User Manual

Prophet-6 Operation Manual

Mixer

The Mixer section is where you set the levels of the various sound

generators on the Prophet-6. These include Oscillator 1, Oscillator 2,

Sub Octave (Oscillator 1 sub oscillator) and the white noise generator.

You must turn up at least one of these in order to make sound with the

Prophet-6. (Alternatively, you can use the lter to generate its own sine

wave in self-oscillating mode.)

Rather than limit the Prophet-6’s outputs to keep the instrument from clipping,

we allow you to adjust levels at various points in its signal path. This gives you the

option to “overload” things in interesting ways, if you wish to do so. If not, try reducing

the levels of the oscillators in the mixer section, the env amount parameter in the Ampli-

er Envelope, or the resonance parameter in either the low-pass or high-pass lter.

OSC 1 OSC 2

SUB OCTAVE NOISE

MIXER

The Mixer

Osc 1: Sets the output level of Oscillator 1.

Osc 2: Sets the output level of Oscillator 2.

Sub Octave: Controls the level of a triangle wave oscillator pitched one

octave below Oscillator 1. Because a triangle wave has few harmonics

and is mainly characterized by its fundamental frequency, adding a sub

octave to sounds such as bass are a great way to increase their low-register

presence.

Noise: Sets the output level of the white noise generator.