Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

No offense to whomever made the claim at SonicState, but that just 
doesn't sound right.  If the analog oscillators switched back to 
their lowest possible frequency immediately upon release of a key, 
you'd hear it clearly with any patch that had a finite (non zero) 
release stage in the envelopes.  You'd also hear it with any "keyless 
drones" (patches in which both the amp and the filter are open 
without hitting a key).  I have a LOT of patches like these, and I've 
NEVER heard this behavior.  It would render the Evolver next to 
useless.

I have a good guess as to what is confusing the person that made this 
claim, though...

When using the sequencer:

- IF you program one or more "rests" for any of the sixteen steps,

- and IF sequencer track 1 is used to control the pitch of one or 
more oscillators, 

- and IF the envelopes have a long enough release segment, 

you can hear the oscillators (ANY and every analog and/or digital 
oscillator whose pitch is controlled by track 1) return down to 
whatever pitch is programmed in the patch as the "home key", if you 
will.  This is normal behavior, because the sequencer step in track 1 
on which you programmed a rest can't tell the oscillator(s) to play 
at the pitch that you want (the pitch of the previous step in the 
sequence).

If you're experiencing this, and it's a problem for you, it's quite 
easy to work around.  Simply avoid the use of sequencer track 1 to 
control pitch of the oscillators when you have programmed rests in 
track 1, coupled with long envelope releases.  Use tracks 2, 3, 
and/or 4 to do all the pitch work.

Actually, this same phenomenon would apply to ANYTHING you sequence 
with track 1, be it filter cutoff, pulse width, etc.  At each of the 
rests you program, whatever is being modulated by track 1 is going to 
return to its base value.

Make sense?  Hope that helps.  If it does, you can copy this message 
to the SonicState thread in which you found the erroneous claim, and 
maybe it will help someone else, too.

On the other hand, if you REALLY are having the oscillators' pitch 
shift down at the release of every key, and you're SURE you don't 
have one of the envelopes controlling pitch, I think it's time to 
email Dave Smith and tell him that you have a defective unit.  I 
really don't think that this will be the case, though.

Best of luck!


Ski
www.ex5tech.com
EX5Tech Evolver forum:
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "linuxmanvan" <linuxmanvan@y...> 
wrote:
> I recently saw this on a post, 
> For some reason, the analog osc's go down to a lowest defined note,
> right after you release a key ,
> This is what is causing my pain if it is true. Is there a way to get
> rid of this action?