User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Evolver Operation Manual
- Dave Smith Instruments
 - 1210 Cabrillo Hwy N
 - Half Moon Bay, CA 94019-1449
 - For Technical Support, E-mail to:support@davesmithinstruments.com
 - Contents
 - Quick Start 6
 - Basic Operation FAQs 11
 - Inside Evolver 12
 - Signal Flow Diagram 13
 - Main Parameters 14
 - Sequencer Operation 18
 - Program Parameters 21
 - Modulation Destination Table 38
 - Modulation Source Table 40
 - MIDI Implementation 41
 - Welcome…
 - Register
 - Version 3.0 Notes
 - Quick Start
 - Program Notes
 
 - Bank 1
 - Bank 4
- Programs 80 – 128 are sounds meant to played from a keyboard; some have sequences programmed, and some do not. Most respond in different ways to keyboard pressure and mod wheel.
 - Special thanks to Program contributors, including:
 - Craig Wiper
 - Basic Operation FAQs
- The Analog Side
 - The Digital Side
- Sequencer Operation
 - While the sequencer is running, if you hold the Shift button when you hit the Stop button, the sequence will continue running until finished (according to the length of Sequence 1), and will stop after playing step 1.
 - A simple “tap tempo” feature is available. With the sequencer off, hold the Reset button, and then hold the Start/Stop button for a count of four; then lift up the Start/Stop button in time. The sequencer will start with the new tempo. Note – the actual speed will depend on the Clock Divide setting. The count will match if Clock Divide is set to 4n. If set to 8n, it will play twice as fast as your “tap”, and so forth.
 - Program Parameters
 
 - Display
 - Destination
 - 0ff
 - No destination selected
 - 01F
 - Oscillator 1 Frequency
 - 0AL
 - Oscillator All Level
 - noL
 - Noise Level
 - El
 - External In Level
 - 01P
 - Oscillator 1 Pulse width
 - F43
 - Frequency Mod (FM) Amount; Osc 4 -> 3
 - F34
 - Frequency Mod (FM) Amount; Osc 3 -> 4
 - R43
 - Ring Mod (Amplitude) Amount; Osc 4 -> 3
 - R34
 - Ring Mod (Amplitude) Amount; Osc 3 -> 4
 - FL
 - Lowpass filter frequency
 - FLS
 - Filter Split –separation between left / right
 - Res
 - Resonance
 - UCA
 - VCA amount
 - Fbf
 - Feedback frequency
 - Fba
 - Filter Amount
 - Dt1
 - Delay 1 Time
 - DA1
 - Delay 1 Amount
 - L1f
 - LFO 1 Frequency
 - L2f
 - LFO 2 Frequency
 - L3f
 - LFO 3 Frequency
 - L4f
 - LFO 4 Frequency
 
 
 - Additional Sequencer-Only Modulation Destinations
- Display
 - Destination
 - CL0
 - Sequencer clock (BPM) multiplier
 - n0
 - MIDI note number
 - uel
 - MIDI Velocity
 - Modulation Sources
 - Display
 - Source
 - 0ff
 - No Source selected
 - SE1
 - Sequence 1
 - fen
 - Filter Envelope
 - MIDI Implementation
- MIDI Messages
 - System Exclusive Messages
 - 0
 - No destination selected
 - 1
 - Oscillator 1 Frequency
 - 10
 - Oscillator All Level
 - 11
 - Noise Level
 - 12
 - External In Level
 - 13
 - Oscillator 1 Pulse width
 - 16
 - Frequency Mod (FM) Amount; Osc 4 -> 3
 - 17
 - Frequency Mod (FM) Amount; Osc 3 -> 4
 - 18
 - Ring Mod (Amplitude) Amount; Osc 4 -> 3
 - 19
 - Ring Mod (Amplitude) Amount; Osc 3 -> 4
 - 20
 - Filter frequency
 - 21
 - Filter Split –separation between left / right
 - 22
 - Resonance
 - 23
 - Highpass Frequency
 - 24
 - VCA amount
 - 25
 - Pan
 - 26
 - Feedback frequency
 - 27
 - Feedback Amount
 - 28
 - Delay Time 1
 - 29
 - Delay Time 2
 - 30
 - Delay Time 3
 - 31
 - Delay Time All
 - 32
 - Delay Amount 1
 - 33
 - Delay Amount 2
 - 34
 - Delay Amount 3
 - 35
 - Delay Amount All
 - 36
 - Delay Feedback 1
 - 37
 - Delay Feedback 2
 - 38
 - LFO 1 Frequency
 - 39
 - LFO 2 Frequency
 - 40
 - LFO 3 Frequency
 - 41
 - LFO 4 Frequency
 - Sequencer only destinations
 - 69
 - Tempo Clock multiplier
 - 70
 - MIDI Note Out
 - Modulation Sources
 - 0
 - No Source selected
 - 1
 - Sequence 1
 - 9
 - Filter Envelope
 
 
 
Here are all the possible settings, with the effect on the overall tempo: 
Display  Tempo  Timing Division 
2n 
BPM/2  Half note 
4n 
BPM  Quarter note  
8n 
BPM x 2  Eighth note 
8H 
BPM x 2  Eighth note, half swing timing 
8s 
BPM x 2  Eighth note, full swing timing 
8t 
BPM x 3  Eighth note triplets 
16n 
BPM x 4  Sixteenth note 
16H 
BPM x 4  Sixteenth note, half swing timing 
16s 
BPM x 4  Sixteenth note, full swing timing 
16t 
BPM x 6  Sixteenth note triplets 
32n 
BPM x 8  Thirty-second note 
32n 
BPM x 12  Thirty-second note triplets 
64n 
BPM x 24  Sixty-fourth note triplets 
7  Use Prgm Tempo: Off, On Use Program Tempo – when set to 
OFF, changing 
a Program will not change the tempo- this is useful for keeping a constant tempo but 
using different sounds. If set to 
On, a Program change will change the tempo to the 
BPM and Clock Divide values saved with the Program. When on, changing the main 
BPM will also change the Program BPM, and vice-versa. When off, changing one has 
no effect on the other. 
8 MIDI Clock: see table Selects the MIDI clock status, and enables External 
sequencer triggers, as follows: 
Display  MIDI Clock Setting 
OFF 
MIDI clock is neither sent nor received 
OUT 
MIDI clock is sent 
IN 
MIDI clock is received 
I-O 
MIDI clock is received and transmitted 
in- 
MIDI clock is received, but MIDI start/stop/continue 
messages are ignored. 
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