Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Received my Evolver about 2 weeks ago and have been playing around 
with it quite a bit.  I'm new to the synth world so I've been playing 
around with the various oscillator, destination, LFO, envelope etc, 
etc, etc adjustments to see what effect they have on the sound 
produced.  I've been able to notice some "cause - effect" 
relationships but they have been few and far between.  Can anyone 
point me to a reference that has information regarding the expected 
change in sound when a particular adjustment is made on the Evolver.  
Thanks !  Jim

Hi Jim,

It’s useful to have a grounding in the theory of subtractive synthesis.

This is in a lot of depth but you could have a look at:

http://www.soundonsound.com/search?page=3�ion=/&Keyword=synth%20secrets

start here:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may99/articles/synthsec.htm

and feel free to skim the difficult bits, you, me, and 90% of readers do.  But, its all there, and there are about 5 years of articles.  It’s a classic reference. 

>Received my Evolver about 2 weeks ago and have been playing around 
>with it quite a bit.  I'm new to the synth world so I've been playing 
>around with the various oscillator, destination, LFO, envelope etc, 
>etc, etc adjustments to see what effect they have on the sound 
>produced.  I've been able to notice some "cause - effect" 
>relationships but they have been few and far between.  Can anyone 
>point me to a reference that has information regarding the expected 
>change in sound when a particular adjustment is made on the Evolver.  
>Thanks !  Jim

...in addition to general subtractive synthesis stuff, you might want 
to spring for the computer editor, as with it you can see what all 
the settings currently are at a glance.

deknow

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "jandjhofmann" <jhofmann@c...> 
wrote:
> Received my Evolver about 2 weeks ago and have been playing around 
> with it quite a bit.  I'm new to the synth world so I've been 
playing 
> around with the various oscillator, destination, LFO, envelope etc, 
> etc, etc adjustments to see what effect they have on the sound 
> produced.  I've been able to notice some "cause - effect" 
> relationships but they have been few and far between.  Can anyone 
> point me to a reference that has information regarding the expected 
> change in sound when a particular adjustment is made on the 
Evolver.  
> Thanks !  Jim

Thanks very much zzer_o and deknow.  Your responses have been very 
helpful.  Wish me luck !  jandjhofmann




--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "deknoww" <deknow@n...> wrote:
> ...in addition to general subtractive synthesis stuff, you might 
want 
> to spring for the computer editor, as with it you can see what all 
> the settings currently are at a glance.
> 
> deknow
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "jandjhofmann" <jhofmann@c...> 
> wrote:
> > Received my Evolver about 2 weeks ago and have been playing 
around 
> > with it quite a bit.  I'm new to the synth world so I've been 
> playing 
> > around with the various oscillator, destination, LFO, envelope 
etc, 
> > etc, etc adjustments to see what effect they have on the sound 
> > produced.  I've been able to notice some "cause - effect" 
> > relationships but they have been few and far between.  Can anyone 
> > point me to a reference that has information regarding the 
expected 

> > change in sound when a particular adjustment is made on the 
> Evolver.  
> > Thanks !  Jim