Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

a dedicated controller would be nice - I wonder if they'd sell enough to be
able to make it affordable though

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "blip" <bleep@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] The New DSI Polyphonic Synth


> On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, ski_ex5tech wrote:
>
> > blip/bleep - Regarding a rack's lack of controls... maybe you missed
> > the fact that you can use the tabletop Evo as a "programmer".
> > Personally, I couldn't see owning the rack without the current
> > tabletop.
>
> i got that part. but for me, the amount of functionality in the existing
> evolver is already pushing the capacity of the interface to give feedback
> about what's going on in a patch. multiply that by four and, for me at
> least, it would be very difficult to tell what's going on where.
>
> as far as knobs equalling money, i agree... but i think it's worth it.
> imagine a saxophone without keys (just the holes)... someone on this list
> mentioned how they liked the fact that the sequencer was an integral part
> of the evolver, not just something tacked on like in many other synths
> these days. i feel like five evolvers controlled by one evolver interface
> is like playing a saxophone without all its keys... the bits that make the
> musician able to make music aren't there.
>
> i do have an idea though... dave, or some third-party company, could
> always make a dedicated polyvolver (heh, dig the name?) midi controller.
> that way, knob-freaks like me could shell out extra for the knobs, and
> those who don't want the knobs would only have to pay for the sound
> module.
>
> thoughts?
>
> bleep.
> out.
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