Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Ah well, I'm glad I'm not entirely alone on that feeling.  The 
manual's "justification" is more than just a little lame.  The way 
the Virus TI deals with this "problem" is to let you chose programs 
from the normal program mode to play on the different part, but when 
you tweak them in the combo, their changes are saved only in that 
combo and not the single programs.... I think that makes a whole lot 
of sense.   

On the other hand, I am glad I am now clear on what the synth can and 
can't do.  Mine came broken, so to speak, it was not able to function 
properly in combo mode.  That prevented me from understanding what 
the synth's capabilities were.   


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Miles Bader <miles@g...> wrote:
>
> "Collin" <collin_meyer@y...> writes:
> > It appears, though, that you cannot store changes you have 
> > made to sounds in combo mode... is that correct?  I guess it 
depends 
> > on how you work, but I really wish it could do that.  
> 
> Correct, you can't (the manual says this), and I agree with you, it
> would be a great feature -- I tend do a lot of voice tweaking in 
combo
> mode (though I guess I shouldn't given this problem), and if I end 
up
> making a great patch there's no choice except remembering what I 
did and
> hoping I can recreate it in normal mode.
> 
> [The manual tries to justify this misfeature, but the justification
> given is pretty bogus; I expect the real reason is that like any
> feature, it would take time to code and test, and DSI is not exactly
> overstaffed...]
> 
> -Miles
> -- 
> We live, as we dream -- alone....
>