The Release Switch - Sequential prophet 5 User Manual

The Release Switch

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
switch behavior. 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
2) to choose between classic Prophet-5 Release handling (rEL) or the
more contemporary Hold method (HLd).
The Release switch
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The Release Switch
switch is on,
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