Elektron Musical Instruments

Joe wrote:

>>>Well, it's not the MD's fault that the Evolver
loses the MIDI clock
on program changes :-)  Besides, it's a step
sequencer.  So given the
Evolver's problem, the best that you can do is program
the program
change one step before you want it to *actually*
change.  BUT that
only works if you have no Evolver sounds playing on
that step.

You could use a non-step sequencer to program the
program change,
though...<<<

there was another trick posted to the Evolver list
that makes for a nice workaround. I'm treading into OT
territory by mentioning this on the MD list, but since
I am using the two together as well, I thought this
insight might help: what I often do is program 4
different but realted melodies on the 4 sequencer
"tracks" in the Evolver. I will assign them by the
regular Seq slots to modulate any parameter *not*
related to the pitch of the oscs... I then use one of
the free Mod slots, assign Dest to OAF (pitch of all
oscs), amount to 99 (or less, if you wish) and use
Source to change between SE1-SE4 in real time. this
allows one to change the Evolver sequence without
having to change the patch. obviously if you're trying
to jump to a completely different type of sound on the
Evolver, this won't work. but if you were programming
multiple patches based on the same sounds but with
different sequencer melodies, this technique might
provide a workaround for you. I'm quite enjoying it
myself. 

keeping in mind that I'm not trying to spam my music,
here is a link to a track I worked on last night which
uses this technique. drums are MD (with Lexicon PCM-81
reverb), the sort-of-melodic parts are the Evolver
(through Sony DPS-V77 effects) using the technique I
describe above. the "periodic" backround stuff is a
Nord Modular patch (no FX), also clocked to the MD.
the link: 

http://zebox.com/cgi-bin/artists/dl.cgi?spectralab_-_intoxication_manslaughter_-_edit.m3u+qp+m3

this piece was recorded live to 2-track... the Evolver
did not change patches once during the
recording/performance.

hopefully this helps somewhat.

not to minimize the hope that Dave will properly sort
out the Evolver, but at least a very reasonable (and
fun) workaround in the meantime... 

cheers,
kevin



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