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Chapter 1: Getting Started
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Prophet X User’s Guide
Chapter 1: Getting Started
All factory programs have a “B” layer, even if that layer isn’t currently enabled.
To hear Layer B in isolation, press the
edit
layer
b
button and disable stack or split (if
active) by turning off the
stack
button or
split
button. Pressing
edit
layer
b
a second
time enables Layer A again.
Button is lit when
split is active
Button is lit when
stack is active
Press to enable
Layer B editing
Split and Stack buttons
Stacked Programs
Stacking two programs allows you to create extra complex sounds, since
you can have two completely different programs layered on top of each
other.
Polyphony is halved in Stack mode, so your 8-voice Prophet X, func-
tions as a 4-voice because it uses two voices for each key played. If you
want to increase polyphony, press the
16-
voice
button. This switches
the Prophet X into 16-voice mono mode. Polyphony is doubled, but the
stereo filter signal path is converted to mono. Digital effects remain in
stereo, however.
Press to enable
16-voice
mono mode
Enabling 16-voice mono mode
To turn on Stack mode:
• If it’s not currently lit, press the
stack
button. The button becomes
lit. The program on Layer B is stacked with the program on Layer A.
Polyphony is halved since two voices are used per note.
To turn off Stack mode:
• If it’s currently lit, press the
stack
button. The button becomes unlit.
Only the program on Layer A is heard.
To edit Layer B:
1. Press the
edit
layer
b
button. Layer B editing is enabled.
2. Change any parameters to change the sound of Layer B.
3. Press the
edit
layer
b
button again to turn off Layer B editing.
To edit Layer A and B simultaneously:
1. With Stack mode on (
stack
button is lit) press and hold the
edit
layer
b
button until it begins flashing, indicating that you are in “Link” mode.
Release the button. (It should still be flashing.)
2. Change any parameters. The parameters are changed on both Layer A
and Layer B.
3. To turn off Link mode, press the
edit
layer
b
button again. It stops
flashing.
Saving a program saves any edits to programs on both Layer A and Layer B.
To copy Layer A to Layer B:
1. Press the
edit
b
layer
button.
2. Press Soft Key 1 (
copy
a
>
b
)
.
3.
Press Soft Key 1 again to confirm. Layer A is copied to Layer B.
To copy Layer B to Layer A:
1. Press the
edit
b
layer
button.
2. Press Soft Key 2 (
copy
b
>
a
)
.
3.
Press Soft Key 1 to confirm. Layer B is copied to Layer A.
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