Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12, Operation Manual

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35 Prophet 12 Module Operation Manual Unison
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When u
niSon
is on, the Prophet 12 plays like a monophonic synthesizer. That
is, only one note can be played at a time. Turn u
niSon
on to display the three
parameters that control how the voices and keyboard will respond.
Note:
u
niSon
can be on in Layer A and off in Layer B, or vice versa.
Mode:
1 Voice, All Voices
—Set to 1 Voice, only one of the twelve voices
plays. Use this setting to emulate a typical monophonic synthesizer. When set
to All Voices, all the available voices play in unison (all twelve voices or six if
Stack or Split are on).
Detune: 0…127
—In All Voices mode, Detune detunes the voices by varying
amounts to fatten the sound.
Key Assign:
Low Note, LowRetrig, HighNote, HighRetrig, LastNote,
LastRetrig
— Key Assign (sometimes called note priority) determines what note
gets priority when more than one note is played via MIDI. Low-note priority is
most common in vintage synths and is often used for playing trills by holding a
note and repeatedly tapping a lower note. LowRetrig causes the envelopes to be
retriggered with each keystroke. HighNote and HighRetrig are similar to the low
note settings, except that the highest note is given priority. And LastNote and
LastRetrig give priority to the last note played.