Samples-Plus-Synthesis Hybrid Synthesizer User’s Guide Version 1.3 Feb, 2021 Sequential LLC 1527 Stockton Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 USA ©2019 Sequential LLC www.sequential.com Tested฀to฀Comply Table of Contents Tested฀to฀ComplyWith฀FCC฀Standards With฀FCC฀StandardsFOR฀HOME฀OR฀OFFICE฀USE FOR฀HOME฀OR฀OFFICE฀USE A Few Words of Thanks . xi Chapter 1: Getting Started . 1 First Things First ......................................2 Using the Main Display .................................3 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to Sound Banks .........................................4 the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful inter- Selecting Programs ....................................4 ference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including Editing Programs ......................................5 interference that may cause undesired operation. Comparing an Edited Program to its Original State ............5 Creating a Program from Scratch .........................7 Saving a Program .....................................7 Canceling Save .......................................8 Working with Stacked or Split Programs ....................9 Exploring the Prophet X ................................13 This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Chapter 2: Prophet X Controls . 14 Sample Playback . 15 Sample Playback Parameters (Front Panel) ................16 Additional Sample Playback Parameters (Display Menus) .....18 TAB 1 - Inst Tune .....................................18 Cet appareil numerique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du TAB 2 - Inst Misc .....................................19 Reglement sur le materiel brouilleur du Canada. TAB 3 - Inst Loop .....................................20 TAB 4 - Inst Edit ......................................21 Oscillators . 22 Oscillator Parameters (Front Panel) ......................24 For Technical Support, email: [email protected] Additional Oscillator Parameters (Display Menu) ............25 TAB 1 - Osc Tune ....................................25 TAB 2 Osc Shape ....................................26 TAB 3 - Osc Misc .....................................27 CALIFORNIA PROP 65 WARNING TAB 4 - Osc Select ...................................27 This product may expose you to chemicals including BPA, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Though indepen-dent laboratory testing has certified that our products are several orders of magnitude below safe limits, it is our responsibility to alert you to this fact and direct you to: https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov for more information. Mixer . 28 Modulation . 55 Mixer Parameters (Front Panel) .........................28 Modulation Parameters (Front Panel) .....................56 Additional Mixer Parameters (Display Menu) ...............29 Modulation Examples .................................56 TAB 1 - Mixer ........................................29 Effects . 58 TAB 2 - Panning ......................................29 Effects Parameters (Front Panel) ........................60 TAB 3 - Hack/Deci ....................................30 Arpeggiator . 62 Filter . 31 Arpgeggiator Parameters (Front Panel) ...................63 Filter Parameters (Front Panel) .........................32 Additional Arpeggiator Parameters (Display Menus) ..........64 Additional Filter Parameters (Display Menus) ...............33 Clock Parameters ....................................65 TAB 1 - VCF ADSR ...................................33 Sequencer . 66 TAB 2 - VCF Envelope Amount .........................34 Editing a Sequence ...................................68 TAB 3 - LP Filter .....................................35 Sequencer Parameters (Front Panel) .....................69 TAB 4 - LPF Misc .....................................36 Additional Sequencer Parameters (Display Menus) ..........69 Filter Envelope . 37 Clock . 70 Envelope Parameters (Front Panel) ......................39 Clock Parameters (Front Panel) .........................70 Additional Filter Envelope Parameters (Display Menus) .......40 Unison . 71 TAB 1 - VCF ADSR ...................................40 Unison Parameters (Display Menus) ......................72 TAB 2 - VCF Env Amount ..............................41 Using Chord Memory ..................................73 Amplifier Envelope . 42 Master Volume/Program Volume . 75 Amplifier Envelope Parameters (Front Panel) ..............43 Transpose . 76 AdditionalAmplifier Parameters (Display Menus) ............44 Hold . 76 TAB 1 - VCA ADSR ...................................44 Glide . 77 TAB 2 - VCA Env Amount ..............................45 Glide Modes . 78 TAB 3 - Vol/Pan ......................................46 16-Voice Mode . 79 Auxiliary Envelopes . 47 Pitch and Mod Wheels . 80 Auxiliary Envelope Parameters (Front Panel) . 47 Pitch Wheel .........................................80 Additional Auxiliary Envelope Parameters (Display Menus) ....48 Modulation Wheel ....................................81 TAB 1 - Env ADSR ....................................48 Touch Sliders . 82 TAB 2 - Env Amount ..................................49 Play List . 83 TAB 3 - Env Dest .....................................49 Low Frequency Oscillators . 50 Chapter 3: Programming the Prophet X . 86 LFO Parameters (Front Panel) ..........................51 Synthesis 101: Synth Bass . 86 Additional LFO Parameters (Display Menus) ...............52 Creating Stereo Synth Brass . 90 TAB 1 - LFO Shape ...................................52 Turning the Synth Brass Sound into a String Pad ............91 TAB 2 - LFO Control ..................................53 Creating a Hard-Sync Lead . 92 TAB 3 - LFO Dest ....................................54 Modulation Techniques . 94 Creating a Stereo Tremolo Effect with an LFO ..............94 Creating Movement with Pulse-Width Modulation ............95 Modulating the Stereo Filters Independently ................96 Creating Sounds Using FM (Frequency Modulation) .........97 Using Sampled Instruments . 99 Appendix A: Selecting and Modifying a Sampled Instrument .............99 Modulation Sources . 130 Layering Two Different Sampled Instruments ..............100 Bypassing the Low-pass Filter on Sampled Instruments ......101 Appendix B: Using Sample Stretch ................................101 Modulation Destinations . 131 Using the Prophet VS Waves ..........................103 Manipulating Samples and Loops .......................105 Appendix C: Reversing a sample ..................................105 Alternative Tunings . 132 Changing Sample Start and End Points and Adding a Loop ...106 Creating ”Granular-Style” Loops ........................108 Appendix D: Creating Longer Loops ...............................109 Troubleshooting and Support . 136 Combining Samples and Synthesis . 110 Blending Real and Synthesized Strings .................. 110 Troubleshooting .....................................136 Blending Contrasting Sounds .......................... 111 Contacting Technical Support ..........................138 Using 16-Voice Mode . 112 Warranty Repair .....................................138 A Final Word . 113 Appendix E: Chapter 4: Connections/Setups . 114 MIDI Implementation . 140 Rear Panel Connections . 114 MIDI Messages .....................................141 Using USB . 116 NRPN Messages ....................................145 Calibrating the Prophet X . 117 Control NRPN Data ..................................152 Calibrating the Filters ................................. 117 SysEx Messages ....................................152 Calibrating the Pitch and Mod Wheels ......................117 Packed Data Format .................................156 Calibrating the Touch Sliders ..............................117 Resetting the Global Parameters. 118 Importing Programs and Banks . 120 Formatting a USB Flash Drive . 121 Importing Add-On Samples/Instruments . 121 Updating the Prophet X OS . 122 Global Settings . 123 viii Sequential Prophet X User’s Guide ix LICENSE AGREEMENT A Few Words of Thanks By purchasing Sequential Prophet X, you accept the following product license agreement with respect to the “Samples by 8Dio” sample elements thereof and/or incorporated therein (“Samples”): Thank you for purchasing the Prophet X. The Prophet X is a powerful evolution of 1. License Grant: the Prophet series. We’ve added a new sound engine with sample playback, which The Samples in Sequential Prophet X are licensed, but not sold, to you by 8Dio, Inc. for commer- gives you all of the synthesis capabilities and great sound you’d expect from a cial and non-commercial use in music, sound-effect, audio/video post-production, performance, broadcast or similar finished content-creation and production use. 8Dio allows you to use any of the Prophet, but now with the infinite possibilities of samples. What’s more, the new Samples for commercial recordings without paying any additional license fees or providing source analog filter design in the Prophet X is not only fantastic for synth sounds, but attribution to 8Dio, Inc. does something special for the sampled instruments as well. This license expressly forbids any inclusion of the Samples into any other hardware device or in any virtual instrument or library of any kind, without our express written consent. This license forbids As a whole, the Prophet X covers more musical ground