Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2, Manual

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6 Getting Started Dave Smith Instruments
Working with Stacked or Split Programs
The Prophet Rev2 is bi-timbral, meaning that it can produce two
different sounds/programs at the same time, either by stacking them, or
by allowing you to split the keyboard and assign one sound to the upper
section of the keyboard and a different sound to the lower section of the
keyboard.
The two layers are referred to as Layer A and Layer B. By default, Layer
A is always active when you recall a program. If either the
split a
|
b
button or the
stack a
+
b
button is lit, then Layer B is also active.
Each Layer can have different Effect, Unison, Arpeggiator, and
Sequencer settings. This allows for some very interesting combinations
of sounds.
As you scroll through various factory programs, you can tell which are
stacked and which are split. On stacked sounds, the
stack a
+
b
button is
lit. On split sounds, the
split a
|
b
button is lit.
All factory programs have a “B” layer, even if that layer isn’t currently enabled.
To hear Layer B in isolation, press the
edit layer b
button and disable stack or split (if
active) by turning off the
stack a
+
b
btutton or
split a
|
b
button. Pressing
edit layer b
a
second time enables Layer A again.
PROGRAM
BANK
Edit Layer B
Stack A+B
Split A | B
Compare
Write
Global
Button is lit when
split is active
Button is lit when
stack is active
Press to enable
Layer B editing
Split and Stack buttons