Dave Smith Instruments EVOLVER - Manual (Page 6)

Welcome…
Thanks for purchasing Evolver! Listen to the sounds, twiddle some knobs, have
some fun!
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If you purchased Evolver directly from us, there is no need to register – we
already have your contact information. If you purchased Evolver from a music
dealer, please go to www.davesmithinstruments.com and register.
Version 3.0 Notes
Your Evolver has the latest 3.0 features installed. Older Evolvers can be updated
– check on our website for more information.
These features were added in such a way to have no effect on programs made
on earlier Evolvers for backwards compatibility. This means that in some cases
parameters may not be in a logical order, or additional functions were added by
increasing values at the end of their range.
Quick Start
If you are like me, you’ve already been playing with Evolver for a while, and later
decided to check the manual. If not, here’s the standard short manual to get
started.
First, plug in the power supply. If you need to use one of the alternate AC prongs,
first remove the installed prongs by pushing the button and sliding off the prongs.
Then slide on the desired prongs, and you’re ready to go.
Next, plug Evolver’s signal outputs to your mixer/sound system.
Hit the S
TART
button in the lower left corner to play a sequence. Listen to other
Programs by turning the Program knob (top Main LED must be on), and keep the
sequencer running if you want. When shipped, Bank 1 has sequencer-oriented
Programs in locations 1 through 69. A complete description of Evolver’s 512
Programs can be found in the Program Notes section following.
You can play around with the sounds of the current Program by simply selecting
a parameter in the programming matrix. Example – hit the button to select the
third row, and grab knob 1 to adjust the Filter Cutoff Frequency. Note that you
can access eight knobs in the selected row for fast tweaking. To get to the
second (lower) set of parameters in any row, simply hold the S
HIFT
button down
while turning the knob.
To edit the sequence steps, hit the
S EQUENCER
button. The programming matrix
now changes to sequencer mode to adjust the 16 x 4 sequencer. Row 1 controls
steps 1 – 8 and row 2 steps 9 – 16 for Sequence 1. Likewise rows 3 and 4
control sequence 2, etc. The S
HIFT
button has no effect in sequence mode.
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