Sequential Prophet 2000 Synthesizer Manuals

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Sequential Prophet 2000 Operation Manual (252 pages)

Brand: Sequential | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 10 MB

Table of Contents
4
Control Identification
12
Front Panel
12
Parameter Value Knob
12
INC and DEC Switches
12
Preset Switch
13
Control Group Switches
13
Column Switches
13
ARP On/Off Switch
14
Stack On/Off Switch
14
Save Switch
14
Load Switch
14
Balance Knob
15
Keyboard
15
Pitch Wheel
15
Mod Wheel
15
Back Panel
16
Power Switch
16
Power Jack
16
Alternate Release Footswitch Jack
16
MIDI Out/Thru Jack and Switch
17
MIDI out Jack
17
MIDI in Jack
17
MIC/LINE Input Switch
17
Setting up the Prophet 2000/2
18
Packing List
18
Head Protector
18
Handling and Transporting
19
Amplifier and Speaker Considerations
19
Connections
20
Output
20
Input
21
Footswitches
22
MIDI
22
Line Voltage Selection and Fusing
22
Power Connection
23
Note Concerning Ground Loops
23
Playing in Preset Mode
25
Overview of Preset Mode
25
Power on and Autoloading
26
Volume
27
Balance
27
Selecting Presets
28
Alternate Release Footswitch
31
Aux Footswitch
31
Stack Mode
31
Arpeggiator
32
Using Disks
34
Overview of Melody and the Disk System
34
Precautions
36
Disk Selection and Quality
37
Handling
37
Stray Magnetism
38
Write Protection
39
Backup
39
Loading
40
Autoloading
40
Loading Errors
40
Loading Entire, A, or B Memory
41
Loading One Sound Only
43
Saving
44
Formatting Disks
44
Saving Entire, a or B Memory
45
Comparing Disks to Memory
46
Copying Disks
47
Control Information Only
47
Compatibility
48
How to Determine Whether It Has Expanded Memory
49
How to Determine the Software Level
49
Upward Disk Compatibility
50
Downward Disk Compatibility
50
How to Determine the Disk Type
51
Using the Performance Parameters
52
Preset Structure
53
Overview of Edit Mode
55
General Signal Flow
56
General Editing
59
Copy Preset
61
Master Tune
61
Pitch Wheel Range
62
Overview of Modulation System
63
Envelope Generators
63
Velocity
63
MOD Wheel and Low Frequency Oscillator
64
LFO Rate
65
LFO Initial Amount
65
LFO Velocity Amount
65
LFO Vibrato
66
LFO Filter
66
LFO Amp
67
Stack On/Off
68
Stack Number of Voices
68
Stack Delay
69
Stack Detune
69
Arpeggiator On/Off
70
Arpeggiator Mode
70
AUX Footswitch Latch
71
Arpeggiator Number Octaves
71
Arpeggiator Repeats Per Key
71
Arpeggiator Rate and MIDI Clock Input
72
Arpeggiator Transpose
72
Arpeggiator Split Point
73
Keyboard Modes and Mapping
74
Keyboard Nomenclature
74
Map Function
74
Multi-Sample and Multi-Timbral
77
Maps and Keyboard Mode Disable
77
Basic Sampling and Mapping
78
Sound 1
78
Sound 2
79
Sampling and Mapping Sixteen Sounds
81
Allocating Memory
81
Recording the Samples
82
Keyboard Mode
82
Building Presets
83
Editing the Keyboard Mode
84
Eight-Voice Modes
85
Split
85
Merge
86
Velocity Switch
87
Four-Voice Modes
87
Layer
87
Velocity Threshold
88
Positional Crossfade
88
Velocity Crossfade
88
Mod-Wheel Crossfade
88
Split Point
89
Transpose
89
Dynamic Allocation
89
Select Maps and Map Balance
90
Editing the Map Selections
92
Map Number
93
Build Keyboard Map
94
Clearing All Sounds from a Map
96
Removing One Sound from a Map
96
Copy Map
97
Relative MIX
97
Global Patch Scaling
97
Getting There Is Half the Fun
99
Mapping for Merge Mode
100
Merge Mode Example
102
Sound Sampling and Looping
105
Basic Sampling
105
Overview of Sampling
107
Sounds
107
Sampling Compared to Synthesis
109
The Memory Problem and Its Solutions
111
Playback Transposition Effects
111
Input Signal Considerations
113
Sample Sources
114
Pitch and Noise
114
Tuning
115
Real Instruments
116
Microphones, Cables and Transformers
116
Pre-Processing
117
Tape Recording
118
Recording Samples
118
Delete
120
Sample Rate, Bandwidth and Aliasing
121
Discussion
122
Sample Size
125
Record Sample
127
Input Level
127
Setting Threshold
128
Recording
129
Playback Start and End
131
Recover Memory
135
Tune Sample
136
Sustain Start and Sustain End
137
Release Start and Release End
143
Combine Samples
146
Copy/Append
146
Reverse Sample
148
Velocity Sample Start Point
148
The Analog Synthesizer Parameters
150
Independent or Global Analog Processing
150
Overview of Analog Processing
151
General Patching Technique
152
Minimum Conditions
154
Filter
155
Cutoff
156
Resonance
157
Keyboard Track
158
Envelope Amount
159
ADSR Envelope
160
Attack
162
Decay
162
Sustain
163
Release
164
Amplifier
165
Attack Rate
165
Release Rate
166
Filter Peak
166
Amplifier Peak
168
Velocity Effect
168
Midiguide
169
Overview
169
Mode
169
Options
174
Transmit/Receive
174
Baud Rate
175
Arpeggiator Clock out
176
Arpeggiator Clock in
176
MIDI Common Sample Dump Standard
176
Specification
178
Channel
178
Wheel Change
179
Breath Controller Change
179
DX-7 Pressure
179
Foot Pedal
180
Master Volume Change
180
Hold Pedal
180
Local Keyboard On/Off
181
All Notes off
181
Preset Number
181
Pressure
182
Pitch Wheel Change
182
System Real-Time
183
Timing Clock
183
MIDI Sample Dump Standard
185
Dump Request
185
Ack
185
Nak
185
Wait
186
Dump Header
186
Data Packet
186
Generic Dump Requests
189
Sound Parameter Dumps
190
Preset Parameter Dumps
193
Map Parameter Dumps
195
Other Commands
196
Routine Maintenance
197
Cleaning
197
Disk Drive
197
Trouble
198
Power and Fusing
198
Audio Problems
198
Keyboard Problems
198
Control Problems
199
Display Summary
199
Blank Definition Forms
202
Operation Summary
214
Performance Parameters
215
Sampling
219
Analog Parameters
223
How to Determine the Drive Type
229
Setting up
230
Head Protectors
230
Preset Mode
230
Using
230
Performance
233
Arpeggiator Rate
234
Arpeggiator MIDI Clock Input
234
Arpeggiator Footswitch
234
Keyboard/Mapping
235
Extended Mapping Range
235
Analog Controls
237

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