Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

on 13-04-2003 21:15, Ravi Ivan Sharma at noision1@... wrote:

> Check the database section of the yahoogroups. I have contructed those with
> the specific requirements of suggested feature requests from Dave Smith. They
> are filled and growing and I was recently requested to send the contents to
> you know who. That is all I know about O.S. issues :)

I've seen the database, and if "I knows who" is as friendly with updating
OS's as he is with his customers I am sure we all will be very happy! :-)

Boele
> 
> Ravi
> ----- 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" <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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