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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL _PROPHET-VS V...
  • Page 2 T.J. Trifeletti Davide Pudexxu Terry Marsden Marco Koshdukai Correia Fernando Manuel Rodrigues Bernd Waldstädt Jay Janseen Mat Herbert Chuck Zwicky Bastian Barth Gustavo Bravetti © ARTURIA SA – 2022 – All rights reserved. 26 avenue Jean Kuntzmann 38330 Montbonnot-Saint-Martin FRANCE www.arturia.com...
  • Page 3 Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Arturia. The software described in this manual is provided under the terms of a license agreement or non-disclosure agreement. The software license agreement specifies the terms and conditions for its lawful use.
  • Page 4 Special Messages This manual covers how to use Prophet-VS V, provides a comprehensive look at its features, and details how to download and activate it. First, some important messages: Specifications Subject to Change: The information contained in this manual is correct at the time of printing. However, Arturia reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications or features without notice or obligation.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.2.1. Windows Users: Audio and MIDI settings..............................10 2.2.2. macOS Users: Audio and MIDI settings ..............................12 2.2.3. Using Prophet-VS V in Plug-In Mode ................................12 The User Interface ..............................13 3.1. High-Level Overview ................................. 13 3.2. The Upper Toolbar ................................14 3.2.1.
  • Page 6 5.2.4. Double Click for Default ...................................... 50 5.3. Oscillator Section................................51 5.3.1. Tuning Controls........................................... 52 5.3.2. Waveform Browser ........................................ 53 5.3.3. Importing Waveforms ......................................53 5.4. Filter......................................54 5.5. Envelope Group .................................. 55 5.5.1. Common Controls........................................55 5.5.2. Mix Envelope..........................................56 5.5.3.
  • Page 7 8.3.3. Dynamics Processors ......................................97 8.3.4. Modulation Effects ........................................ 100 8.3.5. Filter and EQ Effects......................................106 Software License Agreement......................... 108...

  • Page 8: Welcome To Prophet-Vs V

    1. WELCOME TO PROPHET-VS V! Thank you for your purchase of Prophet-VS V by Arturia. It is a loving recreation of the classic Prophet-VS vector synthesizer, employing our exclusive TAE® (True Analog Modeling) technology. Far beyond taking digital snapshots of a classic instrument’s sound, TAE analyzes and recreates analog circuits of classic hardware instruments.
  • Page 9 Then in 2018, Smith regained the rights to use the Sequential name and continues to bring new analog and digital-analog hybrid synths to market. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Welcome to Prophet-VS V!

  • Page 10: Arturia's Secret Ingredient: Tae

    TAE® (True Analog Emulation) is Arturia's technology for emulating the circuits used in classic synthesizers. TAE’s software algorithms result in spot-on emulation of the original hardware. This is why Prophet-VS V offers an unparalleled quality of sound, as do all of Arturia’s virtual instruments.

  • Page 11: A Better Reproduction Of Oscillator Waveforms

    TAE® reproduces the result of this capacitor discharge in software. Directly below is a plot of a waveform from one of the hardware instruments that Arturia has emulated, followed by one generated by Arturia’s TAE. As you can see, the waveforms are quite similar and both are equally deformed by the lowpass and highpass filtering.

  • Page 12: Voice Dispersion Feature

    1.3. Prophet-VS V Features It wouldn’t be an Arturia instrument if we didn’t combine the best of modeled hardware with the conveniences only possible with modern software. Here is a list of Prophet-VS V’s main features. • All sections of Prophet-VS main panel lovingly recreated.

  • Page 13: Activation And Setup

     ! This section only applies to readers that plan to use Prophet-VS V in stand-alone mode. If you are only going to use the software as a plug-in within a host music software, you can jump to the end of this chapter - Using Prophet-VS V in plug-in mode [p.12]...

  • Page 14: Windows Users: Audio And Midi Settings

    2.2.1. Windows Users: Audio and MIDI settings At the top left of Prophet-VS V’s upper toolbar, you’ll find a “hamburger“ icon that opens up the main drop-down menu. This contains various setup options. Go to Audio MIDI Settings to set up how the audio and MIDI signals behave.
  • Page 15 ♪ Virtually, all audio hardware can operate at 44.1 or 48 kHz which is perfectly fine in most applications, including Prophet-VS V. Higher sample rates place greater loads on the CPU so we recommend staying at 44.1 or 48 kHz unless you have a specific requirements to work at high sample rates.

  • Page 16: Macos Users: Audio And Midi Settings

    2.2.3. Using Prophet-VS V in Plug-In Mode Prophet-VS V comes in VST, AU and AAX plug-in formats for use in all major digital audio workstation (DAW) host software, such as Cubase, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, and more. You can load it as a plug-in instrument and its interface and settings will work in the same way as in stand-alone mode, with a few small differences: •...

  • Page 17: The User Interface

    3. THE USER INTERFACE In this chapter we’ll start with an overview of the Prophet-VS V user interface. This will give you an idea of how the instrument is organized and where to find things. We’ll dive deeper into the main synth panel in Chapter 5 —...

  • Page 18: The Upper Toolbar

    3.2. The Upper Toolbar The toolbar that runs along the top of the window provides access to many useful features including the Prophet-VS V menu, preset browsing, access to Prophet-VS V's Advanced mode, and important settings in the Side Panel [p.22].
  • Page 19  When using Prophet-VS V as a plug-in, the host software handles all of the parameters in this menu including audio and MIDI inputs and outputs, buffer size settings, and the like. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The User Interface...
  • Page 20 Prophet-VS V. Help: Provides links to the Prophet-VS User Manual and online FAQ. • About: Here you can view the Prophet-VS V software version and “movie credits” • of everyone involved in its development. Click the About window again (or anywhere on the interface) to close it.

  • Page 21: Preset Toolbar Area

    3.2.2. Preset Toolbar Area Prophet-VS V comes packed with lots of great-sounding factory Presets and we hope you'll create many more of your own. We have a Preset Browser powerful enough to deserve own chapter [p.32]. Here, though, are the main tools needed for quickly selecting Presets.

  • Page 22: Advanced Panel Button

    [p.32]. 3.2.3. Advanced Panel Button Prophet-VS V faithfully emulates the original Prophet-VS hardware, but does so much more. This includes offering extended modulation sources and routings, plus three effects slots with a choice of 16 studio-grade effects for each. Access these features by clicking the Advanced button.

  • Page 23: The Lower Toolbar

    3.3. The Lower Toolbar The Lower Toolbar runs along the bottom of the Prophet-VS V user interface and provides quick access to several important parameters. 3.3.1. Left Side Hover the mouse over any control, and the left side of the Lower Toolbar displays a description of the parameter name you’re about to adjust.

  • Page 24: Right Side

    On the right side are several more useful settings. 3.3.2.1. Polyphony This menu sets the polyphony limit of Prophet-VS V, which can help reduce CPU usage on older computers. Note that Prophet-VS V can go up to 16 voices — far more than the original hardware. ...

  • Page 25: Macro Knobs

    3.3.2.2. Edit History Prophet-VS V keeps track of every move you make when you’re editing a Preset. This lets you explore with confidence, because you can always get back to where you came from, or just a few steps back if you prefer. It’s like a trail of ”breadcrumbs.”...

  • Page 26: The Side Panel

    Preset settings are saved at the Preset level. Glide Mode: Sets the behavior when • Glide [p.62] (portamento) is active. Notes: Prophet-VS V glides between notes as on most synths. ◦ Original: Prophet-VS V glides between voices as on the original ◦ hardware.
  • Page 27 When MPE [p.24] is enabled, more settings appear: Zone: Selects whether Prophet-VS V will use the upper or lower zone of the • controller, if the controller allows for splits. No. Channels: Sets the maximum number of MIDI channels on which Prophet-VS •...
  • Page 28 “slide“ motion, which refers to moving a finger up and down the Y-axis of the key. In MPE mode, Prophet-VS V maps glide to pitch-bend and slide to two assignable destinations, per the settings above.

  • Page 29: Midi Tab

    3.4.2. MIDI Tab This is where Prophet-VS V may be placed in MIDI Learn mode. In this mode, all MIDI- assignable parameters on the main panel are highlighted so you can map physical controls on your MIDI controller to them. A typical example might be to map an expression pedal to the Master Volume control, or a physical knob to the Cutoff knob of the Filter section.
  • Page 30 3.4.2.1. Assigning and Unassigning Controls Click the Learn button in the MIDI tab to put Prophet-VS V into Learn mode. The controls available for assignment now appear in purple. Controls that are already assigned are red. (You can re-assign them, though.) Click any purple control and its name will appear in the list to the right.
  • Page 31 Absolute: The assigned parameter in Prophet-VS V tracks the literal value your • physical controller is sending out. Relative: The assigned parameter in Prophet-VS V will go up or down from its • current value in response to physical controller movements. This is often useful when using endless 360-degree encoders.
  • Page 32 This is a quick way to set up different hardware MIDI keyboards or controllers with Prophet-VS V without having to build all the assignments from scratch each time you swap hardware.

  • Page 33: Macros Tab

    The default names are Brightness, Timbre, Time, and Movement. You may rename them by clicking in the name field, then typing. The name of the corresponding knob in the Lower Toolbar will change as well. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The User Interface...
  • Page 34 Right- or control-click on a point to remove it. The first and last breakpoints cannot be removed.  ♪ A simple diagonal line would produce a linear curve, but the potential fun here is to make things non-linear. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The User Interface...

  • Page 35: Tutorials

    [p.14], you can click on titles for the individual chapters, which in turn will take you through different areas of Prophet-VS V in steps. The parts of the panel to focus on are highlighted as you go.  ! If you’re editing a Preset, make sure to save it before opening the Tutorials because doing so will load a new Preset and overwrite your changes.

  • Page 36: The Preset Browser

    4. THE PRESET BROWSER The Preset Browser is how you search, load, and manage sounds in Prophet-VS V. It has different views but they all access the same banks of Presets. To access the search view, click the browser button (the icon looks a bit like books on a library shelf).

  • Page 37: Search And Results

    The Results list beneath shows all Presets that fit your search. Click the X icon at right to clear your search terms. Filter by typing text in the Search field Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 38: Using Tags As A Filter

    Preset you're looking for was tagged with Keys or Pad, select both to broaden the search. Results columns can be inverted by clicking the arrow buttons to the right of their titles (Name, Type, Designer). Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 39: Styles

    4.2.3. Banks Next to the Types and Styles buttons is the Banks button, which lets you do your search (using all the methods above) within the factory bank or user banks. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 40: Search Results Window

    Click the TYPE header in the second column to do the same thing by Type. Click the Arturia logo to the left of TYPE to bring factory-featured Presets to the top of the list. These will appear just under any Presets you have liked [p.37].

  • Page 41: Liking Presets

    Results list. Use as many of the sorting and filtering features as you need and you will find the exact sound you want every time. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 42: Sidebar

    Clicking My Sound Banks brings up a window with all of the currently available Sound Banks, starting with the Factory bank. User banks appear next to it, and can be deleted, renamed, or exported by right-clicking them. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 43: My Favorites

    Done. To add Presets to a particular set of Favorites, simply drag and drop them over the appropriate color. Then click on the color itself to display your grouping. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 44: My Playlists

    The bottom part of the sidebar displays any Playlists you have created or imported. Playlists are a very powerful management tool for set lists for gigs. Learn more about them in the Playlists section [p.45] below. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 45: Preset Info Section

    “Funky” Style tag and then save that Preset, it will not show up in future searches for Funky sounds. Clicking on the three-dots icon at the top right pops up a menu with organizational options for the Preset. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 46: Editing Info For Multiple Presets

    ♪ If you want to alter the information for a Factory Preset you must first use the Save As command to re-save it as a User Preset. After this the Info section will gain Edit and Delete buttons at the bottom of the window. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 47: Preset Selection: Other Methods

    Preset name will step through only the results that conform to your search. However, “All Types” in the drop-down menu always ignores those criteria. Likewise for the Type choices below the line — they always include all Presets within that Type. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...
  • Page 48 These are simply larger duplicates of the Macro knobs in the Lower Toolbar. Move one and its partner moves with it. Assigning parameters to Macros is covered in the Macro Tab [p.29] section of Chapter 3. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 49: Playlists

    The My Playlists subheading appears under My Favorites in the Sidebar. However, when you first start using Prophet-VS V, you'll have no Playlists yet, and the My Playlists subheading won't be there yet. To make it appear, you'll have to create your first Playlist.

  • Page 50: Add A Preset

    Preset, click-drag it onto the Playlist name. Click and drag from the Search Results list onto one of the playlists To view the contents of a playlist, click on the playlist name. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 51: Re-Order The Presets

    To delete a Preset from a playlist, right-click on its name to bring up a pop-up menu. This menu also includes Rename, Copy, Paste, and Duplicate options. More management options are described below. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 52: New Song And Playlist Management

    Export Playlist: Exports your Playlist to a location on your computer, with the • filename extension “aplst.” Delete Playlist: Deletes the current Playlist but does not delete any of the Presets • in it. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - The Preset Browser...

  • Page 53: Main Panel

    In this writer’s opinion, it outdid the PPG Wave (for example) for being able to sound analog if one wanted it to. That’s a highly oversimplified tour of the Prophet-VS. We’ll learn more as we proceed through the control sections. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 54: Common Behaviors

    5.2. Common Behaviors Virtually all controls on the main panel (and elsewhere in Prophet-VS V) follow a few rules designed to make things more convenient for you, the musician. 5.2.1. Value Pop-Ups Operate or hover the mouse on any knob, and a pop-up a.k.a. “tool tip” appears, displaying its current value.

  • Page 55: Oscillator Section

    ♪ The A-to-C and B-to-D axes of the joystick are MIDI-learnable. If you have a controller keyboard that features a joystick or X-Y touchpad, this is the perfect application for those devices. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 56: Tuning Controls

    The Freq knob coarse-tunes each oscillator in semitones, and the Fine knob tunes to one semitone in either direction at extremely high resolution — up to a thousandth of a semitone! Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 57: Waveform Browser

    Sample at the top of the browser to open a dialogue box on your desktop where you can navigate to the audio file you wish to import. Prophet-VS V supports WAV files, and to be faithful to how the original hardware worked, it converts the first 128 samples of the file into the equivalent of a single-cycle waveform.

  • Page 58: Filter

    Reso: Sets the level of a peak of frequencies directly at the cutoff. • Env. Amt.: Controls the degree to which the filter envelope from the • Envelope Group [p.55] affects the cutoff behavior. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 59: Envelope Group

    5.5. Envelope Group There are three envelopes in Prophet-VS V: one for the oscillator mix, one for the filter cutoff, and one for the amp (volume). The user interface lets you make quick adjustments to them on a graph, but for more precise adjustments we recommend using the Envelopes Tab [p.67]...

  • Page 60: Mix Envelope

     ♪ The Mix Envelope will retrigger from its starting point when new notes are played. 5.5.2.1. “S” Marks the Spot Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 61: Filter Envelope

    [p.72] on the Advanced Panel. The Filter Envelope is fully polyphonic, meaning that each new voice played gets its own cycle starting from the first breakpoint of the envelope. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 62: Amp Envelope

    Prophet-VS, multi-segment, and DADSR modes selectable in the Advanced Panel. Again, click the Pencil Tool to go directly to these settings. 5.6. LFO Group The Prophet-VS featured two LFOs. In Prophet-VS V, you may assign these to multiple destinations in the Modulation Matrix [p.84] of the Advanced Panel.

  • Page 63: Arpeggiator

    Hold: Functions as a feet-free sustain pedal, whether or not the Arpeggiator is • turned on. 5.7.1. Arpeggiator Sync Options Like the LFO, the Arpeggiator offers free-running and sync-to-tempo modes including triplet and dotted rhythmic feels. Pressing Sync displays the above menu. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 64: Arpeggiator Settings

    Extend Mode allows you to keep adding new notes to the pattern by playing, effectively turning the arpeggiator into a basic sequencer. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Main Panel...

  • Page 65: Voice Control

    5.8. Voice Control This section of the panel governs how the virtual keyboard — and your connected MIDI controller — interact with the Prophet-VS V sound engine. 5.8.1. Unison Unison mode, a feature of many classic analog synths, “stacks” the voices, resulting in less polyphony (or often monophonic playing) but potentially monstrously huge sounds.

  • Page 66: Glide

    5.8.2.1. Glide Modes Glide (portamento) on the original Prophet-VS was actually between voices , not notes. Prophet-VS V gives you a choice, which is accessed in the side panel settings [p.22]: Notes: Prophet-VS V glides between notes as on most synths.

  • Page 67: Spread And Tune

    Tune: Sets the master tuning of the instrument, from 440 to 480 Hz. • 5.9. Main Panel Chorus Though Prophet-VS V offers two chorus options in the Effects [p.86] section of the Advanced Panel, it also emulates the built-in chorus the original hardware provided.

  • Page 68: The Virtual Keyboard

    5.10. The Virtual Keyboard Like many Arturia instruments, Prophet-VS V features a virtual keyboard for when you need to work with the synth without a controller handy. Its keys also mirror notes played by your fingers (on a controller) or DAW.

  • Page 69: The Random Button

    Random. This expands on an original feature and expands your creativity, allowing you to add a degree of randomization to ten different parameter groups in Prophet-VS V: Drag on the numerical fields to set the amount of random factor you would like for each parameter group.

  • Page 70: Voice Dispersion

    ◦ 5.13. Pan Trimmers Prophet-VS V also offers precise adjustment over the panning of its individual voices. These controls are hidden under another “hatch” to the right of the Voice Dispersion controls. Simply adjust each trimmer to pan its corresponding voice left or right in the stereo picture.

  • Page 71: Advanced Panel: Envelopes

    Advanced button at the top right of the Upper Toolbar. A new area of Prophet-VS V will open up. Next, click the Envelopes tab followed by the Mixer tab. This area offers very fine-grained control over the behavior of the envelopes.

  • Page 72: Vector Display

    — unless the Mix Envelope is in Loop Mode. Double-click on a point to specify it as the sustain point. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...

  • Page 73: Mix Envelope Controls

    Vector Display, its position indicates the volume blend of the four oscillators. Here, the points are in the time domain, and the first point is by definition always the beginning of the envelope. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...

  • Page 74: Tempo Sync And Rate Multiplier

    Hz if the Mix Envelope is unsynced. If synced, its value shows as a multiple or division of one musical bar relative to your master tempo. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...

  • Page 75: Loop Mode

    Once a note is released, the Mix Envelope will jump to the loop end point. The loop end point is always the same as the sustain point [p.56] in an unlooped envelope. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...

  • Page 76: Filter Envelope Tab

    X-axis representing time and the Y-axis representing the filter cutoff level. 6.2.1. Envelope Mode Prophet-VS V offers three distinct types of envelopes, selected from the Mode drop-down menu. In each, the vertical axis represents the modulation directed at the filter cutoff and the horizontal axis represents time.
  • Page 77 Rate: Changes the overall rate of the envelope by a factor of 0.1x to 10x. • The upper area of the display functions as a ruler. Dragging left or right here will move your view to different segments of the envelope. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...
  • Page 78 Start: Selects the starting breakpoint for the loop. • End: Fixed at point 4 (the sustain point). • Repeat: Chooses the number of times the loop repeats (1-7, or infinite). • Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...
  • Page 79 On/Off: Engages or disengages loop mode. • Start: Selects the starting breakpoint for the loop. • End: Selects the ending breakpoint for the loop. • Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...
  • Page 80 The MSEG envelope also features a time-indexed ruler across the top of the display, expressed in seconds and fractions of seconds. Last but not least, the MSEG envelope type can free-run or is tempo-syncable with binary, triplet, and dotted rhythmic feels available. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...
  • Page 81 Note that only Sustain is an adjustable level. The other points’ levels are fixed. We included this envelope to give users a very simple option akin to tweaking knobs on a hardware synth, but with the added flexibility of the decay phase. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...

  • Page 82: Amp Envelope Tab

    The Amp Envelope controls the volume of the sound over time. Except for this fact, its functionality, controls, and options are identical to the Filter Envelope [p.72]. You may refer to that section for instructions on all operations. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Envelopes...

  • Page 83: Advanced Panel: Modulations

    “place a hand” on any parameter(s) you like by assigning one or more destinations in the Modulation Matrix [p.84]. The shape displayed in the function visualizer matches the modulation applied to the destination. There are three functions available, all of which operate identically. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Modulations...

  • Page 84: Function Presets

    — with all its settings — to one of the two other function locations. This is a useful sound design tool for when you want to create variations on the same function without starting from scratch. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Modulations...

  • Page 85: Breakpoints

    Point: Select individual points on the visualizer. • Level: Moves the selected point along the Y axis. • Time: Moves the selected point along the X axis. • Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Modulations...

  • Page 86: Changing A Curve

    To “flatten” all or part of pattern and remove its breakpoints, right-click to make an eraser appear. Then, drag over the region you want to flatten and release. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Modulations...

  • Page 87: Function Rate, Amplitude, And Modes

    Function’s phase. When inactive, notes “join in” on the Function wherever it may be in its cycle.  ! Polyphonic behavior is only available in Env and Key Trig modes. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Modulations...

  • Page 88: Modulation Matrix

    7.2. Modulation Matrix Prophet-VS V provides a deep and flexible modulation matrix that is also very easy to use. Its two identical panels (1-8 and 9-16) let you assign modulation routings between eight sources and eight destinations, for a total of 128 possible routings! Sources are arranged vertically along the left side;...

  • Page 89: Assigning A Destination

    Double-click on a cell to remove its modulation routing. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Modulations...

  • Page 90: Advanced Panel: Effects

    8. ADVANCED PANEL: EFFECTS Prophet-VS V features a comprehensive selection of effects. If the Advanced Panel is not already open, click the Advanced button in the top right of the upper toolbar to open it, then click the Effects tab to display this area: You can use up to three effects at once, in serial or parallel routing, with a choice of the same 16 effects per slot.
  • Page 91  ! Be careful with serial routing, as gain from one effect to the next can build up, resulting in overloads. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 92: Common Effects Controls

    8.2.3. Effect Selection Menu This menu lets you select from the 16 types for each slot, which are shown here! Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 93: Effect Presets

    Preset for the sound. Each effect type has its own optimized presets. 8.2.5. Effect Copy Click on the overlapping squares icon to copy the selected effect, with all its settings, to one of the other two effects slots. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 94: Dry/Wet Slider

    Note that the signal is only “dry” relative to that effect — it may be being processed by others. For the Parametric EQ, the slider scales each EQ band. For the Stereo Panner and Multiband compressor, it adds an amount of the effect. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 95: Individual Effects Controls

    8.3. Individual Effects Controls The three effect slots in Prophet-VS V each have a number of parameters. We encourage you to explore these for yourself, but here follows a list of tables of their individual parameters. 8.3.1. Time-Based Effects 8.3.1.1. Delay The Delay is tempo-syncable and includes a stereo ping-pong panning mode.
  • Page 96 Adds offset to the delay time between left and right channels. In ping-pong mode, increases the Width stereo width. Note: You can drag vertically on the graphic visualizer to adjust intensity and horizontally to adjust time. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 97 Filters low frequencies out of the delayed signal only. LP Freq Filters high frequencies out of the delayed signal only. Note: You can drag vertically on the graphic visualizer to adjust feedback and horizontally to adjust time. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 98 Adds stereo width to the reverberated signal. Input HP Filters low frequencies out of the input signal (not the processed signal). Input LP Filters high frequencies out of the input signal (not the processed signal). Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 99: Distortion Effects

    8.3.2. Distortion Effects 8.3.2.1. Distortion Going far beyond traditional fuzz-box distortion, the one in Prophet-VS V offers 15 algorithms including soft and hard clipping, tape saturation, and all manner of non-traditional waveform mangling. Try them all! Control Description Drive Equivalent to “pre gain” on an amp or distortion pedal, this sets amount of distortion applied.
  • Page 100 Changes the bit depth. Downsampling Adjusts the sample rate.  Note: You can also drag vertically on the visualizer to adjust the sample rate and horizontally to change the downsampling. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 101: Dynamics Processors

    Adjusts how quickly or slowly the compressor “lets go” of the sound when the level dips below Release the threshold. Ratio Sets the amount of compression applied once the threshold is reached. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 102 8.3.3.2. Multiband The multi-band compressor in Prophet-VS V lets you apply different amounts of compression and expansion to up to three adjustable frequency bands. You can also turn up to two of the bands on or off. The compression bands across the top of the screen let you reduce the gain of three frequency bands independently.
  • Page 103 Drop-down decides whether effect functions as a compressor and expander (Above & Below) or Below just a compressor (Above Only). Output Sets the overall output level after compression/expansion. Amount Sets the overall amount of compression and expansion. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 104: Modulation Effects

    Switches chorus LFO between sine and square waves. Mono/Stereo Switches between stereo and mono modes. Voices Sets the number of detuned voices used to create the chorus: 1, 2, or 3. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 105 Selects whether the rate or synced as a division of host tempo. Depth Changes the amount of the chorus effect. Phase Adds a phase offset between copies of the delayed signal. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 106 Adjusts the width of panning from the center. The Mono Bass function is useful for letting lower frequencies act as an anchor by remaining in the center, while higher frequencies are panned for sonic interest. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 107 Determines the steepness of the filter frequency response. Stereo Gradually changes the phaser from mono to stereo output. Note: Drag vertically on the visualizer to change the feedback and horizontally to change the frequency. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 108 Mono/ Switches between stereo and mono modes. Stereo HP Freq Filters low frequencies out of the flanged signal only. LP Freq Filters high frequencies out of the flanged signal only. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 109 Sets the amount of processed signal feeding back into the flanger. Wide Provides a wider stereo image by inverting the phase of the LFO modulating the right channel Mono Input Optimizes the flanger for a mono input signal. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 110: Filter And Eq Effects

    Adjusts a level peak located at the filter frequency. Slope Sets the filter curve at 12, 24, or 36dB per octave. Mode (drop-down) Selects the filter mode. Comb filters do not have slopes. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...
  • Page 111 The circles in the visualizer may be dragged around, which adjusts the frequency and the gain of the selected band at the same time. You can also select a particular EQ band by clicking on its tab below the visualizer. Arturia - User Manual Prophet-VS V - Advanced Panel: Effects...

  • Page 112: Software License Agreement

    All intellectual property rights in the software belong to Arturia SA (referred to as 'Arturia' from now on). Arturia permits you to only copy, download, install and use the software in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
  • Page 113 (a) return of the purchase price, or (b) replacement of the disk that does not meet the Limited Warranty and which is returned to Arturia with a copy of your receipt. This limited Warranty becomes void if failure of the software has resulted from an accident, abuse, modification, or misapplication.
  • Page 114 (including without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information and the like) even if Arturia was previously advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow limitations on the length of an implied warranty or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusions may not apply to you.

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