Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Usually I program a patch with editor and when I am finished I press "write"
on the Evolver. After that the patch is saved both in the soft- and in the
hardware. Would it make much sense if the editor would automatically save
every tweak, destroying the original patch ?
Some people might argue that there should be a popup window like "save patch
/ cancel" to prevent mistakes. I myself would be on edge by a function like
that because I often make temporary tweaks of a patch for a track record.

Has someone used a better editor yet ?

I have tried several for the Waldorf microQ. There isn't one withouth
serious flaws. Sounddiver Virus cost me one weekend until I caught the basic
library functions, it was more or less hazard if the midi connection between
Virus and Sounddiver worked.  The 3 editors for the Matrix 1000 that I
tested until now don't either work at all (one of them is the only prog that
manages to completely crash my WinXP) or you have to switch off every sense
of logic to create a patch with them.

Comprising: I think the soundtower editor for the Evolver is pretty good ;-)

Stefan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rickyannotta" <rickyannotta@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] Editor (was RE: Evolver/ random patch generator?)


>
> Just in case...It took me a bit to realize that any edits made in
> the software aren't saved (in the Evolver Hardware) until you
> manually dump the patch or bank via transmit>midi>(patch,bank,etc).
> That's the only way I know to make sure my work was saved in the
> hardware (if I want it to be).
>
>
>
>
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Scott"
> <richardscott@b...> wrote:
> > I have the PC version - i wouldn't say it was buggy, I'd say it
> was unclear,
> > and unfinished. Mostly the roblem is that what is saved is not
> always what I
> > wanted to be saved. A manual would help... some expression of
> interest from
> > the developer in reply to direct questions would help even more
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Simon Leclerc" <Simonvolt@v...>
> > To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Evolver] Editor (was RE: Evolver/ random patch
> generator?)
> >
> >
> > > Could the persons who have problems with the
> > > Editor tell me if you have the MACOSX version.
> > > I can't work with it this week.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot,
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12-Jul-04, at 12:35 PM, flametopuk wrote:
> > >
> > > > I too had a bad experience with the editor. I found it fatally
> > > > flawed concerning the edit buffer mangement (in a nutshell it
> would
> > > > save the old patch buffer not your newly edited buffer). DSI
> were
> > > > fast to reply to my tech enquiry but simply passed the report
> to the
> > > > author of the editor. He did respond quickly and confirmed
> that it
> > > > had never worked. However thats the last I heard. For $50 I
> would
> > > > have expected a bug fix to be pretty swiftly released, buts
> its been
> > > > several months so far. Shame. Its almost usable, which makes
> it more
> > > > frustrating.
> > > >
> > > > :(
> > > >
> > > > FT
> > > >
> > > > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Scott"
> > > > <richardscott@b...> wrote:
> > > >> I think Dave Smith needs to be made aware of this. The
> software is
> > > > letting
> > > >> down an otherwise impeccable repuation for quality, support
> and
> > > > customer
> > > >> service...
> > > >>
> > > >> $50 is a lot for a mere editor and for that we expect a
> product if
> > > > not as
> > > >> exciting as the evolver itself, then at least adequate
> > > >>
> > > >> Richard
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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