User manual ROCKTRON PROGAP

[. . . ] The highly-configurable post-effects section provides ultra-transparent, high quality effects which completely preserve the tone of the preampthick 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. Key Prophesy Features ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ þ Complete Pre-effects section Highly-configurable Post-effects section Most advanced Tube/DSP preamp section available Assignable stereo effect loop Advanced ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release) Advanced speaker simulation Fixed Pre-effects: Pre EQ, Wah, Compressor 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 Built-in Tuner Glitch-free preset switching with no signal drop out 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. [. . . ] It is designed to mimic the characteristics of the mechanical rotating speaker with added versatility afforded by DSP. Rotary Page 122 ROTSPK RSPEED S O S FASTSP L WP O N SO LW 45 80 ACCEL 100 ROTBAL 81>H Rotary page parameters PARAMETER ROTSPK DESCRIPTION The ROTARY SPEAKER On/Off parameter determines whether the Rotary effect is active or bypassed for the current preset. Note that even when this parameter is set to OFF, the rotary effect is still present, meaning that it will still sound like you're playing through a rotary speaker cabinet, but with no rotary action. When turned off, the sound will vary as the rotaries will not always come to rest in the same position, just like in a real rotary cabinet. (Off, On) RSPEED The ROTATION SPEED parameter switches between the SLOWSP and FASTSP setting. (The horn and rotor will rotate at slightly different speeds. ) (0 to 100) The FAST SPEED parameter sets the fast rotation speed. (0 to 100) The ACCELERATION parameter adjusts the length of time it takes to reach the SLOW SPeed or FAST SPeed setting of both the horn and rotor. (0 to 100) The ROTATION BALANCE parameter adjusts the relative level of the rotor (lows) vs. (Rotor to Horn) SLOWSP FASTSP ACCEL ROTBAL 40 Application Notes: Rotary The Rotary effect included in the Prophesy has been designed to provide the most realistic simulation of an actual rotary speaker as possible. However, the nature of the rotary effect requires a significantly higher amount of processor power than any of the other effects included in the Prophesy in order to implement it without sacrificing the quality of the effect. As a result of this, it is important to note that using all three modulation effects (rotary, flanger, chorus) and the phaser effect simultaneously can result in an overload of the Prophesy's internal processor--causing a significant hum and loss of sound quality. For this reason, it is recommended that simultaneous usage of all three modulation effects is avoided to greatly reduce the chances of this condition occurring. 41 PHASER Page Phase shifting involves splitting the input signal into two signals, then shifting the phase of different frequencies of one signal and mixing it back with the original signal. Phaser Page 122 PHASER> DEPTH 55 RATE 143 RS N EO 25 STAGES 4 Phaser page parameters PARAMETER DEPTH DESCRIPTION The DEPTH parameter determines the modulation depth of the phase shift effect. When the ducker is adjusted correctly, you can have the delay mixed just right behind your played notes and have nice loud and long trail-offs when you stop playing. Delay Page 1: Delay Time, Level 122 MT UE PE R SPILOVR LEVEL OFF 0. 0 PN A 75>R D-TIME 1 R G N EE 116 +3. 5 Delay Page 1 parameters PARAMETER MUTE DESCRIPTION The MUTE parameter allows for muting of the Delay section at its input (PRE), its output (POST) or both pre and post (BOTH). (The MUTE function is actually switching the Delay IN and OUT -- just like you would with the Delay button on the front panel. It can be accessed with a MIDI pedal by sending the Prophesy a MIDI control number of your choice and assigning that same MIDI control number to the DELAY-IO parameter in any of the Prophesy's eight Controller Assignments. See "Controller Assignments" in Section 7 for more information. ) When using the MUTE "PRE" setting, the Delay IN/OUT function will start and stop the guitar signal before it enters the delay effect. This will produce the following results: When you switch the delay "OUT" while you're playing, the guitar signal will be stopped from entering the delay effect at its input and the last few notes you were playing will trail off until there is no more delayed signal. When switching the delay "IN", signal will begin to enter the delay effect and will then start to be delayed from the exact point at which you turn the delay on. 45 Delay Page 1 parameters (cont'd) PARAMETER DESCRIPTION When using the MUTE "POST" setting, the Delay IN/OUT function will start and stop the guitar signal at the delay effect's output. This will produce the following results: When you switch the delay "OUT" while you're playing, the delayed signal will suddenly be chopped off and will no longer be heard. So, when you switch the Delay "IN" while playing, any licks you were playing will already be echoing and will then be heard. When using the MUTE "BOTH" setting, the Delay IN/OUT function will start and stop the guitar signal at the delay effect's input and output. This will produce the following results: When you switch the delay "OUT" while you're playing, the delayed signal will suddenly be chopped off and will no longer be heard. When switching the delay "IN", the signal will begin to enter the delay effect and will then start to be delayed from the exact point at which you turn the delay on. [. . . ] -------------- Also, make sure that the sequencer's MIDI filter is configured to accept SYSX information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 On the transmitting Prophesy, use the PAGE control to select the PRESET UTILITY page. PRESET UTILITY PRESET DUMP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 On the transmitting Prophesy, use the GAIN control to select the preset utility entitled "DUMP ALL". PRESET UTILITY DUMP ALL 88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Start the sequencer recording. RECORD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 On the transmitting Prophesy, press the STORE button to begin dumping presets to the sequencer. The Prophesy will successively recall each preset, displaying "DUMPED!!!!" for each one. PRESET UTILITY DUMPED!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 When completed, all presets have been dumped and the sequencer can be stopped. Keep the dumped data stored on a disk in a safe, dry location. STOP 89 To reload user data from a sequencer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Connect a standard MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of the transmitting sequencer to the MIDI IN of the receiving Prophesy, as shown below. ! Important Do not allow a looping connection from the MIDI OUT/THRU of the receiving Prophesy back to the MIDI IN of the transmitting sequencer when performing a preset dump. Only use the connections shown at right when dumping data from one Prophesy to another. [. . . ]