Compatible with desktop evolver, mono evolver keyboard, poly evolver keyboard and poly evolver rack. The evolvers were replaced by new high end models, the prophet 12 and the pro 2. Evolver keyboard model was issued as a monophonic 37key version. I still like the sound of the poly evolver keyboard better. Tranceprogressive soundset for dsi evolver synthesizers. When dave smith made the polyevolver he put everything in there, and it sounded thick, hard, awesome. So, because the choir sound is a fairly simple one to design and requires only standard synthesis elements, starting with the quintessential waveshape, im going to conclude that the only dsi synthesizer that can produce an excellent choir patch is the poly evolver. Discussions about anything analog, digital, midi, synth technology, techniques, theories and more.
Eight inch dsi ships the new poly evolver keyboard tera2 soundbank now contains 128 patches by summa and doct some more tracks with poly evolver sounds poly evolver soundset for free download poly evolver sounddemos. I dont remember the exact cause of the defect, just that it was a issue that was simply resolved. But it doesnt have the evolvers inputs or wavetablefm madness. The downloadable file in the sidebar at the right contains all of the factory program banks for the poly evolver keyboard. Dsi poly evolver 12 voices beautiful ambient space music dave smith instruments. Comes with latest version of sounddiver and midi ox windows and mac editors to send your patchessounds to and from your synth.
Its not a simple machine, but after a while, itll start to click. Our nerds havent mapped this synths parameter table yet. What happened to dsis original polyevolver concept gearslutz. Expand your horizons with this stellar new sound bank for dsi evolver. Offered in eightvoice or 16voice version this is the 8voice version, the rev2 is an absolute beast with dual dcos, a suboscillator, and a 24pole resonant lowpass curtis filter per voice.
Full of hundreds of jawdropping preset patches, the poly evolver offers four times the punch of the original evolver. Every night, set aside 3060 minutes where you just practice. Dsisequential synthesizer patch libraries at synthlib. Nov 09, 2011 64 high quality patches for every evolver synthesizer, including evolver desktop, evolver keyboard and poly evolver. This page uses frames, but your browser doesnt support them. Poly evolver keyboard, poly evolver rack, mono evolver keyboard, evolver desktop. Synthesizers manufacturers brands dave smith instruments. Soundtower has introduced evolver editor, a dedicated ipad patch editor for the dave smith instruments evolver synthesizer evolver sound editor is an editor and sound development tool, created specifically for dave smith instruments evolver synthesizer. What the tetra offers is fourvoice polyphony and multitimbral.
The only potential drawback would be the fact that its monophonic. Feb 24, 2015 the downside is you dont have full multitimbrality like on the poly evolvers, but to be honest i always found the dsi multitimbral implementation to me a bit clunky and not that fun to use. Analog synthesizer dsi poly evolver presets youtube. Sounds from popular anjunabeats and armada releases. The sound is altered by the video recording software. I work for sequential and just checked your audio samples against a poly evolver we have in our demo room. Theres certainly a rougher side available as well with all the feedback implementation and controled distortion. Evolver keyboard, poly evolver keyboard, poly evolver rack. The original evolver connected in the background adds another voice of polyphony and control facilities. My ignorance about the dsi reality knocked me off my feet.
Evolver sound editor is an editor and sound development tool, created specifically for dave smith instruments evolver synthesizer. Replacement chip was sent by dsi and fixed the issue. I worked up my whole courage to patch together lots of swing grooves and extremely outdated analog. Will work on a dsi tetra or mopho without alteration. Trance progressive soundset for dsi evolver poly evolver preset. Have your reset the patches etc and or compared audio to a youtube demo. Its entirely possible to bond with the instrument with just the desktop unit on your lap and a pair of headphones. Dominion 1 combines the advantages of analog synthesis, modular patching and programmability. As dave puts it, the prophet rev2 is the realization of our effort to enhance and improve everything we could about the original design all at a more accessible. But despite having developed software synths, dave is today back to making hardware products in the form of his evolver range. A new prophet 12 module should go for around the same or less than two pers and you get a better synth with a much better user interface and 50% more.
The program data is in a midi system exclusive sysex file that can be loaded into evolver. The poly evolver keyboard is the king of the evolver line of performance synthesizers. A polyphonic version of the evolver, dubbed the poly evolver, was released in 2004 as a rackmount version, then a 61key keyboard version of the poly evolver was released in 2005. Dsisequential poly evolver patch library at synthlib.
It is a fourvoice synthesizer with a 5octave keyboard, pitch and mod wheels, and a ton of knobs and switches in a clean, clear layout. Check that your patches dont use modulation from envs, lfos, wheels, or anything else on the hp filter. Midi in and out cables from the back of your synth to your midi interface are needed to send patches to and from your synthesizer for editing from your synth, mac, pc. During the years i bought all the following synths, starting with mopho, tetra. Dave smith instruments prophet rev208 8voice analog.
Dave smith instruments ups the ante again with the prophet rev2, a 61key analog synthesizer that takes over where the legendary prophet 08 left off. Short improvisation on evolver dsi, korg triton,korg microx and roland mc307. The poly evolver finally answered prayers for a truly handson, programmable synthesizer version of the evolver, and dave smith went all out on this one. Its a hybrid analog digital synth, with two dco analog oscillators and two digital wavetable oscillators per. Aug 28, 2014 dsi evolver synthesizer gets ipad patch editor soundtower has introduced evolver editor, a dedicated ipad patch editor for the dave smith instruments evolver synthesizer. He was on a tour and brought his poly evolver 375 miles from up north for me to test. Two or three panned prophet 08s playing the identical patch sound fabulous. A 12operation mode filter has four low pass variations with 6, 12, 18 and 24 dboct. What happened to dsis original polyevolver concept. Dave smith instruments mono evolver evolver keyboard. A library of patches for the dsisequential poly evolver. The evolver also features three syncable delays, a 16step 4track sequencer, 512 editable patches of memory, midi inoutthrupoly chain, and stereo.
It has a wide range of synthesis capabilities which makes it both very versatile but sometimes frustrating to. That being said, ive spent a lot of time with the desktop evolver, and often times i end up just reaching for a knob because its in my muscle memory. Dave smith instruments poly evolver vintage synth explorer. Dave smith instruments evolver monophonic analog synthesizer. Whether its weird sound design, making breadandbutter synth patches, or playing melodies with patches you made last month, just spend that time with your evolver. Dsi poly evolver 12 voices ambient chillout soundscape. This guide will walk through all of the major elements of evolver. While this provides a wide range of operational possibilities, it also means that you can put evolver into a state where it doesnt seem to work. This soundbank contains massive and powerful sounds for use in house, dance, trance and progressive music productions. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. The series were characterized with two analog and two digital oscillators with a set of waveforms and possibility to upload additional ones into the synth memory.
Dsi evolver synthesizer gets ipad patch editor synthtopia. Chaining multiple evolvers together the poly evolver keyboard has 4 voices that are identical to the 4 voices in a rackmount poly evolver, and the single voice in the original desktop evolver. Dsi ships the new poly evolver keyboard tera2 soundbank now contains 128 patches by summa and doct some more tracks with poly evolver sounds poly evolver soundset for free download poly evolver sounddemos. Magnetic fields were proud to present the first product in our new line sounds for synths. Every part of the evolver is available to you in patch base now. With the tetra however, as soon as you put it in multitimbral mode you lose all front panel functionaility and have to send all data from daw or external sequencer. Evolver sound editor displays all evolver program parameters in a single graphical interface. Dave smith instruments tetra vintage synth explorer. The poly evolver keyboard has 4 voices that are identical to the 4 voices in a rackmount poly evolver, and the single voice in the original desktop evolver. The tetra is another dave smith designed piece of analog wizardry that sits somewhere between their prophet 08 poly synth and its monophonic desktop module counterpart, the mopho.
Its a hybrid analog digital synth, with two dco analog oscillators and two digital wavetable oscillators per voice, with 4voice polyphony that can be stacked for cutting leads. The keyboard is semiweighted with velocity and aftertouch, the wood end caps and overall design make for a great, classic look. Dave smith instruments evolver operation manual pdf. If youre a chord person, a dsi tetra would be a hand in glove for the ot 4voice poly sequencing, with separate outs. The prophet rev2 is dave smiths reimagining of his prophet 08 poly synth a modern classic that has appeared on countless recordings and stages since its debut in 2007. Poly evolver features a truly unique synth architecture. Dsi mono evolver patches, presets and sound design. Lfo store team proud to present 128 presets for dave smith evolver synthesizer.
And as usual, there are bank editors for you to organize all 4 banks of 128 patches each on the evolver, as well as the bank of 32 user waveforms for the oscillators. The definitive guide to evolver a brief overview evolver is a powerful, truestereo subtractive synthesizer with extensive modulation routing capabilities and an integrated digital delay and a 16step sequencer. It also includes the installation instructions given below. This compatibility enables you to chain multiple evolvers together to increase polyphony, using your poly keyboard as a controller for all chained evolvers. The tetra is another dave smith designed piece of analog wizardry that sits somewhere between their prophet 08 polysynth and its monophonic desktop module counterpart, the mopho. Do you remember klauss schulze album are you sequenced. Everything is made from scratch, no modified presets. First sounds and pics of dsis mono evolver keyboard ninremix with evolver sounds. Mfb dominion 1 paraphonic analog synthesizer 1 300. I picked up a used rack and had a voice chip that was defective.
Factory presets from the dave smith instruments poly evolver pek. When dave smith made the poly evolver he put everything in there, and it sounded thick, hard, awesome. This was followed by the poly evolver rack see sos december 04. In fact, other than the new prophet 08 themed paint scheme and knobs, the tetras case and layout is virtually identical to the mopho. Im loving the poly evolver obviously but wish i had more voices 8 or 12 would be mental.
Dsi prophet 08 tetra mopho trance edm patches rev4. When live, the sound of triton and mc307 is close to the analog. But when i learned after one second of playing it that it has 4 voices of polyphony, i was stunned. Hit the button a second time, and the program will be. Trance progressive soundset for dsi evolver poly evolver. The dsi evolver has the signature old school timbre down pat as well as being able to provide digital timbres reminiscent of the waldorf q. All seems to be sounding well with your poly evolver. The evolver dsi is midi triggered by the arpegiator of the korg microx. The evolver also features three syncable delays, a 16step 4track sequencer, 512 editable patches of memory, midi inoutthru poly chain, and stereo. It was first released as a desktop version in 2002, then later a 37key keyboard bearing the same synth engine as the evolver desktop was also released. The evolver series of synthesizers marked dave smiths triumphant return to synth design. Korg poly 800 analog synthesizer 1984 custom patches demo duration. The evolver is an analogdigital hybrid synthesizer designed by dave smith and manufactured by dave smith instruments.
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