Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

----- Original Message -----

From: SCD

To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:48 AM

Subject: Re: [Evolver] Re: Another Evolver track :-) / Demo Loops / BetaUnit / Mellotron

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" wrote:
>> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech"
>> 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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