Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I still don't have any problems with the program at all.
I use the PC versions of the mono and Poly Evolver editor. They  enabled me
to program hundreds of sounds, sort banks, save them to disk and all that
necessary stuff.

Nevertheless, by reasons of solidarity among the list members I am urgently
searching for flaws and issues of the program ;-)
But I don't find something serious. Well, there might be one or another
feature that I would like to be changed, but nothing serious that
compromises my programming work in any way.

I don't know the Mac version, but, as I said, the PC version works for me.
There are some functions though that need to be learned ;-)

Regards
Stefan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Leclerc" <Simonvolt@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] RE: sucktower !!!


> 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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