Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Paul Nagle <paul@s...> wrote:

> I did a few a while ago (some may be in the patch collection
> thingummy, can't recall) but mostly now I use my P3 sequencer 
> ( http://www.colinfraser.com/p3/p3.htm ) to send notes and MIDI
> controllers with the Evolver simply being triggered. 

My skills are not up to building one of those kits, but I see you 
got one ready-made. Is this an option for the rest of us? 

How do you like the P3 compared to all of the other new ones that 
are appearing?

> However, now Dave has kindly added the ability to step the 
sequencer
> via MIDI notes I have a great addition to my armoury. 

This is a concept I really don't understand. What is the use for 
this in comparison to syncing the sequencer via midi clock? Are you 
sending multiple midi notes between each sequencer step?

> I do the above
> and then, for variation in a gig (cos I really would not reprogram 
the
> Evo live) I hit start on the sequencer. Notes step it along (so I
> don't record pitch into it either) and I get a variation in sound 
on
> each step according to how I've programmed it. With careful 
stopping
> of the sequencer in specific points I therefore get 16 different 
sound
> variations available within one patch. 

So, how is this different than having 16 presets to do the same 
thing? I'm new to step sequencers, so please excuse my ignorance.

> Incidentally, that's why it would be far easier if the sequencer 
added
> or subtracted its value to the stored values for any parameter -
> currently I have to know every value I am sequencing so, at some
> steps, I can get something that sounds as if related to the 
original
> patch...

LOL! I've read this paragraph 10 times, but the concept has not hit 
me yet. Are you talking the Evolver internal or the P3 when you talk 
about knowing the values you are sequencing?

Thanks! Maybe I will learn some new tricks from you guys!

Sayer