Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Loading factory patches does help!

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> Yup... I ummmm understand all of this and dreamt that I read it in 
> the manual... but the first many patches in bank #1 all seem to use 
> the same sequence even though Sequence Lock is off. I have not had 
a 
> chance to explore further, but it seems that maybe the sequences 
> were overwritten by someone in this Evolver's previous life....
> 
> Of course this is all just hypothetical.... I'm waiting for a 
> certain Dutch someone to see these posts and react! :)
> 
> Sayer
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" <ex5tech@e...> 
> wrote:
> > Sayer, you said, "The Evolver does not seem to change the 
sequence 
> > with the patches even though the Seq Lock is set to off."
> > 
> > The Evolver saves sequence data in each patch (a.k.a program).  
> With 
> > the "Lock Seq" function set to OFF, the Evolver operates 
normally, 
> > and (assuming a given patch contains sequence data - realize that 
> not 
> > all of them do) it will play each patch's sequence as you would 
> > expect.  Turning "Lock Seq" ON simply prevents the loading of new 
> > sequence data as you change patches, and essentially gives you a 
> way 
> > to hear the same sequence played with many different sounds.  You 
> can 
> > also use this trick as a means to copy sequence data from one 
> patch 
> > to another.
> > 
> > Unless the Evolver - the one that you don't have, of course - has 
> a 
> > problem, this is how it should operate.
> > 
> > 
> > Ski
> > www.ex5tech.com
> > EX5Tech Evolver forum:
> > http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> > > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" 
<ex5tech@e...> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Sayer - There is no internal "factory reset" feature to 
> restore 
> > the 
> > > > presets.  However, the factory presets are available in both 
> > SysEx 
> > > > and MIDI formats, and it is quite easy and quick to load them 
> > into 
> > > > the Evolver.  The following thread at EX5Tech explains how to 
> do 
> > it 
> > > > with SysEx files:
> > > > 
> > > > Using MIDI-OX to Save & Load Evolver Patches 
> > > > http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?
> > > > ubb=get_topic&f=23&t=000013
> > > > 
> > > > (Note:  If your email client or the Yahoo group splits the 
> link 
> > > above 
> > > > onto two lines, you may need to copy/paste the link into your 
> > > browser 
> > > > address bar.)
> > > 
> > > Thanks! The evolver does not seem to change the sequence with 
> the 
> > > patches even though the Seq Lock is set to off. 
> > > 
> > > Not that I have an Evolver or anything.... I'm just curious. :)
> > > 
> > > Sayer