Prophesy Guitar Preamp with effects
The PROPHESY TM
(Programmable Digital / Tube Guitar Preamp
with assignable effects.)
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 preamp section
features four channels – Clean American, Texas Blues, Vintage British and Mega
Drive, each with their own distinct “voicing’s” to provide a vast
array of tube amp sounds to the player. Each voicing may be thought of as a
“channel” and each channel has it’s own basic gain and master controls with
bass, mid, treble and presence controls, all easily accessible with knobs, just like a
regular amp head. In addition, every Prophesy preset offers a parametric pre-EQ
(just before the preamp stage), a parametric post-EQ (after the preamp for extra tone
control if needed), and a parametric global EQ which effects ALL presets at the same time,
which is useful for adjusting the over-all tone in different environments.
The pre-effects section features wah, compression, HUSH®, EQ, and an
assignable pre-effect of your choice. 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. Four assignable “effect blocks”
allow you to assign 1 pre preamp effect and 3 post preamp effects in any order you choose,
including phaser, flanger, chorus, pitch shift, rotary speaker, delay and ADSR!
Advanced mixer functions allow you to direct the desired amount of direct and effect sound
through each block. Tremolo and reverb are fixed at the end of the chain where they
belong and the tremolo can be placed pre or post reverb. The stereo effect loop may
be assigned as an “effect” in the pre-effect block or any of the 3 post-effect
blocks – this means that any other outboard effect unit can also be placed anywhere in the
effect chain!!!
The ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release) function features Rocktron’s
patent-pending pluck detection, and allows you to configure any of the
Prophesy parameters to be controlled dynamically by each pluck of a guitar string.
An obvious application of the ADSR would be to control the wah wah effect to create an
auto-wah!
While designing the Prophesy, we tried to include as many of our customers wish
list features as we could!
These features include:
An assignable effect loop
A bypassable preamp section
(which allows you to use the Prophesy as a stand-alone effect unit with the possibility of
placing effects in your amp head before the input and in the effect loop)
Assignable order of effects
A built-in TUNER which
is engaged by the MUTE button
A Tap button which can
set the tremolo speed and delay time in perfect sinc with each other
Dynamic control of all
Prophesy parameters with the ADSR
Stereo XLR Recording outputs
with adjustable speaker simulation (may be used with the stereo 1/4″ amp outputs
without speaker simulation simultaneously in stereo)
True delay spillover
which allows delay tails to continue after switching to a new preset and delay time
MIDI volume control
that can remain constant from preset to preset
A new larger display
with multiple parameters displayed simultaneously
Quick access to common parameter
pages with the 16 button matrix
Front and rear instrument input
jacks
Other features include a visual
representation of the assigned effects signal chain, preset title, the voicing
(channel) being used, all displayed on the first preset page. The buttons in the 16
button matrix show the status (in or out) of the fixed effects as well as some of the
assignable effects and allow you to instantly jump to those effects’ parameter pages.
Of course, the Prophesy maintains the
high quality operational features that Rocktron processors are well known for, such as
glitch-free preset switching with no signal drop out or lag time and natural sounding
effects.
The 4 voicing’s, or digital “amp
channel” algorithms produce Rocktron’s latest and state-of-the-art distortion tones
which are very “tube amp like” in their feel and dynamics. The low end
jumps out of the cabinet and the feel on the fret board is just like playing through your
favorite tube amp head!
Hearing is believing, so call or visit
your nearest Rocktron dealer today to check out what is destined to become the finest
digital guitar preamp in the world today!
SPECIFICATIONS: Input impedance 470K ohms, output
impedance <150 ohms, maximum input/output level +20dBu, MIDI
in 7 pin DIN, MIDI out/thru 5 pin DIN, input jack
1/4″ mono, output jacks 1/4″ left and right, recording output
jacks XLR left and right, power requirements 9VAC / 3.4 amps, dimensions
19″ x 3.5″ x 8″, UL, CSA and CE approved operation
HUSH® is a registered trademark of Rocktron Corporation.
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