Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I like the Soundtower editor as well - I gave up programming the Evo 
from the front panel after I installed the first version and never 
looked back.  I use the Soundtower editor every single day.

I love the "genetics".  I also very much like the "all in one screen" 
approach for most of the editor's functions.

It's not perfect - there's UI things I wish were different:
* Some parameter grouping/layout seems odd to me (I've even spent some 
time sketching out an alternate UI)
* Naming/terminology doesn't EXACTLY match Evolver (and in the Shape Mod 
case is just WRONG)
* Initialize sets some parameters to -99 instead of 0
* Never retains window size/always have to resize it
* 2 sets of Filter Mod destinations instead of 1 (2nd set is for 
individual addressing, was added later)

...but that's nitpicking.

There are a few bugs.  That's the way software is.  However, Soundtower 
continues to support this niche product (and it is a small niche at 
that), fixing bugs and making improvements.  I've e-mailed with them a 
bit and they are quite receptive to suggestions.

I'll put it another way:
I also own a Nord Lead 2 and an Alesis Ion.  Neither of those have 
software editors, and I'd gladly pay Soundtower $50 for editors of 
similar quality and style for each of those synths.