Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "kpr77" <kpr77@i...> wrote:
> Hi Evolver list,
> 
> I was wondering whether someone with a bit of Evolver experience 
might be able to help/offer some advice. 
> 
> Is there any way of varying the gate time of a sequence step and/or 
tieing two steps together (ie. simluting a held down key) ?  
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Simon

Simon - 

Currently, there is no such feature...it's my personal 'most wanted' 
feature, I'm not sure if it'll make it in due to some complications 
implementing (it would increase the memory required for each patch 
quite a bit). The best thing I can suggest is to email Dave and let 
him know you'd like such a feature.

> > Is there any way of varying the gate time of a sequence step 
and/or 
> tieing two steps together (ie. simluting a held down key) ?  
> > 
> > Simon
> 
> Simon - 
> 
> Currently, there is no such feature...



It can be simulated though - I know there are some presets in Bank A 
that have sustained notes across sequencer steps. I think if you set 
a step to "rest" it simply will not trigger the gate - and if the 
Decay and Sustain is set high enough the note should play until the 
next trigger. (Correct me if I'm wrong here, or if I've misunderstood 
your question). Another way to do this is simply turn the VCA Level 
up so you get the "drone" effect - but you won't get any silence out 
of a rest that way.

-JP

Sequence 1 is special- it contains a setting called "Off,"
near "rst" (reset).  Off means that step will not trigger the
envelopes, and will hold the last value the sequence contained.
This can be used to make sustained notes and rhythmic sequences.

Seq's 2-4 do not have off.  If you want to sustain a value there,
you have to set the value to the same as the previous step's value.

But this does nothing about creating a longer gate time :)  As
someone suggested, you can set long release times with a long
attack time to create an approximation of an attack that's slower
than a half of a single step.


-N "SyncFan6000@wherever"

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "jpyn8 <jp1@c...>" <jp1@c...> 
wrote:
> > > Is there any way of varying the gate time of a sequence step 
> and/or 
> > tieing two steps together (ie. simluting a held down key) ?  
> > > 
> > > Simon
> > 
> > Simon - 
> > 
> > Currently, there is no such feature...
> 
> 
> 
> It can be simulated though - I know there are some presets in Bank A 
> that have sustained notes across sequencer steps. I think if you set 
> a step to "rest" it simply will not trigger the gate - and if the 
> Decay and Sustain is set high enough the note should play until the 
> next trigger. (Correct me if I'm wrong here, or if I've 
misunderstood 

> your question). Another way to do this is simply turn the VCA Level 
> up so you get the "drone" effect - but you won't get any silence out 
> of a rest that way.
> 
> -JP