Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I was trying to find a way to set up 4 different note sequences on the 4 tracks 
of the sequencer and switch between them on the fly and it came to me this 
morning.

I set all 4 sequence destinations to an unused parameter and programmed a 
different melody on each track.  Then Modulation 1 is set with all OSCs as the 
destination and 100 as the amount.  By switching Mod 1 Source between Seq 
1, 2, 3 and 4 you can change between the 4 patterns without losing the beat.  

Fortunately the sources before and after Seq1,2,3,4 are OFF and LFO1 so if 
you twist the knob a little too far it's not a big deal.  Turning it all the way to 
OFF will just play the base note and you can switch LFO1 to something 
interesting like Random and throw little extra random notes into the 
sequence.

As an added bonus the Mod1 Source knob is right next to the highpass knob 
so you can tweak that at the same time to drop bass notes in and out.

Hey, very clever!  Thanks for sharing the tip.  

I'm going to have to start collecting these.  If we get enough cool 
tips like this, at some point maybe I could put them all together 
into an "Evo Power User Tips" PDF manual or something.


Ski
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--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "pela_gius" <pela_gius@h...> 
wrote:
> I was trying to find a way to set up 4 different note sequences on 
the 4 tracks 
> of the sequencer and switch between them on the fly and it came to 
me this 
> morning.
> 
> I set all 4 sequence destinations to an unused parameter and 
programmed a 
> different melody on each track.  Then Modulation 1 is set with all 
OSCs as the 
> destination and 100 as the amount.  By switching Mod 1 Source 
between Seq 
> 1, 2, 3 and 4 you can change between the 4 patterns without losing 
the beat.  
> 
> Fortunately the sources before and after Seq1,2,3,4 are OFF and 
LFO1 so if 
> you twist the knob a little too far it's not a big deal.  Turning 
it all the way to 
> OFF will just play the base note and you can switch LFO1 to 
something 
> interesting like Random and throw little extra random notes into 
the 
> sequence.
> 
> As an added bonus the Mod1 Source knob is right next to the 
highpass knob 
> so you can tweak that at the same time to drop bass notes in and 
out.

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" <ex5tech@e...> wrote:
> Hey, very clever!  Thanks for sharing the tip.  
> 
> I'm going to have to start collecting these.  If we get enough cool 
> tips like this, at some point maybe I could put them all together 
> into an "Evo Power User Tips" PDF manual or something.

Yeah, that would be great.  I've read through the archives and there are lots of 
good tips but it's hard to remember them all.  Some kind of reference page 
would be nice.  Maybe it could just be a collection of links to the relevant posts 
on the yahoogroups site.

I'm just starting to realize how powerful the 4 mods are.  At first I just ignored 
them, not knowing what they were for.  Today I made a patch where the Pan 
parameter was being modulated by the sequencer but I was getting a bad 
clicking sound on each step.  But by modulating the pan through a Mod 
instead and backing off of the mod amount a little the click went away.

I'd love to hear any creative ways that people are using the Mods.  There must 
be a lot of interesting things that could be done by modulating something with 
a positive amount of a certain source and then modulating something else 
with a negative amount of the same source through a Mod.  I hope that made 
sense.  I think I'll give it a try.