Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

The Evolver pages are a little newere with a new sounds page here.

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/listen.htm

I guess its safe to reveal that I am a lucky beta tester since some 
of my sounds are online. All I can tell you guys after using an 
early beta verion is that this little synth is GREAT and remarkably 
rock solid in use, no crashes freeze ups or anything, minor minor 
things, which are all taken care of or will be taken care of. I will 
rue the day I have to give my beta version back! Until then I am 
trying to come up with as many very good patches as I can. And I 
can't wait to get the finished product.

The amazing thing about this synth is that in some aspects it is 
hardly a monosynth. It is true stereo in that there is a filter per 
channel. Also with 4 oscillators and a 4 track sequencer with each 
track having a single oscillator pitch as a destination, you can 
have 4 note polyphonic sequences as my sequence samples show. The 
kicker is that while the sequences are rolling, you merely can play 
a keyboard note and the sequences will immediately transpose to that 
note (as you can hear). Wow! Also I was amazed while playing one of 
the sequences using 4 separate oscillators, I put glide on one 
oscillator and then when the sequence is running and I transpose it 
up a lot, you can hear the single oscillator glide up and down while 
the others continue to play their sequences, after the glide, then 
the gliding oscillator resumes playing its sequence (or that is what 
it sounds like at least!) Monophonic? Bah! Its stereo-
quadraphonic!! :)

Anyway, I don't think anyone waiting for one will be disappointed. I 
have it up side by side with my Waldorf Pulse and Minimoog, and it 
is holding its own extremely well.

The step sequencer is very versatile in that you can have any 
destination per track and you can have each track loop at a differnt 
step for many wild grooves. Its not as mental as a Notron (what is?) 
but it is as good as most standalone (expensive) step sequencers.

Ravi