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
Main Parameter Data
Parameter Range Description
0 0 - 127 Program Number 1 - 128
1 0 - 3 Bank Number 1 - 4
2 0 - 100 Master Volume 0 - 100
3 0 - 72 Master Transpose; 0 = -36 semitones (- 3 octaves), 36 = 0
(no transpose), and 72 = +36 semitones.
4 30 - 250 BPM
5 0 - 12 Clock Divide:
0 Half Note
1 Quarter Note
2 Eighth Note
3 Eighth Note half swing
4 Eighth Note full swing
5 Eighth Note triplets
6 Sixteenth Note
7 Sixteenth Note half swing
8 Sixteenth Note full swing
9 Sixteenth Note triplets
10 Thirty-second Notes
11 Thirty-second Notes triplets
12 Sixty-Fourth Notes triplets
6 0 - 1 Use Program tempo; 0 = Off, 1 = On
7 0 - 6 MIDI clock select
0 Use Internal clock, don’t send MIDI clock
1 Use Internal clock, send MIDI clock
2 Use MIDI clock In
3 Use MIDI clock In, and retransmit MIDI clock out
4 No change
5 No change
6 Use MIDI clock In, but ignore MIDI Start/Stop
8 0 - 1 Lock Sequence; 0 = Off, 1 = On
9 0 - 2 Poly Chain
0 Normal MIDI operation
1 All MIDI control data is echoed
2 Only MIDI note data is echoed
10 0 - 8 Input Gain
0 No gain
1 + 3 db
2 + 6 db
3 + 9 db
4 + 12 db
5 + 15 db
6 + 18 db
7 + 21 db
8 + 24 db
11 0 - 100 Master Fine Tune; 0 = -50 cents, 50 = 0 (centered), 100 = +
50 cents
12 0 - 3 MIDI Receive
0 Off; no MIDI is received
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