Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "wasteking1" <wasteking1@...> wrote:
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> are the tone of the voices and analog oscillators the same?  the PEK adding the digital voices and effects, but otherwise on the same base sound generator?   but the prophet has 8 voices to the PEK 's 4? In other words are the voices the same hardware?
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The tone of the voices and oscillators is NOT the same.

Dave Smith indicated that he "tweaked" the waveshapes and filters differently on the Prophet 08 than the Evolver.

I personally haven't heard them side-by-side, so I can't say definitively. DocT or someone could give you more of an answer.

From what I have heard (both anecdotally and from MP3s, YouTube, etc.) the differences are subtle. For basic 2-oscillator analog-type patches, you should be able to get very close using the Evolver.

However if you just want to make those kinds of sounds, I'd get the Prophet. From my perspective, the whole point of getting the Evolver is to make the kinds of sounds only it can make - using the feedback and the digital oscillators in tandem with the analog stuff.

Evolver *always* has digital conversion, whether the effects are on or off. Analog oscillators + filter go digital, through HPF/Feedback/Delay, then get converted to analog again at the outputs. You can bypass the HPF, but the digital/analog conversion always happens. 

It's just how the synth is designed. Some people find it really objectionable. .