can make the graphic envelopes visible with this button:
And it looks like this:
You can select the curve for each stage. The upper is filter envelope, the lower is
amp envelope. You have to play to see the changes for amp envelope.
The envelopes has 2 options:
Keyb. follow: Shorter sounds in the highest ranges. (Like a piano).
Release: Release stage off/on
MODULATION
LFO
Rate: Speed from 0.04 to 20 Hz.
Sync: Sync to host clock. Overrides rate knob when on.
Level is also available in control section: "Wheel LFO"
The lower row:
Source mix: Balance of LFO or noise.
Destinations:
FRQ A: OscillatorA pitch
PW A: Oscillator A pulse wave modulation. (Pulse length).
FILTER: Filter cutoff frequency.
If you go to page 2 there are 3 more LFOs.
LFO2 is hardwired to oscillator 1 pulse-width.
LFO3 is hardwired to oscillator2 pulse width.
LFO4 is hardwired to pitch modulation from modulation wheel.
RATE = speed SYNC = If LFO is set to sync, this will also affect LFO 2, 3 and 4.
The purpose of LFO 2, 3 and 4 is to do the basic modulation, so LFO1 can be used
for more creative things.
Note that pulse witdth modulation is sent to flexi-oscillator only. And it can perform
a lot more than pulse-width modulation depending on the oscillator mode.
POLY-MOD: Osc B and filter envelope used as modulation signal.
The levels of filter envelope and osc B is mixed and used as modulation signal.
Filt env = filter envelope level
Osc B = oscillator B level
Destinations:
FREQ A: Oscillator A pitch
PW A: Oscillator A pulse width length.
Note that the foot-pedal can also be used as modulation signal in polymod. It is
selected in the control section "foot polymod".
CONTROL
Page 1 Edit (All controls in one view).
Page 2 Keyboard
Page 3 LFO/monitor.
Page4 Osc= Oscillator settings
Hold: The synth will continue to play when you lift your hands from the keyboard.
Wheel LFO rate: Modwheel increases LFO rate.
Wheel morph: You can morph from wave 1 to wave 4 with the mod wheel when
morph oscillator is set to manual morph mode.
Octave shift: At strong velocity the osc pitch is one octave higher.
Wheel oscB: This is a weird control intended for distortion. OscB is 5 semitones
lower when mod wheel is at zero position (for power chords). 'When modwheel is
at max oscB pitch is normal.
Panic: Send "all notes off" midi messages to all parts of the synth.
Wheel LFO: LFO level controlled from modwheel.
Foot polymod: Polymod voltage is controlled from foot pedal. With this control you
can use polymod even when oscB and envelope is turned down in the polymod
section. The foot pedal will provide the control voltage.
After filter: Aftertouch increases filter cutoff frequency.
AMP velocity: Velocity controls output level and envelope speed.
FILTER velocity: Velocity controls filter cotoff frequency.
OSCILLATOR SETTINGS
Freq= Pitch in half-steps. Range: 5 octaves.
Shape=Oscillators off/on switches. Select the waveform and oscillator mode in the
oscillator page. Most patches in the factory bank is set up like the Prophet5. A: saw
- square. B: saw - triangle - square.
Pulse=Pulsewidth. This is sent to flexi oscillator and can do more than pulse wave
modulation depending on the oscillator mode.
Sync A to B. The pitch of osc A is hardsynced to osc B. (Flexi B must be on,
because it controls the pitch.)
Osc sync in oscB= sync to host clock.
Low: Osc B in low mode. Used when oscB is modulation signal in the Poly-mod
section. The pitch is 5 octaves lower in low mode.
Keyboard control: When on, incoming midi messages will control the pitch of
oscB, and it will track the keyboard. When off oscB is free running. When on in low
mode each voicecard will have different pitch in Poly-mod.
Detune: Each voicecard has different pitch.
Pulse: Each voicecard has different pulse.
VCA: Each voicecard has different level.
Filter: Each voicecard has different cutoff frequency.
FLEXI DETUNE: Detuning of the flexi-oscillator.
MIXER:
OscA = OscA level 0-10.
OscB = OscB level 0-10.
Noise = noise level 0-10.
SYNC
This button forces the pich of oscillator A to follow the pitch of oscillator B. So you
set the pitch for OSC A in the OSC B section. The trick is to sweep the pitch of
OSC A with the LFO, so that the sync gets some pitch-variations to work with. NB:
Only works if oscillator FlexiB is on. (Because it is sync source). Tip: You can
control the pitch of oscA with foot pedal to make wah-wah effects.
GATE / ARP SECTION
Tempo control is also sent to LFO sync, OscB sync and Delay sync.
Speed: How the tempo is divided for use with the gate and arp. The LFO, OscB and
delay has its own divide controls.
Sync: Sync to host clock. Use this setting when you compose songs. Off mode is
intended for live use.
The other controls is for live use:
Foot tap: Tap tempo with sustain pedal intead of the tap button when on.
Tap 4 times: The tap tempo button.
BPM: Actual speed display.
Tempo slider: You can use this instead of the tap button when sync is off. You can
use both the tap button and tempo slider, the last changed control will be
displayed.
Lenght: Note length. Full is 100%
Octaves: The arpeggiator will work with 1 - 4 octaves.
Hold: Use this in addition to the hold button in the control section. The synth will
continue to play when you lift the hands from the keyboard.
The gate has off/on switches for each row.
First row: Sent to oscillator pitch. -12= off.-12 to 0 is normal pitch. 0-12 is half-steps
from normal pitch to one octave. So full is one octave up.
Second row: Sent to filter cutoff.
Third row: Sent to oscillator harmonics. This is a kind of built in filter in the
oscillator.
PAGE
Page1: Edit page. All controls in one view. Controls, arp/gate and effects.
Page2: GUI keyboard.
Page3: Monitor and LFO 2, 3 and 4.
Page4: Oscillator settings.
OSCILLATOR PAGE
Common for all oscillators:
Drift depth: The level of the oscillator`s pitch LFO
Drift speed: The speed of the oscillator`s pitch LFO.
Osc mode:
Wavetrain: All waves played in fast sequence after each other. Will create noisy
sounds.
Morph2: Use man morph knob or "wheel morph" in control section to morph
between the 4 waves.
AutoMorph2: A built-in LFO in the oscillator will morph between the 4 waves with
the speed set in the "auto morph time" knob.
Step: Manual morph - same as Morph2, but with no blending between the waves.
Wave1: Wave1 only is played. This mode saves CPU.
Unison voices: 1-7 voices. In addition the whole synth can be in unison mode (5
voices) - so this oscillator can play 7 X5 voices = 35 voices if the whole synth is in
unison mode.
Detune: Makes each voice out of tune.
Detune stretch: Makes the detuning less linear between the voices.
Osc mode:
Single: Only wave A. This saves CPU. PWM= Phasemodulation.
Shaped EnvA: Wave A is shaped by the envelope. PWM= Balancebetween the
shaped and unshaped waveform.
Shaped EnvB: Wave A is shaped by the envelope. PWM= Phasemodulation of wave
A.
Biwave: WaveA is played first, then waveB. PWM= Phasemodulation. OBS: B/Env
offset has no function in this mode.
Pulse: WaveA saw and WaveB saw is used to produce pulse wave with pulse width
modulation. PWM is pulse width modulation. (This is the original Prophet5 mode.)
Both waves must be saw to produce traditional PWM.
Dual A+B: The 2 waves are added. PWM= Phasemodulation.
Dual A-B: The 2 waves are subtracted. PWM= Phasemodulation.
Dual Mix: Both waves are played. PWM= Balancebetween the 2 waves.
Ring depth: The waves performs ring modulation. PWM= Ringmodulationdepth.< /FONT>
Ring-width+A: The waves performs ring modulation. PWM= Phasewidth/gap
between the waves.
Phz dist wave: The 2 waves performs phase distortion. PWM= The depth of phase
modulation.
Phz dist envA: Envelope distorts the phase of wave A. PWM= The depth of phase
modulation.
Phz dist envB: Envelope directly drives the phase of waveA. PWM=
Phasemodulation of wave A.
Envelope: Only the envelope is output. This will not make any sound, but can be
used as modulator signal.
Ext. indexing: PWM directly drives the phase of waveA
WaveB/env offset: Pitch of waveB or depth of envelope.
Phase dist mode: You can select the mode that sounds best for the phase Phz dist
modes.
Level 1-9: Level for 9 stages in the built-in envelope. The times are fixed.
HarmonicsA: Set the overtones from 0-256. It is like a built in filter. Harmonics A for
the FlexiA oscillator controls the harmonics of all the other oscillators in the synth,
except the flexi oscillators.
HarmonicsB: Set the overtones from 0-256. Like a built in filter.
The Flexi-envelope is displayed above the unison oscillator. You must play to see
the changes.
OVERDRIVE
This is distortion. When set to off, the signal is bypassed, and that will reduce CPUload.
High cut: Will remove frequencies above 5 Khz. Like a guitar cabinet.
When you increase the gain knob, the sound will become more and more like a
square wave.
Overs: This is 2 times oversampling.
EQ: You can set the level and frequency for each band. I tried to emulate the
Marshall JCM 800 eq when I designed it. (But of course the JCM 800 has fixed
bands.)
You can use the EQ without distortion. Just set the gain to 0V.
DELAY
Speed: Delay time when sync is not selected.
Sync=Syncronization with host clock. Set sync speed with note values.
Feedback= number of repetitions.
Right speed 2X: Double delay time for right output. If you increase feedback the
result will be ping-pong delay.
MODULATION EFFECTS
Mod=modulation off/on and chorus/ensemple/phaser selector.
Chorus:
Level: 0% = dry 100% = wet only. Best effect is at 50%. When under 50%, right
phase is 180 degrees. When level is over 50% phase is normal.
Speed=rate for left and right. Speed2=Right speed offset
Depth=Depth of the modulation signal. At lowest settings the result is flanging. At
the highest settings the result is chorus.
Feedback=Level ofthe feedback signal. Should be set to zero when used as a
chorus.The phase of the right feedback signal is 180 degrees.
Ensemble
A-env=amplitude envelope level sent to detune.
LFO=LFOlevel sent to detune.
Detune=pitch-shifter that is mixed with the original signal. Detune is the amount of
pitch shift.
Delay=delay time of the pitch-shifted signal.
Phaser
Speed=Speed of the phaser modulation.
Spread=Distance between the bands
Kelly Lynch , , Andy Medforth , Christian-W Budde. Programming advice: Chris Kerry and Peter Werner. Skin: Scott
Kane. Made with Synth-Edit.
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