Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

> 
> additive generation of user waveforms on the Evolver. 
> 
> 
> what would be very cool, IMO,
> is if Dave were to implement another editing level
> where-in the 8 rows x 8 knobs could be used to adjust
> the levels of 64 individual harmonics (or 128 if the
> shift function were used in this mode), to create
> additive waveforms for the user slots... basically, a
> way of generating user waveforms without the need for
> a computer... 
>

Great idea--though a nice additive editor for the computer would be 
a good idea for more complex stuff (or just if you don't want to 
scroll through all the knobs:)--similarly, a basic waveform editor 
for dumping new waveforms in would be good.  That said, it seems 
Dave is looking for others to do the waveform editor stuff, so I 
doubt the additive idea will get done except maybe as a computer-
based variation on new waveform creation.  

I really like your idea for using the knobs, though.  Less Kawai-
like to me than like the OSCar's use of the keyboard for editing 
it's additive oscilators.  I've always wanted an OSCar, and if you 
could implement this feature on the Evolver, it would be coming 
closer to that.  Still, I'm betting it's not going to happen on the 
box, but maybe as a computer add-on.  Oh well, can't have 
everything, even if it is a great idea.

Back to my Evolving...

OASRT, what do people think would be a cool follow-up to the Evolver 
from DSI?  I think a digital/analog hybrid multi-effects unit based 
on the same box might be cool.  Something with a sort of modular 
signal flow so that you could have the same LFO controlling Delay 
time and phaser sweep or such.  The Evolver can allready do a lot of 
this, but maybe a more dedicated unit could expand it even more--
analog phasers and ring-mods instead of oscilators, etc...But I'm 
not the most imaginitive guy, so what do others think?



J.R. "Bulldogge" Ross
& Snuffy, too:)