Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Does that make this an "Evolving Beginner's Evolver Guide" ? ;)

This sounds like a great beginning to an essential resource.
Emory

--- Anu Kirk <anukirk@...> wrote:

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> Just wanted to give people an update - I spent quite a bit of time
> last week working on "The Beginner's Guide To Evolver."
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> 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:
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> Table of Contents
> Introduction	
> Before We Start	
> The Oscillators	
> 	Analog Oscillators	
> 	Digital Oscillators	
> 	Waveshapes		
> 	Noise
> The Envelopes
> 	Env1 \ufffd The Filter Envelope	
> 	Env2 \ufffd The Volume Envelope	
> 	Env3 \ufffd 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 \ufffd making effects
> 		Chorus
> 		Resonator
> 	Master class \ufffd 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
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