Korg Prophecy, Basic Manual

Page 1: ...Prophecy SOLO SYNTHESIZER Players I Basic Guide Multi Oscillator Synthesis System KORG...

Page 2: ...h openings 10 The product should be serviced by qualified personnel when A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged or B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the product or C...

Page 3: ...mark which is attached to our company s products of Battery operated apparatus means it conforms to EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and CE mark Directive 93 68 EEC Precautions Location Using the unit in the...

Page 4: ...ngs are memorized for each program allowing you to select performance techniques as appropriate for your style and the selected sound ii 4 The Performance Editor function lets you assign parameters to...

Page 5: ...of these blocks general purposes EGs and LFOs can be used as modulation sources While the Prophecy is a cutting Multi Oscillator Synthesis System edge digital synthesizer that uses the very latestin...

Page 6: ...playback 7 2 5 Playing a program 8 About the Performance mode display 8 Selecting a program 8 Using the EC5 to select programs 10 Using MIDI to select programs 10 The PORTAMENTO effect 10 OCTAVE UP DO...

Page 7: ...process of editing a program assigning performance edit parameters and setting the arpeggiator pattern For a more detailed explanation of the parameters or the parameters not explained in this section...

Page 8: ...touch 37 5 6Applying pitch bend 37 5 7 Damper Hold pedal 37 5 8 Adjusting the volume 37 5 9Applying vibrato pitch modulation 38 5 10Control the stereo location pan 38 5 11 If the sound does not stop 3...

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Page 10: ...sly adjusts the volume from the OUTPUT jacks rear panel and from the PHONES jack p 6 WHEEL 3 HOLD key Pressing this key while operating WHEEL 3 will hold the effect where it is at that moment The effe...

Page 11: ...operation will be canceled COMPARE key When editing program parameters this key allows you to call up the original values of the program Alternatively if you have not yet written your edits this key a...

Page 12: ...aithfully reproduce the sound of the Prophecy we recommend that you use a powered monitor a powered speaker such as the PM 15 sold separately If you use the amp of your stereo audio system or a portab...

Page 13: ...you wish to connect more MIDI devices than this use a MIDI patch bay FOOT SW jack A pedal switch such as the FS 1 or 2 sold separately can be connected to this jack This allows you to turn on off the...

Page 14: ...nob also sets the headphone volume Getting back into Performance mode VOlUME The Prophecy allows you to move easily between the various modes and operations such as Program Write or Demo Playback This...

Page 15: ...used program is indicated Select one of the demo songs ENTER 4 To begin playback press the ENTER key The demo songs are refrained from the selected song VALUE Q Example of screen display during demo...

Page 16: ...1 to reserve the bank The LED of the bank key that you pressed and the ENTER key LED will begin blinking At this point the bank has not yet been changed The LED of the currently selected bank key is l...

Page 17: ...ing the numeric keys Use the numeric keys to specify a two digit number To select a program 0 9 press 0 first and then press the desired number If you enter a number above 63 program 63 will be select...

Page 18: ...ofportamento NORMAL Portamento will always apply regardless of how you play FINGERED Portamento will be applied only when you play the next note before releasing the previous note OCTAVE UP DO WN Thes...

Page 19: ...E turned on rotate knob 1 5 to modify the value of the parameters assigned to them and listen to the tone change H i Pr or p ic t F j r F rr UP tii i i UZF i lc dI Ci Fbk l i i H il Dl Fbk About the P...

Page 20: ...ume Various control functions 2 can be assigned within each program allowing your playing to be more expressive 2 To assign a controller to aparameter make settings in Edit mode Common section pages C...

Page 21: ...ect will be applied when you move your finger to left or right on the ribbon Depending on the setting of Edit mode Common section page CMN 7 X Variable Center this can be used in two ways OFF The left...

Page 22: ...assigned function on off Pedal switch function assignments are made in Edit mode Common section page CMN 8 Foot SW The polarity of the foot switch can be set in Edit mode Global section page GLB 4 Fo...

Page 23: ...ion with the specified speed regardless of the timing at which you pressed the notes 2 LATCH lit Arpeggiation will continue even after the notes are released 3 KEY SYNC lit While with a selection of 1...

Page 24: ...Basic arpeggiator operation Press the ARPEGGIO ON OFF key to make the LED light The arpeggiator function will be turned on If you now press notes on the keyboard an arpeggio will be played Rotate the...

Page 25: ...types such as Pythagorean Werckmeister Arabian Indonesian and also user scales These can be selected for each program This is set by the Edit mode Common section page CMN 4 Scale setting Parameter Gui...

Page 26: ...ne To return to Performance mode press the same key once again or press the EXIT key Edit mode In this mode you can modifyI create program sounds The program parameters for editing programs are groupe...

Page 27: ...PEGGIATOR PATTERN DEFINE WRITE PE DEFINE GLOBAL O 0 PERFORMANCE 0 EDIT PERFORMANCE EDITOR DEFINE PEDEFINE EXIT GLOBAL OorQ e PERFORMANCE 0 EDIT Example of moving between modes PATTERN DEFINE PAnERN EX...

Page 28: ...Editor Define Pattern Define mode and Edit mode The PAGE RIGHT key advances to the next page the PAGE LEFT key returns to the previous page You can also jump to the first page by simultaneously press...

Page 29: ...be entered If the parameter value is a signed number positive or negative use the PATTERN PROGRAM Select key to input positive or negative values If the range of values is within 0 9 a single press o...

Page 30: ...l name fo r the parameters which make up this page Name of selected p1arameter This displays the name of the parameter where the cursor is located the parameter to which edits are being made If the pa...

Page 31: ...h as an interval of semitones or cents from the basic pitch The same pitch modulation effect that applies to the Oscillator will be applied to the Sub Oscillator In the Mixer section the signal of the...

Page 32: ...ter section Two independent amps are provided and the volume input to each amp will depend on how the filters are connected The Amplifier section also contains an amplitude envelope generator Amp EG f...

Page 33: ...tandard OSC Comb Filter OSC Set 3 Standard OSC VPMOSC Set4 Standard OSC Modulation OSC Set 5 Comb Filter OSC Comb Filter OSC Set 6 Comb Filter OSC VPM OSC Set 7 Comb Filter OSC Modulation OSC Set 8 VP...

Page 34: ...tion Use the PAGE keys to move to page OSC cmn1 Oscillator Set Make sure that the display indicates SETOl Std OSC Std OSC This means that Std OSC is assigned to both OSCl and OSC2 gJ Use the PAGE keys...

Page 35: ...it of the frequencies which pass through the filter the cutoff frequency For this example set Fc 80 Use the PAGE keys to move to page FLl 3 Resonance Rotate knob 1located below the Reso 40 display and...

Page 36: ...Modify the value and notice how the attack changes Try modifying other parameters and see how the Amp section works Using effects The Prophecy provides a variety of effects Here we will give a simple...

Page 37: ...ght end of the ribbon will raise the pitch and moving toward the left will lower the pitch Rotate knob 3 to set XVC ON With this setting the location where you first place your finger on the ribbon wi...

Page 38: ...elect key to enter Edit mode the lower LED will blink Press the GLOBAL key to enter the Global section Use the PAGE keys to move to page GLB 20 Memory Protect If you wish to edit and write a program r...

Page 39: ...re that you want to write the data press the ENTER key The data will be written When execution is complete you will return to the display you were in before initiating the Write operation If you decid...

Page 40: ...Use the PAGE keys to move to PED 1 PEl Definition Here you can specify the parameters that will be controlled by each knob for PEl Rotate knob 1 and check that 1 5 are set as shown in the PEl area of...

Page 41: ...velocity and notice how the arpeggio playback changes Rotate knob 1 and make a setting of Vel 001 127 and the arpeggio will be played with a constant velocity regardless of strongly you played the ke...

Page 42: ...to the note that was first pressed on the keyboard Vel XXX and Gt XXX indicate the velocity and gate time of each step The Ofst XX parameter is an offset that allows you to move the timing of each not...

Page 43: ...in sections of a program This can help you create sounds more efficiently You can also initialize or copy PE Define settings To initialize an entire program use Edit mode Common section page CMN 10 pa...

Page 44: ...and Bn 20 bb control change 32 mm upper byte of bank number bb lower byte of bank number together they allow you to select from 16384 banks An incoming Bank Select message will change the program ban...

Page 45: ...th 8192 bb mm 00 40 as the center value If you want to control Pitch Bend from an external MIDI device set Edit mode Global section page GLB 9 MIDI Pitch Bend Receive to ENABLE 5 7 Damper Hold pedal 2...

Page 46: ...selected This means that the examples given in 5 5 5 10 above are only example ofone particular setting and are not fixed For the relation between controllers messages and parameters refer to the diag...

Page 47: ...the GLB 15 Sys EX Filter MIDI Exclusive Data Transmission setting is ON Xmt ON selecting a program will cause MIDI Exclusive data for 1 program to be transmitted The Prophecy can also transmit these d...

Page 48: ...e mode you can synchronize the playback of the arpeggiator with an external device Whether the Prophecy is the master the controlling device or the slave the controlled device is determined by the set...

Page 49: ...Data Increment Decrement 98 99 X 0 NRPN LSB MSB 2 120 121 X 0 All Sound Off Reset All Cntrls 122 124 X 0 Local Control Omni mode On Off 0 95 0 0 Wheel Ribbon Foot Pedal Knob C Program 0 0 63 0 0 63 P...

Page 50: ...f A30 Symphony P Bend CC 1 CC 2 CC 3 CC 16 CC 17 CC 18 Sustain Off A31 Composite5thWhl1 P Bend CC 1 CC 2 CC 3 CC 16 CC 17 CC 18 Sustain Off A32 DeepSpaceChatter P Bend CC 1 CC 2 CC 3 16 17 CC 18 Susta...

Page 51: ...P Bend CC l CC 2 CC 3 CC l6 CC l7 CC l8 Sustain Off B31 Rib Bone Lead P Bend CC l CC 2 CC 3 CC l6 CC l7 CC lB Sustain Off B32 L ef Oh WaveSeq P Bend CC l CC 2 CC 3 CC l6 CC l7 CC lB Sustain Off B33 O...

Page 52: ...s Controllers 3 x Modulation Wheel Ribbon Controller Control Inputs Assignable Foot Switch Assignable Foot Pedal Outputs UMono R Headphones MIDI IN OUT THRU Card Slot Program Data Arpeggio Patterns Di...

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