Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Just wanted to give people an update - I spent quite a bit of time
last week working on "The Beginner's Guide To Evolver."

The sequencer section is almost done (over 10 pages so far!).  I am
hoping to be able to post it soon for people to review and comment on.

For each section, I try to supplement the manual's descriptions of
functions.  I am including "practical applications" - what you would
use a function for, with a list of suggestions and some "exercises" to
help users get comfortable with the functions.

Here's most of the Table of Contents so far - it is incomplete but
should give you an idea of what I'm doing.  Obviously, the sequencer
part is the most filled out:

Table of Contents
Introduction	
Before We Start	
The Oscillators	
	Analog Oscillators	
	Digital Oscillators	
	Waveshapes		
	Noise
The Envelopes
	Env1 – The Filter Envelope	
	Env2 – The Volume Envelope	
	Env3 – The Mod Envelope	
The Filters	
	Lowpass Filter	
	Highpass Filter	
Modulation	
	LFOs
	Modulation Slots
Ripping Sh*t Up
	Distortion	
	Feedback	
	Grunge	
	Output Hack	
The Digital Delay
	Basic delay
	Advanced delay – making effects
		Chorus
		Resonator
	Master class – Karplus-Strong synthesis
The Sequencer
	Traditional "Step Sequencer"
		Exercise 1: A basic sequence	
		Exercise 2: Faking Polyphony	
		Exercise 3: Rests, a.k.a. oFFs
		Exercise 4: Sequences with different lengths
		Exercise 5: Tempo Clock Mod as a destination
	"Motif/Arpeggiator" live playback function
		Exercise 1: Changing Pitch	
		Exercise 1A: Fake Arpeggiator	
		Exercise 2: Re-triggering a sequence
		Exercise 3: One-shot sequences
	Modulation Source for Sounds
		Exercise 1: Rhythmic Filter
Making Sounds
	The Analog Basics
	Drones
	The 1-Finger Chord
	Advanced Techniques
Using Evolver Effectively - As An Effects Unit
Some Best Practices