Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, James Elliott <johans121@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hello Hello fellow Evolvers!
>    
>   I have a question for those who like to go out with their 
Evolvers (Desktop or PER). 

I travel on business fairly often 3-4 days at a stretch and I hate 
watching TV in the hotel room, (FOX News sux), so to pass the time, 
I usually throw my EVO in the bag with an M-Audio UNO 1X1 MIDI 
interface and a pair of headphones and then use the trusty laptop as 
a sequencer, mostly w/Ableton Live. I also have a very small battery 
operated headphone amp.  

The fun part of the exercise is convincing the TSA crew at the 
airport that the EVO is just a synthesizer and is OK to carry on a 
plane

I mostly use the hotel time to explore the EVO by itself, that 
onboard sequencer just takes time 

When I want to do a little more I throw in an M-audio O2 controller, 
they are very thin and light weight, but I usually rely on just the 
laptop...my keyboard skills just don't warrant the extra weight

If I want drums well then I use Sonic Charge's Microtonic and/or 
ReBirth ReWired to Ableton and route the sound of the Evo into the 
laptop soundcard to be mixed in Live (yes the latency issue pops up 
here but Ableton can now adjust pretty good)

Also once the Evo output is in the laptop there are a boatload of 
VSTs that can twist the sound - try TobyBear's Monster Bag, 
SupaTrigga, or KillerGate+ for example. 

That's how I do it lightweight and on the go