Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

on 18/04/03 19:00, ski_ex5tech at ex5tech@... wrote:

> The Studio Electronics ATC-1 is quite cool.  I especially like the
> replaceable cartridge based filter system.
> 
> However, the Evolver has twice the LFO's, four additional modulation
> source/destination combos, a MUCH deeper "modulation matrix", the 16
> step 4 track sequencer, the two digital oscillators in addition to
> the two analogs, etc.
> 
> I'm certainly not bashing the ATC-1, and I really like Studio
> Electronics as a company.  However, I think the Evolver is clearly a
> much more capable machine, and it's literally half the price.

Hi Ski,

I certainly agree with you on all the points you've made - in fact, I bought
Evolver because of mod matrix & step sequencer which makes this thing
comparable to a modular synth setup (probably one of the best deal ever on
synth market).  Programming fun never ends on this machine, that's for sure
:-)

However, sound wise, I think ATC has much deeper, or bigger sound, compared
to Evolver's DCO.  I am not saying that Evolver sounds bad - I actually like
it very much, very sweet sounding, but it is not a "fat" sounding synth.
Well, they are very different synth that fits in the mix very differently,
and I don't think it hurts for him to try it out.

Well, I think it is great to have both :-)


-Yutaka