Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

That's a very helpful response indeed Aaron, many thanks - and very 
timely as I've run into a major problem.

So far I've been completely unable to get the Evolver to respond to 
the keyboard! At one point Evolver was receiving because the dot 
flashed on the LED, but nothing was triggered. I've worked through 
the instructions for both of them forwards and backwards over the 
last couple of weeks and cannot get it going at all. Could this be to 
do with NRPN commands.

I'm not working with soft synths or anything like that - just need to 
work the Evolver off a keyboard, that's all. Using the Sound Tower 
would kind of be an "added bonus", but as you say I could just use a 
cable to do that part.

So do you think that the Axiom's just no good for the Evolver?

All best & thanks


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "velocipedesound" 
<velocipede@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> 
> I am also new on this list, having recently purchased a Mopho.
> 
> The short answer to your question is that yes, you are correct. At 
simplest, there are even 
> cables that have MIDI IN and MIDI OUT at one end and USB at the 
other (e.g. E-MU MIDI 
> 1X1).
> 
> The Axiom seems to be a fine keyboard controller. I would gently 
suggest getting a 49 
> key version because 25 keys is rarely enough. I would also compare 
some of the Novation 
> keyboards (because or personal experience/bias). 
> 
> One warning about all of these keyboards, though, is that they are 
very easy to set up so 
> that their knobs send CC MIDI commands, which works great with most 
soft synths, but 
> they are not so great with NRPN MIDI commands, which is what is 
necessary for most of 
> the parameters in many hardware synths, including the Mopho (and 
probably the Evolver). 
> However, this will not hinder using the device to transmit messages 
between the editor 
> software and your Evolver.
> 
> If you are also planning to buy an audio interface to use with your 
computer, though, 
> consider that most have MIDI IN/OUT, meaning that you could get 
away with a keyboard 
> controller that does not have MIDI IN. 
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "spectralhelix" 
<spectralhelix@> wrote:
> >
> > Greetings all!
> > 
> > (Almost) total noob here, I recently got my Evolver desktop and 
now am 
> > looking at controller keyboards for it.
> > 
> > All of the £50-70 controllers (Oxygen, Behringer) have only a 
MIDI out -
> >  I figured if I got one with both MIDI in and out I can use it 
the link 
> > between the Evolver and the sound editor software, so the PC can 
talk 
> > to Evolver and Evolver can talk back.
> > 
> > This is the M-Audio controller I'm thinking of:
> > http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Axiom25.html
> > 
> > The manual is here:
> > http://www.m-
audio.com/images/global/manuals/060801_Axiom_UG_EN01.pdf
> > 
> > I'd really appreciate if someone could advise me if I'm correct 
in my 
> > thinking on this. Thanks all of you for creating a great forum!
> >
>