Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Hello all,
  New to the group - just got my evolver a couple of days ago.  The 
first thing that I noticed with this synth is a lack of an power 
button.  Am I missing something?  Sleeping through a section of the 
manual, perhaps?  But how do you turn it off without unplugging it?  
Sorry is this has been covered - I tried to read all 364 posts 
prior... ;-)

>But how do you turn it off without unplugging it?  

You don't.  There is the start/stop button for sequences, but to 
turn the machine either on or off you just plug or unplug the power 
supply.  It would be nice to have a seperate switch, but this is the 
same situation as with my Nord MicroModular, and it's really not 
much of an issue.

I unplug all my gear anyway when I'm done using it (even the Fatar 
controller), as this is an added layer of protection against surge 
and such, so this doesn't bother me much.  It's interesting that 
some small wall-wart synths don't have an on/off (MicroMod, Evolver) 
and others due (SidStation).  I'm sure engineers could debate the 
benefits of the one against the other for years, but it's easy 
enough to get used to knowing which is which.

Hope this helps.

JR "Bulldogge" Ross
& Snuffy, too:)

That's what I was afraid you'd say.  Oh well, just kind of a pain in 
the arse, you know?  I power everything up and down manually as my 
studio doesn't lend itself well to unplugging everything.  Thanks for 
the help.  

I'm having a little trouble tricking low-end out of my Evolver.  I 
have a fairly decent setup, it's plugged directly into an A&H mixer 
and I monitor on Mackie HR624's, and there's no sound processing (no 
eq even) in the way, and I'm having trouble getting it to rumble.  
Any tricks you guys have to get the intestines shaking or is this 
just not the synth to do that? 

Darin


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "jrbulldogge <jrbulldogge@y...>" 
<jrbulldogge@y...> wrote:
> >But how do you turn it off without unplugging it?  
> 
> You don't.  There is the start/stop button for sequences, but to 
> turn the machine either on or off you just plug or unplug the power 
> supply.  It would be nice to have a seperate switch, but this is 
the 
> same situation as with my Nord MicroModular, and it's really not 
> much of an issue.
> 
> I unplug all my gear anyway when I'm done using it (even the Fatar 
> controller), as this is an added layer of protection against surge 
> and such, so this doesn't bother me much.  It's interesting that 
> some small wall-wart synths don't have an on/off (MicroMod, 
Evolver) 

> and others due (SidStation).  I'm sure engineers could debate the 
> benefits of the one against the other for years, but it's easy 
> enough to get used to knowing which is which.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> JR "Bulldogge" Ross
> & Snuffy, too:)