Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Sup guys, I'm the same person who is looking for an Evo, but wanted 
to ask those who have experinced running their sound modules, 
keyboards, & drum machines through those thick analog filters... I 
have 2 boards that would sound even better warmed up a bit: Roland 
XV5080 & Korg Triton Extreme... It would be a major selling point and 
cheaper alternative to owning an A6, which will be added in the 
future... Thx for reading...

Jay

Hi Jay,

>to ask those who have experinced running their sound modules, 
>keyboards, & drum machines through those thick analog filters... I 

now, others may differ, but I wouldn’t describe the filters on the evo as “thick”, more kind of “edgy” and I would, on the whole rate the digital side of things higher on the machine - I didn’t find the filters all that interesting on their own to use on external sounds, and get more use from the distotion, trash and echo, using the filters to control the sound.  

It’s not like some filters, where running sounds through them can really warm and thicken a digital source, for that you might want to look at: mutator, frostwave resonator, modular stuff, or (I only know it by reputation) electrix filter factory.

That isn’t to say that you might not get a lot out of using it that way, just, maybe, not what you expected :-)

Alex

Thx Alex, I received a similar response which basically repeated what 
you've stated... So I'm set on looking towards getting a separate 
external filter box as suggested... I'll just used the Evo for it's 
uniqueness & mangling textures...

Cheers,
Jay

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Alex z <zero@z...> wrote:
> Hi Jay,
> 
> >to ask those who have experinced running their sound modules, 
> >keyboards, & drum machines through those thick analog filters... I 
> 
> now, others may differ, but I wouldn’t describe the filters on 
the evo as “thick”, more kind of “edgy” and I would, on the 
whole rate the digital side of things higher on the machine - I 
didn’t find the filters all that interesting on their own to use on 
external sounds, and get more use from the distotion, trash and echo, 
using the filters to control the sound.  
> 
> It’s not like some filters, where running sounds through them can 
really warm and thicken a digital source, for that you might want to 
look at: mutator, frostwave resonator, modular stuff, or (I only know 
it by reputation) electrix filter factory.
> 
> That isn’t to say that you might not get a lot out of using it 
that way, just, maybe, not what you expected :-)
> 
> Alex

Alex z <zero@...> writes:
> now, others may differ, but I wouldn’t describe the filters on the evo
> as “thick”, more kind of “edgy” and I would, on the whole rate the
> digital side of things higher on the machine - I didn’t find the
> filters all that interesting on their own to use on external sounds,
> and get more use from the distotion, trash and echo, using the filters
> to control the sound.
>
> It’s not like some filters, where running sounds through them can
> really warm and thicken a digital source, for that you might want to
> look at: mutator, frostwave resonator, modular stuff, or (I only know
> it by reputation) electrix filter factory.

I don't know if the E's filters are "thick" or not; they're somewhat
mild-mannered, and not as in-your-face as say a minimoog filter.
However even simple patches on the evolver do sound a lot warmer than
yer average VA.

I also find the E's filters are really easy to make sound nice (as
opposed to the "hours of tweaking trying to find the damned sweet spot"
experience on aforementioned VA).  They have a nice juicy resonance, and
the curves on the filter envelope seem _perfect_ to my ears...

So not the ultimate filters, but really rather nice I think.

-Miles
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