Sequential Prophet Rev 2, User Manual

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40 41 Arpeggiator Sequential Prophet Rev2 User’s Guide Arpeggiator
Arpeggiator
The Prophet Rev2 has a full-featured arpeggiator. Turn it on, hold a
chord and the synthesizer will play a pattern based on the individual
notes held. Choose a mode (up, down, random, etc.), an octave range (1,
2, or 3), and a tempo, then pair it with an appropriate sound and explore.
While you hold down a chord, pressing any additional notes will add
those notes to the arpeggio. You can change chords and notes and the
arpeggio will continue to play as long as at least one note is always held.
You can also use the
hold
feature with the arpeggiator. When you enable
hold
, you can release the notes on the keyboard and the arpeggio will
continue to play — with any additional notes that you play added to the
arpeggio.
To prevent the arpeggiator from adding new notes to an arpeggio when keys
are continuously held (and instead start a new arpeggio each time you change notes),
turn arp relatch
on
in the arpeggiator. To do this, press the arpeggiator’s
mode
button
and scroll to the arp relatch menu item in the display.
Set the tempo of the arpeggiator with the
tap tempo
or
bpm
and
divide
controls in the
clock
section. To use
tap tempo
, tap this button at least
4 times to set the tempo. You can also sync the arpeggiator to external
MIDI clock, or even an external audio signal. When the arpeggiator is
playing, the sequencer is disabled.
CLOCK ARP
TAP TEMPO ON/OFF
MODE BPM DIVIDE
The Clock and Arpeggiator controls
To use the arpeggiator:
1. Press the arpeggiator
on
/
off
switch to turn it on.
2. Hold down one or more notes on the keyboard. The arpeggiator plays
them according to the settings you’ve chosen.
3. To latch arpeggiation on (so that you don’t have to continuously hold
down notes) press the
hold
button.
4. Adjust settings such as
mode
,
octave
,
repeats
, and
bpm
.
5. To synchronize a delay effect to the arpeggiator, turn on
clk sync
in the
effects
section, choose a delay, and adjust its delay time setting as desired.
An audio signal connected to the rear-panel
sequence
jack can be used to control
arpeggiator (and sequencer) playback. This makes it possible to tempo sync the arpeg-
giator to a recorded drum track or other audio source. Audio signals used to drive the
arpeggiator/sequencer should not exceed 5 volts peak-to-peak. See “Seq Pedal
Mode” on page 18 for more information about choosing the appropriate mode for
these behaviors.
Arpeggiator Beat Sync
This option, found in the Global menu, quantizes keyboard perfor-
mance of the arpeggiator so that notes are quantized to the current clock
divide setting. When this option is off, changing notes or chords on the
keyboard during arpeggiator playback will retrigger notes whether or not
the note is played precisely on the beat. With this option enabled, arpeg-
giator note playback occurs only on the beat — regardless of when you
press a key on the keyboard.
To enable Arpeggiator Beat Sync:
1. Press the global button, then use parameter knob to select arp beat
sync.
2. Turn the value knob to select quantize.
3. Press the global button again to exit the Global menu.