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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