Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Sayer, you already listened to the "Demo Loops"?!  Wow, that was 
fast.  Thanks for the kind words.

Beta testing...
Yes, I had beta unit s/n 0002, but I'd hesitate to say that I was 
a "beta tester".  I got the unit pretty late in the development 
cycle, and I really just had it for the purpose of cranking out a lot 
of patches/sequences in a short period of time.  I sent Dave a grand 
total of 140 patches/sequences.  Of those 140, about 120 were (and 
are) used as presets in the shipping production units.  I like to 
call them my "After Midnight" collection, because that's when they 
were all programmed, after some very long days at work!  ;)  I have 
to admit that I have some "stinkers" in there as a result!  It was a 
lot of fun to work with the beta unit, because the Evolver is such an 
exciting little machine, and because it was an honor to work with 
Dave.  It was also pretty gratifying to see the Evolver get such a 
great review in Keyboard mag, too (see 
http://www.keyboardmag.com/r2.htm).  Ken Hughes is a pretty 
respectable reviewer, which made it all the better.  However, I was a 
little disappointed that Ken didn't talk a bit more about the quality 
of the presets (or lack thereof! ;) ).  On the positive side, of the 
four presets he did mention, two were mine (the Bell patch and preset 
13 sequence "Evolver Song").  He was wrong about the Bell using FM, 
though... it's just some nice subtle modulation of some VS Bell 
waveforms.  Been meaning to email Ken about that one!  ;)

Mellotron...
Wow, I'd love to get a copy of Boele's samples!  I don't know if I 
could do another MEL-LABS, though... geez, that was a project and a 
half!  I guess I shouldn't say anything, though, because the 
current "S3" project (orchestral strings, wind, & percussion) is 
nearly as big.  The combined EX5/Evolver project with 128 little 
custom waveforms is a pretty good project, too.


Ski
www.ex5tech.com
EX5Tech Evolver forum:
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" <ex5tech@e...> 
> wrote:
> > Details and links for the "Demo Loops" can be found at EX5Tech in 
> the 
> > thread titled "DSI Evolver Demo Loops - Now available at 
> > Samplelibrary" here:
> > 
> > http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?
> > ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=000444
> > 
> > (Note:  As usual, if your email client or the Yahoo group splits 
> the 
> > link above onto two lines, you may need to copy/paste the link 
into 
> > your browser address bar.)
> > 
> > If you have the bandwidth and disk space, I *highly* recommend 
> > getting the .WAV versions, rather than the mp3's, for the reasons 
> > stated in the forum thread.
> 
> Ahhh... those do sound veeeerrryyyy nice! So you were a beta tester?
>  
> > WRT price... I haven't seen anything lower than $469.  For only 
$30 
> > difference, I'd probably be inclined to order direct from Dave, 
> > anyway.
> 
> Ok... At least Dave will autograph it!
> 
> So Ski, I wonder what it would take to get Boele to cough up his 
> Mellotron samples (that he recorded from his own mellotron) for a 
Mel-
> Labs 2 release for the EX5? :)
> 
> I heard some of them live in concert and they are very excellent!
> 
> Sayer