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
 
 
 
L1f 
LFO 1 Frequency 
L2f 
LFO 2 Frequency 
L3f 
LFO 3 Frequency 
L4f 
LFO 4 Frequency 
Laf 
LFO All Frequency 
L1A 
LFO 1 Amount 
L2a 
LFO 2 Amount 
L3a 
LFO 3 Amount 
L4a 
LFO 4 Amount 
Laa 
LFO A Amount 
E1L 
Envelope 1 Amount (Level) 
E2L 
Envelope 2 Amount (Level) 
E3L 
Envelope 3 Amount (Level) 
EaL 
Envelope All Amount (Level) 
E1a 
Envelope 1 Attack Rate 
E2a 
Envelope 2 Attack Rate 
E3a 
Envelope 3 Attack Rate 
Eaa 
Envelope All Attack Rate 
E1d 
Envelope 1 Decay Rate 
E2d 
Envelope 2 Decay Rate 
E3d 
Envelope 3 Decay Rate 
Ead 
Envelope All Decay Rate 
E1r 
Envelope 1 Release Rate 
E2r 
Envelope 2 Release Rate 
E3r 
Envelope 3 Release Rate 
Ear 
Envelope All Release Rate 
F1f 
Filter 1 (Left) lowpass filter cutoff frequency 
F2f 
Filter 2 (Right) lowpass filter cutoff frequency 
F1r 
Filter 1 (Left) lowpass filter resonance 
F2r 
Filter 2 (Right) lowpass filter resonance 
dis 
Distortion - will not work if distortion is set to 0 
(off) or 1 (noise gate select) 
Additional Sequencer-Only Modulation Destinations 
Display  Destination 
CL0 
Sequencer clock (BPM) multiplier 
min0 
MIDI note number 
uel 
MIDI Velocity 
mimid 
MIDI Mod Wheel 
mipr 
MIDI Pressure 
mibr 
MIDI Breath Controller 
mift 
MIDI Foot Controller 
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