Sweet Desktop Synth!

Dave Smith, the creator of the mythical Prophet 5, Wavestation, and first soft-synth in the world, the driving force behind MIDI, has done it again with his newest innovative synthesizer, destined to be a legend, the Evolver.


Dave Smith instruments Evolver Features:

• Envelope Follower and Peak Detect from External Input to use as modulation sources.
  
• Digital Oscillators select from 96 wavetables from the Prophet-VS (128 x 12 bits), and 32 user-loadable (via MIDI) Wavetables (128 x 16 bits). The Digital Oscillators get trashy as the frequency gets higher, as with the original VS.
  
• A bunch of MIDI stuff.
  
• Monophonic (one voice) synthesizer.
  
• Lots of Modulation capabilities, including audio-range modulation. Bipolar (+/-) modulation.
  
• External Input can be used to gate envelopes and/or step the Sequencer.
  
• 16 x 4 Analog-style sequencer - syncs with MIDI.
  
• Simple to program matrix-style front panel with 8 endless-turn rotary encoders.
  
• Evolver's universal power supply runs virtually anywhere; 100 - 240 V AC, 50-60 Hz. It also includes a number of adapter plugs to make it simple.
  
• Separate Glide per oscillator, with two glide modes.
  
• Four LFOs (sync with sequencer and MIDI).
  
• Dual digital 4-pole Highpass filters (one per channel); place before or after analog electronics.
  
• Stand-alone editor for PC.
  
• Evolver is 10.75" wide, 6" deep, and 1.5" high (27 x 15 x 4 cm). Yes, it is small!
• Four oscillators in total: two analog, two digital.
  
• The internal computer and DSP chips can be reprogrammed via MIDI, for simple feature additions.
  
• FM and Ring Mod on the digital oscillators.
  
• Distortion! Digital, one for each channel, can be placed before or after analog electronics.
  
• 3 Banks of 128 Programs for 384 total Programs - dump to/from MIDI.
  
• Genuine voltage-controlled analog lowpass filters - not digital recreations. 4-pole/2-pole selectable, fully resonant (in 4-pole mode). There are two separate filters, one for the left channel and one for the right.
  
• Delay with 3 taps; each with separate time and amount modulation. Syncs to sequencer/MIDI. Normal feedback and more feedback path through analog filters.
  
• Analog Voltage Controlled Amps (VCA), again one for each channel.
  
• Three snappy ADSR envelopes.
  
• Hard Sync on the analog oscillators.
  
• Dual (left and right channel) tunable feedback loops; modulate frequency and amount.
  
• Stereo audio inputs; Noise generator.
  
• Analog Oscillator waveshape are Sawtooth, Triangle, Saw-Triangle, and Pulse (with voltage-controlled analog Pulse-Width modulation).
  

Dave Smith Instruments Evolver Specs: Sound Engine Type(s) Analog Polyphony Monophonic Number of Presets 512 Expansion No Expansion Number of Effects 0 Effects Types No Effects Arpeggiator No Sampling No MIDI Sequencer 16 x 4 Step Sequencer USB No USB Number of Audio Inputs 2 Audio Input Types 2 x TS Number of Audio Outputs 3 Audio Output Types T x TS Number of Digital Inputs 0 Digital Input Types No Digital Inputs Number of Digital Outputs 0 Digital Output Types No Digital Outputs MIDI I/O In, Out, Thru Height TBD Width TBD Depth TBD Weight TBD Power Supply 13-15 DC, 500 mA (Included)