Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Since Soundtower has been so thoroughly trashed on this forum, I wanted to
relate my experience.

While I think that the interface for the Evolver is efficient and can be
used in a pinch, I really did want an editor where I could view all of the
paramater values at once - a good editor makes it a lot faster to mold a
sound/sequence the way you want it.

When I first tried the Soundtower editor (version 1.3.6) I was able to edit
sounds pretty efficiently  - I especially like using the editor on the
sequencer. Way better than using the Evolver itself, though there is
something to be said for turning the knobs on occasion.

There were some pretty severe problems that I ran into - the worst was that
I had to trash the preferences every time I ran the application, or else I
could only get the first program to display. And there were some menu issues
also that made it hard to edit some of the values.

Well, I  have been in communication with Mark, he has fixed these issues in
about a week, has gotten back in touch with me when I emailed, and has
altogether been great. I haven't used all of the features of the editor - I
haven't messed with the Genetics function, for instance - I've had too much
fun just editing the sounds directly.

In any case, there is no way that this editor has been useless, and I
consider it to be money well spent. I have some criticisms of the
functionality, and from my dealings so far with Mark, I have confidence that
he will consider them.

In any case, I just wanted to put in a good word. I really can't comment on
other people's experiences, only that mine have been good.

Gene