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-10 User’s Guide
Poly Mod
You can control how much the source affects the destination by dialing in
a specic modulation amount with the filter env or osc b knobs.
Use Poly Mod to create complex harmonic effects ranging from FM
(frequency modulation) to audio-rate lter modulation and beyond. Many
classic sounds on the original Prophet-10 were created through clever use
of Poly Mod.
Poly Mod Parameters
Filter Env: Selects the amount of modulation from the Filter Envelope
that is applied to a selected destination.
Osc B: Selects the amount of modulation from Oscillator B that is
applied to a selected destination.
When using osc b as a modulation source, the modulation character is
affected by the waveshape currently chosen for Oscillator B (triangle, sawtooth, or
square/pulse). Try setting Oscillator B to low frequency (using the lo freq switch) to
further increase modulation possibilities.
Freq A: Selects Oscillator A frequency as a modulation destination.
Choose osc b as a modulation source to produce FM (frequency modu-
lation) effects with their characteristic complex harmonics and metallic
timbre.
PW A: When Oscillator A is set to square wave, choosing this as a desti-
nation modulates its pulse width. This will animate the timbre of Oscillator
A in interesting ways.
Filter: Selects the Filter cutoff frequency as a modulation destination.