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Prophet-10 User’s Guide
Synth Bass
6. The Filter Envelope’s release parameter acts in conjunction with the
Amplier Envelope. In other words, you can’t hear a long release on
the lter envelope if the amplier envelope is short! So to hear the lter
envelope’s release parameter in action, rst set the Amp Envelope’s
release value to 7.
7. Now repeatedly strike a note on the keyboard as you turn the Filter
Envelope’s release knob clockwise and counterclockwise. Notice how
the note fades out faster or slower as you change the release value.
How to make the synth bass fatter:
• Turn on the square wave in Oscillator A.
• Turn up Oscillator B in the mixer, then turn on the sawtooth wave and
use the fine control to slightly detune oscillator B.
• Turn on unison then increase voice stacking by holding down the
unison button and repeatedly pressing the bank select button until it
says 5.
• Detune the stacked unison voices by holding down the unison button
and press one of the program select buttons (maximum detuning is 8).
Now you know how to create a simple synth bass program using the
most essential synthesizer components of the Prophet-10: the oscillators,
the lters, and the envelopes. Using just these three things you can create
an enormous variety of sounds. Keep experimenting with them and if
you like what you’ve created, save the programs in one of the user banks.
(See “Saving a Program” on page 9.)