Poly Evolver question

edjwise · Joined: Dec 14, 2007 Posts: 31 Location: Memphis

After poking around on the DSI site I couldn't find my answers.

Is the poly Evolver multitimbral?

Can the digital oscillators modulate one another in ways that could not be done with a monoevolver?

Ex osc 3 * osc 4 * osc 7 * osc 8

Can I create a single 16 oscillator voice through one filter for a huge monophonic synth sound?

jksuperstar · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Poly Evolver question

Antimon · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:15 am Post subject:

Think of the poly evolver as four mono evolvers (=voices) in the same chassis. When you press a key on the keyboard it will - in normal polyphonic mode - trigger one of the evolvers in a round-robin style, and all four evolvers will be tweaked the same when you turn the knobs.

In combo mode you can bundle together the four evolvers however you want, making the unit multitimbral. You decide which combos should respond to the keyboard or midi channel of your choice. You tweak each combo separately by switching between them.

All evolvers/voices have separate outputs at the back of the unit (in addition to the main output which is a mix of all four). Using a separate mixer, you could use this to route three voices into the fourth (there is only one audio input), making a 12 oscillator voice go through the single filter in the fourth voice - to make a comparison to your huge monophonic sound example.

Using the separate voices outputs + audio input you can modulate one evolver voice's filter (the only thing I can think of that can be modulated using external audio) with another.

/Stefan