Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On 12/23/02 5:55 PM, "mr julian" <jujulilianan@...> wrote:

>> Whenever the Evolver is in external clock sync mode it also responses to
>> MIDI Start and MIDI Stop commands (and I would hazard to guess MIDI
>> Continue
>> also).  Again this makes sense most of the time because you want the
>> sequencer starting when you "roll the tape".
>> 
> This is how all hardware sequencers work, right? you press play on the
> master, and the slaves play along in time!

Well this was big enough issue with the Triton series that they explicitly
disable MIDI START when using the Triton as a tone module.  Sequencer
integrated with their own sound capabilities suffer this issue in general.
the Emu XX-7 series also had this problem but was fixed in a subsequent
release.

> 
> I guess you might be able to setup some master clock disable in your
> sequencer, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I normally just mute stuff
> at the desk when I don't want to hear it.
> 

yes but I do want to here it.  I want to play the Evolver as an instrument
from external MIDI.

>> But what if you are just using the Evolver as a "simple" sound source with
>> no sequencer being used?  LFO sync is still something nice to have.
>> 
> In MIDI triggering mode it needs MIDI notes to make a noise anyway. Whether
> the sequencer runs with the master or not is irrelevant...
> 
Only if the triggering mode is set appropriately.  And regardless the
sequencer still runs so unless you make the control lines not control
anything they will be affect, which as Paul said may be cool, may be not.


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