User Manual

Prophet X User’s Guide

Unison

When unison is on, the Prophet X functions like a monophonic

synthesizer in that only one note can be played at a time. However,

that one note can be powered by as many as 8 or 16 voices, depending

on how many you choose to use (and whether you are in 8 or 16-voice

mode). With many oscillators powering a single note, you can create

some very dense, speaker-rattling sounds. If you want to create an ultra-

heavy synth bass or lead sound, try using Unison.

Unison gives you control over not only how many voices to stack, but

also the amount of detuning between the oscillators (with the

unison

detune parameter in the misc params menu), and what note gets priority

if you happen to play more than one note on the keyboard. (This is

called the key assign mode or note priority. See “Key Modes and Unison

Mode” on page 74 for details.)

The Unison button