Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

And for which the answer is:

Well, congrats on your new Evolver, and welcome to EX5Tech!  

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It doesnt seem possible to send the sequencer output to modulate the 
VCA or VCF release. This would be good as it can give sequences a 
bit more funk by making notes shorter or longer. Sort of like a 
slide on a tb-303
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Yes, technically, you are correct. Only the "Envelope Attack" stage 
is on the list of Modulation Destinations, not Decay, Sustain, or 
Release. However, there's at least one workaround that pops to mind 
(and there are probably others). You could assign a second envelope -
 Envelope #3 - to modulate the VCA or VCF, set a long Release time 
on that envelope, set its Amount to "0" (so that it normally doesn't 
change the VCA or VCF), and then use one of the four sequencer 
tracks to modulate the Envelope 3 Amount. You could do the opposite, 
too: Set a long Release on the dedicated VCA or VCF envelope, 
program Envelope #3 with a short Release, and use a sequencer track 
to invoke a *negative* Envelope 3 Amount. 

Where there's a will, there's a workaround! 




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Also it would be nice if you could set one of the seqencers to 
modify overall step times for an individual note. This would allow 
for longer and shorter notes, in effect altering the midi clocks 
timing. Could be very interesting results.
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Yes, it *would* be nice, but on the other hand, it *is* just a 
simple "step sequencer". Again, you could fake this to some degree 
by using Envelope 3 assigned to the VCA, setting a different Decay 
time than the dedicated VCA envelope, and modulating Envelope 3 
Amount with a sequencer track.

Of course, using workarounds like these hardly get you to a level on 
par with using something like Cubase. But on the other hand, I find 
that it's often actually very liberating to have to work within 
restrictions. You don't spend so much time programming tons of 
details, you stay more focused on the sounds and the music, and when 
you DO have to come up with some clever workaround(s) to your 
limitations, you sometimes get a cool sound or effect that you would 
have never otherwise achieved!


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> > Im a new evolver user. 
> > First off the machine sounds great but i have a couple of things 
i 
> > was wondering.
> > 
> > It doesnt seem possible to send the sequencer output to modulate 
> the 
> > VCA or VCF release. This would be good as it can give sequences 
a 
> > bit more funk by making notes shorter or longer. Sort of like a 
> > slide on a tb-303
> > 
> > Also it would be nice if you could set one of the seqencers to 
> > modify overall step times for an individual note. This would 
allow 
> > for longer and shorter notes, in effect altering the midi clocks 
> > timing. Could be very interesting results.
> > 
> > Quest
> > questpond@r...