Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

All valid points regarding the interface.  Perhaps a separate 
dedicated "programmer/controller" would be something Dave would 
consider building in the future, if enough people were interested.

BTW, you're at least the third person to come up with the 
name "Polyvolver"!  Dave said it is an obvious choice, but that it 
sounds "polywogg-ish".  I told him to silkscreen four tadpoles on the 
front panel and go for bizarre/outrageous.  ;)


Ski
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--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, blip <bleep@w...> wrote:
> 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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