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Re: [Evolver] Newbie Lookin' For Info

2004-07-31 by Alex

Hi Jim,

It’s useful to have a grounding in the theory of subtractive synthesis.

This is in a lot of depth but you could have a look at:

http://www.soundonsound.com/search?page=3�ion=/&Keyword=synth%20secrets

start here:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may99/articles/synthsec.htm

and feel free to skim the difficult bits, you, me, and 90% of readers do.  But, its all there, and there are about 5 years of articles.  It’s a classic reference. 

>Received my Evolver about 2 weeks ago and have been playing around 
>with it quite a bit.  I'm new to the synth world so I've been playing 
>around with the various oscillator, destination, LFO, envelope etc, 
>etc, etc adjustments to see what effect they have on the sound 
>produced.  I've been able to notice some "cause - effect" 
>relationships but they have been few and far between.  Can anyone 
>point me to a reference that has information regarding the expected 
>change in sound when a particular adjustment is made on the Evolver.  
>Thanks !  Jim

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