13
Prophet-6 Operation Manual
Global Settings
Globals - Bottom Row
0 . Local Control:
Off
,
On
—
When on (the default), the keyboard and
front panel controls directly affect the Prophet-6. When off, the controls
are transmitted via MIDI but do not directly affect the “local” synth (that
is, the Prophet-6). This is primarily useful for avoiding MIDI data loops
that can occur with some external sequencers.
1 . Seq Jack:
NOR
,
Tri
,
Gat
,
T-g
(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-6’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.
For best results when triggering the sequencer with an audio signal, use a loud
signal with a sharp attack/decay and little or no sustain.
2 . Pot Mode:
Rel
,
Pas
,
Jup
(Relative, Passthru, Jump)—
The rotary controls
on the front panel are a mixture of “endless” rotary encoders and potenti-
ometers or “pots.” The pots are identifiable by their lined knobs and the
fact that they have about 300° of travel. There are three pot modes to deter-
mine how the synth reacts when the programmable parameters are edited.
(Master volume is not programmable, so these modes don’t apply.)
In
Relative
mode, changes are relative to the stored setting. In Relative mode, the
full value range is not available until either the minimum or maximum value and
the respective lower or upper limit of the pot’s travel is reached. For example,
the
resonance
parameter has an internal value range of 0 to 127. Let’s
say the physical position of the
resonance
pot is the equivalent to a
