Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I think you are confusing the thread Brooks! :) "thick" and "punchy" bass 
might already be two different things (which do you want?) and I think they 
are are certainly different things from a fast "punchy lead"... in general a 
thick bass will need a different kind of filter and a slower envelope

IMO the evolver is not a thick, heavy sounding synth and not ideal for 
wieghty bass sounds, it excells at highly defined snappy sounds which sit on 
top of a mix IMO. Its egotistical and wants attention like a lead guitarist, 
which can be annoying, not happy to just sit there and support the action 
like a bassist :) It does bass well enough but not dark, thick sub-y sounds 
that you can just sit and feel beneath the music. For bass you probably want 
something that does "moog", the Alesis andromeda does this very well IMO 
(but is not necessarly the best choice for a snappy, fast razzing lead 
lines)

Richard

> I've been looking at getting an evolver for a while now.  The main
> selling point to me are the filters, the sequencer, and the
> flexibility.  However, this would also fit into my studio as kind of a
> bass synth as well.  I've listened to MP3's of the thing on the
> internet (as well as your site too Stefan - respect to you!) but I
> haven't heard any bass sounds that sound like what I'm looking for.
> Can this do a thick punchy low end bass?  I've also been considering
> the MFB synth II.
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> To give you all a reference, one of my pieces in my studio is a
> Jupiter 6.  I love the sound of the Jupiter 6, but it doesn't quite do
> the bass thing I want.  I love the filter and you can get really nice
> resonance type sub bass things with it.  But I want something with a
> little more character in the Attack and Decay of the filter envelope.
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> I'd love to know people's opinion on the Evolver and the type of bass
> sound it can do.  Can it do bass sounds like a Pro-one for example?
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> Thanks and respect to all on this list!
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> Brooks
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> On 6/18/05, Richard Scott <richardscott@...> wrote:
>>  the evo does great snappy leads IMO
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>>  R
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>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  From: "Stefan Trippler" <doct@...>
>>  To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
>>  Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:54 PM
>>  Subject: Re: [Evolver] evolver "punchiness"
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>>  >> Do you aagree with his assessment?
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>>  > Nope. That's nonsens.
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>>  > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>  > From: "kmcdonaldk" <kmmcdonald@...>
>>  > To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
>>  > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:55 PM
>>  > Subject: [Evolver] evolver "punchiness"
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>>  >> I'm am thinking of ordering an evolver online, but here in PHX, there
>>  >> are no dealers who carry them, so I have to rely on descriptions of 
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>>  >> I don't trust commercial reviews, which have more then once sold me 
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>>  >> otherwise mediocre product. So, I'd like some opinions.
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>>  >> A person whom I trust, who actually creates and sells patches to some
>>  >> synth makers as a sideline, told me that he had an evolver for a few
>>  >> months but sold it because he couldn't get fast enough atack from the
>>  >> envelope generators to get good analog lead sounds.
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>>  >> Do you aagree with his assessment?
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>>  >> thanks
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