Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

"wbuttler2002" <bill.buttler@...> writes:
> Suggestions for future upgrades: these come from Yamaha. I'd like 
> a "fast" option for using the knobs - hold down a button while you 
> turn a knob to get it to scroll in steps of 10.

I think this is unnecessary, because the evolver knobs are actually
`velocity sensitive' -- if you turn a knob quickly, you can cover the
entire range (e.g. 0-127) with less than a single turn of the knob
(whereas turning it slowly gets you the normal inc(dec)rement-per-click
behavior).

> In sequencer mode, hold down a button and turn any knob to set every
> step to the same value. If there isn't a spare button, perhaps hold
> down two buttons to do this.

Hmm, that sounds useful; using the row key seems natural to me (though I
guess you could also use the shift key, since it's otherwise unused in
the sequencer).

> What's more, I don't think the evolver's sound would suit use for a 
> polysynth. The very things that make it good would make it unusable 
> as a poly. What do you use a poly for? Playing chords, vamps, pads, 
> right? You need cutting, clean, fairly simple sounds for this - too 
> much grunge, fatness or noise just ends up sounding turgid.

Disagreen entirely about this -- I think the evolver's current voice
would make a _fantastic_ polysynth.  After all, the basic tone is fairly
clean, warm, and sweet (not really `thick,' unless you make it so), and
it excels at percussive sounds; these are properties that scream out
`polyphony' to me...

If Dave put out a poly that was just an evolver x 6 + some voice
allocation code, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

-Miles
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