Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Hello, 
I've been curious as to the types/names of the waveforms that the 
digital oscs use in the Evolver.  I found a Prophet-VS manual and 
transcribed its waveform list over to the corresponding Evolver wave 
#'s.  These are the only ones listed in the VS manual (the rest of 
the names are apparently veiled in mystery.)  

#       NAME/DESCRIPTION

1	Sine
2	Sawtooth
3	Square
14	Pulse var1
15	Pulse var2
25	3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
27	Heavy 7th harmonics
29	BASSBELL 14th and 28th harmonics
44	VOCAL1 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out 
the vocal quality
45	VOCAL2 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out 
the vocal quality
82	Bell Partials1
84	Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
85	Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
86	Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
87	Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
88	Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
89	Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
90	Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
91	Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
92	Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
94	Bell Partials2
95      Blank Wave

Chris

Wow.  Nice job, Chris.  I was wondering about the same thing when I 
was programming presets on an Evolver beta unit.  It really would 
have been nice to have had a list of all the waveforms along with a 
description of each!  Hope you don't mind, but I posted a copy of 
your note in the Evolver forum at EX5Tech - link: 
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23

Thanks!


Ski
www.ex5tech.com


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "z_flash_ram <z_flash_ram@y...>" 
<z_flash_ram@y...> wrote:
> Hello, 
> I've been curious as to the types/names of the waveforms that the 
> digital oscs use in the Evolver.  I found a Prophet-VS manual and 
> transcribed its waveform list over to the corresponding Evolver 
wave 

> #'s.  These are the only ones listed in the VS manual (the rest of 
> the names are apparently veiled in mystery.)  
> 
> #       NAME/DESCRIPTION
> 
> 1	Sine
> 2	Sawtooth
> 3	Square
> 14	Pulse var1
> 15	Pulse var2
> 25	3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
> 27	Heavy 7th harmonics
> 29	BASSBELL 14th and 28th harmonics
> 44	VOCAL1 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out 
> the vocal quality
> 45	VOCAL2 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out 
> the vocal quality
> 82	Bell Partials1
> 84	Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
> 85	Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
> 86	Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
> 87	Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
> 88	Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
> 89	Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
> 90	Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
> 91	Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
> 92	Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
> 94	Bell Partials2
> 95      Blank Wave
> 
> Chris

Cool list!

This webpage;

http://www.vector.synth.net/tech01.shtml

Contains the names of all of the VS's waveforms in case anyone wants that
too.


drk

www.delora.com/music
www.mp3.com/zdrk
drk.iuma.com



On 1/3/03 6:52 PM, "z_flash_ram <z_flash_ram@...>"
<z_flash_ram@...> wrote:

> Hello, 
> I've been curious as to the types/names of the waveforms that the
> digital oscs use in the Evolver.  I found a Prophet-VS manual and
> transcribed its waveform list over to the corresponding Evolver wave
> #'s.  These are the only ones listed in the VS manual (the rest of
> the names are apparently veiled in mystery.)
> 
> #       NAME/DESCRIPTION
> 
> 1    Sine
> 2    Sawtooth
> 3    Square
> 14    Pulse var1
> 15    Pulse var2
> 25    3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
> 27    Heavy 7th harmonics
> 29    BASSBELL 14th and 28th harmonics
> 44    VOCAL1 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out
> the vocal quality
> 45    VOCAL2 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring out
> the vocal quality
> 82    Bell Partials1
> 84    Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
> 85    Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
> 86    Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
> 87    Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
> 88    Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
> 89    Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
> 90    Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
> 91    Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
> 92    Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
> 94    Bell Partials2
> 95      Blank Wave
> 
> Chris

Outstanding!!!  Thanks drK!


Ski
www.ex5tech.com


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, drK <drk@d...> wrote:
> Cool list!
> 
> This webpage;
> 
> http://www.vector.synth.net/tech01.shtml
> 
> Contains the names of all of the VS's waveforms in case anyone 
wants that
> too.
> 
> 
> drk
> 
> www.delora.com/music
> www.mp3.com/zdrk
> drk.iuma.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/3/03 6:52 PM, "z_flash_ram <z_flash_ram@y...>"
> <z_flash_ram@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Hello, 
> > I've been curious as to the types/names of the waveforms that the
> > digital oscs use in the Evolver.  I found a Prophet-VS manual and
> > transcribed its waveform list over to the corresponding Evolver 
wave
> > #'s.  These are the only ones listed in the VS manual (the rest of
> > the names are apparently veiled in mystery.)
> > 
> > #       NAME/DESCRIPTION
> > 
> > 1    Sine
> > 2    Sawtooth
> > 3    Square
> > 14    Pulse var1
> > 15    Pulse var2
> > 25    3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
> > 27    Heavy 7th harmonics
> > 29    BASSBELL 14th and 28th harmonics
> > 44    VOCAL1 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring 
out
> > the vocal quality
> > 45    VOCAL2 *Detune oscillators using either waveform to bring 
out

> > the vocal quality
> > 82    Bell Partials1
> > 84    Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
> > 85    Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
> > 86    Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
> > 87    Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
> > 88    Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
> > 89    Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
> > 90    Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
> > 91    Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
> > 92    Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
> > 94    Bell Partials2
> > 95      Blank Wave
> > 
> > Chris

Ok, here's the WAVE list formatted to correspond with the Evolver 
WAVE #'s.  I added the notes from the VS manual.  Thanks to DRK for 
the link!

1	Sine
2	Saw
3	Sqr
4	WmBell
5	RdBell
6	R2Bell
7	W2Bell
8	FmtBell
9	FzReed
10	FmtAOh
11	FmtAhh
12	TriPlus
13	DisBel
14	Pulse1
15	Pulse2
16	SqrReed
17	Oohh
18	49. Eehh
19	FeedBack
20	Piano1
21	E.Pno
22	M.Harm
23	HiTop
24	WmReed
25	3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
26	Hollow
27	Hvy7
28	BelOrg
29	BASSBELL *14th and 28th harmonics
30	Tine1
31	PhSQR
32	Orient
33	HiPipe
34	Mass
35	ReedOrg
36	OrgAhh
37	MelOrg
38	FmtOrg
39	Clar
40	AhhFem
41	AhhHom
42	AhhBass
43	RegVox
44	VOCAL1 *Detune oscs using either wave to bring out the vocal
45	VOCAL2 *Detune oscs using either wave to bring out the vocal 
46	HiAhh
47	Bass
48	Guitar
49	Nice
50	WWind
51	Oboe
52	Harp
53	Pipe
54	Hack1
55	Hack2
56	Hack3
57	Pinch
58	BellHrm
59	BellVox
60	Hi Harm
61	Hi Reed
62	BellReed
63	WmWhstl
64	Wood
65	Pure
66	Med Pure
67	HiHarm
68	FullBell
69	Bell
70	Pinch
71	Clustr
72	M.Pinch
73	VoxPnch
74	OrgPnch
75	AhhPnch
76	PnoOrg
77	BrReed
78	NoFund
79	ReedHrm
80	LiteFund
81	MelOrg
82	Bell
83	Bell
84	Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
85	Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
86	Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
87	Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
88	Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
89	Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
90	Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
91	Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
92	Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
94	Bell Partials2
95	Null Wave
96+     User Waves (Editor someone?!)

Chris

You should send that to dave and request he put it in future versions 
of the manual! This is fantastic information everybody should have 
access to!

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "z_flash_ram <z_flash_ram@y...>" 
<z_flash_ram@y...> wrote:

> Ok, here's the WAVE list formatted to correspond with the Evolver 
> WAVE #'s.  I added the notes from the VS manual.  Thanks to DRK for 
> the link!
> 
> 1	Sine
> 2	Saw
> 3	Sqr
> 4	WmBell
> 5	RdBell
> 6	R2Bell
> 7	W2Bell
> 8	FmtBell
> 9	FzReed
> 10	FmtAOh
> 11	FmtAhh
> 12	TriPlus
> 13	DisBel
> 14	Pulse1
> 15	Pulse2
> 16	SqrReed
> 17	Oohh
> 18	49. Eehh
> 19	FeedBack
> 20	Piano1
> 21	E.Pno
> 22	M.Harm
> 23	HiTop
> 24	WmReed
> 25	3rd and 5th harmonics *fundamental absent
> 26	Hollow
> 27	Hvy7
> 28	BelOrg
> 29	BASSBELL *14th and 28th harmonics
> 30	Tine1
> 31	PhSQR
> 32	Orient
> 33	HiPipe
> 34	Mass
> 35	ReedOrg
> 36	OrgAhh
> 37	MelOrg
> 38	FmtOrg
> 39	Clar
> 40	AhhFem
> 41	AhhHom
> 42	AhhBass
> 43	RegVox
> 44	VOCAL1 *Detune oscs using either wave to bring out the vocal
> 45	VOCAL2 *Detune oscs using either wave to bring out the vocal 
> 46	HiAhh
> 47	Bass
> 48	Guitar
> 49	Nice
> 50	WWind
> 51	Oboe
> 52	Harp
> 53	Pipe
> 54	Hack1
> 55	Hack2
> 56	Hack3
> 57	Pinch
> 58	BellHrm
> 59	BellVox
> 60	Hi Harm
> 61	Hi Reed
> 62	BellReed
> 63	WmWhstl
> 64	Wood
> 65	Pure
> 66	Med Pure
> 67	HiHarm
> 68	FullBell
> 69	Bell
> 70	Pinch
> 71	Clustr
> 72	M.Pinch
> 73	VoxPnch
> 74	OrgPnch
> 75	AhhPnch
> 76	PnoOrg
> 77	BrReed
> 78	NoFund
> 79	ReedHrm
> 80	LiteFund
> 81	MelOrg
> 82	Bell
> 83	Bell
> 84	Sawtooth 3rd and 5th
> 85	Sine 5ths *2 sines an octave and a 5th apart
> 86	Sine 2 Octave *2 sines, 2 octaves apart
> 87	Sine 4 Octave *2 sines, 4 Ocataves apart
> 88	Sawtooth 5ths *2 saws, an octave and a 5th apart
> 89	Sawtooth 2-Octaves *2 saws, 2 octaves apart
> 90	Square 5ths *2 squares, a 5th apart
> 91	Square Octave+5th *2 squares, an octave and a 5th apart
> 92	Square 2-Octaves *2 squares, 2 octaves apart
> 94	Bell Partials2
> 95	Null Wave
> 96+     User Waves (Editor someone?!)
> 
> Chris

Thanks! But I still say it should be in the manual. :) I mean, only 
because not everybody who owns an evo belongs to this group or ski's 
message board, and besides, it's just plain good reference material.

On 1/5/03 2:21 AM, "thligrdd <onthesurface@...>" <onthesurface@...>
wrote:

> Thanks! But I still say it should be in the manual. :) I mean, only
> because not everybody who owns an evo belongs to this group or ski's
> message board, and besides, it's just plain good reference material.
> 
> 

Yes it would be a great addition to the manual so why not add it yourself!

Here's what I have started doing with a couple of synths that seem to demand
constant manual reference (I just can't seem to memorize the modulation
source/destination mnemonics for the Evolver :-):

1. Take advantage of the generosity of many synth manufacturers to provide
PDF versions of their manual, download and print it out on standard-size
paper.

2. Punch a single hole in the upper left corner.  Use on of the single
binder rings you can buy at any office supply store to bind the pages
together.

This works well, better than the actual manual on a number of fronts.  First
it will easily lay open at the page of interest.  Second it is very easy to
add new pages, such as the for mentioned waveform table.  Third it preserves
the newness of the actual manual which can be a plus if you ever need to
sell or your a collector.

Anyway for the cost of some paper and ink/toner you can have a live,
"breathing" manual where you are free to add whatever.


drk

www.delora.com/music
www.mp3.com/zdrk
drk.iuma.com

>Thanks! But I still say it should be in the manual. :) I mean, only
>because not everybody who owns an evo belongs to this group or ski's
>message board, and besides, it's just plain good reference material.

Well, send this info to Dave, asking him to include it in the next 
revision of the Evolver manual...do something about it instead of 
just complaining here, it's not hard, really.


Simon
Canberra
AUSTRALIA

Already one step ahead of you. I did it when it looked like nobody 
else would. I just thought maybe the person who did the editing might 
want to take credit for it personally, sorry if it came across like 
whining. 

> Well, send this info to Dave, asking him to include it in the next 
> revision of the Evolver manual...do something about it instead of 
> just complaining here, it's not hard, really.
> 
> 
> Simon
> Canberra
> AUSTRALIA