Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I agree with Stefan, its a real shame but like many I am just not using the
editor (PC) and regret buying it

Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "privat_joy" <privat_joy@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: [Evolver] RE: sucktower !!!


> Same expierience with Soundtower over here!
> This company is crap (but i don't think it is a real company, more a
> one man fake)!
> Also had the editor for MW and now for the poly-evo and the eVo.
> I had some questions in the past, but NEVER!!! gat any answer from them.
> When i recieved my poly last month, i wanted to register and get the
> returncode to set the software from demo into registered mode. In this
> case, soundtowers webpage put me allways thru to the shop from
> D.Smith!!! Unbelievable! I mailed them. No answer. I mailed Dave and
> recieved the software for both included the codes!
> So, what's up Soundtower?
> I think that Dave SMith's Intsruments are high class and that he
> should not work with Soundtower together anymore. Well, bad, i know,
> we will loose the editor (i paid also for the Evo-Version), but maybe
> they can find another, better solution for this.
> Sorry to say this so directly!
> Stefan
>
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "mr julian" <jujulilianan@w...> wrote:
> >
> > I've totally given up on soundtower now.....
> >
> > They win the prize for buggiest piece of software I have ever paid money
> > for, and worst customer service ever.
> >
> > I bought the microwave (one) editor from soundtower over 2 years
> ago, and
> > discovered a whole pile of bugs and just plain missing
> functionality. I got
> > a few emails out of him, but when it became obvious that I *was*
> actually
> > right about the software's problems, he just stopped emailing me
> about it.
> >
> > When he appeared on this list a few months ago with a big fanfare
> about how
> > he was going to fix all the mac editor bugs (has anyone actually seen an
> > upgrade yet?) I sent him another email, with a proper buglist for the
> > microwave 1 editor program, of things I'd been noting down while
> trying to
> > use it. I got a single reply where he seemed to be confused,
> thinking it was
> > about the micro-Q editor they sell (how many times do you have to write
> > MICROWAVE I in order to get someone to read it, eh?) then when I sent a
> > reply detailing exactkly what synth it was, and attaching the
> buglist again,
> > I never got any reply.
> >
> > Had he found some way to actually bugfix this (barely beta level) bit of
> > software I would have gone on and bought the XT editor, as well as the
> > evolver editor.. but as it is, I absolutely categorically refuse to ever
> > waste my money buying anything from soundtower ever again. And I'm
> going to
> > be making pretty much exactly this same post any time anyone asks on the
> > internet about this company, because in my experience, people should at
> > least know about the lack of completeness and lack of support to
> expect from
> > this company before forking out hard earned dollars to someone who
> seriously
> > just doesn't care.
> >
> > Anyway, good luck to all the people who do have a working evolver
> editor....
> > It would be handy to have an editor and librarian for my evolver...... I
> > really wish there was one I could buy...
> >
> >
> >
> > julian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "z_flash_ram" <z_flash_ram@y...>
> > To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Evolver] Editor (was RE: Evolver/ random patch generator?)
> >
> >
> > > Just got back to "online"...
> > > I'm not able to bring *anything* into the Windows-Evolver-Editor from
> > > the Evolver- no dump, no program, no banks!!!
> > >
> > > The editors' author has blamed my windows 2000 security or some such
> > > bs...lol.
> > > I'm glad (well, relieved) to hear that someone else has this problem,
> > > because I thought my Evolver was wack.
> > >
> > > I haven't used the editor since the first week I bought it (8 months
> > > or so ago).
> > >
> > > Stephan, beautiful stuff.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
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