This video completely destroys the sound of the evolver. I'm thinking of making a tutorial for the evolver, do you think anybody would be interested, or would I just waste my time?
@astroboomboy I think that would be cool! I updated the description. I did not realize that 150K people would watch and camera was just rolling. Next time it'll be better :) ... BTW the original video had better sound, but it was compressed heavily when I uploaded to Youtube. I will try to dig for the MiniDV tape
@astroboomboy No waste of time in my opinion... have you downloaded the pdf called "A Difinitive Guide To The Evolver"? It's by Anu Kirk....very practical and it may help those learning this muddy beast of a synth...holler
is that a micromoog or a multi behind this one? I'd like to speak to someone who could advise whether the evolver would be a decent choice for replacing a micromoog for live purposes. although the micro only has one oscillator and is obviously a monosynth, the very unique relationship between the filter release and contour shape makes for some really specific sounds that i've so far never been able to replicate on anything else without using samples.
@djryzzle the funny thing is, i was just checking out some stuff on dsi today and saw the expression pedal, remembered commenting one time on youtube and bam! i watch this video again and there is your reply.
how many of you all have used this? im really tempted to get one but guitar center by me stopped carrying it, so i can no longer try it. is there someone who'd be willing to send me some wave files off the most analogish low bass sounds? i need to know just how tight and punchy the bass can be, or how much it isn't.
thanks for posting this demo... but i can't really tell if it has any guts in the 20-200hz range.
how would it stack up again a waldorf pulse which has insane low end.
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IMHO i cant stand monophonic synths i find them boring but i give much respect to Master Moog for paving the way for other people to build upon what he started. old or new doesnt necessarly mean better as any educated person knows its how one uses it when it takes shape
I personally feel that they are still necessary.. at least to me.. I think the best combination is 1 good monophonic, and 1 good polyphonic.. just depends what styles you wanna bang out.
yeah I didn't like this synth on first pass..but I played it all of 1 minute at a namm show. I know that it takes more than that to discover some synths capabilities.. cut copy is one of my favorite bands.. I about dropped when I saw they played it. Definitely made me reassess.
why does it sound so harsh and cold compared to old junos or jupiters or probably compared to any analogue synth made in 80's?can anyone explain this curiosity to me?
shit,we always come down to classic analogue synths.I just wonder how can the old stuff sound better then the new stuff.of course,new moogs are great and there are a few more good synths out there but the great majority is not as warm and powerful as synths made in 80's
@ivikas123456789 I just captured this quickly with a camcorder. I didn't know 100s of thousands of people would watch it and expect pristine production! My mistake :) It sounds much better and there probably are better sounding videos on Youtube. I still had a lot of fun improvising that day. I had just opened the box. unplanned. TAKE CARE!
@jockincognito Crap camera sound - my mistake, didn't plan to have 150K people watch it, and camera was just rolling after I opened the box oops! I've updated the video description to clarify what's up. TAKE CARE
It means that the fundamental of a pitch isn't above 8 KHz. In practice, you'd never go that high anyway, because anything above the 2nd harmonic would be beyond people's hearing anyway.
No you really need to spend time with it, if you want warm turn the digital osc off etc, i have memorymoog, OBXa, Rhodes Chroma etc etc and evrytime i turn mine on, i have 3 in fact thats how much i like them im blown away. You just need to learn it. This synth sounds like nothing else!
Again - people, please don't rely on a camcorder microphone to record audio - make an effort and patch your audio into the video before editing and uploading. This bad camcorder mic audio makes this expensive synth sound like a malfunctioning Juno-106 - total crap!
he as the look of an oberheim obx and surpass him, warm and smooth pad, very straight attack on the bass sound, and can do amazing lead like a minimoog.
Even the mono, keyless tabletop version of the Evolver can produce sounds that seemingly defy its monophonic capacity. The Evolver is just an AWESOME synth in any form, and true to its name, it's very capable of evolving into many different forms.
Listen to these sounds! And that's just a tiny fraction of what it is capable of.
he used many synthesizers, from vintage to custom, the one on the wall in the closer video used to belong to one of the Beatles. not to mention he does more to the sound during editing and mixing so its hard to recreate
I went to a Guitar Center and they had a Poly Evolver on display. When I sat down to play it, I realized that someone had broken its keys! It was a sad day.
I went to a friends house and he had one of these.
I have experience with stuff like the Roland Phantoms and stuff like that and I've gotta say that they don't compare at all with this. The sound it produces is so thick and musical.
100% opposite view from me . Andromeda, Prophet 08, and the Poly Evolver are all fantastic instruments . I've had the poly-ev for two years and its out of this world. All these instruments add a lot more to your textures than VAs IMHO .
I have the Poly Evolver and I'm looking at the prophet 08 too. Do you think it's overkill to have both or it the Prophet a different beast? My list is , Prophet 08, Moog Voyager, Virus Ti2, and continue building a modular for the french connection. This is a start but I am in school and have only so much to spend....Fellin love with the prophet...What would you do? Thanx in advance...Peace to you...
this is very strange. it seems, in the begining, that he's teaking the knobs, but nothing drastic happens - if at all. i've heard hours of polyevolver demos, and i've seen video demos of the evolver desktop and the mono evolver.
still not even one decent video demo of the poly evolver. so many people show off their virus ti videos etc. it just can't be that so many people have the polyevolver, and there's isn't even one "normal" video of someone going thru presets, basses, leads, pads, etc.
There is just something special about owning a real piece of hardware that can do things like this.
I also love the vibe this thing gives off. That a huge reason why I bought her. She (pek) was designed and built by one of the first synth makers. Unlike some synth that a "committee" of people desided then built in China by $1 a day labor.
Im not trying to sound mean but to me, a lot of other boards lack the vibe and soul.
there are not many types of synths like this out there.
Are you aiming to Native Instruments? Because they have the best emulators of synth. The sound is so real, it sound like it's coming out of a real synth
no. great artists turned to the NI series when they started releasing the synths. I have music experience and know what i'm talking about. They wouldn't release it if it wasn't true to the real thing.
of course it isnt as good as actually having the real thing. But it is a great alternative to an analog synth. I'd love to have my hands on a Prophet 5 or 08.
This synth is fantastic... but how would you compare it to say the Alesis A6 Andromeda? Ive got a virus KC but that Evolver is quality.. But pricey. If it was £1200 I'd buy one. Is it possible to make full complex tracks with? I mean whats the polyphony? and is it multi timbral? An Evolver, Elektron Monomachine, Machine drum is what i'd like.
Is only the DS Poly Evolver was a little bit smaller (keyboard wise) I would buy it! Now I'll just have to buy a Little Phatty Stage Edition or an Evolver (w/ keyboard) :/
I bought the Moog LP Stage Edition. What a GREAT piece of equipment! You gotta try it... it's amazing for a mono synth! :O Looks so simple, but it has so much possibilities, and everything with RAC and... that organic analog sound! :)
Nice - I've got a Model D, so I know what you're on about. Amazing sound! An Evolver of some sort is still worth having though - they offer something quite different to the Moogs. Congrats on the LP though, they look great!
I agree with the guy who said that the mono evolver is in some ways more preferable, this thing just drowns out all the sounds when you're playing in a band for example. I just tried the MonoEvolver and the polyEvolver at my local music shop and I do'n think I care much for the 3 extra voices.
This thing still rocks though, fat fat fat fat sounds :-)
The "analogue" oscillators inside the synth are not exactly analogue in a sense. They're digitally controlled (locked by digital circuitry to keep them exactly in tune), similar to DCOs. These are not far off from your typical DSP-made oscillator.
All synths, even digital synths, have slightly different waveform shapes. It's all to do on how they're fed through waveshaper circuitry, A/D converters etc.
And I'm not saying the oscillators are digital either. Even though the oscillators are made by analogue circuitry, they are controlled digitally and fed through an A/D converter. Hence "Digitally Controlled Oscillator" or DCO. Many synths (like the Juno 60) had DCOs back in the day.
Just because they are DCOs, doesn't make them digital. The signal generator is analog. DCOs have been used in many analog synths. Drifting oscillators are not usually welcome, and you don't want to open up your board to tune your oscillators.
i owned on eof these last year for a month. i still on the mono evolver, and that is much more easier to use in a mix, but the poly is just too much...the sound just swamps everything else, which is a pain. furthermore, there was a bug which meant that if you played one of the inbuilt sequences and stopped it in an odd place, then one of the voice cards would go out of tune until you pressed the sequence reset button.
This is a good example of what the Poly Evolver is capable of, but I think refering to it as an analog synth is misleading because it's an analog/digital hybrid. So my question is, was this filmed using only the analog side?
I have been more into the whole 70's flava ambient / electronica lately... staying away from beats per-se. It's just me though. I've done my share of beats :)
I really like the little indicator led's on the right that are showing which notes are active. Can you set the order they go in? I noticed that when you played a single note repeatedly that it cycled through them - 1-2-3-4.
Vaya trasto ...
spasoft 2 months ago
Very good demo
musicroman 10 months ago
This video completely destroys the sound of the evolver. I'm thinking of making a tutorial for the evolver, do you think anybody would be interested, or would I just waste my time?
astroboomboy 1 year ago
@astroboomboy I think that would be cool! I updated the description. I did not realize that 150K people would watch and camera was just rolling. Next time it'll be better :) ... BTW the original video had better sound, but it was compressed heavily when I uploaded to Youtube. I will try to dig for the MiniDV tape
mano123456 11 months ago
@astroboomboy No waste of time in my opinion... have you downloaded the pdf called "A Difinitive Guide To The Evolver"? It's by Anu Kirk....very practical and it may help those learning this muddy beast of a synth...holler
Lemure333 8 months ago
@astroboomboy so what is the sound of the poly? you seem to know
MegTheGreat82 2 weeks ago
is that a micromoog or a multi behind this one? I'd like to speak to someone who could advise whether the evolver would be a decent choice for replacing a micromoog for live purposes. although the micro only has one oscillator and is obviously a monosynth, the very unique relationship between the filter release and contour shape makes for some really specific sounds that i've so far never been able to replicate on anything else without using samples.
nobodaddy33 1 year ago
Thanks for the demo Mano - cool synth. Hey why don't you guys with the negative vibes lighten up, Mano is a good guy ! ~ Lovin Life ~
Neuron7777777 1 year ago
damm this sounds badass!!! iwant one!!
kaspinio 1 year ago
deepsohin is right.
Would you drive a submarine in a piscine ? No !
That's the same here. Camcorder mics are really bad things.
TheLimiter 1 year ago
@TheLimiter They are. I am sorry it's not top notch recording. Read the updated description :)
mano123456 11 months ago
is that a micromoog above the PEK or a multimoog?do the moog and PEK play nice together?
colorform2113 1 year ago
@colorform2113 Micromoog :)
mano123456 11 months ago
Oh wow, it's sounds better than a Prophet 5 rev 2. NOT.
TheSongsparrow 1 year ago
I want this one!!!! :D
orientalflux 1 year ago
wow this makes me happy!!
GlitchComputer 1 year ago
they need to make mod wheel pedals
skatechatham 2 years ago
Dude I'm from chatham too.. IT's called an expression pedal..
reginaldbowlsiii 2 years ago
if the synth comes with a editor program you can usually edit the patch to either use a sustain function, modulation, and sometimes alot more.
SynthBreakdownsRus 2 years ago
@skatechatham there is a foot pedal by dave smith
djryzzle 1 year ago
@djryzzle the funny thing is, i was just checking out some stuff on dsi today and saw the expression pedal, remembered commenting one time on youtube and bam! i watch this video again and there is your reply.
skatechatham 1 year ago
how many of you all have used this? im really tempted to get one but guitar center by me stopped carrying it, so i can no longer try it. is there someone who'd be willing to send me some wave files off the most analogish low bass sounds? i need to know just how tight and punchy the bass can be, or how much it isn't.
thanks for posting this demo... but i can't really tell if it has any guts in the 20-200hz range.
how would it stack up again a waldorf pulse which has insane low end.
starbearer76 2 years ago 2
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IMHO i cant stand monophonic synths i find them boring but i give much respect to Master Moog for paving the way for other people to build upon what he started. old or new doesnt necessarly mean better as any educated person knows its how one uses it when it takes shape
c22880 2 years ago
I personally feel that they are still necessary.. at least to me.. I think the best combination is 1 good monophonic, and 1 good polyphonic.. just depends what styles you wanna bang out.
Appleye 2 years ago
Monosynths are at their best when used in conjunction with a sequencer of some kind or for solos.
kipptumor 2 years ago
cut copy plays it and it sounds gr8. probably u just have to spend much time to manage great sounds from it.
agracul 2 years ago 2
yeah I didn't like this synth on first pass..but I played it all of 1 minute at a namm show. I know that it takes more than that to discover some synths capabilities.. cut copy is one of my favorite bands.. I about dropped when I saw they played it. Definitely made me reassess.
syzygywell 2 years ago
why does it sound so harsh and cold compared to old junos or jupiters or probably compared to any analogue synth made in 80's?can anyone explain this curiosity to me?
it basically sounds ugly to me.
ivikas123456789 2 years ago
Because hes playing it hard. Good sounds are usually just simple or take alotttttt of experimenting / practice
Plus old school stuff will always be better
FickleHead 2 years ago
shit,we always come down to classic analogue synths.I just wonder how can the old stuff sound better then the new stuff.of course,new moogs are great and there are a few more good synths out there but the great majority is not as warm and powerful as synths made in 80's
ivikas123456789 2 years ago
my because the sound is recorded by the camera...so a great part of the bass is cut off...maybe that's why it's sounding so harsh
brietzmann 2 years ago
I think you hear the digital OSC as well, which might explain your impression. the Analog side can sound warm though :)
KittyGotSued 2 years ago
@ivikas123456789 I just captured this quickly with a camcorder. I didn't know 100s of thousands of people would watch it and expect pristine production! My mistake :) It sounds much better and there probably are better sounding videos on Youtube. I still had a lot of fun improvising that day. I had just opened the box. unplanned. TAKE CARE!
mano123456 11 months ago
After testing it by my own I have decided to order one today. Thank you for your video.
pedrogomis 2 years ago 2
how much does it cost?
can you tell me the price?
ivikas123456789 2 years ago
I have received it today. It is 2000 euros.
pedrogomis 2 years ago
hey mano123456, you got a micro or multi there in the video?
sierkzee 2 years ago
sounds cold and nasty...actually quite unpleasant to the ear although i guess that may appeal to some.
jockincognito 2 years ago
@jockincognito Crap camera sound - my mistake, didn't plan to have 150K people watch it, and camera was just rolling after I opened the box oops! I've updated the video description to clarify what's up. TAKE CARE
mano123456 11 months ago
Can I ask something: When the manual says "Frequency: C -2C 8 Selects base frequency over a 10 octave range, from 8 Hz
to 8KHz, stepping in semitones. C3 is middle C, the first octave is 2 (C-2, C#-2, and
so on), the second octave is 1 (C-1, C#-1, and so on), the third is zero (C 0, C# 0),
and so on.", does that mean that the keys/synth can't go above 8 KHz in sound? :O*
LutjeKabal 2 years ago
It means that the fundamental of a pitch isn't above 8 KHz. In practice, you'd never go that high anyway, because anything above the 2nd harmonic would be beyond people's hearing anyway.
arkoenig 2 years ago
Im getting a PEK on monday, been watching this vid ever since i ordered. Put some more up if you would.
Peace Nikky
NikkyBends 2 years ago
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pedrogomis 2 years ago
I spent some time with one of these, and was left uninspired.
The overall sound wasn't warm to my ears, and I do not like the feel of the knobs or the interface.
Reeno
blewvelvet 2 years ago
No you really need to spend time with it, if you want warm turn the digital osc off etc, i have memorymoog, OBXa, Rhodes Chroma etc etc and evrytime i turn mine on, i have 3 in fact thats how much i like them im blown away. You just need to learn it. This synth sounds like nothing else!
itemnotwo 2 years ago
sounds a little thin to me
geojones69 2 years ago
He has very beautiful hands
fromthispoint 2 years ago
I want to eat them O_0 and feed the insects in my head XD
Lemure333 2 years ago 2
Holy fuck, its a Dave SMith. FUck, they make good synths!
jeffloomis123 2 years ago
I do not like the depth of the keys that much. In my opinion from playing a friends it is harder for me to play faster pieces.
Tecnigeer1993 2 years ago
Again - people, please don't rely on a camcorder microphone to record audio - make an effort and patch your audio into the video before editing and uploading. This bad camcorder mic audio makes this expensive synth sound like a malfunctioning Juno-106 - total crap!
deeposhin 3 years ago 52
I just want to hear some serious home-made patches. People need to stop with this preset shit.
bazrin 3 years ago
Hey I am new at this but do homemade patches come from tweaking the knobs through the settings or...... Thanx-__-
Lemure333 2 years ago
Some presets made history!
oszillatormusic 2 years ago 2
like what
MisfioPeton 2 years ago
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duncanperson 2 years ago
which sound is it?!
ChrisVanOz79 2 years ago
@bazrin I had JUST opened the box and ran a quick test. That's should be permitted!
mano123456 11 months ago 3
@bazrin i'm interested in the sounds that come out a Poly Evolver.. So i'm very grateful to Mano...
PhonoGraaf 1 week ago
@deeposhin What's wrong with a Juno-106? Not good enough for you?
jpmartineau 1 year ago
@deeposhin Updated description :)
mano123456 11 months ago
he as the look of an oberheim obx and surpass him, warm and smooth pad, very straight attack on the bass sound, and can do amazing lead like a minimoog.
Meteotrance 3 years ago
Even the mono, keyless tabletop version of the Evolver can produce sounds that seemingly defy its monophonic capacity. The Evolver is just an AWESOME synth in any form, and true to its name, it's very capable of evolving into many different forms.
Listen to these sounds! And that's just a tiny fraction of what it is capable of.
787Bisurdaddy 3 years ago
Is this just the same as the mono evolver only polyphonic?
Boxisfun 3 years ago
I need one!!
acidroll 3 years ago
I am in love.
Rhii 3 years ago 2
tight!
cffalk 3 years ago
I'd say the Prophet 08. The oscillators have something magicky about them.
Falkon303 3 years ago
wich one is better prophet 08 or the
poly evolver and why?
LEBATO 3 years ago
i own both and id say everytime i go back to the Poly im blown away. Nothing else sounds like it!
itemnotwo 3 years ago
just issued one.awesome bit of kit.
djmoca75 3 years ago
actually i believe this is the synth trent uses in ruiner
societyXsuicide 3 years ago
Naw it couldn't be. Ruiner was made long before the poly evolver was released. :-)
albatros777 3 years ago 2
3:41 great great great sound.
freezerr 3 years ago
I Love When The Sound Gets All Nasty And Aggressive At 3:30 I Want This Synth And A Prophet '08!
dozer30 3 years ago
is this the thing [or maybe a different type of synthesizer] the thing that trent reznor of nine inch nails uses to make his sounds?
77Grim77 3 years ago
he used many synthesizers, from vintage to custom, the one on the wall in the closer video used to belong to one of the Beatles. not to mention he does more to the sound during editing and mixing so its hard to recreate
societyXsuicide 3 years ago
Look around online. You can see pictures of Trent's setup it's huge!(Heck mine would be huge too if I could deduct it as a business expense :-))
albatros777 3 years ago
muahah, awesome.
is that a multimoog above?
chanologyASSIST 3 years ago
sheer power!
smoshmy 3 years ago
The stuff at 2:30 makes me want to go to space. I adore this synth
Sunjammer 3 years ago 7
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Why would you demo an audio device with such crap audio?
This demo is useless to me.
nickeax 3 years ago
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what the hell throw it away get moog voyager
j86beats 3 years ago
very nice synthesizer! it had to be expensive.
ASMILEMUSIC 3 years ago 2
Believe it or not, they're not that bad. A lot cheaper than comparable synths from other companies (ie: Moog, Nord, Access).
techmaster242 3 years ago
The raw sound of the prophet 08 minus the digital oscillators is more colored, 'cos the chips were tweaked . different tones, both great synths.
californiabass 3 years ago 2
A far cry from my Korg X5!
The sounds are monstrous! however I notice a lot of the time you're not taking advantage of the poly, are they mostly mono sounds being played on it?
weaponEX 3 years ago
I went to a Guitar Center and they had a Poly Evolver on display. When I sat down to play it, I realized that someone had broken its keys! It was a sad day.
raid0422 3 years ago 3
I went to a friends house and he had one of these.
I have experience with stuff like the Roland Phantoms and stuff like that and I've gotta say that they don't compare at all with this. The sound it produces is so thick and musical.
GallowayJesse 3 years ago 5
you can't compare two totally different instruments.
Robbinsffxi 3 years ago
Bear in mind also ;, great playing from mano123 here, but this synth can do * a lot * of other different of kinds of timbres too.
EmeraldSynth 3 years ago 4
100% opposite view from me . Andromeda, Prophet 08, and the Poly Evolver are all fantastic instruments . I've had the poly-ev for two years and its out of this world. All these instruments add a lot more to your textures than VAs IMHO .
EmeraldSynth 3 years ago 4
I have the Poly Evolver and I'm looking at the prophet 08 too. Do you think it's overkill to have both or it the Prophet a different beast? My list is , Prophet 08, Moog Voyager, Virus Ti2, and continue building a modular for the french connection. This is a start but I am in school and have only so much to spend....Fellin love with the prophet...What would you do? Thanx in advance...Peace to you...
Lemure333 1 year ago
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I demo'd one of these yesterday. Not impressed with it at all. There are better synths out there for the money, Andromeda A6 being one of them.
Jonno71 3 years ago
it is annoying how there's virtually no poly evolver videos on here - lot of people mention that. Come on people !
Supernovae565 3 years ago 5
this is very strange. it seems, in the begining, that he's teaking the knobs, but nothing drastic happens - if at all. i've heard hours of polyevolver demos, and i've seen video demos of the evolver desktop and the mono evolver.
still not even one decent video demo of the poly evolver. so many people show off their virus ti videos etc. it just can't be that so many people have the polyevolver, and there's isn't even one "normal" video of someone going thru presets, basses, leads, pads, etc.
zahush76 3 years ago
good playing mate!
great demo but for a bit of harsh audio. it would sound thoroughly awesome recorded direct instead of thru the camera mic. can't omplain, tho.
my ms2000 is like the poop-version of this, in several ways.
thanks for sharing :D
shaft9000 3 years ago
Awsome dude..
Drakedragon1315 3 years ago 3
Ahhh I'm in the 1980's... being attacked by aliens.
jmbishop511 3 years ago 3
This is the real deal. Christ 2:30 into this it went gold. Very nice psych sounds
px19 3 years ago
we really need more poly evo demos, please, owners.
cub005 3 years ago 4
Incredible! I love the sequencer! How much was it?
dbeckster 4 years ago
£1500!!! argh!! i want one!
larrycavelle 3 years ago 3
reminds me of the PPG 2.2 Wave :D they where beasts
ollie633 4 years ago
I bought 1
There is just something special about owning a real piece of hardware that can do things like this.
I also love the vibe this thing gives off. That a huge reason why I bought her. She (pek) was designed and built by one of the first synth makers. Unlike some synth that a "committee" of people desided then built in China by $1 a day labor.
Im not trying to sound mean but to me, a lot of other boards lack the vibe and soul.
there are not many types of synths like this out there.
mdl76 4 years ago 2
PolyEvolver forever !!!
nilscisum 4 years ago
Thats great! You acn here the 'real' synth sound.. not that horrible computer chip crap!
dumalucky 4 years ago 5
Are you aiming to Native Instruments? Because they have the best emulators of synth. The sound is so real, it sound like it's coming out of a real synth
vistasug 4 years ago
I disagree. there is a huge difference.
Robbinsffxi 4 years ago
no. great artists turned to the NI series when they started releasing the synths. I have music experience and know what i'm talking about. They wouldn't release it if it wasn't true to the real thing.
vistasug 4 years ago
They release it when it's good enaugh for music production. You can't get the warmth of analog hardware on a digital synth.
Robbinsffxi 4 years ago
of course it isnt as good as actually having the real thing. But it is a great alternative to an analog synth. I'd love to have my hands on a Prophet 5 or 08.
vistasug 4 years ago 2
agreed
Robbinsffxi 4 years ago
Same here, but I can barely afford the VST imitations.
I'm not a fan of all this "fake" analog crap. Give me a real analog axe like this one, with real VCO's, and I'll be happy.
cubdukat 4 years ago
I just think it's funny that Dave /invented/ soft synths, and now he completely disowns them, and wishes he never had invented them XD
HALEYeww 3 years ago 2
Sounds amazing, very nice video =)
williamc99 4 years ago
i see that you have other Dave Smith instruments as well? which one?
vistasug 4 years ago
thanks for this one - we need more poly evo demos..
cub005 4 years ago 4
nice gear!
leelemonlaw 4 years ago
That's not an old synth.
cirunir 4 years ago
Very old Synth but very good I like it :D
Beestisar 4 years ago
The PolyEvolver keyboard was only released in 2005.
feralferret 4 years ago
это аналоговый чтоли?
1100011100 4 years ago
isnt that hebrew? what the fuck are you doing speaking hebrew?
beer4me88 4 years ago
now that shits comedy
andthebeatgoeson 4 years ago
its russian pcynn
L3X4R 4 years ago
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way to be a schmuck.
davidrosenblum 4 years ago
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GO HEBREW!!!!!
beer4me88 4 years ago
lol or yiddish?
davidrosenblum 4 years ago
beer4me88, it's not only hebrew. His name is digital. :o
Robbinsffxi 3 years ago
nice video!
ZooYork1212 4 years ago
is this essentially what you get with an evolver module?
grandmaos 4 years ago
Yep
but here you have HANDS ON control over everything, and a great keyboard feel... We are talking ~80 endless rotary knobs (!), etc.
mano123456 4 years ago
Good demo, sounds nice.
klausito1970 4 years ago
dude how much money is that?
cataclysm4 4 years ago
somewhere inbetween 1000 and 2000
grandmaos 4 years ago
It's more like $2,500
mano123456 4 years ago
do i work for you now or something?
rokuez 4 years ago
you make me a completly software based system that sounds as good as a OMEGA 8 from studio electronic then i'll listen
rokuez 4 years ago
homegrown techno music
anko8aug 4 years ago
NIce Demo.
I got PlyEvolver too at LastWeek.
Iam playing PoleEvolver everyNight!
PigmonCafe 4 years ago
synth magnifico!!!!
synth64 4 years ago
makes me wonder how crystal method got started off
milkybar100 4 years ago
how much do this synth cost?
01010100 4 years ago
if you have to ask...
rg2027x 4 years ago
dave smith is a genius, i still have my 6-tracs and i love to bits, but this thing is awesome
gordongate 4 years ago
Fantastic stuff! No music in the world cam compete with the nostalgic sounds of synthesized music! :)
SignoreBoy 4 years ago
This synth is fantastic... but how would you compare it to say the Alesis A6 Andromeda? Ive got a virus KC but that Evolver is quality.. But pricey. If it was £1200 I'd buy one. Is it possible to make full complex tracks with? I mean whats the polyphony? and is it multi timbral? An Evolver, Elektron Monomachine, Machine drum is what i'd like.
Synthersizer 4 years ago
Is only the DS Poly Evolver was a little bit smaller (keyboard wise) I would buy it! Now I'll just have to buy a Little Phatty Stage Edition or an Evolver (w/ keyboard) :/
zenderwahit 5 years ago
You could get the Mono Evolver keyboard... They're a similar price to the Little Phatty.
fizmo100 4 years ago
I bought the Moog LP Stage Edition. What a GREAT piece of equipment! You gotta try it... it's amazing for a mono synth! :O Looks so simple, but it has so much possibilities, and everything with RAC and... that organic analog sound! :)
zenderwahit 4 years ago
Nice - I've got a Model D, so I know what you're on about. Amazing sound! An Evolver of some sort is still worth having though - they offer something quite different to the Moogs. Congrats on the LP though, they look great!
fizmo100 4 years ago
Yes! As a former bassist I'm pretty convinced with the LP Stage! I can't stop playing it!
In a few months I guess my next purchase will be a Dave Smith Poly-Evolver! :)
zenderwahit 4 years ago
I agree with the guy who said that the mono evolver is in some ways more preferable, this thing just drowns out all the sounds when you're playing in a band for example. I just tried the MonoEvolver and the polyEvolver at my local music shop and I do'n think I care much for the 3 extra voices.
This thing still rocks though, fat fat fat fat sounds :-)
00Ivanov 5 years ago
You should record it directly to the sound card this mic recorded stuff sucks. Anyway aweesome i will buy also one.
TR0jAX 5 years ago
Agreed! The camcorder does not have audio inputs for some reason... I'd have to record an audio track separately and lay it on top of the video later
mano123456 5 years ago
Agreed :)
mano123456 4 years ago
Virus TI seems a bit better thou...
hkmusicfox 5 years ago
Not the same thing.
This one is ANALOG. It has both Digital and Analog components but you can choose what you want to use for each patch.
These analog filters and oscillators RUMBLE and feel so much better than any digital "emulations" I've had or tested.
mano123456 5 years ago
The "analogue" oscillators inside the synth are not exactly analogue in a sense. They're digitally controlled (locked by digital circuitry to keep them exactly in tune), similar to DCOs. These are not far off from your typical DSP-made oscillator.
shleedance 4 years ago
wrong, compare similar waveforms and you can visually see a difference
rokuez 4 years ago
All synths, even digital synths, have slightly different waveform shapes. It's all to do on how they're fed through waveshaper circuitry, A/D converters etc.
And I'm not saying the oscillators are digital either. Even though the oscillators are made by analogue circuitry, they are controlled digitally and fed through an A/D converter. Hence "Digitally Controlled Oscillator" or DCO. Many synths (like the Juno 60) had DCOs back in the day.
shleedance 4 years ago
incorrect sir
rokuez 4 years ago
Email Dave Smith.
shleedance 4 years ago
seriously!
he'll write back.
HALEYeww 3 years ago
Just because they are DCOs, doesn't make them digital. The signal generator is analog. DCOs have been used in many analog synths. Drifting oscillators are not usually welcome, and you don't want to open up your board to tune your oscillators.
MichaelJHuman 4 years ago
that sounds great!
dgentile83 5 years ago
god the sound is so rich
The1stFishBone 5 years ago
i owned on eof these last year for a month. i still on the mono evolver, and that is much more easier to use in a mix, but the poly is just too much...the sound just swamps everything else, which is a pain. furthermore, there was a bug which meant that if you played one of the inbuilt sequences and stopped it in an odd place, then one of the voice cards would go out of tune until you pressed the sequence reset button.
armalyte 5 years ago
This is a good example of what the Poly Evolver is capable of, but I think refering to it as an analog synth is misleading because it's an analog/digital hybrid. So my question is, was this filmed using only the analog side?
taijiguy 5 years ago
muhaha ! very analog ! damn it rockz !
dark3zz 5 years ago
Looking great! I have been wondering but it really sounds fat from what I can hear.
Pruneau 5 years ago
it's not boring
it just needs some beat
pheaktor 5 years ago
I have been more into the whole 70's flava ambient / electronica lately... staying away from beats per-se. It's just me though. I've done my share of beats :)
mano123456 5 years ago
you play really cheesey chromatic stuff though. It's boring.
aaasamaaa 5 years ago
That's your point of view :)
What I play on camera here is an *improvisation*. Not all of the phrases are simple arpeggios/scales however!
mano123456 5 years ago
yes, i've used one too - it is good as the effects are all there for you to use, the ones you want - you know?
Good design....wouldn't buy one though.
LF0 5 years ago
bought this machine a couple of months ago and it's great..
oscillatorion 5 years ago
it's nice modern version of prophet 5
whitherance 5 years ago
I really like the little indicator led's on the right that are showing which notes are active. Can you set the order they go in? I noticed that when you played a single note repeatedly that it cycled through them - 1-2-3-4.
Is that a Micro or a Multi sitting on top?
Fantastic!
mootbooxle 5 years ago