Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I'm not sure if this falls under the "completely obvious" category,
but here goes anyway.

To have the evolver's internal sequencer glide from note to note,
program your melody using the "Midi Note Number" destination rather
than "Oscillator Frequency." Then connect the evolver's midi out to
it's own midi in, make sure you've got some glide on the oscillators,
and voila! Acidic evolver, or something like that.

Obviously, this workaround has some serious drawbacks, especially if
you want to sync the evo to other gear. But for goofing around by
yourself, it works fine!

I've also gotten some interesting results using this trick with "Midi
Note Velocity" as well. You can modulate some stuff with Midi Velocity
and sequence the effects. This worked well for programming some drum
patterns.

Hope this is handy to somebody out there.

I did think of that too (so I say... :) ). The drawback for me is that
I make patterns with the goal of eventually syncing them with other
gear... and of course I could record the midi pattern and sequence
externally, but I love the method of using gear that is independantly
sequenced, for me it allows the funkiest live tweaking.

But I agree it is a cool workaround. Now that I'm thinking about it
again, suppose I'll have to do it, thanx :)

Another semi-workaround is to modulate a pitch envelope, but it's a
lot more work to get glide-type results that way.

So please Mr.Dave <g> I would still love to see internal-triggered
glide on the Evolver, please!!!!! 


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "wilsontherocker" <evandogg@h...>
wrote:

>
> I'm not sure if this falls under the "completely obvious" category,
> but here goes anyway.
> 
> To have the evolver's internal sequencer glide from note to note,
> program your melody using the "Midi Note Number" destination rather
> than "Oscillator Frequency." Then connect the evolver's midi out to
> it's own midi in, make sure you've got some glide on the oscillators,
> and voila! Acidic evolver, or something like that.
> 
> Obviously, this workaround has some serious drawbacks, especially if
> you want to sync the evo to other gear. But for goofing around by
> yourself, it works fine!
> 
> I've also gotten some interesting results using this trick with "Midi
> Note Velocity" as well. You can modulate some stuff with Midi Velocity
> and sequence the effects. This worked well for programming some drum
> patterns.
> 
> Hope this is handy to somebody out there.
>