Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 06:11:58PM +0100, Richard wrote:
>    I mean don't they do the same thing?

no, they don't. one controls the tempo, the other controls when to
step within that tempo. it should be obvious that there's a difference
between 8H, 8S and 8t, for example; and you can't (effectively) do the
latter two with just a tempo control.

a good question is probably: "but don't the 2, 4, 8 and 16 clock
divides just speed up the tempo?" they don't; they up the subdivision of
the tempo; there's a difference. this difference is most important when
the Evolver is slaved to external MIDI clock. if the clock is coming in
at 120BPM, the only way to change how to step within that tempo is with
the clock-divide control (since the BPM control will do nothing).

BTW, I think I've butchered the terminology here; but I hope you get the
idea anyway :-)

Joe