on 13-04-2003 21:54, ski_ex5tech at ex5tech@... wrote: Sorry Ski, somehow I missed that thing... TOO busy with the Evolver I guess :-))) > Boele and others... For the third time, (fourth if you count my > original ex5tech forum post), I wrote an update regarding OS updates > and the User Forum Soundset at the following link: > > http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi? > ubb=get_topic&f=23&t=000009 > > (Note: If your email client or the Yahoo website has split the text > of the link above, you will need to copy/paste it into the address > bar of your browser.) > > The bottom line is that it's looking like "early summer". > > Are my emails not getting through to the group??? > > Boele and Stefan - WRT the User Forum Soundset, I sure hope you guys > will elect to participate, for the reasons already stated in the > forum thread linked above. > > Thanks! > > > Ski > www.ex5tech.com > EX5Tech Evolver forum: > http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23 > > > --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, SCD <scd@s...> wrote: >> on 13-04-2003 21:15, Ravi Ivan Sharma at noision1@h... wrote: >> >>> Check the database section of the yahoogroups. I have contructed > those with >>> the specific requirements of suggested feature requests from Dave > Smith. They >>> are filled and growing and I was recently requested to send the > contents to >>> you know who. That is all I know about O.S. issues :) >> >> I've seen the database, and if "I knows who" is as friendly with > updating >> OS's as he is with his customers I am sure we all will be very > happy! :-) >> >> Boele >>> >>> Ravi >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: SCD >>> To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com >>> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 4:48 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Evolver] Re: Another Evolver track :-) / Demo > Loops / BetaUnit / >>> Mellotron >>> >>> >>> on 12-04-2003 10:36, Ravi Ivan Sharma at noision1@h... wrote: >>> >>> That is a cool story. >>> >>> I have to say, that besides the very nice capabilities of the > Evolver, I >>> never ever met a such a friendly synthcompany (read Dave Smith) > as DSI. The >>> guy answers EVERY single mail and also within a few days and also > in a very >>> friendly tone. He's a very nice exception in this synthworld. >>> >>> Does anyone on this list know if he will release an OS update > soon? I would >>> love to see a few little modulationdestinies added (like > filterdecay). >>> >>> But even if the OS stays like it is, I will use the machine for a > long time >>> I guess :-)) >>> >>> Oh, one other thing. I hear a really nasty click when opening the >>> highpassfilter from 0 to 1 or the other way around. Is that > explainable? >>> It's rather irritating. >>> >>> Boele >>> >>>> Well, hey! I was a beta tester, I think Ski got 002 just after > me. I found >>>> some bugs but not all and I only added perhaps 10 patches to the > mix. Ski, >>>> wow! 120 Patches!!! you rock! I had no idea! I knew you added > some cool ones >>>> though. >>>> >>>> I think it bears repeating the interesting anecdote. After I > sent my Evolver >>>> Beta back to Dave, Dave was kind enough to send me a snippet of > an email >>>> praising one of my patches that went like this, " >From another > tester: "I >>>> especially like the sequence that's in Bank 1, Patch #21, when > played around >>>> C1 or so. It's a very unique 10 step sequence, and I think that > whoever did >>>> it is quite talented. " >>>> >>>> So later when I recieved my shipping unit, I was immediately > struck by how >>>> much I love preset A13; and I sent Dave an email immediately > praising it. >>>> >>>> And he then let me know that the author was Ski who had been the > one that had >>>> liked my Preset! (which is now A1) that Dave had copied me! >>>> >>>> Anyway I think that makes me and Ski sort of like Evolver blood > brothers or >>>> something and that is why I am extra proud that Ski's patchblood > is so inside >>>> the Evolver. Along with the master, Dave Smith's. >>>> >>>> Ravi >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: ski_ex5tech >>>> To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:11 PM >>>> Subject: [Evolver] Re: Another Evolver track :-) / Demo Loops / > Beta Unit / >>>> Mellotron >>>> >>>> >>>> Sayer, you already listened to the "Demo Loops"?! Wow, that was >>>> fast. Thanks for the kind words. >>>> >>>> Beta testing... >>>> Yes, I had beta unit s/n 0002, but I'd hesitate to say that I was >>>> a "beta tester". I got the unit pretty late in the development >>>> cycle, and I really just had it for the purpose of cranking out > a lot >>>> of patches/sequences in a short period of time. I sent Dave a > grand >>>> total of 140 patches/sequences. Of those 140, about 120 were > (and >>>> are) used as presets in the shipping production units. I like to >>>> call them my "After Midnight" collection, because that's when > they >>>> were all programmed, after some very long days at work! ;) I > have >>>> to admit that I have some "stinkers" in there as a result! It > was a >>>> lot of fun to work with the beta unit, because the Evolver is > such an >>>> exciting little machine, and because it was an honor to work with >>>> Dave. It was also pretty gratifying to see the Evolver get such > a >>>> great review in Keyboard mag, too (see >>>> http://www.keyboardmag.com/r2.htm). Ken Hughes is a pretty >>>> respectable reviewer, which made it all the better. However, I > was a >>>> little disappointed that Ken didn't talk a bit more about the > quality >>>> of the presets (or lack thereof! ;) ). On the positive side, of > the >>>> four presets he did mention, two were mine (the Bell patch and > preset >>>> 13 sequence "Evolver Song"). He was wrong about the Bell using > FM, >>>> though... it's just some nice subtle modulation of some VS Bell >>>> waveforms. Been meaning to email Ken about that one! ;) >>>> >>>> Mellotron... >>>> Wow, I'd love to get a copy of Boele's samples! I don't know if > I >>>> could do another MEL-LABS, though... geez, that was a project > and a >>>> half! I guess I shouldn't say anything, though, because the >>>> current "S3" project (orchestral strings, wind, & percussion) is >>>> nearly as big. The combined EX5/Evolver project with 128 little >>>> custom waveforms is a pretty good project, too. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ski >>>> www.ex5tech.com >>>> EX5Tech Evolver forum: >>>> http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23 >>>> >>>> >>>> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Sayer" <Sayer@S...> wrote: >>>>> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" <ex5tech@e...> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Details and links for the "Demo Loops" can be found at EX5Tech > in >>>>> the >>>>>> thread titled "DSI Evolver Demo Loops - Now available at >>>>>> Samplelibrary" here: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi? >>>>>> ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=000444 >>>>>> >>>>>> (Note: As usual, if your email client or the Yahoo group > splits >>>>> the >>>>>> link above onto two lines, you may need to copy/paste the link >>>> into >>>>>> your browser address bar.) >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have the bandwidth and disk space, I *highly* recommend >>>>>> getting the .WAV versions, rather than the mp3's, for the > reasons >>>>>> stated in the forum thread. >>>>> >>>>> Ahhh... those do sound veeeerrryyyy nice! So you were a beta > tester? >>>>> >>>>>> WRT price... I haven't seen anything lower than $469. For only >>>> $30 >>>>>> difference, I'd probably be inclined to order direct from Dave, >>>>>> anyway. >>>>> >>>>> Ok... At least Dave will autograph it! >>>>> >>>>> So Ski, I wonder what it would take to get Boele to cough up his >>>>> Mellotron samples (that he recorded from his own mellotron) for > a >>>> Mel- >>>>> Labs 2 release for the EX5? :) >>>>> >>>>> I heard some of them live in concert and they are very > excellent! >>>>> >>>>> Sayer >>>> >>>> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >>>> ADVERTISEMENT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >>>> DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. >>>> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >>> DSI_Evolver-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >>> >>> >>> >>> Your use of Yahoo! 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Re: [Evolver] Re: OS Updates - "early summer"
2003-04-13 by SCD