Before We Start

This guide makes a few assumptions:

You have a Dave Smith Instruments Evolver. I wrote this thinking about a “classic” mono Evolver with the 2.0 operating system upgrade, but I believe pretty much everything applies to the Poly Evolver as well.

Evolver is properly connected to power. Radio Shack and other stores sell these neat little switches that go between a cord and a wall socket that let you turn stuff on and off. I use one between my Evolver’s power adaptor and the extension cord it is plugged into. Voila! Instant power switch.

You can hear the output. Yeah. If you haven’t got that going on, you’re going to need a lot more help than I can provide.

You have somehow connected some sort of MIDI controller to drive the thing. Whether it’s plugged directly into the back or through some sort of MIDI interface doesn’t matter. You should be able to press a key and have the Evolver make some noise.

You are vaguely familiar with synthesizers and terminology. Presumably nobody just picked up an Evolver “for the hell of it,” without ever having owned or read about synthesizers before. But you never know. I will try to explain all jargon and terms the first time they are mentioned, but I am inherently assuming some knowledge.

You should also read Dave’s Evolver Manual. You may want to keep it nearby for reference so you can match parameter names and values to what Evolver’s LED display shows.

I have tried to make this guide relevant whether or not you have the Soundtower Evolver Editor software, and have included screenshots where it is helpful.

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