Owner manual

Welcome…

Thanks for purchasing your Poly Evolver! Listen to the sounds, twiddle some

knobs, have some fun!

If you purchased your Poly directly from us, there is no need to register – we

already have your contact information. If you purchased it from a music dealer,

please go to www.davesmithinstruments.com and register.

Editor –Register at http://www.soundtower.com/poly/regist.htm

to get your

registration code.

Version 2.0 Notes

Your Poly has the latest 2.0 features installed. Older Polys 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 units 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

Here’s the standard short manual to get started:

First, plug in the power supply. The power supply will work anywhere in the

world; use the included Euro AC adapter if necessary. Next, plug the Poly’s

signal outputs to your mixer/sound system, and connect a MIDI keyboard to the

MIDI in jack.

The Poly Evolver has two main modes, Program and Combo. Program mode

sets all 4 voices to the same sound, one of the 128 Programs in 4 Banks (512

total). It powers up in Program mode, ready to play.

Program mode is usually meant to be played from a keyboard, but you have the

option of hitting the START button, and voice 1 will play back the sequence for that

Program. You can then play along with the other 3 voices. Note that all Programs

do not necessarily have sequences programmed.

Be sure to try keyboard pressure (after-touch) and mod wheel. Many of the

sounds will sound fairly simple at first, and then will come alive with the

controllers. Or, sometimes the notes need to be held for a while to let the sound

unfold. Playing in different ways will have a big effect on the Programs.

The upper knob changes the Program number, and the lower knob changes the

Bank. If you want to edit a Program, just hit the EDIT button. Now, the upper knob

selects parameters (128 of them), and the lower knob changes the value. The

PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN buttons jump through groups of parameters in logical

jumps, i.e. Oscillator 1 to Oscillator 2, etc.