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Dave Smith Poly Evolver Keyboard Analog/Digital Synth

4 voices, 512 Programs, 384 Combos, 78 knobs, 58 switches

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Dave Smith Poly Evolver Customer Review submitted June 28, 2005

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Musical Background: Producer/Engineer
Music Style: Hip Hop, House, Breaks
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Sound: There comes a time in everyone's life where they finally experience the sonic difference between analog and digital...this synth blows away every software plug in I've ever owned! Feature: ..just peek the specs 4 oscillators (2 analog and 2 digital...the digital oscillators add the right amount of nasty bite to complement the pristine analog sound) 16x4 sequencer (yeah...that's one for EACH VOICE) 4 LFO's The sequencer works much like the way the Matrix interacts with synths in Reason...the sequencer doesn't have to play notes...it can trigger values for every parameter on the synth (much like where you patch the Curve CV of the Matrix into different parameters on the back of your Reason Rack) btw...just b/c I compare to Reason...don't think for a second that you're going to get a sound in Reason anywhere near as fat as on this synth Quality: This synth is a BLAST to work with at night...Dave Smith did a wonderful job with all the lights...it's a joy to look at while its' sound completely blows your mind Value: You get what you pay for. The Poly Evolver costs as much as it does because it rocks Manufacturer Support: I fully expect there to be no problems with this baby...A company like Dave Smith isn't going to build something sub-standard... The Wow Factor: If you're not completely in love with tweaking the bejeezus out of your synth and just expect presets to serve all your needs this synth is NOT FOR YOU...the presets are nothing but a starting point for you to dig deep and strike pure analog gold Overall: This has got be the polyphonic synth of the year...there's a lot of great analog monosynths out there right now (Moog, Studio Electronics, Future Retro etc) which are worth purchasing (as well as great software synths)...but I can't think of another analog polyphonic synth I'd rather have right now than this one...I'm sure someone out there with an Alesis Andromeda may want to argue that point...I'll stand behind my synth in that argument
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