User Manual

2 Chapter 1: Getting Started Dave Smith Instruments
First Things First
You’re probably eager to power up your Prophet X and take a tour through
its sounds. Here’s how to get up and running:
Getting Started:
1. Plug the power cable into the AC power connector on the back panel of
the Prophet X.
2. If you have a sustain pedal, connect it to the sustain jack on the back of
the Prophet X. If you have an expression pedal, connect it to the pedal/
cv jack.
3. Turn on the Prophet X. (It takes few moments for the sound library to
load.)
4. Connect the main/a output on the back of the Prophet X to your amp/
mixer/powered speakers using unbalanced, ¼ inch audio cables. (These
are the main stereo outputs for the synth. They carry Layer A and also
Layer B if no cables are connected to the b output jacks.)
5. Turn up the volume on your amp/mixer/powered speakers.
6. Turn up the volume on the Prophet X.
7. Use the bank and program knobs to scroll through the factory sounds.
You can also use Soft Knob 1 and Soft Knob 2 as well as inc and dec
buttons to scroll through the sounds in the currently selected bank.
U1
Prophet Evolution
P1 120
Turn to scroll through
User and Factory banks
Turn to scroll through
programs 1-128 in each bank
Bank and Program controls
Each of the factory presets has interesting and useful modulation functions
programmed into Slider 1 and 2 and the Mod wheel. While you’re trying out the factory
sounds, play with these performance controls and listen how the sound changes.
Each preset also has a pre-programmed sequence. To hear it, press the
play button in
the
seq section.