Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I have an Evolver as well, and recently tried out a Mopho.  They are different beasts, and to say that Evolver can do everything that the Mopho can do is not accurate.  All synths have one primary purpose: to make a tone.  Mopho and Evolver have different tonal characters.  The analog oscillators and filter do NOT sound the same in both units.  The Mopho sounds a LOT fatter, thicker, warmer, greasier than Evolver, very analog, very nice bass.  Reminds me a lot of a Pro-One.   Evolver sounds more like a box of aliens and their android servants after they've eaten Martian shrooms or something, kind of like a slightly thinly voiced Prophet VS.  For versatility, Evolver wins, hands down.  Routing wise, Evolver has a lot more going on, and the interface seems nicer (to me, for live settings and rapid programming purposes) with a matrix and no more than two button presses to get to any parameter in the unit instead of menu pages.  

I want a Mopho.  I'd say get both. 

$.02      

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, dustin sedlacek <dustin.sedlacek@...> wrote:
>
> I have an Evolver and I love it, the triple tap delay is great, the feedback
> is amazing, the digital oscillators are capable of amazing things.
> 
> 
> I use the evolver as a programmable effects processor.
> 3 delay lines
> distortion
> high pass filter
> low pass filter with distortion
> 
> Modulate the VCA with a digital oscillator for amplitude modulation ( sounds
> exactly like ring modulation but mathematically it is different)
> 
> Use an LFO to modulate the feedback amount and frequency for a close flanger
> effect
> 
> Use the gate extractor so that you can trigger the sequencer with your
> guitar
> 
> Use the envelope follower on the filter or even better the delay time.
> 
> Make almost anything sound like a circuit bent beast with the input/output
> hack parameter.
> 
> Modulate the distortion amount with an LFO
> 
> many many many things are possible with the evolver.
> 
> oh and it can do everything the mopho can do ( except the sub oscillators
> would be digital on the evolver)
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:42 PM, wasteking1 <wasteking1@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > every synth has its "voice'--its personality. You really have to try a few
> > to feel out the diffrences. You might just simply love one over another.I
> > would say ive heard lame analog sounds and amazingly full digital ones. most
> > of that comes from the programming. I liked how the evolver series gives you
> > a digital/anaolg choice--- most sounds can usually benefit from a mix of the
> > 2 types to sound fuller, but this is up to you as programmer.
> >
> >
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com <DSI_Evolver%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "mobyturbo" <joshua613@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm interested in picking up a new synth in a few months, but am not
> > certain if it should be a used desktop evolver or the desktop mopho, or
> > perhaps a mopho keyboard. Can you get good analog sounds out of the
> > evolver's analog circuits? What is the digital good for besides "industrial"
> > and other harsher sounds?
> > >
> > > (I don't really have much experience with synths, though I do a lot of
> > experimentation with my microkorg and with my computer, I think I should get
> > the real thing.)
> > >
> > > Sorry for the newbie questions and what might be a controversial topic.
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
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> 
> -- 
> Dustin
>