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Re: [Evolver] wind synth

Re: [Evolver] wind synth

2003-08-27 by Richard

not yet Elby, to be honest the box is so much fun I haven't even worked out
how to get patches on and off the Evolver yet - what's the best way?

I'm looking out for a wx7 if you ever get sick of it or see one for sale, I
hear its a bit more solid that the wx5

Richard

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From: "mtman" <mtman@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: [Evolver] wind synth


> I'm also a windsynth player, Richard (WX7), but haven't tried programming
> the Evolver for WS.  I can certainly imagine it being great for that.
> Have any Evolver/WS patches that you'd be willing to share? :)
>
> ELby
>
> > newbie here. Someone was asking about using breath controllers. I'm a
> > yamaha wx5 player and I've had the DSI evolver for a few weeks and I
> > think its an incredible windsynth, very programmable and tiny for
> > gigging. Its an terrific sequencer too and just all in all a great box
> > to get hold of - inexpensive as well. Programming is fairly easy
> > considering its a semi-modular, the UI is really well thought out. It
> > has all the razzle and speed of the Akai EVW2000 but a much huger sonic
> > range  - closer to something like a Nord Modular (though sonically the
> > evolver kicks its ass), going from pretty decent acoustic emulations to
> > all out sonic feedback destruction. It doesn't quite have the warmth and
> > richness of a monster like the Alesis Andromeda but I think it has a lot
> > more going for it as a windynth than the virtual analogues I've heard.
> > Something about the way the analogue oscillators and filters follow the
> > breath and fingers is just faster and more convincing than the current
> > stae
> >   of digital, while resonance and ring modulation are just... dunno ..
> > real I suppose. There is also a wealth of modulation/delay and feedback
> > possiblities and many distortion possibilities... as an adjunct to my
> > yammy VL70 modelling synths its a killer, it does everything they don't
> >
> >
> > the only real shortcoming is that it doesn't recieve midi CC data on
> > 16-18 and 80/81 which as wx5 owners will know is pretty useful. I could
> > get a midi mapper I guess, but as it is I'm beginning to think that
> > maybe controlling as much as possible just from the breath could be the
> > way to go....
> >
> >
> > Richard
> >
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