Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

The distortion unit imho is a kind of waveshaper. Waveshapers need a 
particular input level to be activated. You can also hear that on higher 
distortion levels: if you release a note with much distortion, the sound 
first seems to sustain for some time after the note has been released and 
then fades quickly when it goes below a certain level.

I think that the behaviour you describe lies in the nature of the distortion 
circuit, it's not a bug.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dhamaryder" <dhamaryder@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: [Evolver] Osc.#4 and distortion control


I think I've isolated the problem. Let me know if anyone else has this 
trouble. It must be
some strange quirk with the Evo because I also tried it with my Evo Desktop 
and the same
thing happens,

-turn all oscillators off except Osc. 4, use any waveshape and turn up the 
volume.
-Open filter , and set VCA  amount to 100.
-Everything else should be off. no noise, no delay, no LFO's or Mods. 
Everything else off.
-you should be getting only the sound of osc.4
-Now set distortion to 2 and sound disappears.

What the heck?