Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Well, since we've all been happily making music with them for a good number of years now, I doubt this is a "ruiner".

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Computer Controlled <acidted@...> wrote:
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> I know the Mopho has this issue, but i don't ever remember hearing it on 
> the Evo. I'll have to give it a listen. But even the popping on the 
> Mopho didn't bother me. I just chalked it up to the it's fast EGs =o]
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> Anu Kirk wrote:
> > Ok gang, I am about to ruin your Evolver.
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> > I read this post:
> > http://www.vintagesynth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=49602&start=0&hilit=dco+pop
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> > ...and I said, "No this is ridiculous, I have had an Evolver for 4+ years. I've never heard this."
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> > So I got home, dialed up a simple patch. It's true, it's there, and now that I've heard it, I can't STOP hearing it.
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> > To repro:
> > Create a simple patch using the ANALOG oscillators - one or two. Make sure the envelopes have short attacks.
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> > Play enough low notes that you cycle all the voices your evolver setup has on the low note - one note should be sufficient for standard MONO setups, 4 for standard POLYs. So, tap a low C 1-4 times.
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> > Now start to tap some high notes - an octave or two above middle C.
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> > Listen. What you will hear is that each voice that transitions from a low note to a high note will produce an audible "clopping" - a wide-frequency glitch/click as each voice goes from the low note to the high note.
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> > Apparently it can't be fixed.
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> > The digital oscillators don't have this issue.
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