Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Robert,

Sounds like you have made some headway with the Edirol and the 
Evolver. I remember sitting down with PCR editor and the Evo manual 
and wanting to shoot myself because of how complicated it looked!
Anyway, as far my opinion on which parameteres to asssign, I find 
that basic  stuff like filter, resonance are a given (including the 
Highpass), then stuff like feedback and maybe delay levels. I would 
think that the Edirol control would be more for 'tweaking' sounds on 
the fly (lotsa fun!) than any real editing.  If you have to do real 
editing it's going to be better to use the Evo's interface. Good luck 
with it! 

Rick       




--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "rkruege1" <rkr1@t...> wrote:
> Okay,  I've made some headway in getting this Edirol to work as a
> remote controller with the Evovler.  You can fully program every 
key,
> slider, knob, and button, to transmit sysex that you specify.
> 
> It took me a couple hours of frustation at first why this 
programming
> wasn't working, but then it finally dawned on me that the Parameter
> values that DAVE has in the manual are in BINARY!!!!  
> 
> ERG!  I can't believe how long it took me to realize.  You'd think
> having taken several programming classes I would have caught on 
sooner
> 
> (many forehead smacks later......)
> 
> When he says a parameter is 0vvv vvvv,  it means the value is 
variable
> based on what you want and what range.  I still don't know what MS
> Nibble and LS Nibble is.  Does someone out there know?
> 
> Anyway,  what's cool about the Edirol boards is that you can save 
and
> load configurations.  There's some for using w/ Cubase, Native
> Instrument synths, GM, etc...   Some users have been kind to program
> and upload the config.   They are available on Edirol's page.
> 
> AND.... there is a software editor.  I wish I had known this earlier
> b/c I did all that programming from the board's interface.
> (again, many forhead smacks later)
> 
> Unfortunately, no-one has made a config for the Evolver.  Obviously,
> with only 28 controllers,  you'll only be able to control so many
> parameters from this board.  8 knobs, 8 sliders, 9 buttons.  It is 
my
> mission to program this sucker and make the evolver my ho!
> 
> So given that you have 8 knobs, 8 sliders, and 9 buttons,   what are
> your suggestions for which parameters of the Evolver should be
> assigned to them??   If and when I get this to work, I'll share the
> configs with anyone who is interested.
> 
> For those who wish to try programming it on their own,  the 
Microsoft
> Calculator is a great tool.  Switch to to SCIENTIFIC mode.  Now you
> can enter in a decimal or binary value and convert it to HEX, and
> vice-versa, just with a click of a button.  Beats calculating in 
your
> head!!
> 
> Robert Krueger