Free-running LFO?

[rolodato]

Can the P6's LFO be configured to be free-running instead of retriggering on every keypress? It's a shame to support LFO-tempo sync but not the ability to disable key retrigger.

If not, can we please have this feature in a firmware update? It would make rhythmic LFOs so much easier to use for performance 

Thanks!

[PaulSchilling]

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Prophet-6-Operation-Manual.pdf?203eec

according to the manual, the LFO is free-running

from page 32:
"The LFO can be free-running or synced to the arpeggiator, sequencer, or
MIDI clock for tempo-synced effects such as filter sweeps, tremolo, and so on."

[chipaudette]

When the LFO is sync'd to the the clock, it resets with every keypress.  While that's OK in some situations, it's mostly annoying.

The LFO is free-running when it is not set to sync to the clock, but then it is not sync'd to the clock.

This is a similar problem as the arpeggiator, which will restart at the exact time of the new keypresses.  It be easier for us sloppy players if the arp would start on the first keypress, and then all subsequent keypresses stayed quantized to be in-time with that first keypress.

Same with the LFO...reset on the first keypress but then maintain clock-sync'd phase evolution for the rest of time.  Why have a (slow) clock-sync'd LFO that keeps resetting??

Chip