Dave Smith Instruments Prophet '08 / Tetra / Mopho

Single Patch Editor

This editor is meant to work with the Prophet '08, Prophet '08 Desktop, Tetra, Mopho, Mopho Keyboard, Mopho SE, and Mopho x4. It has been tested successfully on the Prophet '08, Tetra, and Mopho Keyboard. If you have other models, please provide me with bug reports. This editor will not work with the Rev2. For Tetra Combo patches, see Edisyn's Tetra Combo editor.

Communicating with Edisyn

Set the MIDI channel to the same as being used in Edisyn. Set MParamSend to NRPN. Set M Param Rec to All or NRPN. Set MIDI Program to ON. Set MIDI Sysex to ON. And set MIDIParamLCD to ON.

Setting the Synthesizer Type

These synthesizers are approximately compatible with one another, but there are differences. The biggest one is of course that the Mopho series does not have the two layers present in the Tetra and Prophet '08. If you load a Mopho patch, the (missing) Layer B will be set to a copy of Layer A.

There are other differences. Some units have feedback; others have audio input; and the Prophet '08 has neither. The Prophet '08 also doesn't have sub-octave generators, unlike the others. Some synths have certain destinations and sources that others do not.

Before you work with your synthesizer, you need to set Edisyn to the proper Synthesizer Type. Edisyn will remember your choice next time. Setting the Synthesizer Type affects the following things:

If you load a patch from a different synthesizer type, Edisyn will load the patch but won't deviate from your original choice.

Because different synths have different numbers of patches, if the incoming patch is set to a bank higher than your current synthesizer type can handle, the current bank will be unchanged. If you manually change the synthesizer type and the current bank is incompatible with the new type, the bank will be reset to bank 1.

Per-Synthesizer Parameters

The Tetra and Mopho series have several additional parameters not present in the Prophet '08. Some of these appear under the Extras tab.

Several parameters, destinations, and other settings are specific to certain synthesizers. The synthesizer in question is marked as follows:

A few parameters are shared. For example, "Feedback Volume" on the Tetra is "Audio Input Level" on the Mopho series. And "Spread" on most machines is "Pan" on the Mopho (which is monophonic).

But most importantly, Mopho variations will completely ignore the Oscillators and Filters B, Modulation B, and Sequencer B tabs, since they have only one layer (A). They will also ignore the Tetra Layer B category under the Tetra / Mopho tab.

About the Menu

The menu has several options that are useful for Prophet '08 and Tetra owners.

These menu options are not useful for the Mopho variations, as they have only one layer.

Hints



Gotchas

Thanks to Will Taylor for his considerable help in debugging the editor for the Tetra and Mopho Keyboard.

Thanks also to Francois Dussaud for his significant work in debugging the Mopho and Tetra portions of the editor.

By    Sean Luke
Date    June 2018, Updated May 2020