Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Thanks a lot for sharing the info, Mike.  Sadly though, my filters 
are definitely "way out of whack", to use Dave's terminology!


Ski
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--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Bissell" <mikeb@p...> wrote:
> News from the designer of the little blue box... 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> From:	"Dave Smith" <dave@d...>
> 
> Mike Bissell wrote:
>  >  Hi Dave,
>  >  On the Evolver list, it was revealed that various key
>  >  combinations might have interesting and undocumented
>  >  functions. For example, there is rumored to be a key
>  >  combination for tuning the filter. Nobody seems to
>  >  know for sure what it is, though. Would you be willing
>  >  to list all such "secret" key combos for our
>  >  edification?
> 
> Hi Mike-
> 
> Yes, there is a tuning procedure. If you hold down row 1 and 5 
buttons 
> at the same time, it will tune both filters and both osc 
waveshapes. 
> This should only be done after the unit has been on for a while. 
The 
> filters will never be perfect - they are analog, after all. The 
tuning
> just 
> gets the two filters somewhat close to matching. Unless your 
filters 
> are way out of whack for some reason, there will unlikely be much 
of a 
> noticeable difference in the tuning procedure - which is why it 
hasnt 
> been officially documented.
> 
> Beyond that, holding down row 1 and 2 together displays the 
controller 
> processor version, and 1 and 3 together displays the DSP software 
> version. There are a couple others that need to remain hidden.
> 
> BTW, I hope to have a new software version in about a month with a 
> handful of new features. Stay tuned...
> 
> -Dave