Rocktron Prophesy II Guitar Preamp with Effects
Grab onto one of the world's foremost guitar preamps: The
Rocktron Prophesy II! The depth is truly amazing and the control is top notch.
Nothing compares to this outstanding DSP processor that provides the ultimate
control over your tone and effects. Prophecy II contains presets programmed by
Rocktron endorsers, Dave Mustaine, Gary Hoey, Rusty Cooley, Jimi Bell and more.
All Prophesy II presets are new, bold, exciting and amazing!
Preamp Section
The preamp section of the Prophesy features four channels each with their own
distinct "voicings" to provide a vast array of desired tube amp sounds. Each
voicing may be thought of as a "channel" and each channel has its own basic gain
and master controls with bass, mid, treble and presence controls, all easily
accessible with "real amp" knobs on the front panel, just like a regular amp
head.
• Channel 1/Clean American replicates some of the most sought-after clean
vintage tweed amps of the late 50s and 60s
• Channel 2/"Texas Blues" is a vintage tweed with a bit more "kick" and "bite"
often heard from the famous southwest bluesers ala "Billy Gibbons, Stevie Ray,
Eric Johnson, etc.
• Channel 3/"Vintage British" is a traditional "Plexi Style" tone offering some
of the most dynamic rhythm tone available
• Channel 4/"Mega Drive" the ultimate quest for almighty heavy tone of modern
music pumping out everything from early Van Halen to Megadeth and everything in
between
The preamp section also features a parametric Pre EQ, which allows you to
"pre-shape" your tone to simulate the characteristics of several different
guitars (such as fine-tuning your Strat to sound more like a Les Paul, etc.) as
well as an additional parametric post EQ to add extra lows, high, or scoop out
the mids. And if that's not enough, there's also a global parametric EQ to
adjust the overall output of the Prophesy on all presets.
Effects Section
The effects section of the Prophesy is divided up into two sections, pre
distortion (or pre-preamp), and post distortion (or post preamp) for unlimited
configurations of effects. The pre-effects section features Wah, Compressor,
HUSH(r), Pre-EQ, as well as one assignable effect of your choice.
The post-effects section provides ultra-transparent, high-quality effects which
completely preserve the tone of the preamp-thick 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 effect pre-preamp and 3 post preamp effects in any
order you choose, including Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Pitch Shift, Rotary
Speaker, Ducker Delay, etc. Prophesy also features a versatile mixer section to
control the mix between dry and wet signal output of every effect used in the
preset.
If the effects in the Prophesy are not enough, Rocktron included a true stereo
effect loop which may be assigned anywhere in the effect chain just like an
internal effect. Want just an incredibly powerful effect processor? Just bypass
the preamp section completely and use the Prophesy a stand-alone effect unit.
The ADSR (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release) function features Rocktron's Pluck
Detection patent-pending, and allows you to configure any of the Prophesy
parameters to be controlled dynamically by each pluck of a guitar string. More
about the ADSR as Guitar Player Magazine says: "it's an incredibly
musical application that is very different from the usual expression-pedal
tricks. You could do some groundbreaking stuff with this killer function!"
Other features include a visual representation of the assigned effects signal
chain, preset title, the voicing (channel) being used, are all conveniently
displayed on the first preset page. The buttons in the 16 button matrix show the
effect status (in or out) as well as allow you to instantly jump to those
effects' parameter pages for instant adjustment.
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 the most natural sounding effects.
Rocktron Prophesy II Guitar Preamp
with Effects Specifications:
- Input impedance: 470kOhms
- Output impedance: <150 ohms
- Maximuminput/outputlevel: +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
Rocktron Prophesy II Guitar Preamp with
Effects Features:
- Dynamic tube replication
- Technology (DTR)
- User definable effect configurations
- User assignable stereo effect loop
- Tap tempo delay and tremolo
- Built-in chromatic tuner
- Stereo XLR outputs
- Real amp knobs for on-the-fly tone,
- Volume and preset adjustments
- "pluck detector" (patent-pending) and
- ADSR for dynamic effect control
- Pre and post distortion and global EQ
- Pre distortion effects and post distortion effects
- Programmable speaker simulator with parameters for speaker size,
- Mic position, reactance
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