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
12 External Trigger – the sequence plays once on an
external signal
13 The sequence plays once when a key is hit
55 0 - 73 Key Off / Transpose – 0 = MIDI notes ignored. 1 = -36
semitones MIDI transpose, 37 = no transposing, 73 = +36
semitones
Parameter Range Description
56 0 - 75 Sequencer 1 Destination (see destination table on page 60)
57 0 - 75 Sequencer 2 Destination (see destination table on page 60)
58 0 - 75 Sequencer 3 Destination (see destination table on page 60)
59 0 - 75 Sequencer 4 Destination (see destination table on page 60)
60 0 - 100 Noise Volume
61 0 - 100 External Input Volume
62 0 - 2 External Input Mode
0 Stereo
1 Left Input channel goes to both channels
2 Right Input channel goes to both channels
3 Left channel audio, Right channel control
63 0 - 14 Input Hack Amount
Parameter Range Description
64 0 - 200 Glide, Oscillator 1; 101 – 199 = Fingered; 200 = osc midi off
65 0 - 1 Sync; 0 = off, 1 = on
66 30 - 250 Program tempo
67 0 - 12 Program Clock Divide (see Master Clock Divide for
selections)
68 0 - 200 Glide, Oscillator 2; 101 – 199 = Fingered; 200 = osc midi off
69 0 - 5 Oscillator Slop
70 0 - 12 Pitch Bend Range, in semitones
71 0 - 5 Key Mode
0 Low note priority
1 Low note priority with re-trigger
2 High note priority
3 High note priority with re-trigger
4 Last note hit priority
5 Last note hit priority with re-trigger
Parameter Range Description
72 0 - 200 Glide, Oscillator 3; 101 – 199 = Fingered; 200 = osc midi off
73 0 - 100 FM, Oscillator 4 to Oscillator 3
74 0 - 4 Shape Mod Oscillator 3; 0 = Off, 1 = Sequence 1, etc.
75 0 - 100 Ring Mod, Oscillator 4 to Oscillator 3
76 0 - 200 Glide, Oscillator 4; 101 – 199 = Fingered; 200 = osc midi off
77 0 - 100 FM, Oscillator 3 to Oscillator 4
78 0 - 4 Shape Mod Oscillator 4; 0 = Off, 1 = Sequence 1, etc
79 0 - 100 Ring Mod, Oscillator 3 to Oscillator 4
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