Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I get it now, the answer is: PC users.
But i'm running Mac OSX on a
Powerbook and ALL my softwares are working fine.
I just have problems with PolyEvolver.

So is Soundtower working on an OS upgrade ?


On 6-Aug-04, at 2:04 PM, Simon Leclerc wrote:

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