Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Julian, you wrote... 

"Remember there is just one wave list, with the waves stored in an 
arbitrary fashion. so you can't define the sequence of waves that 
would get swept through like you can in a waldorf or PPG wavesynth.

If I'm understanding your statement correctly, note that you CAN 
define a sequence of waves to sweep.  You do it with the sequencer, 
with which you can specify exactly what waves you want to sweep 
through and in what order.  Just specify the sequencer track that you 
want to use to sweep waves by using the "Shape Seq" parameters in row 
two for Osc 3 & 4.  Then jump into sequence mode and choose your 
waveforms for each of the 16 steps (or less).  The only limiting 
factor is the number of steps in the sequencer (16)... but even that 
has a workaround!  ;)

Back to the original topic - a wave editor...  That's something I'd 
really like to have.  Along with all my other stuff, I have a pretty 
extensive collection of single cycle waveforms that would be nice to 
have in the Evolver.  If I get the time and the necessary info, I 
might try to program one myself.


Ski
www.ex5tech.com



--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "mr julian" <jujulilianan@h...> 
wrote:
> 
> >From: Simon <simon@a...>
> 
> >Are there any Evolver wavetable editing programs available, or 
being worked 
> >on?
> >
> well, I'd really like to write one, as I need a project to learn 
windows 
> programming... but to be honest, I think that by the time I learn 
about 
> system calls, someone else will have written one already...
> My programming experience is for systems with up to 64k of memory 
space. 
> Actually, my strongest programming language is a soldering iron.
> :-P
> 
> >Are the Evolver wavetables compatible with other wavetable synths?
> 
> I don't think so. Evolver user waves are 16 bit signed. Microwave 
are 12 
> bit.
> 
> >Is
> >there any other wavetable editing software available that could be
> >adapted to work with Evolver wavetables?
> >
> Not really.
> 
> >Would there be any point in being able to edit wavetables yourself?
> >
> Evolver doesn't have wavetables, it has user waves.
> 
> That's something that got me before too.... I was confusing the ROM 
waves in 
> the evolver with a wavetable (though I still think a mod 
destination for 
> oscillator wave would be an awesome addition to the evolver)
> 
> Remember there is just one wave list, with the waves stored in an 
arbitrary 
> fashion. so you can't define the sequence of waves that would get 
swept 
> through like you can in a waldorf or PPG wavesynth.
> 
> Evolver is a vector synth, and does its magic by just having four 
waveforms 
> in a patch, and then mixing between them.
> 
> >Would you need to just pencil in on a waveform, or paste audio in
> >from other sources?
> >
> My program, if I were to write it, would let you draw waveforms, 
and would 
> let you mathematically define waveforms (ie, would draw the 
waveform for you 
> based on a mathematic description)
> 
> Copying audio from something else may be useful, but would be 
*very* 
> limited. remember a waveform slot in the evolver is just 128 words. 
so its 
> not a sample as such, it's a single cycle.
> 
> >What sort of features would you need in a wavetable editor?
> >
> create/define waveform
> upload
> download
> save to disk
> load from disk
> 
> 
> julian
> 
> 
> "Give a man a stick of gum and he will chew for a day. Teach him 
how to 
> scrape gum off stuff and he will chew for a lifetime"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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