Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Ditto what polyf0nken said.  After awhile, you'll get used to the 
various gain stages in the Evolver (Oscillators, Amp, Amp Env, 
Program Volume, Master Volume, Distortion, Resonance, etc)  It's more 
a part of the 'character' of the Evolver than anything.  If anything, 
load up the 3.0 presets or Key programs.  A lot of them have been 
toned down from the original presets, and even if loaded on 2.0, will 
only have slight differences from their intended sound.

My Evolver goes up to 11.


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "polyf0nken" <t@p...> wrote:
> when i got the evolver i listened to the presets and noticed the 
same
> thing. however, when i started doing my own sounds (buying an evo 
for
> the presets sounds a bit fishy anyway) it became clear that there 
was
> nothing wrong with the synth itself. if bad vst:s had this much 
chaos
> and mayhem in them, i'd use my laptop a lot more. ;D
> 
> btw. the installation of 3.0 was dead easy, probably the best 25 
bucks
> i've spent in a while.
> 
> t..
> 
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "dbeat" <dbeatmaker@h...> wrote:
> > i gotta say i was pretty displeased when i found the same with my 
> > evolver 2.0 I got about a month ago, i basicly went through and 
> > modified the patches and turned things that were clipping down a 
> > bit ,thought it was pretty strange they would ship it like that 
> > though. I must say though that since getting the 3.0 upgrade and 
> > loading the new patches that came with that, they all sound much 
> > better and dont have that problem.
> > 
> > >   Hi
> > >   I only ask this being worried of a malfunction,since 99.9% of 
the 
> > >   reviews and testimonials about evolver are 10/10 and "oh my 
> > god..".
> > >   Many of the default patches -at volumes as low as 50 or even 
> > lower-
> > >   clips horribly,i mean,not distorted,but cheap static and very 
> > harsh.
> > >   Now,I know i can fix this by setting individual volumes of 
the 
> > osc at 
> > >   low levels,and checking the feedback,and....but I ask,is it 
ok,is 
> > it 
> > >   like this with all evolvers?
> > >   I don't know,it just doesn't feel ok to have a lot of the 
patches 
> > >   sounding cheaper than a bad vsti...especially such a great 
> > synth,great 
> > >   architecture,great reviews....I expect that from my nord 
> > modular,not 
> > >   from an analog synth(hybrid,yes).
> > >   Please,help me,is my little blue box broken?
> > >   I really do not mean to be ironic or..I am just very sad,I 
love 
> > that 
> > >   kind of synth architecture,i know it's not supposed to be 
some 
> > kind of 
> > >   juno,but still,it's far beyond what i have expected.
> > >   Thanx a lot for every advice you might have for me.