Rocktron Prophesy II - Manual

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1. Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Rocktron Prophesy ™ !
Effectively comprising three complete processors in a single package, the Prophesy is the single most powerful
and sophisticated guitar system available today. With dual 24-bit, 66MHz DSP processors providing 130mips of
processing power, the Prophesy is over 12 times as powerful as the original Rocktron Intellifex!
The pre-effects section features wah, compression, EQ, and numerous other effects that can be assigned prior
to the preamp section. The highly-configurable post-effects section provides ultra-transparent, high quality
effects which completely preserve the tone of the preamp—thick reverbs and lush choruses can be used
without coloring the sound of the preamp's tone.
The preamp section features four channels
(Clean American, Texas Blues, Vintage British
and Mega Drive), each with their own distinct
voicings to provide a vast array of amp sounds
to the player — especially when combined with
the pre and post parametric EQ.
The ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release)
function features Rocktron's patent-pending
pluck detection, and allows you to configure
specific Prophesy parameters to be controlled
dynamically by each pluck of a guitar string.
Getting Started
Often the large number of display pages and
preset parameters in a product such as the
Prophesy can seem a little overwhelming to a
new user. Once you have become familiar with
the basic operating interface of the Prophesy,
we encourage you to study the Performance
Notes section in the Appendix of this manual.
The Performance Notes section describes how
many of the factory presets were created, and
discusses how to get a particular distortion
sound, which effects are used, etc. You can
use the information from these notes to help
you in creating your own unique presets.
For a thorough explanation of the Prophesy and its many features, please read this manual carefully and keep
it for future reference.
Key Prophesy Features
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þ Complete Pre-effects section
þ Highly-configurable Post-effects section
þ Most advanced Tube/DSP preamp section available
þ Assignable stereo effect loop
þ Advanced ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release)
þ Advanced speaker simulation
þ Fixed Pre-effects:
Pre EQ, Wah, Compressor
þ Assignable effects (can be used Pre or Post effect):
Phaser, Flanger, Pitch Shift, Chorus, Rotary Speaker,
Delay/Ducker, Effect Loop
þ Fixed Post Effects:
Post EQ, Global EQ, Speaker Simulation, Tremolo,
Reverb
þ Built-in Tuner
þ Glitch-free preset switching with no signal drop out
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