Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Great !
Thank you for the update Tony.
I'm with you about releasing early
and promises of OS updates and fixes.
I prefer to wait and have a "working" finished tool for Evo.

If it's as good as it looks, i can wait a few more weeks ; )

Thanks again,
Simon



On 23-Mar-05, at 4:25 PM, psicraft_designs wrote:

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> Hi Simon,
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> Sorry for the wait! The main reason we haven't released yet is
> because of the sheer number of features that have gone into the
> software. Since the Evolver is by far and away the most complex
> product we are supporting, it has required an awful lot of testing
> to ensure that it works properly in all use-case scenarios.
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> A demo would be a great thing for us to release, but until the
> actual software is ready to ship, I'm afraid a demo version is
> simply not possible. It's a quality control thing, you understand.
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> Just to detail one of the reasons we didn't ship after NAMM (in
> January) was that we discovered that our real-time sequencer edit
> mode was bogging down for programs with higher BPMs... This is
> because the editor actually tracks along when you play the
> Evolver's sequencer, syncing up the GUI to Song Position Pointer
> messages (please link to the Sequencer Mode screen capture below for
> an idea of how cool this feature is, it's the third link). The only
> solution was to redesign the real-time keyboard control we were
> using to refresh faster, and this clobbered a whole month of
> development and testing time. I was not going to release the product
> with promises to fix it later - As a musician and software buyer I
> hate that kind of treatment, and I won't allow it to happen with our
> products.
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> The good news is we're really close. I have posted some screen
> captures you can check out at:
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> http://www.psicraft.com/Products/Evolver/VyzorEvolverPre_f01.jpg
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> http://www.psicraft.com/Products/Evolver/VyzorEvolverPre_f02.jpg
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> http://www.psicraft.com/Products/Evolver/VyzorEvolverPre_f03.jpg
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> http://www.psicraft.com/Products/Evolver/VyzorEvolverPre_f04.jpg
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> These cover all of the program editor modes. Vyzor Evolver also has
> Global and Waveform editing modes that are just as visual and
> intuitive. These editors will run both on Win XP and Mac OS X, and
> will also act as VST plug-ins besides their default stand-alone
> mode. This version will fully support the desktop Evolver, and could
> be used to program the program banks of a PolyEvolver, although we
> will be producing a separate Vyzor PolyEvolver edition to handle
> this instrument and the PolyKeys in the near future (June, 2005).
> Retail price will be $89 for Vyzor Evolver, and the projected price
> for Vyzor PolyEvolver will be $129. (it will cost $30 to upgrade to
> Vyzor PolyEvolver from Vyzor Evolver, by the way).
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> Hopefully this gives you some of the information you're after. I
> promise when we release there will be no shortage of graphics
> and product details on our website.
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> All the best,
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>    Tony
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> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Simon " <Simonvolt@v...> wrote:
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>> Do you think they'll ever release something.
>> Their site says "imminente release" since January.
>> Kind of tired of waiting. Could we at least try the Demo damn it.
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>> If anyone has any info, please share...
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>> Simon
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