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Re: OK I Give up - its better now

2005-06-26 by rickyannotta

Looks like you ve got it sorted but I wanted to say don t beat yourself up not getting too far with those blank Evolver Banks. I know someone went out of

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Re: [Evolver] Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-26 by Miles Bader

... Yup, DCO, and much (all?) of the modulation is digital of a much older generation than the Evolver; given the slowness of typical 80s digital modulation,

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Re: [Evolver] Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-26 by Ravi Ivan Sharma

Synths crackling and breaking up? Sounds like bad levels or bad something else external to the synths. btw, Matix 1000 is analog. ... From: Dave To:

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-26 by Dave

... I know it, and I miss them too. Bill Cone is a great guy, and I wish he still had the store - I m sure he d be way into the Evo stuff. ... Ash actually is

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Re: [Evolver] DSI in japan

2005-06-26 by Edgar David Duarte

I think the PEK is built strong enough for the trip. Why dont you but directrly from DSI. Its a little more money, but they have great support. If the

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DSI in japan

2005-06-25 by Miles Bader

I got my summer bonus and wanna buy a PEK ... but of course the Japanese distributor has done the usual thing and jacked up the price horribly -- the average

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Re: [Evolver] Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-25 by Miles Bader

... It may be annoying, but I think if you rely soley on advice , the result is dissappointment like 75% of the time. I guess it s fairly safe to buy an

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-25 by kmcdonaldk

OK, I ll give it a listen, as best as I can. Unfortunately, here in Phoenix, Guitar Center is not a good place to listen to much of anything. It is far too

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Re: [Evolver] Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-25 by Scott Kellogg

... Exactly. Making a decision about a synth based the the opinions of people on a forum is dubious at best. The only way you ll really know if you like the

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-25 by Dave

... It depends on your individual tastes. I tend to use my Evo almost exclusivelty for bass sounds (and yes, I work for DSI, but I bought my Evo over a year

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-25 by kmcdonaldk

Sounds from the descriptions here that the evolver is not for me. In over 20 years, I have never had a synthesizer with actual analog oscillators, and I was

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Re: Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-24 by colpaertpeter

Hello Miles Input gain is set to 0 db and the patch ext In Vol is also set to o. So there is no output sound ,but still clipping.Clipping stops if i adjust

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Re: Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-24 by colpaertpeter

Hello Miles Input gain is set to 0 db and the patch ext In Vol is also set to o. So there is no output sound ,but still clipping.Clipping stops if i adjust

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Re: Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-24 by Miles Bader

... Just to be sure -- when you say input level , do you mean the global Input Gain parameter, or the per-patch Ext In Vol parameter? What s the other set

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Re: Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-24 by colpaertpeter

I ve found the reason for the input clipping,but I don t know if this is normal.If I change the output settings of my Echo Soundcard from +10 to -4 db then I

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Re: OK I Give up - its better now

2005-06-23 by bcomnes

thanks to Julian who said that filter value is kinda low.. why not open it right up? also, what s the HPF doing in this patch? if that s set at o 99 , you

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Using the Evolver

2005-06-22 by Scott Kellogg

Hello, I ve had my Evolver for about 3 weeks now. It sounds wonderful, and is fun to program. I was wondering how you are using the Evo in compositions. It s

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Re: Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-22 by colpaertpeter

Hey Richard,thanx for the quick response.I will check out my output level this night and let you know if that was the problem(I hope so). Greeting Peter aka

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Re: Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-22 by colpaertpeter

Hey Richard,thanx for the quick response.I will check out my output level this night and let you know if that was the problem(I hope so). Greeting Peter aka

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Re: [Evolver] Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-22 by Richard Scott

You don t tell us what output level you are using., which is the most important thing. If you have it set at 100 that will explain it. The evo has a lot of

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Strange overload fx-input

2005-06-22 by colpaertpeter

Hello Here s another newbie and proud owner of a evolver.Just now,I ve started using my evolver as a fx-unit.Very nice,BUT.....I work with an audio patchbay

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Re: [Evolver] OK I Give up

2005-06-22 by mr julian

hey brian! that filter value is kinda low.. why not open it right up? also, what s the HPF doing in this patch? if that s set at o 99 , you won t hear much.

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Re: OK I Give up

2005-06-22 by Miles Bader

... The first two values above seem odd. I think the basic formula for the overal VCA output level is: final_level = (level + env_amt * env_level) * volume

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OK I Give up

2005-06-22 by bcomnes

I ve had my mono Evolver now for about 8 months and I ve had a real blast tweeking the default sounds, but decided if I was ever going to get the most out of

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-21 by Dave

... No. Only Hallandale and Kendall in Florida. The other GCs can special order them, though... dB DSI

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-20 by thebedroom23

Can you let me know if the guitar center in Jacksonville Florida is on this list? Thanks ... on

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-- bass ?? --

2005-06-20 by Andrea TONI

Hello Brooks, Waldorf Pulse ! Regards ... Andrea.TONI@esa.int Vco1 | | Solar-Terrestrial Missions (Sci-Sh)

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Re: evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-20 by Dave

... We ve just opened up a bunch of Guitar Centers as Evolver dealers. Phoenix is one of them. All of them are getting tabletop Evolvers and Poly Evolver

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Re: [Evolver] evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-19 by Richard Scott

I think you are confusing the thread Brooks! :) thick and punchy bass might already be two different things (which do you want?) and I think they are are

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Re: [Evolver] evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-19 by Carbon111

... No way. You can crank the attack up to the few-millisecond range where you actually can get a click caused by the truncation of a single wave cycle.

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Re: [Evolver] evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-18 by Brooks Mosher

I ve been looking at getting an evolver for a while now. The main selling point to me are the filters, the sequencer, and the flexibility. However, this

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Re: [Evolver] evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-18 by Tony Scharf

... Not at all, actually. ive found the evolver to be much punchier sounding than my Alesis andromeda (for example). its very close to my Korg MonoPoly in

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evolver "punchiness"

2005-06-18 by kmcdonaldk

I m am thinking of ordering an evolver online, but here in PHX, there are no dealers who carry them, so I have to rely on descriptions of how it sounds. I

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Re: poly key knob layout

2005-06-17 by Miles Bader

... It does use the shared controls for all OSCs (and similarly for LFOs etc) system though, which I ve found annoying on other synths. Given the vast number

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Re: [Evolver] poly key knob layout

2005-06-16 by Tony Scharf

... http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/polyevolver/photos.html what do they control: pretty much everything except the global parameters. Tony

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poly key knob layout

2005-06-16 by ASWYP

seems like I saw one posted here some time back. Considering purchase of a key but would like to see how the knobs are situated and what they control. Thanks

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Re: [Evolver] Digest Number 747

2005-06-15 by altitude909

Speaking of VST editors, there already is one at rozzer.met for free, it is just a home brew midi device panel, but works great (SX3 only).

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Hi, I am new here

2005-06-15 by eduartem

Hi I am new here. I am lusting after an evolver :D anyone know where to get one used on line(in a store not ebay).

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Re: [Evolver] Digest Number 747

2005-06-15 by jontu

Hi gyus, Thanks for the input on the Soundtower editor, I need to check that out as well! Although I m more interested in the VST editor that s on the way,

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Re: [Evolver] some evolver sequences

2005-06-14 by Scott Kellogg

These are great! Thanks for sharing them. I m working on the Evo over lunch every day. I m sure it will click and the sequences will come pouring out.

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Re: [Evolver] Digest Number 747

2005-06-14 by Alan Sisley

I recommend the editor, makes it much easier to sequence and patch. Also great support from Mark at Soundtower if needed with the advantage that the software

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