Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Miles Bader <miles@g...> wrote:
> Anyway, I was playing with the A6, and it generally sounds very nice,
> though not really the "perfect poly analogue".  Is there anybody on this
> list that has both an A6 and a Polyevolver, and can offer some opinion
> on how they compare after much use?

Richard summed it up really well, in comparing the A6 to the Evolver/Polyevolver. 

I've owned the A6 for a little over a year, and just received an mono Evolver about two 
weeks ago.  Hearing these two synthesizers play together, it really blew my mind as to 
how well they seem to fit together.  Richard nailed it on the head when he discussed the 
rather poor-quality patches in the default A6 banks.  

One thing you should do if you own (or hope to own) an A6, is to purchase a 2MB SRAM 
PCMCIA card to expand the banks to 9 total (from 3 originally.)  Then download the 
patches from Alesis's web site.  The patches from Klaus Peter Rausch, Rob Papen, and 
Brian Kehew are particularly good.  (In fact, there's one patch, can't remember the bank it's 
in, but it absolutely rips your head off, it's a great lead sound, very powerful... It proved to 
me the A6 has cajones, if the patch is designed correctly.)

Anyhow, like it's been said before, do *not* base your opinion of the A6 on the default 
patches.  But *do* try to play an A6 next to an Evolver/Polyevolver if you get the chance.  
They sonically work really well together, sorta like peanut butter & jelly. :)

Best regards-
Eric