Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I've gotta say I'm impressed with this. I didn't think I needed it as I like
the UI but it made me try some different things with the sequencer I
wouldn't have tried otherwise and its nice to be able to try huge changes on
sliders so quickly (of course its the smaller changes that are usually most
interesting). Nice just to have a different view of things.

Its also very fast at backing up and sending banks and patches...
unfortunatley I just spent two days reorganising everything - this would
have made it much quicker

for me the piano midi input didn't work? anyone else?

the sequencer settings data is very slow to update

I've no idea how to use the waveshape thingy - I just made a horrible noise
with it and I didn't like the "send to" dialogue - those three little lines
are crappy - do they mean anything? can I do something like send an acoustic
sax sample?

all in all I'd buy it if it comes in below a certain price - so what IS the
price going to be?

Richard

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From: "Sayer" <Sayer@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:30 PM
Subject: [Evolver] PC Editor Beta


> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, trippler@t... wrote:
> > > > (since I didn't get my old one back!)
> > >
> > > ???
> >
> > Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? Well....
> > Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new one
> > shipped to me! LOL!
> >
> > Sayer
>
> BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available here -
> http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm
>
> Have at it and give Mark some feedback.
>
> Sayer
>
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as a follow up:

its not quite as intuitive as i thought - its odd that when I select say C33
I get the sound but the patch I have on screen reads C2 and doesn't change
when I select different patches from the bank - so If I select C33 and want
to save it to C34 I don't know how to do it - I'm scared of overwriting
something I want - I don't understand the full relationship between what I
see and what i hear


Genetics look rather interesting to say the least! the words morph, mutate
and random are always good to find on a synth - but think I might need a
help file to figure all that out!

looks like Dave hasn't finished messing with our heads yet!

Richard

----- Original Message -----

From: "Sayer" <Sayer@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:30 PM
Subject: [Evolver] PC Editor Beta


> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, trippler@t... wrote:
> > > > (since I didn't get my old one back!)
> > >
> > > ???
> >
> > Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? Well....
> > Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new one
> > shipped to me! LOL!
> >
> > Sayer
>
> BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available here -
> http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm
>
> Have at it and give Mark some feedback.
>
> Sayer
>
>
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yes

----- Original Message -----

From: "Joe" <jmelnyk@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] PC Editor Beta


> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:30:45PM -0000, Sayer wrote:
> >    BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available here -
> >    [1]http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm
> >    Have at it and give Mark some feedback.
>
> this is a screenshot of a wave shape editor:
> http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/evwav.jpg
>
> I haven't downloaded and tried this software out yet. but is that editor
> capable of assigning user editable waveshapes to the 96-128 waveforms of
> oscillators 3 and 4?
>
> Joe
>
>
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> (since I didn't get my old one back!)

???

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Sayer" <Sayer@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:54 PM
Subject: [Evolver] Re: Bread and Butter Sound on the Evolver


> Hmmm.... How about a user soundbank that concentrates on the analog 
> oscillators and more classic analog oriented sounds? 
> 
> Now that I have a brand new Evolver (since I didn't get my old one 
> back!) I plan to make use of the analog side of the Evolver more.
> 
> Sayer
> 
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Ivan Sharma" 
> <noision1@h...> wrote:
> > Well it is a *mono* synth. 1 voice. So pads are available if you 
> > don't mind overdubbing a lot. But basically, anything a monophonic 
> > synth, the Evolver can do. It can do a lot more and that is why it 
> > is shown off doing such. It is not a niche synth in the way the 
> > Sidstation by Elektron is, that is, it does one or 3 sounds really 
> > well, but much else. The Evolver is on one hand a basic monosynth 
> > but with fancier features, like 4 oscs instead of 2 or 3 and a mix 
> > of real analog with digital waves. The sequencer is a bonus.
> > 
> > There a little demo of a few "normal" sounds Called "evolver 
> > demo1.mp3 here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSI_Evolver/files/
> > 
> > Ravi
> > 
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "needle201" <needle201@h...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hello Evolverists and Evolverines,
> > > Are there any links to some more normal sound examples on the 
> DSI 
> > > Evolver? Most of the stuff i was able to listen to on the 
> internet
> > > (including Dave Smiths Website) was quite crazy digital noise 
> > sound 
> > > using the internal sequencer.
> > > 
> > > Well, i like those sounds, but i wonder if the Evolver is also 
> > > capable of producing some usual stuff like Strings, Pads, basses 
> > > etc...
> > > 
> > > I consider buying the tiny little box, but i wanna be sure its 
> not 
> > > completely "niche".
> > > 
> > > thanks for your interest.
> > > 
> > > Needle
> 
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--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, trippler@t... wrote:
> > (since I didn't get my old one back!)
> 
> ???

Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? Well.... 
Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new one 
shipped to me! LOL!

Sayer

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, trippler@t... wrote:
> > > (since I didn't get my old one back!)
> > 
> > ???
> 
> Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? Well.... 
> Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new one 
> shipped to me! LOL!
> 
> Sayer

BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available here -
http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm

Have at it and give Mark some feedback.

Sayer

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:25:34PM -0000, Sayer wrote:
>    Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? Well....
>    Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new one
>    shipped to me! LOL!

you actually lent the Evolver out?  man, you're crazy! :-)

Joe

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Joe <jmelnyk@c...> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:25:34PM -0000, Sayer wrote:
> >    Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? 
Well....
> >    Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new 
one
> >    shipped to me! LOL!
> 
> you actually lent the Evolver out?  man, you're crazy! :-)

LOL! Figured that was the only way I'd ever get a PC editor.

Sayer

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:30:45PM -0000, Sayer wrote:
>    BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available here -
>    [1]http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm
>    Have at it and give Mark some feedback.

this is a screenshot of a wave shape editor:
http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/evwav.jpg

I haven't downloaded and tried this software out yet. but is that editor
capable of assigning user editable waveshapes to the 96-128 waveforms of
oscillators 3 and 4?

Joe

on 07-10-2003 06:57, steril707 at steril606@... wrote:

> I am really impressed by the Track Boele did...Do you have more stuff
> to listen to? 

Thanks :-)
Well, there is tons of music on my site (http://www.synthmusic.info). And I
used the Evolver in a few.
The latest song added in 2003 (Rainbow1) for example does all the
sequencing.

The Evolver is a very nice sounding synth. The analog part of it is my
personal favorite and I think it was a *brilliant* idea to make the
oscilator and filterpath a stereo one. THAT makes the sound  many times tmo.
Specially with the heavy sequencing music I do, that works very well :-))

Regards, Boele

yes? so is it also possible to load own waves in it? 
********************.wav  format ?
peter



--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <richard@c...> wrote:
> yes
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe" <jmelnyk@c...>
> To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Evolver] PC Editor Beta
> 
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 10:30:45PM -0000, Sayer wrote:
> > >    BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available 
here -
> > >    [1]http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm
> > >    Have at it and give Mark some feedback.
> >
> > this is a screenshot of a wave shape editor:
> > http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/evwav.jpg
> >
> > I haven't downloaded and tried this software out yet. but is that 
editor
> > capable of assigning user editable waveshapes to the 96-128 
waveforms of
> > oscillators 3 and 4?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
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> >

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote:
> > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, trippler@t... wrote:
> > > > (since I didn't get my old one back!)
> > > 
> > > ???
> > 
> > Remember I sent mine off to have the PC editor created? Well.... 
> > Mark liked the Evolver so much that he kept it and had a new one 
> > shipped to me! LOL!

LOL...:))


> > 
> > Sayer
> 
> BTW the Beta version of the Evolver PC Editor is available here -
> http://www.midiedit.com/evolver/index.htm

Cool! Looks almost like the wonderful AN1xedit from Gary Gregson...

hello...

i upgraded my evo to 2.0 last night, and following ski's instructions with
MIDIOX, everything went great... except i can no longer play the evolver
over midi! the midi decimal point flashes, indicating note ons and offs
are being received, but the evo's making no sound... key transpose is set
to like -24, and trigger mode is set to ALL. midi rec is also set to ALL.
this goes for all patches, old and new... anyone have an idea what could
be wrong? or has the same thing happened to anyone else?

thanks for any help...

bleep.
out.

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