Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

"dhamaryder" <dhamaryder@...> said:

> One thing that'll make it a lot easier is if you have an editor. I think 
> programing sequences without one demands an incredible 
> memory which I don't have, anymore.
> 
of course, this comment calls for someone to bring out the standard
warnings about soundtower as a company......



For our new evolver owning friend, I recommend just playing with the
sequencer! 

As far as programming it goes, don't consider it to ever have an "empty"
sequence, and don't even consider to sequencer to be a separate thing
from the synth parameters - it's a simple thing that's got 16 steps, and
each patch in the evolver has a sequence that's part of it... any patch
you edit will have some sort of sequence already assigned.

Maybe to start, go through and set the destinations to tracks 2,3,4 to
OFF as track one is the master track (that controls triggering the VCA)
then just deal with track 1 set to "all oscs" - It will most likely have
values already set. as already described, pitch is set in semitones from
the base pitch (set in synth parameters!) or can be set to OFF. o this
way you can program basic melodies and rhythms in those 16 steps. As you
start hitting the obvious limitations here, start employing extra tracks
to automate other things, like the "gate time" trick described
earlier....

Remember, it's an excellent fun thing to have in your studio! so play!!!
you *will* work it out.



julian
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