Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Brilliant. Thanks for that. I did read your definiteve guide in detail but I must have 
forgotten the part about the Dist. having a noise gate. I was concentrating on other 
aspects at the time I guess.

thanks,
steve

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Anu Kirk <anukirk@...> wrote:
>
> As Dave notes in the manual (and I reiterate in the Definitive Guide), 
> there's a built-in NOISE GATE when Distortion is active.
> 
> The noise gate is triggered by the left channel.  So if you have one 
> oscillator panned to the right, the gate isn't going to get triggered, 
> and you won't hear sound.
> 
> If you pan the oscillator to the left, the gate is triggered, and you'll 
> get sound (albeit with the gate potentially "interfering").
> 
> The reason why Distortion = 2 is a factor is if you set Distortion = 1, 
> you get ONLY the gate and no distortion.  In case you want to use that.
> 
> Hope this helps.
>