Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I love my PEK, and I'm not the programming wiz that some of you are, but 
I'm having great fun learning.

I use the PEK in my live set, and here are a few features that would be 
helpful:

-It'd be great if you could assign a footswitch to be a "Sequencer 
On/Off" switch.  (Is there an easy way to do this that I'm missing?). I 
was actually surprised that there wasn't a dedicated on-off switch.

-Also, being able to set up one of the Zones in Combo mode to only 
output to a particular MIDI channel (and no local control) would be 
helpful. I often control another module from the PEK.
And vice-versa, controlling a zone  from an external keyboard and not 
locally would be helpful.

cheers,

Joe





haventwoncrap wrote:
>
> 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 
> <mailto:DSI_Evolver%40yahoogroups.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
> >
>
>  

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