User Manual

26 Effects Dave Smith Instruments
Release: Sets the release time of the envelope. This controls how
quickly a sound dies out after a note is released.
Env Amount: Sets the amount of modulation from the Amplier Enve-
lope to the VCA. In most cases you will probably want to set this fully
clockwise for maximum VCA volume. If you experience signal clipping,
try reducing the env amount or the levels of the oscillators in the mixer
section.
To recreate the “gated VCA” effect used on certain classic rock anthems,
choose an organ sound, then set the
vca env amount to zero, route the LFO square
wave to amp with an initial amt setting of 100% and hold a few chords.
Velocity: This button enables keyboard velocity to modulate the VCA
Envelope Amount. The harder you play, the more the VCA envelope is
affected. This makes for more touch-sensitive sounds.
Effects
The Prophet-6 effects section allows you to add up to two, 24-bit, 48 kHz
digital effects to any sound. Though the Prophet-6 sounds great on its own,
adding a touch of reverb or delay can enhance many sounds with a subtle
(or not so subtle) sense of ambience and depth. Other effects such as the
chorus and phaser are useful for adding more conspicuous tonal enhance-
ment as well as emulating classic instruments such as string ensembles
and so on.
While the effects themselves are digital, the main signal path of the
Prophet-6 is analog, with the effects generated in a separate audio chain,
converted to analog, then added to the main signal path using the
mix
knob. The
on/off switch enables and disables both Effect A and Effect B,
using a true bypass, ensuring a pure analog signal path.
Effects settings are saved individually with each program. Time-based
effects such as the Delays can be synchronized to the arpeggiator, sequencer,
or MIDI clock to produce repeats that occur on the beat.