User guide

PROPHET’08 SoundEditor
User Guide
Prophet ’08 SoundEditor User Guide © Dave Smith Instruments 2007
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1. INTRODUCTION
Congratulations and thank you for downloading/purchasing our Prophet ’08
SoundEditor for the Dave Smith Instruments (DSI) Prophet ‘08! This Prophet ’08
SoundEditor is designed to be the ultimate tool for organizing and creating presets for
your Prophet ’08. Through a MIDI connection, this program can receive single presets
or an entire bank of presets from the hardware - as well as replace individual presets
or an entire bank. Once the presets are transmitted to the computer from the
Prophet’08, all preset parameters can be displayed and edited in a friendly graphical
user interface. The program can also be used to learn the inner details of the factory
presets.
Patches can be added to the program library in user-named categories for creating
custom preset banks – a terrific feature for musicians looking to organize programs for
easy retrieval later! In addition, a genetics function is available to create new presets
simply by morphing or mutating two presets together into a whole new bank. The
software allows for each of the Layers A and B to be edited singly or in combined
mode. Lastly, a hardware OS update function is available to simplify updating the
Prophet ’08 firmware.
This manual, both a user guide and handy reference, is designed to get you up and
running quickly.
We hope you enjoy using Prophet ’08 SoundEditor for your Prophet ‘08!
- The Software Development Team
1.1. Credits
Software Development: SoundTower Software, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
User Guide Development: Derek Prowse
1.2. Support
Support for this product is available at: www.soundtower.com/prophet/