Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

on 12-04-2003 10:36, Ravi Ivan Sharma at noision1@... wrote:

That is a cool story.

I have to say, that besides the very nice capabilities of the Evolver, I
never ever met a such a friendly synthcompany (read Dave Smith) as DSI. The
guy answers EVERY single mail and also within a few days and also in a very
friendly tone. He's a very nice exception in this synthworld.

Does anyone on this list know if he will release an OS update soon? I would
love to see a few little modulationdestinies added (like filterdecay).

But even if the OS stays like it is, I will use the machine for a long time
I guess :-))

Oh, one other thing. I hear a really nasty click when opening the
highpassfilter from 0 to 1 or the other way around. Is that explainable?
It's rather irritating.

Boele

> Well, hey! I was a beta tester, I think Ski got 002 just after me. I found
> some bugs but not all and I only added perhaps 10 patches to the mix. Ski,
> wow! 120 Patches!!! you rock! I had no idea! I knew you added some cool ones
> though.
> 
> I think it bears repeating the interesting anecdote. After I sent my Evolver
> Beta back to Dave, Dave was kind enough to send me a snippet of an email
> praising one of my patches that went like this, " >From another tester: "I
> especially like the sequence that's in Bank 1,  Patch #21, when played around
> C1 or so.  It's a very unique 10 step sequence, and I think that whoever did
> it is quite talented. "
> 
> So later when I recieved my shipping unit, I was immediately struck by how
> much I love preset A13; and I sent Dave an email immediately praising it.
> 
> And he then let me know that the author was Ski who had been the one that had
> liked my Preset! (which is now A1) that Dave had copied me!
> 
> Anyway I think that makes me and Ski sort of like Evolver blood brothers or
> something and that is why I am extra proud that Ski's patchblood is so inside
> the Evolver. Along with the master, Dave Smith's.
> 
> Ravi
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ski_ex5tech
> To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:11 PM
> Subject: [Evolver] Re: Another Evolver track :-) / Demo Loops / Beta Unit /
> Mellotron
> 
> 
> 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
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