Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Actually tt seems the upgrade is hardware and OS dependant on what your
current OS or current hardware actually is. Refer to this link on Dave's
website.  My PER needed the chip upgrade and it is fairly easy to do if you
can operate a screwdriver.

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/support/rev2-0.html


Don



> > Can I just download the OS from the website and put it on my Evolver
> > (desktop) and take
> > advantage of the new patches without the new chipset?
> 
> No, afaik you can't load the new OS to your Evolver, in 
> addition to the software update the hardware must be updated 
> by exchanging an IC.
> You can load the new sounds though. Some might sound quite 
> strange because in opposite to the new operating system, that 
> switches off all sequencer parameters if the sequencer's not 
> running, Evolvers with the old OS apply the values of 
> sequencer step 1 to a sound. If a sound plays with a very 
> high pitch or something like that you might try to set the 
> sequencer values of step 1 to zero.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Stefan