Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I bought my PEK a month ago...and obviously I'm pretty blown away...this will always be an 
essential part of my arsenal...

however, I just was in a store and laid my eyes on the Evolver desktop...call me 
greedy...but 500 bucks for a "mini-me" evolver that you can take on the road seems like a 
pretty sweet deal...

anyone have both? are there any differences sonically between the two?

-Paris

They are the same thing except for Polyphony.  The PEK is 4 voices. The
Evolver is 1 voice.  The Evolver
gave rise to the PEK, so thank the might Evolver gods for the original
Evolver... :)




Cheers,

Dave


djparislee wrote:

>I bought my PEK a month ago...and obviously I'm pretty blown away...this will always be an 
>essential part of my arsenal...
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>however, I just was in a store and laid my eyes on the Evolver desktop...call me 
>greedy...but 500 bucks for a "mini-me" evolver that you can take on the road seems like a 
>pretty sweet deal...
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>anyone have both? are there any differences sonically between the two?
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After I got my PEK back in May, I started lusting after additional 
polyphony and strongly considered the Evo tabletop.  I rationalized 
that if I was willing to spend $500 for one extra voice, why not make 
a little bit more of an investment and just go for the PE Rack and 
that's what I did.  So I have full 8 voice poly and the flexibility to 
just use the PER if I don't have room for the PEK.  I have my S90 
Master keyboard set up with 2 banks of patch changes just for the 
PEK/PER rig, so if I'm not carrying my PEK as the master for the PER, 
my S90 can seamlessly change patches for the PER.

If you get the Evo and find yourself craving more than 5 voices, 
you'll ultimately end up with the PER.  May as well save a step and go 
for the PER right away!  :)

Regards,
Eric

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "djparislee" <paristhedj@h...> 
wrote:
> I bought my PEK a month ago...and obviously I'm pretty blown 
away...this will always be an 
> essential part of my arsenal...
> 
> however, I just was in a store and laid my eyes on the Evolver 
desktop...call me 
> greedy...but 500 bucks for a "mini-me" evolver that you can take on 
the road seems like a 
> pretty sweet deal...
> 
> anyone have both? are there any differences sonically between the 
two?
> 
> -Paris

One more thing you need to consider that would favor getting a PER 
rather than the Evo:  unlike the rack, the tabletop Evo does not 
have a separate set of mix inputs - you will have to use up two more 
channels of you mixer to accomodate it.  The PER has mix inputs, so 
you run your PEK into it along with the Poly Chain MIDI cable, then 
the PER's outputs sum both units and it is like having just one big 
8 voice Poly Evolver!!!

Regards,
Eric

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, David Bate <dave@R...> wrote:
> They are the same thing except for Polyphony.  The PEK is 4 
voices. The
> Evolver is 1 voice.  The Evolver
> gave rise to the PEK, so thank the might Evolver gods for the 
original
> Evolver... :)
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> Dave
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> >I bought my PEK a month ago...and obviously I'm pretty blown 
away...this will always be an 
> >essential part of my arsenal...
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> >however, I just was in a store and laid my eyes on the Evolver 
desktop...call me 
> >greedy...but 500 bucks for a "mini-me" evolver that you can take 
on the road seems like a 
> >pretty sweet deal...
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> >anyone have both? are there any differences sonically between the 
two?

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> >-Paris
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