Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

What i'd like to know is who recommended this
peace of crap when i asked if we should buy it or not.
I remember at least 3 jubilatory comments telling
this forum how great this software is.
What the hell happened ?

Simon



On 6-Aug-04, at 11:32 AM, dodgingrain wrote:

> I agree as well, I bought the one for the evolver and wish I had
> not.  Very poor quality, poor interface, and absolutely no support
> for any issues that come up.  I also assumed that the version that
> comes with the poly would properly handle chained
> evolvers/polyevolvers and it doesn't.
>
> I complained to dave about it when I got the poly, about having to
> wait for registration to go through, lack of response from
> soundtower, etc.  I think if we don't speak up to dave he may not
> know there are real issues with soundtower and their lack of quality.
>
> I think it's one of the few blemishes in regards to the
> evolver/polyevolver.  To bad there isn't a decent alternative at
> this point.
>
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Scott"
> <richardscott@b...> wrote:
>> 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@y...>
>> 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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