Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

User waveform sequencing ability would be a great addition to the OS.
However, being a PEK owner, I would love for some of the broken bits
of OS to be fixed before adding new stuff to it. Some of these include:

-Saving program changes in Combo mode

(in Combo mode, many ideas come from tweaking the parts (programs) but
they cannot be saved. Many times the parts can't even be tweaked, and
any tweaking kills the whole combo. It's terrible.)

-"Trigger Select -> Keyboard Only" should work in Program mode

(in Program mode, this option (which you'd use for example to sequence
waveforms without triggering the envelopes) does not work. In fact,
running the sequencer steals voice one and renders it useless. This
can be worked around by loading the program in Combo mode and setting
the part to "Trigger select -> Keyboard Only", but that leads back to
#1 and the failure of that programming choice.)

-Key Follow doesn't work with sequencer

(How many times do I program a patch with some filter tracking and
then try to program a sequence, only to have the sequence sound
nothing like the patch? The sequencer triggers envelopes, but the key
follow only follows actual key presses and not oscillator values. I'm
sure there's some bright reason for this, but it frustrates me every
time.)

-Glide control doesn't work for the sequencer

(Is there no way to glide with the sequencer? That would be cool.)


I guess that last one could go in back of sequencing user waveforms...
Don't get me wrong, I love the PEK, but these things frustrate me to
no end and force me to bail on a work method in favor of a less
intuitive one each time. I had some energy a while back to try to get
this kind of list going, but lost it (probably due to the
frustration...) If you get anywhere with this (or if anyone hears
anything from Dave Smith about anything) please give an update.

Thanks for letting me vent,
Mark


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "mikael altemark" <maltemark@...>
wrote:
>
> I know I have brought up this earlier in the group - I emailed dave
> smith about 6 months ago about a nice feature that would be easy to
> implement and make the wavetable possibilities of the evolver grow in
> a very nice way. If you think it would be a nice feature, please do
> the same thing!
> 
> As it is now, when using the wavesequencer the only option is to use
> waveform 1-96 or whatever it is - the preset prophet VS waveforms.
> Nice as they are, it doesn't make for waldorf:ish scanning through
> gradually "interpolated" waveforms. I think one of the most
> interesting features of the evolver is the possibility to upload user
> waveforms, I use them to for example modulate one digital oscillator
> with a very low pitched user waveform to get strange one-shot
> envelopes and so on...
> 
> I know that the user waveform slots are few, and that the evolver is
> the evolver, not a waldorf microwave, but just having the possibility
> to scan through user defined interpolated wavetables would enlargen an
> already amazingly rich sound palette.
> 
> Anyway - Dave wrote that it would be easy to fix so that the user
> uploaded waveforms could be included in the wavesequencer, but that I
> was the only one who had pointed it out so far.. Perhaps we here on
> this list could compile a "feature wishlist" and send DSI? I know
> Elektron and other small companies encourage this kind of organized
> user feedback.
> 
> So, what do you other DSI fans think?
> 
> Mikael Altemark
>