Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Ah, sorry Richard, there are a few of you on the mailing list and
forums. You're the ibk-10 guy, cool :) I agree that if the Evolver had
cc's it would be much better for live work. It would also enable you
to tweak more than one parameter at once. That's about the only thing
I would like to change about the Evolver - everything else is great!

I know I ragged on the G2 alot in that post, but you can get some
fantastic sounds from it. It's just such an effort to get away from
that "G2 sound". Maybe once I get a bit more analogue gear to do the
sort of stuff I want I'll start embracing the "G2 sound" much more
than I do now. Sounds like you have the gear to make the sounds the G2
struggles with, and the G2 does all the stuff the analogue gear can't
do and more. Interesting what you say about the machindrum though... I
actually heard of a guy that sold his Nord Modular when he got a
machinedrum and a monomachine, hehehe

Afro88

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Richard BT" <richardscott@b...>
wrote:
> thanks for the detailed reply Afro. I do have a G2 engine (u repled
to my 
> post on the forum today) and yeah basically its no funto programme,
though 
> an IBK 10 control is making it a lot funner. In many ways the
evolver gives 
> more immediate hands on results and I often find that by tweaking
about I 
> come up with beautiful things that are more or less whole tracks in
their 
> own right... of course lacking CC# limits the evolver as a
performance tool 
> too
> 
> But I'm struggling with G2, as i am more of a composer than a
programmer, I 
> do love the G2 as a drum machine (I prefer it the machinedrum
sonically)... 
> and its nice to have at least one do it all digi synth amidst my
analogue 
> machines. But maybe I'll come to the same conclusions as you in the
long 
> run... in the end stuff like the evolver, matrix 1000 and the
Andromeda are 
> inspiring because they sound alive... in comparison I see the nord
more like 
> a massive computer with almost infinite possibilties
> 
> Richard