Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

From: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Lawlor
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:55 PM
To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSI Synths] another question

 

  

Hi.

 

I was reading the specs on the poly evolver PE edition on Sweetwater and
it showed that there was no USB connectivity.

 

Is this really the case now with this synth and if so, how do you use it
with the sound tower editor or is that no longer an option?

 

I've got my choice narrowed down to two different synths, being the poly
evolver and the nord wave.

 

 

I thought the poly evolver had an arpeggiator but I'm not sure if this
is the case either.

 

Since I'm not sure where my musical visions will take me, or even what
my musical voice will potentially be, I wanted to get a board that has
this feature as an option if possible.

 

I know the nord wave doesn't have an arpeggiater either but it does have
more polyphony than the evolver and it seems to have more places for
presets, 1024 as opposed to 384 or 512 for the evolver.

 

The one thing I'm not crazy about with the nord is it's 49 keys as
opposed to the 61 keys on the evolver.

 

I know it's best to try these out side by side when possible but since
that's not really an option, I wanted your thoughts.

 

If you were wanting to make ambient and electronic music and had to pick
one of these boards, which one would you go for and why?

 

I'm closer now to making a purchasing decision now than I was a while
ago when I joined this list so I'm looking a bit more closely at the
options.

 

Someone recommended the a6 by Andromeda but it has tons of menus and
since menus are horrible for us blind people who can't see the screen,
that limits things quite a bit, thus the reason I want something with a
ton of real-time control with actual knobs..

 

I'm hoping to get something in the next couple of months, after we close
on the hew house we're buying.

 

Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.

Scott

 





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On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:01 AM, "Iain Bryden" <ibryden@book.com> wrote:

> Evolvers have no USB ports. You’ll need to use the MIDI ports, which means you’ll also need a MIDI interface for your computer.
> 
>  
> 
> I strongly suggest you find an Evolver to demo, and any other synth you’re interested in. My hunch is that the Evlover may not be right for you. It’s a great synth with enormous sound but it doesn’t have any of the modern features you find on many others. IMO it’s stuck in the late 80s. The Mono Evolver Keyboard has a very limited and not very useful arpeggiator, not sure about the Poly.
> 
>  
> 
> -- Iain
> 
>  
> 
> From: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Lawlor
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:55 PM
> To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DSI Synths] another question
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Hi.
> 
>  
> 
> I was reading the specs on the poly evolver PE edition on Sweetwater and it showed that there was no USB connectivity.
> 
>  
> 
> Is this really the case now with this synth and if so, how do you use it with the sound tower editor or is that no longer an option?
> 
>  
> 
> I've got my choice narrowed down to two different synths, being the poly evolver and the nord wave.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> I thought the poly evolver had an arpeggiator but I'm not sure if this is the case either.
> 
>  
> 
> Since I'm not sure where my musical visions will take me, or even what my musical voice will potentially be, I wanted to get a board that has this feature as an option if possible.
> 
>  
> 
> I know the nord wave doesn't have an arpeggiater either but it does have more polyphony than the evolver and it seems to have more places for presets, 1024 as opposed to 384 or 512 for the evolver.
> 
>  
> 
> The one thing I'm not crazy about with the nord is it's 49 keys as opposed to the 61 keys on the evolver.
> 
>  
> 
> I know it's best to try these out side by side when possible but since that's not really an option, I wanted your thoughts.
> 
>  
> 
> If you were wanting to make ambient and electronic music and had to pick one of these boards, which one would you go for and why?
> 
>  
> 
> I'm closer now to making a purchasing decision now than I was a while ago when I joined this list so I'm looking a bit more closely at the options.
> 
>  
> 
> Someone recommended the a6 by Andromeda but it has tons of menus and since menus are horrible for us blind people who can't see the screen, that limits things quite a bit, thus the reason I want something with a ton of real-time control with actual knobs..
> 
>  
> 
> I'm hoping to get something in the next couple of months, after we close on the hew house we're buying.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.
> 
> Scott
> 
>  
> 
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On Dec 6, 2010, at 10:01 AM, "Iain Bryden" <ibryden@...> wrote:

> Evolvers have no USB ports. You’ll need to use the MIDI ports, which means you’ll also need a MIDI interface for your computer.
> 
>  
> 
> I strongly suggest you find an Evolver to demo, and any other synth you’re interested in. My hunch is that the Evlover may not be right for you. It’s a great synth with enormous sound but it doesn’t have any of the modern features you find on many others. IMO it’s stuck in the late 80s. The Mono Evolver Keyboard has a very limited and not very useful arpeggiator, not sure about the Poly.
> 
>  
> 
> -- Iain
> 
>  
> 
> From: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Lawlor
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:55 PM
> To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DSI Synths] another question
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Hi.
> 
>  
> 
> I was reading the specs on the poly evolver PE edition on Sweetwater and it showed that there was no USB connectivity.
> 
>  
> 
> Is this really the case now with this synth and if so, how do you use it with the sound tower editor or is that no longer an option?
> 
>  
> 
> I've got my choice narrowed down to two different synths, being the poly evolver and the nord wave.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> I thought the poly evolver had an arpeggiator but I'm not sure if this is the case either.
> 
>  
> 
> Since I'm not sure where my musical visions will take me, or even what my musical voice will potentially be, I wanted to get a board that has this feature as an option if possible.
> 
>  
> 
> I know the nord wave doesn't have an arpeggiater either but it does have more polyphony than the evolver and it seems to have more places for presets, 1024 as opposed to 384 or 512 for the evolver.
> 
>  
> 
> The one thing I'm not crazy about with the nord is it's 49 keys as opposed to the 61 keys on the evolver.
> 
>  
> 
> I know it's best to try these out side by side when possible but since that's not really an option, I wanted your thoughts.
> 
>  
> 
> If you were wanting to make ambient and electronic music and had to pick one of these boards, which one would you go for and why?
> 
>  
> 
> I'm closer now to making a purchasing decision now than I was a while ago when I joined this list so I'm looking a bit more closely at the options.
> 
>  
> 
> Someone recommended the a6 by Andromeda but it has tons of menus and since menus are horrible for us blind people who can't see the screen, that limits things quite a bit, thus the reason I want something with a ton of real-time control with actual knobs..
> 
>  
> 
> I'm hoping to get something in the next couple of months, after we close on the hew house we're buying.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts on the matter.
> 
> Scott
> 
>  
> 
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