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
MIDI Messages
Received Channel Messages
Status Second Third Description
1000 nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note Off. Velocity is ignored
1001 nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note On. Note off if vvvvvvv = 0
1010 nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Polyphonic Key Pressure
1011 nnnn 0vvvvvvv 0vvvvvvv Control Change; see “Received Controller
Messages” table following
1100 nnnn 0ppppppp Program change, 0 – 127 for Programs 1 – 128
within current Bank
1101 nnnn 0vvvvvvv Channel Pressure
1110 nnnn 0vvvvvvv 0vvvvvvv Pitch Bend LS Byte then MS Byte
Notes: 0kkkkkkk Note number 0 - 127
nnnn Channel number 0 to 15 (MIDI channel 1-16). Ignored if MIDI
channel set to ALL
0vvvvvvv Value
Received Controller Messages
Status Second Third Description
1011 nnnn 1 0vvvvvvv Mod Wheel – directly assignable controller
1011 nnnn 2 0vvvvvvv Breath Controller – directly assignable controller
1011 nnnn 4 0vvvvvvv Foot Controller – directly assignable controller
1011 nnnn 7 0vvvvvvv Volume – Combined with Master Volume and
Program Volume
1011 nnnn 11 0vvvvvvv Expression Controller – directly assignable
controller
1011 nnnn 32 0vvvvvvv Bank Select – 0 to 3 selects banks 1 to 4; others
ignored
1011 nnnn 64 0vvvvvvv Damper pedal – holds envelopes in Sustain if
0100 0000 or higher
1011 nnnn 74 0vvvvvvv Brightness – Added to lowpass filter cutoff
frequency
1011 nnnn 121 0vvvvvvv Reset All Controllers – clears all MIDI controllers
to 0, MIDI volume to maximum
1011 nnnn 123 0vvvvvvv All Notes Off – clear all MIDI notes
Additional received CCs:
20 Oscillator 1 Frequency
21 Oscillator 2 Frequency
22 Oscillator 3 Frequency
23 Oscillator 4 Frequency
24 Oscillator 1 Level
25 Oscillator 2 Level
26 Oscillator 3 Level
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