Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Hello,

I bought an evolver a while back as I had read many great things about
it, especially its synthesis capabilities.

While I love the sounds it has stored, I cannot get it to act as a
stand alone synth ... I cannot figure out how to make it simply bypass
the sequencer.  I use an MPC2000xl for all of my sequencing, so for
the time being ... to keep the learning curve of this synth manageable
... I wanted to ignore that facet of this synth.  However, in reading
the word document in the files section as well as the manual; I cannot
for the life of me figure out how to do this.  I know (or understand)
that I am to have 7-7 set to all or ndl ... and 7-8 anything BUT off.  

With these settings I still cannot get the pitch of the evolver to
match the keys i'm hitting on my controller.  

Does anyone know of a quick way to do this?

I've tried a few controllers ... my MPC, a Microkorg ... a Nord Lead 3
... and a Juno 106; same results.

I have to admit, i've been busy building an x0xb0x so I have not had a
lot of time to devote to this little beast; so any help with a
starting point is greatly appreciated.  I'm not good with matrix based
synths, I like knobs.  I also bought the editor if that helps.

Thanks,
Kyle_T

Hi, You need to set Key Off / Xpose to something else than off . Some factory patches are sequences and have it set to off , please refer to manual page 9

Hi,

You need to set Key Off / Xpose to something else than "off". Some factory patches are sequences and have it set to "off", please refer to manual page 9 "Program Notes" to see which of the defaults are meant to be played from a keyboard.

sunny days,

Jon

On 12/07/06, analoghardware <kyletorretta@...> wrote:

Hello,

I bought an evolver a while back as I had read many great things about
it, especially its synthesis capabilities.

While I love the sounds it has stored, I cannot get it to act as a
stand alone synth ... I cannot figure out how to make it simply bypass
the sequencer. I use an MPC2000xl for all of my sequencing, so for
the time being ... to keep the learning curve of this synth manageable
... I wanted to ignore that facet of this synth. However, in reading
the word document in the files section as well as the manual; I cannot
for the life of me figure out how to do this. I know (or understand)
that I am to have 7-7 set to all or ndl ... and 7-8 anything BUT off.

With these settings I still cannot get the pitch of the evolver to
match the keys i'm hitting on my controller.

Does anyone know of a quick way to do this?

I've tried a few controllers ... my MPC, a Microkorg ... a Nord Lead 3
... and a Juno 106; same results.

I have to admit, i've been busy building an x0xb0x so I have not had a
lot of time to devote to this little beast; so any help with a
starting point is greatly appreciated. I'm not good with matrix based
synths, I like knobs. I also bought the editor if that helps.

Thanks,
Kyle_T

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I own an Evolver and an mpc 1000 and experienced the same issue.  In 
addition to the excellent advise suggested below, you would also need 
to change your midi clock setting (1/8)to bypass the sequencer. 

Peace

3pHaze


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Marc Benchimol 
<pypedreammusic@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you.
> 
> jontu <pakana@...> wrote:          Hi, 
> 
> You need to set Key Off / Xpose to something else than "off". Some 
factory patches are sequences and have it set to "off", please refer 
to manual page 9 "Program Notes" to see which of the defaults are 
meant to be played from a keyboard. 
> 
> sunny days, 
> 
> Jon
> 
>   On 12/07/06, analoghardware <kyletorretta@...> 
wrote:               Hello,
> 
> I bought an evolver a while back as I had read many great things 
about
> it, especially its synthesis capabilities.
> 
> While I love the sounds it has stored, I cannot get it to act as a
> stand alone synth ... I cannot figure out how to make it simply 
bypass
> the sequencer. I use an MPC2000xl for all of my sequencing, so for
> the time being ... to keep the learning curve of this synth 
manageable
> ... I wanted to ignore that facet of this synth. However, in reading
> the word document in the files section as well as the manual; I 
cannot
> for the life of me figure out how to do this. I know (or understand)
> that I am to have 7-7 set to all or ndl ... and 7-8 anything BUT 
off. 
> 
> With these settings I still cannot get the pitch of the evolver to
> match the keys i'm hitting on my controller. 
> 
> Does anyone know of a quick way to do this?
> 
> I've tried a few controllers ... my MPC, a Microkorg ... a Nord 
Lead 3
> ... and a Juno 106; same results.
> 
> I have to admit, i've been busy building an x0xb0x so I have not 
had a
> lot of time to devote to this little beast; so any help with a
> starting point is greatly appreciated. I'm not good with matrix 
based
> synths, I like knobs. I also bought the editor if that helps.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kyle_T
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
>          
> 
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