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Dave Smith Instruments POLY EVOLVER RACK User Manual

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EiSqStep

Plays one step of the sequencer on each External Input audio
trigger. AUTO.

MdSqStep

Plays one step of the sequencer on each MIDI note received.
AUTO.

Key Off/Tran:

Off, -36…+36 Enables and transposes MIDI notes. If Off,

MIDI notes are ignored. Otherwise, it transposes midi notes from –36 to +36
semitones (+/- 3 octaves).

Note – this is an important parameter! When this is off, MIDI notes will not work.
This parameter, with the Trigger Select (above) are the main controls for selecting
how Evolver plays.

Another note – you will find that there are other interactions between the
sequencer and MIDI. For example, if you make a Program using the sequencer,
you will likely set the Oscillator frequencies up to the desired pitch range. But, if
you then try to play this Program from a keyboard, the pitches will likely be too
high. Rather than lowering all the oscillator frequencies (which would mess up the
sequence!) you can simply use the transpose here.

Key Mode:

Poly, Mono, Unison 1, Unison 2; see table – Selects the key

mode when playing on the keyboard. There are 4 groups of key modes: Poly (Ply),
Mono (Mon), Unison 1 (Un1), and Unison 2 (Un2). Each mode has 6 basic key
modes as seen in the table. Poly is for normal polyphonic playing; in Program mode
and Poly, the six key modes will have no effect, though they will in Combo when set to
Mono.

Mono will only play one voice in Program mode. Unison will play all four voices
together for a very thick sound. Unison 2 has more detuning between the voices than
Unison 1.

Display

MIDI input mode

Low

Low note priority

LoRT

Low note priority, re-trigger envelopes

High

High note priority

HiRT

High note priority, re-trigger envelopes

Last

Last note hit priority

LaRT

Last note hit priority, re-trigger envelopes

BPM:

30…250 The Programmed basic speed for the sequencer in BPM. Works

the same as the BPM in Main, but is only active when “Use Preset Tempo” is On.
When Use Preset Tempo is On, changing this parameter also changes the main
BPM, and vise-versa. When Off, changing this parameter has no effect.