Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2, Manual

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17 Prophet Rev2 User’s Guide Global Settings
Jump mode uses an absolute value based upon the position of the pot
when edited: turn a pot and the value jumps immediately from the stored
value to the edited value.
18. Alt Tuning: Equal Temperment, 1…17—
Selects one of the Prophet
Rev2’s built-in tunings. Set to 1.
equal temperment
, the tuning is standard,
chromatic tuning. Choosing 2 through 16 selects an alternative, non-chro-
matic, non-Western scale that can be used to emulate ethnic instruments or in
other creative ways.
See Appendix A: Alternative Tunings on page 71 for a description of each
tuning. Additional tunings can be imported as a SysEx message. For more
information, see Appendix A.
19. Screen Saver: On, Off—
The Prophet Rev2 display has a built-
in screen saver that puts it to sleep when not in use. This features is
designed to prolong the life of the display and we recommend using it. If,
however, you want to disable this feature you can do so by setting it to
Off .
20. Seq Pedal Mode: Normal, Trigger, Gate, T-G—
Selects the mode for
signals received on the rear-panel
sequencer
jack.
• With
normal
selected, a footswitch will start sequencer playback.
• With
trig
selected, an audio signal connected to the
sequencer
jack will
step the sequencer when the sequencer’s
play
button is on.
• With
gate
selected, an audio signal connected to the
sequencer
jack will trigger and gate the envelopes while you hold a note or
chord. Additionally, turning on the sequencer or arpeggiator will add
sequencer or arpeggiator playback — but controlled by the Prophet
Rev2’s clock
bpm
and
value
settings and not the audio trigger.
• With
t
-
g
(
trigger
+
gate
) selected, an audio signal connected to the
sequencer
jack will trigger and gate the envelopes while you hold a
note or chord. Additionally, pressing the sequencer’s
play
button will
also add synchronized sequencer playback.
21. Pedal Polarity: Normal, Reversed—
There are two types of momen-
tary footswitches, normally open and normally closed. Either type can
be used with the Sustain switch input. This setting allows you to accom-
modate both models in case yours behaves in a way that is the opposite
of what you expect due to its polarity. (Sustain is on until the footswitch