Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I've noticed that, for instance, Patch A1 shows up in many other 
places throughout the presets - all with changes made to it, like 
slowing down the sequencer tempo a lot, or adding feedback, tweaking 
other parameters, etc.

It could be that your original version was editied many times. I had 
no experience with the Beta units though...so if there is a 
difference in the synthesis archetecture, we'd all like to know what 
changes were made and why, just out of curiosity.

Ravi, I'd have to guess that, if you load your saved SYSEX files 
(that you created on a beta unit) into a production unit...

- some of your patches will sound quite different (because I know for 
a fact that Dave tweaked some of the patches we sent him)

- others will sound at least *close* to "correct" (albeit probably 
with minor differences due to the upgraded DSP chip in the production 
units, changes in the OS programming, etc.)

Along with the upgraded DSP chips, there might be other differences 
in the production vs. beta units.  There's also the software 
workaround that Dave had to program in order to get around the 
hardware bug in the new DSP chips;  that may have caused a difference 
in the way things sound, too, though I'm not sure.


Ski
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