GHOSTLY TWEAKS

This sound warrants additional tweaking or experimenting, to suit your taste and track. The original patch, which we are seeking to emulate, benefits from a relatively abrupt release phase. This means that one note does not really run into the next, providing a dryness which works brilliantly in the context of the original. However, you may wish to play around with the release phase of envelope 1, as it will also increase the ease with which legato playing can take place.

While the release phase alteration will be more forgiving, so will the application of some form of reverb. We favour something relatively sustained, but set back in the mix; you’ll know it’s there, but leaving it set back will mean it doesn’t get in the way, and provides a beautifully sustained backdrop.

Finally, one element that the original Prophet could not offer was the ability to pan the oscillators left and right. This can be incredibly effective and is easy to apply. Go to each oscillator section; the Pan pot is located in the upper right. Try placing them equal distances apart, but opposite from each other across the stereo spectrum. It’ll sound like the ghosts are all around you!