Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12, Operation Manual

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Page 3: ...Operation Manual Module Operation Manual Version 1 0 January 2014 Dave Smith Instruments LLC 1527 Stockton Street 3rd Floor San Francisco CA 94133 USA 2014 Dave Smith Instruments LLC www davesmithins...

Page 4: ...ations Cet appareil numerique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le materiel brouilleur du Canada For Technical Support email support sequential com CALIFORNIA PROP 65 WARNI...

Page 5: ...rols 2 Using Compare 2 Saving Programs 3 Moving to the Next Level 3 Connections 6 Global Settings 8 Oscillators 12 Character 17 Low Pass Filter 18 High Pass Filter 21 Voltage Controlled Amplifier 22 F...

Page 6: ...Split and Stack 44 Managing Layers 44 Multi Mode Operation 46 Using USB 47 Appendix A Modulation Sources 49 Appendix B Modulation Destinations 50 Appendix C Delay Times 52 MIDI Implementation 55 MIDI...

Page 7: ...Cortini Richard Devine Rory Dow Peter Dyer Robert Henke Tim Koon Kurt Kurasaki Kevin Lamb Jon Lehmkuhl Jamie Lidell Tim Mantle Psalm37 Drew Neumann Phil Peskett Lorenz Rhode Special thanks also to Jef...

Page 8: ...vi Dave Smith Instruments...

Page 9: ...itecture The Prophet 08 as a modern analog poly synth a full featured followup 30 years after the Prophet 5 The Prophet VS Wavestation The problem is now resolved the Prophet 12 is my favorite No ques...

Page 10: ...viii Thank You Dave Smith Instruments...

Page 11: ...very compact instrument and as a result it can generate a fair amount of heat Since you re reading the manual you have probably noticed that the module s enclosure is well ventilated on both the botto...

Page 12: ...x Your Prophet 12 Module is Hot Dave Smith Instruments...

Page 13: ...four Factory banks and the rest are in four User banks When a Prophet 12 leaves the factory the User banks are an exact copy of the Factory banks Program 1 in bank 1 of the User banks is the same as...

Page 14: ...out actually changing programs Using the Display and Soft Controls The Prophet 12 s parameters are all accessible by pressing the associated front panel switch and then editing the parameters via the...

Page 15: ...2 Insert a character before the selected character G Delete Char soft key 3 Delete the selected character H Select A B soft key 4 Switch between the layer A and layer B name Saving a program overwrite...

Page 16: ...effectively integrate the Prophet 12 into your rig as well as information about using a footswitch and expression pedals Also look for the tips and notes scattered throughout the manual to gain a bett...

Page 17: ...EEDBACK LOOP VCA PAN L R SUB OSC OSC 2 OSC 3 OSC 3 LEVEL OSC 4 LEVEL OSC 4 OSC 1 LEVEL OSC 2 LEVEL LPF DECI AIR GIRTH DRIVE HACK HPF PROPHET 12 VOICE ARCHITECTURE Modulation routing omitted for clarit...

Page 18: ...ifferent sources may cause the Prophet 12 to respond unpredictably MIDI Out and USB can be used at the same time and transmit the same data See Using USB on page 47 for more information Sustain Accept...

Page 19: ...A is available from the Main outputs and layer B is routed to the B outputs See Layers Split and Stack on page 44 for more information The Prophet 12 sounds great in stereo but can be switched to mono...

Page 20: ...ck Mode See table Sets the Prophet 12 s ability to send and receive MIDI clock messages Display MIDI Clock Setting Off MIDI Clock is neither sent nor received Master MIDI Clock is sent but not receive...

Page 21: ...When off the controls are transmitted via MIDI but do not directly affect the local synth that is the Prophet 12 This is primarily useful for avoiding MIDI data loops that can occur with some externa...

Page 22: ...ally open and normally closed Either type can be used with the Prophet 12 s Sustain switch input Not sure which type you have If the footswitch s behavior is the opposite of what s expected that is do...

Page 23: ...in SysEx format via the selected MIDI port See 9 MIDI Sysex Cable Dumped programs will load back into the same bank and program location in memory when received by the Prophet 12 via MIDI 24 Dump Curr...

Page 24: ...buttons until all of them are lit Select the desired parameter using Prev and Next Param Soft keys 2 3 Press and hold Hold Edit All Soft key 1 while adjusting one of the soft knobs Or use the soft kn...

Page 25: ...ellow values between 0 and 63 will be a mix of Mellow and Nasal An extremely broad variety of hybrid wave shapes can be created by mixing two of the wavetable shapes And of course Shape Mod Pulse Widt...

Page 26: ...ich is typically how analog synths behave That is the oscil lators are running whether a note is being gated on or not When the amplifier envelope is set for a fast attack this can cause a soft but de...

Page 27: ...y be audible The fundamental pitch changes but the harmonic content is relatively consistent Oscillator 2 is the master and oscillator 1 is the slave Tip Use glide an envelope generator an LFO the mod...

Page 28: ...as carrier modulator pairs But with AM the modulator modulates the carrier s amplitude not its frequency As with FM any oscillator routing combination can be configured using the modulation matrix Gl...

Page 29: ...nd enhances low frequencies so the effect upon high frequency content is minimal Girth 0 127 A low shelf filter to boost low frequencies with some extra harmonic modification at higher settings Air 0...

Page 30: ...ng in semitones The cutoff transitions smoothly across the values when the frequency is swept Resonance 0 127 Emphasizes a narrow band of frequencies around the cutoff frequency In 4 pole mode high le...

Page 31: ...f the envelope Attack Decay Sustain Release Delay DADSR Envelope Amplitude Time Repeat Off On When on the Delay Attack and Decay segments of the envelope repeat Sustain still affects the level at whic...

Page 32: ...Dave Smith Instruments On A B C Off A The gate generated by pressing holding and then releasing a key B Corresponding DADSR envelope behavior with Delay on and Repeat off C Behavior of the same envel...

Page 33: ...o resonance to push it beyond what can be achieved by the Resonance control alone Be aware though that the signal level of the self oscillation is significantly higher than normal and will likely caus...

Page 34: ...create a program in which velocity controls the VCA turn VCA Envelope Amount down and turn Velocity Envelope Amount up To achieve the best results it may be necessary to set an initial level using En...

Page 35: ...sustain level of the envelope Release 0 127 Sets the release time of the envelope Repeat Off On When on the Delay Attack and Decay segments of the envelope repeat Sustain still affects the level at wh...

Page 36: ...edium levels of feedback add depth and movement to the sound Negative values invert the signal producing different results than positive values Note Be careful when using feedback and filter settings...

Page 37: ...t and right chan nels so the primary audio path from the filters forward is still entirely analog Delay Time 0 255 Sets the delay time for the selected tap from a minimum of 0 9556 milliseconds and a...

Page 38: ...tual delay time will be 1 second 2 seconds divided by 2 LP HP Freq 0 127 Sets the cutoff frequency of the lowpass or highpass filter in the output feedback path A lowpass setting of 127 results in no...

Page 39: ...ing and chorus effects The main difference between the two is that flanging uses feedback and chorus does not and chorus typically uses a longer delay time though with modulation the range of delay ti...

Page 40: ...e Frequency 0 127 Sets the frequency of LFO modulation routed to the selected destination See also Sync Amount 0 127 Sets the amount of LFO modulation routed to the selected destination Shape Triangle...

Page 41: ...Qrtr 4 beats 6 Qrtr 6 beats 8 Qrtr 8 beats 16 Qrtr 16 beats 32 Qrtr 32 beats Phase 0 127 Used in conjunction with Wave Reset Phase sets the initial phase from 0 to 360 degrees at which the LFO wave sh...

Page 42: ...y As Slew Rate increases those changes are drawn out elongated and the result is a sort of smoothing effect Wave Reset Off On When off the LFO is free running When on the LFO is re started each time a...

Page 43: ...osen destination The modulation amount can be positive or negative allowing for inverted envelope control Velocity Envelope Amount 0 127 Enables keyboard velocity to modu late the Envelope Amount Dela...

Page 44: ...n 50 LPF Cutoff Slider 2 Position 50 HPF Cutoff Sort Source Sort Dest Edit Mod 1 Sort Slot Source Amount Destination Soft knob 1 selects the modulation slot to edit Source Soft knob 2 sets the modulat...

Page 45: ...Mod Destination 4 Choose a destination by turning its knob or pressing its button That destination is assigned to the mod slot Release Assign Mod Destination 5 Use either the Amount knob or soft knob...

Page 46: ...het 12 s stereo analog distortion is actually two stereo distortions one for layer A and another for layer B so that split and stacked sounds can have different distortion settings per layer Distortio...

Page 47: ...nison all twelve voices or six if Stack or Split are on Detune 0 127 In All Voices mode Detune detunes the voices by varying amounts to fatten the sound Key Assign Low Note LowRetrig HighNote HighRetr...

Page 48: ...pparent effect Glide Amount can be set to a different value for each of the oscillators Tip To set Glide Amount for all oscillators simultaneously press and briefly hold any of the oscillator select b...

Page 49: ...to play until Hold is turned off If more than twelve notes are played voices will be stolen from the earlier held notes in order to play the new notes When used in conjunction with the arpeggiator s...

Page 50: ...re pressed Random Plays notes randomly Octave Range 1 Octave 2 Octaves 3 Octaves Set to 1 Octave only the keyed notes are arpeggiated Set to 2 Octaves the keyed notes and the notes one octave above th...

Page 51: ...BPM beats per minute Tap Tempo flashes on the beat Also affects the LFO frequency and delay time when Sync is turned on for an LFO or delay tap When syncing to an external MIDI clock source the BPM c...

Page 52: ...d to the scratchpad To get to the Arpeggiator Scratchpad 1 Press the Arp Misc tab 2 Set Lock Notes to On 3 When Lock Notes is On Soft key 4 becomes a button called Edit Arp Press Edit Arp to access th...

Page 53: ...or Arp Misc screens soft key 4 becomes a button called Capture Arp The Capture Arp text is only present when MIDI notes are held When Capture Arp is pressed the note combination is temporarily saved...

Page 54: ...lume Voice Volume and Pedal MIDI volume if used If any of the three are off there will be no output Voice Volume is set in the Vol Dist tab of the VCA screens Voice Volume is programmable to balance t...

Page 55: ...een is displayed 2 Use Range Up soft knob 2 to set the pitch bend up range Range Up can be set in semitones from Off to 1 Octave 3 Use Range Down soft knob 3 to set the pitch bend down range Range Dow...

Page 56: ...hold Edit Layer B until it blinks To return to single layer editing press Edit Layer B again When Split A B is on layer A is mapped to the left of the keyboard s split point and layer B is mapped to t...

Page 57: ...r U4 Factory F1 F2 F3 or F4 D Layer Vol soft knob 3 Sets the program volume for the selected layer E Split Point soft knob 4 Sets the split point for the current program F The current layers and their...

Page 58: ...l controls will now send MIDI data on Layer B s MIDI chan nel Press and hold the Edit Layer B button to enter Link Edit Mode The front panel controls send MIDI data on both channels simultaneously If...

Page 59: ...used at the same time and transmit the same data USB Notes Under Mac OS X Prophet 12 Keyboard will appear as a MIDI port when connected via USB and can be configured using the Mac s Audio MIDI Setup...

Page 60: ...48 Using USB Dave Smith Instruments...

Page 61: ...tion Sources Off Osc 1 Osc 2 Osc 3 Osc 4 LFO 1 LFO 2 LFO 3 LFO 4 Lowpass Env VCA Env Env 3 Env 4 Pitchbend Mod Wheel Slider 1 Position Slider 2 Position Slider 1 Pressure Slider 2 Pressure Aftertouch...

Page 62: ...Delay 1 Feedback Delay 2 Feedback Delay 3 Feedback Delay 4 Feedback Delay 1 Pan Delay 2 Pan Delay 3 Pan Delay 4 Pan LFO 1 Freq LFO 2 Freq LFO 3 Freq LFO 4 Freq LFO 1 Amount LFO 2 Amount Off Osc 1 Freq...

Page 63: ...Attack Env 4 Attack All Env Attack LPF Env Decay Amp Env Decay Env 3 Decay Env 4 Decay All Env Decay LPF Env Release Amp Env Release Env 3 Release Env 4 Release All Env Release Mod 1 Amount Mod 2 Amou...

Page 64: ...7 6445 37 8 0991 38 8 5807 39 9 0909 40 9 6315 41 10 2042 42 10 8110 43 11 4538 44 12 1349 45 12 8565 46 13 6210 47 14 4309 48 15 2890 49 16 1982 50 17 1614 51 18 1818 52 19 2630 53 20 4084 54 21 6219...

Page 65: ...340 9631 128 346 1118 129 351 2605 130 356 4092 131 361 5580 132 366 7067 133 371 8554 134 377 0041 135 382 1529 136 387 3016 137 392 4503 138 397 5990 139 402 7478 140 407 8965 141 413 0452 142 418...

Page 66: ...2 778 6048 213 783 7535 214 788 9022 215 794 0510 216 799 1997 217 804 3484 Value Time msec 218 809 4971 219 814 6459 220 819 7946 221 824 9433 222 830 0920 223 835 2408 224 840 3895 225 845 5382 226...

Page 67: ...Clock Cable MIDI Port USB Selects the MIDI port by which MIDI clock data is transmitted and received MIDI Parameter Send NRPN CC Off Changes to the values of Prophet 12 s front panel controls are tra...

Page 68: ...k 1101 nnnn 0vvvvvvv Channel Pressure 1110 nnnn 0vvvvvvv 0vvvvvvv Pitch Bend LS Byte then MS Byte Notes 0kkkkkkk Note number 0 127 nnnn Channel number 0 to 15 MIDI channel 1 16 Ignored if MIDI channel...

Page 69: ...Description 1000 nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0000000 Note Off 1001 nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note On 1011 nnnn 0vvvvvvv 0vvvvvvv Control Change see Transmitted Controller Messages 1100 nnnn 0ppppppp Program change 0...

Page 70: ...e Controllers CCs are mapped onto Prophet 12 s controls They are transmitted when MIDI Param Send is set to CC in Global and recognized when received when MIDI Param Receive is set to CC in the Global...

Page 71: ...o Latch On Off 62 Arp Clock Divide 63 Arp Repeats 64 Pedal 2 65 Glide On Off 67 Osc 1 Pitch 68 Osc 1 Fine Tune 69 Osc 1 Level 70 Osc 1 Shape 71 Osc 1 Shape Mod 72 Osc 1 FM 73 Osc 1 AM CC Param 74 Brig...

Page 72: ...ion Dave Smith Instruments CC Param 108 HPF Key Amount 109 Girth 110 Air 111 Hack 112 Decimate 113 Drive 114 Feedback Amount 115 Feedback Tuning 116 Unison On Off 117 Unison Detune 118 Unison Mode 119...

Page 73: ...e MSB 0010 0110 NRPN parameter value LSB CC 0vvv vvvv Parameter value LSB The parameter number can be found in the two tables below one for Global parameters and the other for Program parameters The p...

Page 74: ...0010 0101 0111111 RPN parameter number MSB CC Reset NRPN parameter number when both MSB and LSB received 1011 nnnn 0010 0100 0111111 RPN parameter number LSB CC Reset NRPN parameter number when both...

Page 75: ...Ex Cable 0 None 1 MIDI Port 2 USB 1034 0 3 MIDI Out Select 0 Off 1 MIDI 2 USB 3 MIDI USB 1035 0 1 Local Control 0 Off 1 On 1036 0 1 Mono Stereo 0 Stereo 1 Mono 1037 0 2 Pot Mode 0 Relative 1 PassThru...

Page 76: ...Data The following table lists Prophet 12 s program parameters NRPN Layer A NRPN Layer B Value Description 0 512 0 120 Osc 1 Pitch 1 513 0 100 Osc 1 Fine Tune 2 514 0 127 Osc 1 Level 3 515 0 19 Osc 1...

Page 77: ...520 0 255 Osc 1 AM 9 521 0 127 Osc 1 Slop 10 522 0 127 Osc 1 Glide Amount 11 523 0 1 Osc 1 Sync 0 Off 1 On 12 524 0 1 Osc 1 Key Follow 0 Off 1 On 13 525 0 1 Osc 1 Wave Reset 0 Off 1 On 18 530 0 120 O...

Page 78: ...c 1 Shape 40 552 0 127 Osc 3 Shape Mod 41 553 0 11 Osc 3 Wave Left see Osc 1 Wave Left 42 554 0 11 Osc 3 Wave Right see Osc 1 Wave Left 43 555 0 255 Osc 3 FM 44 556 0 255 Osc 3 AM 45 557 0 127 Osc 3 S...

Page 79: ...On 66 578 0 1 Osc 4 Key Follow 0 Off 1 On 67 579 0 1 Osc 4 Wave Reset 0 Off 1 On 72 584 0 127 Osc 1 Sub Octave 73 585 0 3 Glide Mode 0 FixRate 1 FixRate A 2 FixTime 3 FixTime A 74 586 0 1 Glide 0 Off...

Page 80: ...127 VCA Envelope Amt 104 616 0 127 Velocity to VCA Env Amt 105 617 0 127 VCA Env Delay 106 618 0 127 VCA Env Attack 107 619 0 127 VCA Env Decay 108 620 0 127 VCA Env Sustain 109 621 0 127 VCA Env Rele...

Page 81: ...644 0 1 Envelope 3 Repeat 0 Off 1 On 133 645 0 97 Envelope 3 Destination see table of modulation destinations and values 136 648 0 254 Envelope 4 Amt 0 to 126 127 to 1 127 0 128 to 254 1 to 127 137 6...

Page 82: ...s 13 8 quarters 14 16 quarters 15 32 quarters 149 661 0 1 LFO 1 Sync 0 Off 1 On 150 662 0 7 LFO 1 Shape 0 triangle 1 reverse sawtooth 2 sawtooth 3 square 4 pulse 1 5 pulse 2 6 pulse 3 7 random 151 663...

Page 83: ...5 LFO 3 Frequency 168 680 0 15 LFO 3 Sync Setting see LFO 1 Sync Setting 169 681 0 1 LFO 3 Sync 0 Off 1 On 170 682 0 7 LFO 3 Shape see LFO 1 Shape 171 683 0 127 LFO 3 Amount 172 684 0 127 LFO 3 Slew R...

Page 84: ...ter 8 dotted quarter 9 half 10 dotted half 11 whole 189 701 0 1 Delay 1 Sync 0 Off 1 On 190 702 0 127 Delay 1 Amount 191 703 0 127 Delay 1 Feedback 192 704 0 127 Delay 1 Lowpass Filter 193 705 0 127 D...

Page 85: ...ay 1 Sync Setting 213 725 0 1 Delay 4 Sync 0 Off 1 On 214 726 0 127 Delay 4 Amount 215 727 0 127 Delay 4 Feedback 216 728 0 127 Delay 4 Lowpass Filter 217 729 0 127 Delay 4 Highpass Filter 218 730 0 1...

Page 86: ...745 0 97 Mod 4 Destination see table of modulation destinations and values 235 747 0 26 Mod 5 Source see table of modulation sources and values 236 748 0 254 Mod 5 Amount 0 to 126 127 to 1 127 0 128 t...

Page 87: ...es 252 764 0 254 Mod 9 Amount 0 to 126 127 to 1 127 0 128 to 254 1 to 127 253 765 0 97 Mod 9 Destination see table of modulation destinations and values 255 767 0 26 Mod 10 Source see table of modulat...

Page 88: ...71 783 0 26 Mod 14 Source see table of modulation sources and values 272 784 0 254 Mod 14 Amount 0 to 126 127 to 1 127 0 128 to 254 1 to 127 273 785 0 97 Mod 14 Destination see table of modulation des...

Page 89: ...Unison Mode 0 Off 1 On 286 798 0 5 Unison Key Assign 0 low note 1 low retrig 2 high note 3 high retrig 4 last note 5 last retrig 287 X 0 127 Split Point 288 X 0 2 A B Mode 0 normal 1 split on 2 stack...

Page 90: ...295 807 0 1 Arp Lock On Off 0 Off 1 On 288 800 30 250 BPM 301 333 813 845 0 127 Arp Note A rest can be achieved in Lock Notes mode if the high data bit is set to a 1 if the high data bit is set to 0 t...

Page 91: ...20 The following table shows the allowed Name Characters and their values ASCII code ASCII 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 Character ASCII 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 Character 0 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 92: ...Mod Source Value Off 0 Osc 1 1 Osc 2 2 Osc 3 3 Osc 4 4 LFO 1 5 LFO 2 6 LFO 3 7 LFO 4 8 Lowpass Env 9 VCA Env 10 Env 3 11 Env 4 12 Pitchbend 13 Mod Wheel 14 Slider 1 Position 15 Slider 2 Position 16 Sl...

Page 93: ...ll Slop 25 Air 26 Girth 27 Hack 28 Decimate 29 Drive 30 LPF Cutoff 31 LPF Resonance 32 Mod Destination Value HPF Cutoff 33 HPF Resonance 34 VCA 35 Pan 36 Pan Spread 37 Feedback Amount 38 Feedback Tuni...

Page 94: ...4 Env 3 Decay 75 Env 4 Decay 76 All Env Decay 77 LPF Env Release 78 Amp Env Release 79 Env 3 Release 80 Env 4 Release 81 All Env Release 82 Mod 1 Amount 83 Mod 2 Amount 84 Mod 3 Amount 85 Mod 4 Amount...

Page 95: ...Inquiry Message 0000 0001 Inquiry Request 1111 0111 End of Exclusive EOX The Prophet 12 responds with Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive SysEx 0111 1110 Non realtime message 0vvv vvvv If MI...

Page 96: ...s Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive SysEx 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 1010 Prophet 12 ID 0000 0110 Request Program Edit Buffer Transmit 1111 0111 End of Exclusive EOX Prophet 12 will respond by sending...

Page 97: ...tion 1111 0000 System Exclusive SysEx 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 1010 Prophet 12 ID 0000 0011 Edit Buffer Data 0vvv vvvv 1024 bytes expanded to 1171 MIDI bytes in packed MS bit format 1111 0111 End of Excl...

Page 98: ...A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 1 00 G7 F7 E7 D7 C7 B7 A7 2 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0 2 00 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 3 C7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0 3 00 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0 4 D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 4 00 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1...

Page 99: ...ich is opto isolated The Prophet 12 is behaving erratically This is almost always caused by a MIDI data loop Make sure that any MIDI Thru functionality is turned off on the MIDI interface hardware or...

Page 100: ...nge or out of tune Run Autotune Filters in the Global menu Note It is not necessary to run any of the calibration routines on a regular basis You should only run it if you are experiencing problems St...

Page 101: ...the best course of action for getting your Prophet 12 repaired For your own protection as well as ours please do not return any product to Dave Smith Instruments without a return authorization RA numb...

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