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Unison – Dave Smith Instruments PROPHET 12 DESKTOP User Manual

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Prophet 12 Module Operation Manual

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When u

niSon

is on, the Prophet 12 plays like a monophonic synthesizer. That

is, only one note can be played at a time. Turn u

niSon

on to display the three

parameters that control how the voices and keyboard will respond.

Note:

u

niSon

can be on in Layer A and off in Layer B, or vice versa.

Mode: 1 Voice, All Voices

—Set to 1 Voice, only one of the twelve voices

plays. Use this setting to emulate a typical monophonic synthesizer. When set

to All Voices, all the available voices play in unison (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, HighRetrig, LastNote,

LastRetrig

— Key Assign (sometimes called note priority) determines what note

gets priority when more than one note is played via MIDI. Low-note priority is

most common in vintage synths and is often used for playing trills by holding a

note and repeatedly tapping a lower note. LowRetrig causes the envelopes to be

retriggered with each keystroke. HighNote and HighRetrig are similar to the low

note settings, except that the highest note is given priority. And LastNote and

LastRetrig give priority to the last note played.