Arturia Prophet V manual

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 1 U U S S E E R R ’ ’ S S M M A A N N U U A A L L P P R R O O P P H H E E T T V V[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 2 PROGRAM MING : Fabrice Bou rgeoi s Jean–Mi chel Bla nchet Nicol as Bronnec Gavin Bu rke Xavier Oudi n Vin cent Travagli ni MANUAL : Jean–Mi chel Bla nchet (French version ) Nicol as Bronnec (Fr ench ve rsion) Frédéric B run (French versi on) Gavin Bu rke (Engl ish V ersion) Houston H aynes (Engl i sh version)[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 3 T T h h a a n n k k y y o o u u f f o o r r p p u u r r c c h h a a s s i i n n g g t t h h e e A A R R T T U U R R I I A A ’ ’ s s P P R R O O P P H H E E T T V V ! ! In this packa ge you wi ll find: • This paper ma nual fo r the PRO PHET V • a CD-ROM co ntaining t he PROP HET V instal ler for MAC OSX an d[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 4 1 Introduction 7 1.1 Prophet His tory ... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... .. 7 1.2 TAE® ... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... 8 1.2.1 Aliasing-fre e oscillato rs .........[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 5 5.1.7 WHEEL- MOD ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... ....... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... ... 5 2 5.1.8 POLY MOD .......... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... .. 5 3 5.1.9 Section mod es for th e keybo ard ....... ...... ..... ....... ....[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 6 8.2 VST ....... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... .... 110 8.2.1 Installation .. ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ....... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... .. 110 8.2.2 Instrument use in the VS T mo de ...... ..... ..... .....[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 7 1 Introduction 1.1 Prophet Hi story Prophet 5: "In 1978 Sequential Circuits co nsisted of Dave Smith, former Mo og clinician J ohn Bowen, and businesswoma n Ba rb Fair hurst. They wer e a s elf-fu nded outf it tha t starte d o ut in the confin es of Smith's San Jose, Ca lifornia , garage selling a digi ta[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 8 If there wa s a singl e feat ure tha t d efined the Prop het s ound, i t w as t he po ly-mod section , whi ch enabled yo u to us e the f ilter envelope an d osc 2 to mo dulate t he freq uency of osc 1, the pulse- width of osc 1 and/o r the filter cuto ff frequency. T hese modulatio n ro utings, combi ned with osc 1[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 9 1.2.1 A liasing-free os cillators Standard digital sy nthesizers produce aliasing i n high frequencies , and a lso whe n using Pulse Width Mod ulation or FM . TAE ® a llows the pro duction o f totally aliasi ng-free osci llators in all contex ts (PWM, FM…) , an d at no extra CPU cost. Linear frequency spect rum [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 10 Temporal representation of a “saw t ooth” waveform of th e original Prophet 5[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 11 Temporal representation of a P rophet V “saw tooth” w aveform reproduced by T AE What’s more, t he original analog oscillators were unstable. In fact, th eir waveform varied slightly f rom one period to a nother. If we a dd to this the fact t hat t he starti ng po int for ea ch period (in Trigg er mode) can [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 12 Comparison of Harmonics gen erated by th e filter circuits of the Prophet V and Prophet 5 when in self oscillation[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 13 2 Inst allation 2.1 Notes about USB key p rotectio n and the inst allatio n: The Prophet V a pplicatio n is delivered w ith a USB k ey, also cal led <<dongl e>>. This key conta ins your PROPH ET V license and a uthorizes t he sof tware to f unction . To use t he so ftware on a different machine , sim p[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 14 Choose the Installation Folder  Next, select the proto col(s) that yo u wish to instal l. The ava ilable optio ns are: • The VST pl ug-in • The DXi plug -in • The RTAS p lug-in Choose your protocol For more info rmation on thos e protocols, pl ease se e to chapte r 8 of this manual.  For the ins tallat[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 15 Select installation fold er for plug-ins  A di alogue box will ask you if yo u wish to have a s hortcut on your desktop . This wi ll g ive you access to the standa lone applicat ion. Shortcut to your desktop  The installati on program w ill then ask to inst all the S yncrosoft drive rs. These dri vers are ne[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 16  Next, the installati on program proc eeds with insta llatio n of the Syncrosoft USB key drive r and Licens e Control C enter. I n order to do this, it will execute th e available Syncroso ft installer of t he CD-Rom . Follow th e instructio ns of t he instal ler. Syncrosoft Installation The installat ion progr[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 17 Choice of installation disc Prophet V will a utomatica lly ins tall as a st andalon e application (functi oning indepen dently and apart from a ny sequ encer host). In the same way , a ll t he ava ilable protocols (VST, Au dio Unit and RTAS/H TDM) will be inst alled. For mo re informa tion on tho se proto cols, go[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 18 3 Quick St art This chapter will familiariz e yo u with the g eneral principles of the Prophet V and how it wo rks. In this chap ter yo u will fin d ba sic examples of the di fferent i nterfac es of the synthesize r meant for fi rst time users. A pr ecise and d etailed descrip tion of all the param eters and contr[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 19 In the Prop het V, a preset contains all the paramet er s ettings of the synth esizer and various real-time co ntrollers (ex: v elocity, af tertouch, pitc h-bend) as we ll as t he effect s (delay, chor us) necessary to reproduc e the s ound. To become mo re familiar with the vario us sounds offered in t he Prophet[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 20 Change the b rightness of the sound  In the same way, you ca n increase the range o f the oscillato r A by a n octav e by turning “Frequency” knob to t he right. C hoose the +1 2 valu e. Setting the Range of the oscillator (« Frequency») By maki ng just a few modif ications, you have already edited t he p[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 21 3.2 Three Int erfaces in the Proph et V The Prophet V offers th ree princi pal interfa ces: In the firs t interface , the Prophet 5, you can find al l t he features of the orig inal Prophet 5 . The second inte rface is the Prophet VS interfac e: as w ith the f irst interfa ce, you w ill find all t he features of t[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 22  In order to unde rstand t he princi pal prog ramming o f the Prophet V, we wi ll sta rt with a very simple so und. Select the pres et “1_ Osc” i n the sub ba nk “Template/ Temp_Sy nth”. The sy nthesis structure of the sound is relativ ely s imple: t he sq uare wav e form of the oscillator 1 is a ctive [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 23 Increase the resonance value  Change the attack tim e of this envelope s o that the bright ness o f the sound w ill increa se as you press ea ch not e. Decrease the attack width  In the sa me w ay, change the deca y time value. This too wi ll dimi nish rather rapidly as you hold the note o n the key boa rd. [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 24  Don’t forget to sav e your work. 3.3.1 Prop het VS and t he conce pt of Vecto r Synthes is (VS) With the « Prophet VS » section, you have ac cess to a wave-table synt hesizer whic h offers several diverse functions extending the playing and synthesi s po ssibiliti es. The functions in t his section are a l[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 25 The Prophet VS osci llators and the mixing joystic k 3.3.2 Qui ckly create ev olving p ad sounds wi th the Pr ophe t VS:  Click on t he « ProVS » icon to load the P rophet VS i nterface Click on the P ro.VS icon  Begin by c hoosi ng a different wav e-form for each of the 4 oscillators. To do this, click on[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 26 move the joyst ick Let’s see how t o apply an enve lope to auto mate the mov ements of th e joystick .  Start by clicking o n t he “Env elopes” opti on in t he LC D screen fou nd on t he right -hand side of the Prophet VS. The n, click o n the “MIX ER” opti on to open the e diting interface of the mix[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 27 Place the joystic k at point “A”  In the same way, place the joystick to the “ 1” posi tion. To do this, m ove it to point “B” corresponding to the B oscillator . Point “B” s hould be at the 100 value, an d the oth er points (A, C, a nd D) sho uld be at the 0 va lue. place the joystic k to the ?[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 28 Place the joystic k at its position“3”  Finally, place t he joystick in i ts po sition “4” . Move it, for example , to the central point corresponding t o the mix of t he 4 oscillat ors. Place the joystic k in its position “4” The f ollowing secti on expla ins the s ettings corres ponding to th e fo[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 29 Turn the “1” knob  Turn th e “ 2” knob to contro l the time between the “1 ” and the “2” points. Choos e, for example, a va lue aroun d 15 00 ms. Turn the “2” knob  Turn the “3” knob of the envelo pe to co ntrol the time between the “ 2” po int and th e “3” point. Choo se a va[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 30 When you play a not e, you can hear t he effec t that the auto mation has on t he mi xing of t he four oscillators. It i s a lso pos sible to a dd a loop between the “0” p oint and the “3” point and to choose the number of repetitions b etween the differ ent points.  To do this, click on the zo ne “Lo[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 31 Click on the “Env elopes” button  Leave the “0 ” point at its initia l position (it co rrespo nds to the initi al level of the volum e). Move the “1” poi nt to the right corresponding to th e attack tim e. Mo ve this same point towards the to p to obta in the atta ck level (volume ). Move the “1?[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 32 To end, add a modulatio n of the fi lter cut fr equency by one of t he two LFO s of t he Prophet VS .  Click on the “Mo dulatio ns” butto n o n t he right -hand s creen of the Prophet VS to make the modulation matrix app ear. Click on the “Modu lations” button  Click on t he modulation po int clik in[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 33  Choose the preset “Pro phet 5 /Pad/Full_ Pad” in t he list o f presets.  Now, to enrich the sound, add a fourth oscillator. Ope n the a udio connect ion matrix by clicking on t he o ption “ Audio” s ituated on th e s cree n yo u find at t he right- hand section of the Prophet VS i nterfa ce. Open th[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 34 Change the w ave-form of this oscillator Careful! On ly four oscillator sources are available in the “Hybrid” interface. This means that it will not be possible to activate the four oscillat ors of the Prophet V S if one of the oscillators of the P rophet 5 is active.  Change the timbre of your so und by ch[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 35 To open it, push on the “Ef fects” butto n found o n th e too l bar, in th e upper ri ght-hand co rner of the Prophet VS i nterfa ce. Push the « open Effect s » button 3.5.1 Chorus The Chorus permit s you to doub le and d etune yo ur soun d in ord er to ma ke it d eeper a nd live lier. Three types o f stereo[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 36  Finally, set t he depth of the chorus by turning t he « D epth » k nob. Set the depth of t he chorus You have the choi ce between th ree types of cho rus : Cho rus 1, 2, and 3. These three styles of chorus vary from the simplest – and less charge o n y our CPU – t o so unds mo re prono unced for various [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 37  It is also possible to set the n umber of repetitions f or each s ide (“Feedb. Ri ght” and “Feedb. L eft”) 3.6 Real time Co ntrollers and assign ing them to M IDI As in the great sounds that yo u know and love, the Prop het V is particularly a dapted to playing in real ti me. One of the g reatest evol [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 38 4 Princip al Element s of the Interface 4.1 Too l Bar The tool bar consists of an ensemble of essential icons fo r t he Prophet V organi zed f rom left to right allowi ng you to: • Save your presets • Access drop m enus o ffering cho ices of banks /sub-ba nks a nd presets . • Importing a nd exporting o f pre[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 39 4.2.1 Choi ce of a b ank, sub-ban k, prese t The ba nk, su b-bank a nd preset in use by the Prophet V are perma nently displayed in the synthesizer too l bar. Display of current b ank, sub-bank and preset To choose a pr eset in the cur rent sub-bank, click on the butto n, a nd a drop -down menu appears with a list[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 40 Choice of a preset in another main bank In the « BANK» drop- down menu, the «All» opti on a llo ws yo u to o pen a sub-list with all of the sub-banks ava ilable in a ll of the banks. This give s you access directly to al l of the presets of a given type, fo r exampl e all o f the basses, no matte r which bank [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 41 4.2.2 Creati on of a b ank, sub- bank, prese t To create a new bank, click on t he button . The drop-down menu displays th e names of all of the existi ng banks of sounds, and a line called «New bank ...». Click on « New ban k...» to create a new bank of s ounds. You ca n the n cha nge t he name of t his bank [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 42 When you click on this b utton, a wi ndow wi ll a ppear allowing yo u to choo se the pr eset bank fil e for the Prophet V (.minibank extensi on). Choose the file that you want to import, and click on «Open». T he new bank o f prese ts will auto matically a ppear among the avai lable banks . The Prop het V equal [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 43 4.3.2 Switc hes There are several types of switches on the Prophet V. C ertain o nes activate/deacti vate a parameter (activatio n of a wavefo rm on t he Pro phet 5 f or exampl e). A red led indica tor on the switch show s that the pa ramete r is active. Others prese nt a cho ice betwee n param eter of the sa me t[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 44 4.3.4 Vi rtual keybo ard The keyboard lets you listen to the sy nthesizer so un ds without the n eed for an exter nal master MIDI keyboard, and wit hout programmi ng a melody in the sequenc er. Just click on a virtual key to hear the correspondi ng s ound. Click on a virtu al key to hear the corresponding sound 4.[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 45 Interrupter Panel of the mixer envelope 4.3.6 LC D Screen The LCD screen, fou nd to the rig ht of th e Proph et V S interfac e, gives access to g raphic editi on of t he three envelop es, the modulati on mat rix, pla ying mode (Proph et VS only), and t he ef fects. For Hybrid mo de the s creen also gives acces s t[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 46 Midi configu ration window of a knob 4.3.8 The Preferen ces Screen On this scree n you can : • Read the vers ion of th e softwa re • Read the cr edits • Activate or d eactiva te the a nimations w hen switchin g betw een playi ng modes You ca n also a ctivate or deacti vate t he po p up i ndi cations when scr[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 47 5 The Modules The Prop het V is composed o f three pa rts: the Prophet 5 interface, the Prophet VS, an d a combinatio n of the two called Hy brid. The Pro phet 5 uses a classic subtract ive synthesis structure while the Prop het VS employs a less used synthes is technique called wave-tab le or vecto r synthesi s. [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 48 • 1 LFO (low fr equency os cilla tor) • 1 polyphonic modulatio n section (Poly MOD) dedica ted to high frequency modulation (FM) • 1 monophonic modulat ion secti on (WHEEL M OD) de dicat ed to the LFO 5.1.1 OSCIL LATORS There are two oscillat ors. The os cillator controls the basic frequencies and t imbres o[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 49 • Triangle • Square PW : knob setting t he pulse width si gnals for the sa w, square , and triangle wave- forms KBD : connectio n buttons a ctivating t he keyboar d Notice: by turning on the “LO FREQ” button, the oscillator B will ask less CPU power of your computer. A weaker oscillation frequency will all[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 50 5.1.2 MIXER The mixer allows you to set and mix the volume of oscillators A and B as well as the volume of the white noise modu le. The white nois e mod ule br ings a n interesti ng att ribute to soun d produ ction. It is notably usefu l to create b reath eff ects (in a flute sou nd for exa mpl e) or for s pecial [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 51 Low pass filter 24dB/o ctave slope The Prophet 5 em ploys a low pass 2 4dB filter. It elimi nates the f requencies found abo ve the cut-off freq uency. The reso nance amplif ies the f requencies close to t he cut -off frequency . The amou nt o f resonance is a ltered by adj usting the res onance kno b. When you t [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 52 key on t he keyboa rd) the e nvelope begi ns the s equen ce begin ning with “Attack”, the n “Decay” , and stays in the “ Sustain” as lo ng a s the note is a ctiv e. W hen the no te i s releas ed t he envelop e finishes wi th the “Rel ease” paramet er. « ADSR » envelope of the filter ATTACK : sett[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 53 • Frequency of oscillator B (« F REQ B ») • Squared widt h of osci llator A (« PW A ») • Squared widt h of osci llator B (« PW B ») • Frequency of cut-off f ilter (« F ILTER ») Destination Connect ion 5.1.8 POLY MOD This section o ffers the neces sary connectio n for hi gh freq uency modu lations ([...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 54 • To deactivat e the note release (“R ELEASE”) . When a k ey on the keyboard is released, t he s ound is immedia tely in terrupted and does not follow the r eleas e phase that i s programm ed. • To rel ease the hold continuing the no te (“HOLD”). Even when the key on the keyboard is r eleased, t he sou[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 55 Notice! The detuning knob for p olyphonic voices i s very usefu l for detun ing the notes in “Unison” mode. T his spreads the effect of the sound (a bit li ke the chorus does). When “UNISON” mode is in active, this parameter gives a bit of instability to tuning of the os cillators (an instability tha t was[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 56 Prophet VS Le PROPH ET VS is mad e up o f: • 4 oscillato rs (« OSCILLA TORS A, B, C et D») using wav e tabl e synthesis • 1 mi xer and s ound envelop e fo r automa tion m ovemen ts of t he joystick for the v olume of the four os cillators • 1 multimod e resonant fi lter • 1 amplifier • 5 point env elop[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 57 SHAPE : selection sc reen for wa ve-forms Oscillators Choice of Wave-forms 5.2.2 MIXER The mi xer l ets yo u m ix t he four os cillators in orde r to enrich and develop the soun d. This mix is done with a joysti ck moving between four po ints (A , B, C, a nd D) repres enting the max imum volume of ea ch of the o s[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 58 5.2.3 MIXER The mi x can also be dy namica lly auto mated by a n e nvelo pe d efining four perio ds, each o f which corresponds to a posi tion to which the joystick can be prog rammed . To activa te this e nvelop e, push t he “E nvelopes” but ton i n the right-hand pa rt of t he synthesizer , then select “ M[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 59 Filter Module Low Pass Filter 24dB /o ctav e slope (LP F ilter) The low pass filter 24 dB na tive to the Prophet VS . It elimi nates the freque ncies found abov e the cut-of f frequency . Low Pass Resonant Filter The other four modes of fi ltration did not exist on the original Proph et VS but t hey are presen t o[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 60 Band Pass Fi lter (BP Filt er) The band pass filter is the co mbination of a 12 dB/octave low pa ss filter and a high pass filter: it eliminates the fre quencie s f ound on either s ide o f the cut-of f freq uency. Use it to make a certain band of frequencie s that you wish to emphasi ze a ppear. This w ill make t[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 61 The graphic editing a ppears on the LCD s creen foun d to the right of the PROP HET VS. The filter e nvelope is compos ed of 5 po ints ranging f rom 0 (initial level) t o 4 (e nd of t he release). A single pa ramete r is offered for po int 0 (Level). Points 1 to 4 a llow you t o set the “ Level” a nd the “Ti[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 62 Amplifier 5.2.7 ENVEL OPE AMPLI FIER The a mplit ude envelope c an be edited by the “ Edit” button found in the E nvelope zone fou nd under the Am plifier mo dule. The editing g raphics ap pear on th e LCD sc reen found to the rig ht of the Prophet VS. The a mplitu de e nvelope is also compo sed of 5 points bu[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 63 RATE : knob sett ing the LFO rate WAVE : scr een for choos ing the 5 wave f orms: • Triangle • Square • Saw Toot h • Inversed Saw to oth • Random The LFOs 5.2.9 Modul ation Matrix The modulatio n matrix allows you to connect the differe nt modulation sources (LFO, Envelopes…) to the sy nthesis pa ramet[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 64 • FREQ VS OSC D • MIX A/C • Mix B/D • CUTOFF • FILT ENVELO PPE • LFO1 RATE • LFO1 AMOUN T • LFO2 RATE • LFO2 AMOUN T • VS VOLUME • AMPL ENVELO PPE • PANORAMIC Modulation co nnections are made by clic king on th e white po ints placed at the intersecti ons between a s ource and a dest inatio[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 65 5.2.10 C horus and De lay Effe cts The Prophet V offers tw o additional effects : a choru s and stereo delay that pe rmit you to add color and spa ce to yo ur soun d. The effects can be a ccessed by clicking on the “EFF ECTS” tab found in the ri ght ha nd section o f the Pro phet VS . The can be activa ted or [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 66 DRY/WET : Balance betw een the s ound with and wit hout effect s SYNC : selection button to s ynchroni ze MIDI tempo The delay 5.2.11 P laying cont rols This pag e giv es access to g lobal setting s of the Pr ophet VS (gen eral vol ume, gen eral t uning, glide, unison…). You can access it on the screen t o the r[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 67 Playing Modes 5.2.12 Whe els PITCH : control w heel for the pitch of the four os cillato rs MOD : cont rol wheel fo r modu lation Remember, no modula tion wi ll be audible wi th a m odulation wheel if this is not connected to a destination in the modulation matrix. However, th e posi tion of the wheel is k ept in [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 68 Hybrid interface 5.3.1 A udio Conne ction Matrix The a udio con nection mat rix, as its name indicat es, routes the sound si gnal between diff erent modules of the two s ynthesi zers (oscillato rs to the filters, fil ters to t he audio o utput). The di fferent connections are made by clicki ng o n t he w hite poin[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 69 Connection t o the Oscillator to source A 5.3.1.2 Connection o f the two ty pes o f filters: The o utput sourc es o f o scillators A, B, C, and D ca n be connect ed to th e tw o ava ilable fi lters. Three conn ections wil l be pos sible: • SOURCES A, B , C and D to FILTE R VS • SOURCES A, B , C and D to FILTE [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 70 5.3.2 Modul ation Matrix Contrary to the mo dulatio n ma trix of the Prop het VS that we ha ve p reviously seen, here all t he individual connections of the Prophet 5 will b e equ ally availabl e and conn ectable to t he parameters o f the Pro phet V S. This allows yo u to a dd mo dulatio n s ources t heoreti call[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 71 • PANORAMIC (Pro VS) • FREQ PRO 5 OSC A • FREQ PRO 5 OSC B • VOL PRO 5 OSC A • VOL PRO 5 OSC B • PW A PROPHET 5 • PW B PROPH ET 5 • NOISE PROPH ET 5 • CUTOFF PR OPHET 5 • VOLUME PR OPHET 5 Careful! When you pass from one synthesizer to another – from the “H ybrid” to Prophet 5 alone for e[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 72 6 The basics of subtractive sy nt hesis Subtractiv e s ynthesis appeare d a t the end of the 19 60’s, giving birth to the f irst analog synthesizers : M oog, Seq uential Circ uits (th e P rophet Series), ARP, EM S, Ober heim, Rolan d (SH or Jupiter series), Yamaha (C S s eries) and Korg (MS an d PS s eries) . Du[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 73 Oscillator Sect ion on the Prophet VS The main os cillator s ettings a re:  The pitc h deter mined by the o scillatio n freque ncy. You can set th e fre quency of the oscillator wi th 2 contro llers : • The tuni ng para meter (“FREQUENCY” ) al lows yo u to t une the osci llator by semi - tones on ra nge o[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 74 oscillator is often s et an octave be low that of the saw tooth), wood sounds (clarinet, if t he square si gnal is a little filte red), et c.… • The triangl e can b e consid ered like a very filtered (and soft) square sig nal. It is very low in harmonics (odd only) a nd will be very useful fo r creating sub ba[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 75 PWM ( P ulse W i dth M o dulati on) is a setting that al lows yo u to mo dify t he wavefo rm cycle (or wave lengt h). This can be done man ually with the he lp of a knob « PW » or by m odulation (wit h an en velope or LF O). This pulse width variation translates to a spectrum mo dificatio n, resembling a wavefo [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 76 In the above image, oscillator2 is synchronized with th e first and tuned to with doub le the tonality. The resulting waveform is uniq ue in that it cannot be c reated by standard synthesis tec hniques such as layering or filtering. Frequency modu lation ( FM ) can be created between 2 oscillato rs by connecting t[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 77 In the Prophet 5 section, you will find the noise generator among the volume sett i ngs of the “mixer”. The Prophet 5 noise generator 6.1.2 The Mixer The audio sig nal generate d by an os cillator (the wa vef orm) is genera lly directe d towards a f ilter module ( Vo ltage Contr olled Fi lter ). The Prophet V [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 78 The Mixer of the P rophet VS and its envelope 6.1.3 The filter or VC F The a udio signal generated by an osci llator (the wa ve form) is next genera lly di rected to a fi lter module or VCF ( Vo ltage Co ntrolled Fi lter ). It is this module t hat we use to con trol the so und by filtering (by remov ing or subtrac[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 79 Depending on the setting we wi ll h ear th e sound b eco ming mo re or less «brilliant», mo re or l ess «dampened» . This is the type of filtering that y ou will find mor e o ften than no t on synthesi zers that us e subtractive sy nthesis . It can be fou nd on mos t of the recent a nalog and dig ital s ynthes[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 80 Band Pass Filter Notch The “ Notch” is opposite to that of the pass band fi lter. It elimina tes the fre quencies insid e a band of fr equencies. The resona nce allows yo u to accentuate t he sag o f a b and of frequ encies. The Filter notch A secon d se tting to complim ent th e cut -off frequenc y: t he r es[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 81 The resonance amplifies frequenc ies close to the cut- off frequency With a high resonanc e lev el, the f ilter wil l begin to prod uce a so und clos e to a sine wa veform. At this stage, the use of a key fo llow i s very importa nt as you can create a melo dy by t uning the cut-off freq uency of th e filter wi th[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 82 6.2 Other mod ules 6.2.1 The keyboard If w e st op here, the sound that you will obtain wi ll be uniform, witho ut life and w ithout an end!! The oscillator delivers a sound s ignal (the a udi o output of a w aveform) of a fixed pitch i n a continuous ma nner. In the diagram above , the only way to stop this quick[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 83 The ADSR Envelope Both enve lopes of the Prophet VS conta in 5 points n umbered 0 to 4 . The 0 co rrespo nds to t he initial l evel of the pa rameter as sociat ed to the env elope. The Release co rrespo nds to point 4 . Points 1 thro ugh 4 contai n two param eters (filter enve lope only) : the LEVE L and the RA TE[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 84 For exampl e: • If the sine w aveform of an LFO modulates the volum e of a n amplif ier, the sound will increase in volum e then disappear in a varying manner following the speed (the frequency ) of this LFO . This w ill produce a t remolo effect. • A s ine waveform o n an LFO m odulating t he f requenc y of a[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 85 6.3 Complement s to Wav etable S ynthesis Wave ta ble sy nthesis functions on the sa me p rinciple s as subtractive synthesis. The differenc e resides in the type of osci llators used: the Prophe t VS using soni c samples saved and sto cked in memory, and th e o lder synth esizers using g enerators of the s aw too[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 86 7 A Few Element s of Sound Design Here ar e 5 examples meant to guid e you with yo ur s ound design in the PR OPHET V. T hese sounds are clas sed fro m the simpl est to the m ost co mplex, an d are org anized in three pa rts: • The F irst section will help you unders tand the s ynth esis of the P ROPEHT 5. By st[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 87  Click on t he button o f oscillator A. Thi s represents the s aw tooth wave-form of o scillator A. When yo u hold a no te, the so und appears strong and bright . Click the “saw t ooth button” of oscillator A  Do the same t hing wit h the (Ins ert Saw button ima ge) butto n of oscil lator B.  You can [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 88 This preset co nsists of: • 2 oscillato rs (the seco nd being i n low fre quencies) • Le mixer • The low pass resonati ng filter • The ADSR env elope co nnected to the filt er • The AR env elope conne cted to the amplif ier • The LFO con nected to the pu lse width of the squar e wa ve form of oscillato[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 89  Increase t he reso nance of the same filt er (c hoose a value arou nd 3 .50). This will cause the filter to resonate a lmos t to the point of auto- oscillation . Increase the resonance filter  In the “ Poly Mod” module found to the left of the interfa ce of the Prophet 5, modulate the filter's cut [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 90  Set the s peed of the modula tion with the “RATE” kno b of the LFO. Choos e a value arou nd 3.00Hz. LFO Settings If y ou w ish to gi ve s pace to your sound, a dd a chor us eff ect. To do thi s, c lick on t he butto n “Chorus” then “Effect Edit” both fo und in the utility bar. This co ntains the se[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 91 Chorus Setting s You can now s ave you r preset s o that you ca n use it later. 7.3 Basic Pres et wit h the Prophet VS (Sweet Pad) In this example yo u will discover the basi cs o f sound programming on the Prophet V S. This section is thus an initiati on to wave-table synthes is – the objective being to crea te[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 92 oscillator D. You can briefly review the different wa ve f orms to g ive yourself an idea of the differe nces betw een the soun ds they pro duce. Wave form choices of t he four oscillators  In order to better hear the diff erence betwee n the timbres pro duced, you can move the joystick between points A, B, C, [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 93 The filter sett ings Let’s look at the settings o f the enve lopes. These s ettings w ill bring th e s ound o f your preset to life by modi fying the c utoff f requency of th e filter a nd the vo lume of th e amplifi er.  To edit the filter envelope, click on the “EDIT” b utt on found just undernea th it.[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 94 Increase the LEVEL of p oint “0”  Adjust the setti ngs ass ociated to poi nt “1”: Incre ase th e LEVEL to abo ut 70 and se t the RATE to about 140 0ms. T he cutof f freque ncy wi ll sof tly evolve c reating a bri ghter sou nd after thr ee seco nds. The phase b etween poi nts “0” and “ 1” co rres[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 95  Set point “3” by i ncreas ing the LEV EL to 70 and t he RATE to abo ut 3 000ms . Poi nts 2 and 3 correspond to the level of stabilizati on o f t he cutoff f requency during the tim e a note is held. This is called t he SUSTAIN of the ADS R envelo p. Set point “3”  Finally, a djust the sett ing s to [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 96 Set the point “0”  Set po int “ 1” at the maxi mum l evel and a RATE at 0. The a ttack of t he note w ill b e very short. Set point “1”  Define the va lues asso ciated to points 2 and 3: l evel = 99 and rat e = 1000 ms. This corresponds to a max imum Susta in level fo r the dura tion o f the note[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 97 Adjust the settin g of point 4 To giv e more stereo space to yo ur sound, it i s possible to s et a panora mic value to each of the notes played .  Click on t he “VOICE” panel ( found to th e right the “AMPLIFI ER” title) to select the polyphonic voic e 1. Set the “PAN” knob on 0. T his voice will b[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 98 7.4 Preset using t he mod ulation matrix and the dynam ic mixing The followi ng exa mple wil l permit y ou to fami liarize yourself with usi ng the m odulatio n matri x and mixing the 4 oscillators. You will create a powerful monop honic lead preset wi th a kind of 80’s spiri t.  Choose the “P roVS/Tem plat[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 99 • Point 3 (Osc A= 12%, Os c B= 1 6%, Osc C= 39%, Osc D= 30 %) • Point 4 (Osc A= 23%, Os c B= 2 8%, Osc C= 25%, Osc D= 22 %) Positioning of t he four points of the mixer 7.4.2 Mi xer envelope This env elope is completely n ew si nce it onl y shows the d uration s etting of each phase of th e mix. Each o f the f[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 100 Final setting of the mix er’s envelope In order to hear the effect that the envelope has o n the m ix when you play a note, click on the ON button found in the envelope. Now, we wi ll define th e LOOP mod e of the mix envelo pe. The LOO P functi on a pplies a loo p betw een 2 points of the envelop e ei ther rep[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 101 Open the Modulati on Matrix  Choose the so urce of the LFO1 on t he A , B, C and D oscillator freq uencies by clicking on the po ints fo rming t he i ntersectio n betw een t he so urce (“LFO1 ”) and th e four des tinations (“FREQ A, FREQ B FREQ C and FREQ D”). An orange point appears to confirm the con[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 102 7.4.4 Playi ng mode i n Unison To give more intensity to your sound, we will apply the monophoni c playing mo de “UNISON”. This allows yo u to play a ll the polyp honic voi ces on a single note. You will have, f or exam ple, a so und having up to 20 oscillators “stack ed” on a s ingle note, i f you use 5 [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 103 Take 1.2 fo r exa mple (Pa d sound wit h FM o n the Prophet 5 ). You w ill us e thi s a s a base for t he following pr eset.  Open the “Hy brid” int erface to have both s ynthesize rs o ne on top of the other. Open the “Hybrid” int erface 7.5.1 A udio Matrix The au dio matrix activa tes or deacti vates[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 104 Activate oscillators C and D of the Prophet VS in the mixer Notice! It is not possible to co nnect more than 4 oscillators si multaneously. For example, you ca n only use 2 oscillator s of the Prophet VS if the 2 osc illators of the Prophet 5 are al ready active.  Play a note o n your k eyboard; you can h ear [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 105 Wave forms of oscillator C an d D Editing the FIL TER an d the AMPLIF IER: To edit the fi lter envelo p, click o n the “EDI T” butto n fo und in the g raphic rep resentatio n of the envelope.  Point “0 ” must be set on the m aximum initia l leve l (value = 99) to have the max imum value at the beginnin[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 106  Finally, set point “ 4”: the LEVEL will remain at 0 and you will set the RATE to a bout 1500 ms. The sound vo lume wil l fall progr essively at the re lease of the no te. Settings of the A mplifier envelope At this point, the Prophe t VS will load the atta ck of your sound, w ith a timbre cl ose to the s [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 107 Delay Effect These diverse sonic examples , as yo u m ay ha ve noti ced, p resent very diff erent lev els of difficulty. We hop e t hat they p ermit you to dis cover a portion of t he pos sibilities that the Prophet V of fer. Don’t h esita te to ex periment o n y our o wn; it is in this w ay that you will make [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 108 8 Modes of Operation 8.1 Stand-alone The Sta nd-Alone applica tion allows the use of the Prop het V o utside o f any hos t a pplication. You can op en one or sev eral instr uments, a nd play dire ctly with t he help of a master MIDI keyboard o r externa l sequencer o n a separat e comput er. 8.1.1 Laun ching the [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 109 • Audio p rotoco l (PC only) : Select the a udio protoco l t hat yo u wi sh to use. The ASIO driver offers some increased performan ces in relation to the Direct X drivers. • Audio d river: Here, se lect the driv er corr espondin g t o the s ound menu that you wish to use. • Sampling frequency: Here, choose[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 110 To activate this function, select t he <<Split>> opt ion in the utility bar. Aft erwards , you can limit the keybo ard zo ne b y configuring the lo west note and the highest note correspo nding to the instrum ent. Octave confi guration The octave parameter per mits yo u to shift the respons e fro m yo[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 111 Under Mac OS X The VS T p lug-in is a utomatically install ed in the fold er of the system corres ponding t o th e V ST instruments : /L ibrary/Audi o/Plug-Ins/ VST/. The VS T plug-in wi ll be usabl e by all you r VST host applications. 8.2.2 Inst rument use i n the VS T mode The opening o f VST Prop het V plug-i[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 112 Connection of a MI DI track to Prophet V The ev ents play ed o n a MIDI k eyboard are recorded by y our host seq uencer, and no w you can use the MID I editing pos sibilities of the sequ encer to co ntrol any param eter wit h Prophet V . Saving o f presets When t he ses sion/proje ct i s sav ed, Prophet V is sav [...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 113 8.3.2 Use in Logic Au dio Select an instrument t rack . On t he s lice of the mix er corr esponding to t he sel ected t rack, click on the b utton <<I/O>> to obta in the list of p lug-ins, the n se lect <<Stereo -> AU Instruments -> Arturia Prop het V Prophet V opening in Logic Since versi[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 114 8.3.3 Use in Digita l Performe r To add an instrument , cho ose the menu<< Project -> A dd Track -> Instrume nt Track -> Prophet V” Opening of Prophet V i n the Di gital Perfo rmer Once you hav e a dded this i nstrument , i t’s poss ible to as sign a MIDI track to i t. In the conn ection menu o[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 115 Connection to a MIDI c hannel So that Prophet V can play t he info rmation comi ng fro m a MIDI track, you have to associate it to a MIDI channel via the ap propriate menu . (See t he Pro Tools menu for mo re infor matio n on plug- in connection ). Connecting a MIDI track to Prophet V Saving the p resets When the[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 116 installation. Onc e the i nstallation is finishe d, Pro phet V can b e used like a ny other D Xi instrument . 8.5.2 Opening the ins trument (Sonar) In the <<Inse rt>> men u, open t he sub-me nu <<DXi Sy nt h>> and cho ose Proph et V. Opening Prophet V in Sonar The <<Synt h Rack> &[...]

ARTURIA – PROPHET V - MANU AL 117 Save the pr esets When the sessi on is saved, the sta tus of Prophet V is sav ed as it is, even if the programmi ng corresponds to none of the presets. For exa mple, if yo u were working on th e preset <<P1> > at which t ime y ou modified the pa ramete rs (without saving them i n th e p lug-itself ), [...]