Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:23:46 -0000, "Sayer" <sayerseely@...>
wrote:

>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? 

Yes, in fact he has just built a couple - worth a quick email to ask
if he still has them.

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

I had a lot of input to how it currently works (and to future
developments, poor Colin, I never stop) so it works very quickly and
logically for me and the way I like to do things. It's designed so
that everything can be done live during playback and, well, we can
chat offline about it if you like as there is far more in it than
first might appear. 

>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?

It's like in the old days of the ARP sequencer (I might sell one of
mine BTW) where you could clock the sequencer with a pulse (not the
Waldork variety, arf arf) or via the gate output on your synth. If
means you can change timbres for each note you play and that's rather
nice for subtle or very wild stuff - for solos, not just sequencing.

>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.

Because you would have to have 16 different patches rather than one.
Maybe just playing with it will make more sense than my laborious
explanations, especially given my magic shortbread is just kicking
in... 8)

>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?

The onboard sequencer deals in absolutes and my preference would be
relatives, inecestuously enough....

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

Ah, but none of them healthy...

Paul