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Dave Smith Evolver

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  • #2
    empirix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭empirix


    yeah i had one, good little synth but personally i didnt like the matrix layout but i know people who do!!! i sold mine, i would definitely go down the mono evolver keyboard route were i to buy one again though but thats highly unlikely with Tetra being released - looks a great value poly


  • #3
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    And from a sonics perspective ?


  • #4
    empirix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭empirix


    it definitely has a unique sound(analog/digital osc), no doubt about it, but the main reason i got rid of it was the fact i found it difficult to put anything i came up with into an actual track, yeah i got some cool sounds but they just didnt fit into my tracks or just stuck out too much(if ya get me), looking back - it probably would be good for idm but i am by no means an expert n synthesis, having said that, i have little trouble fitting sounds from my little phatty, andromeda or perfourmer into tracks, you can check the evolver out in XMusic

    i should add its no match for the little phatty Bass,phatty is way phattyier!! evolver sounds more refined and tinny!!


  • #5
    Neurojazz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Neurojazz


    As you're a Mac owner i'd go check out the Access Virus TI - Tonally cannot be touched by anything... the GUI you get too control it via VST makes it a dream to control in a studio situation.


  • #6
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    was very close to buying an evolver on many occasions, but always stepped back coz i wasnt sure of the practical use for the music i was making at the time

    im sure its lovely for soundscapes and ambient stuff, but is there really any application to the more straight forward stuff at all?


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  • #7
    Pa the Blah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭Pa the Blah


    We have been using a mono version in a live show, The sound is more akin to pro VS or a PPG, rather than a Moog or Prophet. it can sound quite complex and very colorful, Very Edgy (not so warm) it also has a nice vintage style sequencer great for instant fun! its not a run of the mill wanna be a Mini Moog or Vintage Synth Like your Nords and Viruses etc etc, its a little different.


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