Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I'm also a windsynth player, Richard (WX7), but haven't tried programming 
the Evolver for WS.  I can certainly imagine it being great for that.  
Have any Evolver/WS patches that you'd be willing to share? :)

ELby

> newbie here. Someone was asking about using breath controllers. I'm a
> yamaha wx5 player and I've had the DSI evolver for a few weeks and I
> think its an incredible windsynth, very programmable and tiny for
> gigging. Its an terrific sequencer too and just all in all a great box
> to get hold of - inexpensive as well. Programming is fairly easy
> considering its a semi-modular, the UI is really well thought out. It
> has all the razzle and speed of the Akai EVW2000 but a much huger sonic
> range  - closer to something like a Nord Modular (though sonically the
> evolver kicks its ass), going from pretty decent acoustic emulations to
> all out sonic feedback destruction. It doesn't quite have the warmth and
> richness of a monster like the Alesis Andromeda but I think it has a lot
> more going for it as a windynth than the virtual analogues I've heard.
> Something about the way the analogue oscillators and filters follow the
> breath and fingers is just faster and more convincing than the current
> stae
>   of digital, while resonance and ring modulation are just... dunno ..
> real I suppose. There is also a wealth of modulation/delay and feedback
> possiblities and many distortion possibilities... as an adjunct to my
> yammy VL70 modelling synths its a killer, it does everything they don't
> 
> 
> the only real shortcoming is that it doesn't recieve midi CC data on
> 16-18 and 80/81 which as wx5 owners will know is pretty useful. I could
> get a midi mapper I guess, but as it is I'm beginning to think that
> maybe controlling as much as possible just from the breath could be the
> way to go....
> 
> 
> Richard
>