User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome Back, Old Friend
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Rear Panel Connections
- Setting Up the Prophet-5
- Exploring the Prophet-5
- Chapter 2: Prophet-5 Controls
- Global Settings
- Oscillators
- Mixer
- Filter
- Filter Envelope
- Amplifier Envelope
- Low Frequency Oscillator
- Wheel-Mod Controls
- Poly Mod
- Using the Vintage Knob
- Pitch and Mod Wheels
- Adding Aftertouch
- Glide Rate
- Unison
- Master Tune
- The Release Switch
- The Tune Button
- Key Priority Modes
- Chapter 3: Creating Sounds
- Synth Bass
- Creating Synth Brass
- Creating a Hard-Sync Lead
- Chapter 4: Using CVs and Gates
- Appendix A: Troubleshooting and Support
- Appendix B: Calibrating the Prophet-5
- Appendix C: Exporting and Importing Programs/Banks
- Appendix D: Alternative Tunings
- 1. 12-Tone Equal Temperament (non-erasable)
- 2. Harmonic Series
- 3. Carlos Harmonic Twelve Tone
- 4. Meantone Temperament
- 5. 1/4 Tone Equal Temperament
- 6. 19 Tone Equal Temperament
- 7. 31 Tone Equal Temperament
- 8. Pythagorean C
- 9. Just Intonation in A with 7-Limit Tritone at D#
- 10. 3-5 Lattice in A
- 11. 3-7 Lattice in A
- 12. Other Music 7-Limit Black Keys in C
- 13. Dan Schmidt Pelog/Slendro
- 14. Yamaha Just Major C
- 15. Yamaha Just Minor C
- 16. Harry Partch 11-Limit 43 Note Just Intonation
- 1. 12-Tone Equal Temperament (non-erasable)
- Bookmark 1
- Bookmark 1
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Prophet-5 User’s Guide
Global Settings
In Passthru mode, turning the pot has no effect until after the edited
value equals the preset value (that is, until the edited value “passes
through” the stored value).
Jump mode uses an absolute value based upon the position of the pot
when edited: turn a pot and the value jumps immediately from the stored
value to the edited value.
2. Release/Sustain : reL, HLd (Release, Hold)—This determines how
the front panel release switch affects the release parameter of both the
Filter Envelope and Amplier Envelope.
The release switch affects the behavior of the Filter and Amplier Enve-
lopes. The original Prophet-5 had a different way of handling Release
from the more common method used today. If the release switch is on,
the release knob setting on the Filter and Amplier envelopes is used. If
the release switch is off, the Release on both envelopes is fast.
If you then connect a footswitch, it acts somewhat like a piano: it’s
a quick release when the footswitch is not pressed, and it’s a longer
(programmed by the knob) release when the footswitch is held. Note that
the release switch needs to be off for the footswitch to operate this way.
Since this is, after all, a Prophet-5, we wanted it to match the original
synth. These days, however, many musicians expect the footswitch to be
a “hold” function, which is of course different than the Prophet-5 release
switch. So, we added a Global parameter that allows you to select the
original Prophet-5 method, or a more common hold function with the
footswitch.
Use the release/sustain parameter to choose between classic Prophet-5
Release handling (rEL) or the more contemporary Hold method (HLd).
3. Pedal Mode: nOL, REU (Normal, Reversed) —Sets the polarity of
a pedal/footswitch connected to the release jack on the rear of the
Prophet-5. There are two types of footswitches, normally open and
normally closed. Either type can be used with the Prophet-5. If the
behavior of the your footswitch is the opposite of what is expected —
that is, down is off and up is on — changing this setting will correct that.