Sequential prophet 5 User Manual page 26

In Passthru mode, turning the pot has no effect until after the edited
value equals the preset value (that is, until the edited value "passes
through" the stored value).
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.
2. Release/Sustain : reL, HLd (Release, Hold)—
the front panel
release
Filter Envelope and Amplifier Envelope.
The switch affects the behavior of the Filter and Amplifier Enve-
release
lopes. The original Prophet-5 had a different way of handling Release
from the more common method used today. If the
the knob setting on the Filter and Amplifier envelopes is used. If
release
the switch is off, the Release on both envelopes is fast.
release
If you then connect a footswitch, it acts somewhat like a piano: it's
a quick release when the footswitch is not pressed, and it's a longer
(programmed by the knob) release when the footswitch is held. Note that
the switch needs to be off for the footswitch to operate this way.
release
Since this is, after all, a Prophet-5, we wanted it to match the original
synth. These days, however, many musicians expect the footswitch to be
a "hold" function, which is of course different than the Prophet-5 release
switch. So, we added a Global parameter that allows you to select the
original Prophet-5 method, or a more common hold function with the
footswitch.
Use the
release
Release handling (rEL) or the more contemporary Hold method (HLd).
3. Pedal Mode: nOL, REU (Normal, Reversed) —
a pedal/footswitch connected to the
Prophet-5. There are two types of footswitches, normally open and
normally closed. Either type can be used with the Prophet-5. If the
behavior of the your footswitch is the opposite of what is expected —
that is, down is off and up is on — changing this setting will correct that.
Prophet-5 User's Guide
switch affects the
/ parameter to choose between classic Prophet-5
sustain
This determines how
parameter of both the
release
release
Sets the polarity of
jack on the rear of the
release
switch is on,
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