Specifications
last Updated October 29, 2002
- Evolver is a monophonic (one voice) synthesizer.
- Click to see the Evolver Signal Flow (PDF format).
- Four oscillators in total: two analog, two digital
- Analog Oscillator waveshape are Sawtooth, Triangle, Saw-Triangle, and Pulse (with voltage-controlled analog Pulse-Width modulation)
- Digital Oscillators select from 96 wavetables from the Prophet-VS (128 x 12 bits), and 32 user-loadable (via MIDI) Wavetables (128 x 16 bits). The Digital Oscillators get trashy as the frequency gets higher, as with the original VS.
- Hard Sync on the analog oscillators
- FM and Ring Mod on the digital oscillators
- Separate Glide per oscillator, with two glide modes
- Real voltage-controlled analog lowpass filters - not digital recreations. 4-pole/2-pole switchable, fully resonant (in 4-pole mode). There are two separate filters, one for the left channel and one for the right.
- Analog Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (VCA), again one for each channel.
- Dual digital 4-pole Highpass filters (one per channel); place before or after analog electronics.
- Stereo audio inputs; Noise generator
- Envelope Follower and Peak Detect from External Input to use as modulation sources
- External Input can be used to gate envelopes and/or step the Sequencer
- Three snappy ADSR envelopes
- Four LFOs (sync with sequencer and MIDI)
- Dual (left and right channel) tunable feedback loops; modulate frequency and amount
- Delay with 3 taps; each with separate time and amount modulation. Syncs to sequencer/MIDI. Normal feedback and additional feedback path through analog filters
- Distortion! Digital, one for each channel, can be placed before or after analog electronics
- 3 Banks of 128 Programs for 384 total Programs - dump to/from MIDI
- 16 x 4 Analog-style sequencer - syncs with MIDI
- Extensive Modulation capabilities, including audio-range modulation. Bipolar (+/-) modulation.
- Easy to program matrix-style front panel with 8 endless-turn rotary encoders
- A bunch of MIDI stuff
- The internal computer and DSP chips can be reprogrammed via MIDI, for easy feature additions
- Evolver is 10.75" wide, 6" deep, and 1.5" high (27 x 15 x 4 cm). Yes, it is small!
Download the Operation Manual/MIDI Spec
Click here. Last Updated 10/20/2003
Power
Evolver's universal power supply runs virtually anywhere; 100 - 240 V AC, 50-60 Hz.
It also includes a number of adapter plugs to make it easy:
Timing
We're been shipping since October 2002.
Editors
We have a stand-alone editor for the PC and Mac - check it out here.
MOTU has released Unisyn 2.0 which comes with an Evolver profile - check http://www.motu.com/.
Matthew Davidson has put together a freeware Mac editor for Evolver here.
Also on the Download page is an Evolver Adaptation for Sound Diver, and a file for the Peavey PC1600x courtesy of Dave Wyatt.
Some Reviews...
A great review and KEY BUY award in Keyboard magazine
From George Peterson, editor of Mix Magazine: Mix Magazine
A review at DanceTech, a cool site from London.
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