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Re: [Evolver]

2003-09-21 by Miles Bader

On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 11:33:58PM +0200, Stefan Weber wrote:
> - Filter key amt has no effect at all osc glide has no effect
> 
> Am I missing some knob setting or could this be a bug?

Not sure about the `Filter key has no effect', but note that osc-glide
_doesn't effect sequenced notes_ -- the glide effect happens
_before_ the sequencer (on the midi input).  It's not strictly speaking a
bug, just a different way of thinking about the synth's signal flow.

Lots of people have complained about this though, so it may be one of the
things that gets changed in a future OS release.

> SC Pro One (analog monophonic synthesizer built in the early 1980ties)
> gives me great sounds when modulating an osc by itself and then maybe
> routing the result to the other osc, and/or modulating the filter by an
> osc.  When I try this with the evolver (osc 3 modulating osc 1 freq) the
> sound is just useless.

I've never even used a pro-1, but it's a very different synth in this respect
-- it's basically all analogue, whereas the evolver's modulation is all
digital (I'm not sure at what rate modulation happens though).  I think for
any sort of high-frequency modulation like osc FM, the limited bandwidth and
aliasing issues of digital modulation are going to make it sound quite
different.

-Miles
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