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
 
 
 
Modulation Destinations 
Display  Destination 
0ff 
No destination selected 
01F 
Oscillator 1 Frequency 
02f 
Oscillator 2 Frequency 
03f 
Oscillator 3 Frequency 
04f 
Oscillator 4 Frequency 
0af 
Oscillator All Frequency – goes to all four 
01l 
Oscillator 1 Level 
02l 
Oscillator 2 Level 
03l 
Oscillator 3 Level 
04l 
Oscillator 4 Level 
0AL 
Oscillator All Level 
noL 
Noise Level 
E1l 
External In Level 
01P 
Oscillator 1 Pulse width 
02p 
Oscillator 2 Pulse width 
0ap 
Oscillator All 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 
FiL 
Lowpass filter frequency 
FLS 
Filter Split –separation between left / right  
Res 
Resonance 
hip 
Highpass filter 
UCA 
VCA amount 
pan 
Pan 
Fbf 
Feedback frequency 
Fba 
Filter Amount 
Dt1 
Delay 1 Time 
Dt2 
Delay 2 Time 
Dt3 
Delay 3 Time 
DtA 
Delay All Time 
DA1 
Delay 1 Amount 
DA2 
Delay 2 Amount 
DA3 
Delay 3 Amount 
DAA 
Delay All Amount 
Df1 
Delay Feedback 1 
Df2 
Delay Feedback 2 
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