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Poly Evolver Operation Manual

10 Using an Evolver with a Poly Evolver The Poly Evolver has 4 voices that are identical to the single voice in an Evolver. The Poly is also in a 1U

11 Inside the Poly Voice Before going through the individual parameters, following is a brief description of the Poly’s architecture of a single Poly

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13 Basic Operation Program Mode: When the Poly is first turned on, it will be in Program Mode with the PROGRAM LED lit and the following screen act

14 Program or Combo Save: Hit the WRITE button and the following screen will appear: Write? P:xxx B:x Hit: Yes or No Simply hit the YES button t

15 Global Parameters To edit the Global parameters, just hit the GLOBAL button at any time, and Global page 1 is displayed. The upper knob changes th

16 Page 2: Transpose: xx Fine Tune: xx Top Line: Transpose: -36…+36 Master Transpose control, 0 is centered. Steps in semitones. Bo

17 Page 5: Input Gain:xxxxx LCD Contrast: xx Top Line: Input Gain: 0db… 24d Provides extra gain on the Left and Right External Inputs. You c

18 Program Parameters The Poly has 128 parameters in a Program, plus another 64 Sequence parameters, followed by the 16 character Program Name. Thes

19 that only glides when more than one note is held down is selected by setting glide over 100, where it ranges from F02 to F00 (equivalent to glides

20 FM 4 -> 3: 0…100 The amount of Frequency Modulation of Oscillator 3 from Oscillator 4. Note that each digital oscillator can FM the other

21 Env Attack: 0…110 Attack time of the filter ADSR envelope generator Env Decay: 0…110 Decay time Env Sustain: 0…100 Sustain L

22 xMonox Mono – Both channels mixed to the center – also useful when only using one output xxRLxx Reverse Stereo 1 – Right channel panned somewhat le

23 Note – if all three Delay taps are in use, the Levels of each should be set to lower amounts to prevent overload distortion. Time 1: 0…150, s

24 Time 2: 0…150, sync Sets the delay time of the second delay tap, same ranges as Time 1. Level 2: 0…100 Sets the delay amount of the

25 Shape: see table Selects the LFO waveshape: Display LFO Shape Triangle Triangle Rev Saw Reverse Sawtooth Sawtooth Sawtooth Square Square

26 Page 14: Misc Audio Highpass: Out 0…99, In 0…99 Sets the cutoff frequency of the four-pole highpass filter. If set from Out 0 to Out 99,

27 Page 15: Miscellaneous There are different ways to control the Poly Evolver; using the internal sequencer, using external MIDI controllers (keyboa

28 EiSqStep Plays one step of the sequencer on each External Input audio trigger. AUTO. MdSqStep Plays one step of the sequencer on each MIDI note rec

29 Clock Div: see table Used as a clock divider to provide a wider range of sequencer speeds. Works the same as the Clock Divide in main, but is o

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30 Dest 1: see table Mod 1 Destination - see the Modulation Destination table on page 34 for a list of possible destinations. Mods 2 – 4:

31 Osc Slop: 0…5 The amount of random oscillator frequency slop. The analog and digital oscillators in Evolver are very accurate, and will no

32 controlled via MIDI. In Combo mode, each Part can have the sequencer individually enabled or disabled. As mentioned in the Trigger section above,

33 The Sequence parameters are in the pages after the synth parameters in Program Edit – the pages jump between sequences 1 – 4 for fast editing. Not

34 Modulation Destinations Display Destination Off No destination selected O1Frq Oscillator 1 Frequency O2Frq Oscillator 2 Frequency O3Frq Oscillato

35 L1Frq LFO 1 Frequency L2Frq LFO 2 Frequency L3Frq LFO 3 Frequency L4Frq LFO 4 Frequency LAFrq LFO All Frequency L1Amt LFO 1 Amount L2Amt LFO 2 A

36 Modulation Sources Display Source Off No Source selected Seq 1 Sequence 1 Seq 2 Sequence 2 Seq 3 Sequence 3 Seq 4 Sequence 4 LFO 1 LFO 1 LFO 2 LF

37 Combo Parameters Combos are used to make different combinations of Programs, and use them in different ways. You can use up to four different Par

38 MIDI Ch: 1…16, All Selects the MIDI channel to use for this Part. If All is selected, it responds to any MIDI channel. If MIDI Mode is set to

39 MIDI The envelopes will be triggered by MIDI notes only. MIDI rst The envelopes will be triggered by MIDI, and the sequencer will be reset on every

4 Tested To ComplyWith FCC StandardsFOR OFFICE USE This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the followin

40 Or, you may want to stack two voices, by setting two Parts to Poly 2, and setting both keyboard ranges to the same range (C-2 to C8). You can even

41 MIDI Implementation The Poly Evolver receives MIDI data according to the mode controls in the Global Section. When in Combo mode, the Global para

42 Display Envelope Trigger Selections Sq or MD The envelopes will be triggered by either the sequencer or MIDI notes. When triggered by the sequence

43 Key Mode: see table Selects the key mode when playing from a MIDI keyboard. These are only active in Combo mode when a Part is Mono. Display

44 Hi Velocity: 0…127 This parameter, along with the Lo Velocity parameter following, sets the velocity range this Part responds to. Trigger:

45 MIDI Messages Received Channel Messages Status Second Third Description 1000 nnnn 0kkkkkkk 0vvvvvvv Note Off. Velocity is ignored 1001 nnn

46 27 Oscillator 4 Level 28 Oscillator 1 Shape 29 Oscillator 2 Shape 30 Oscillator 3 Shape 31 Oscillator 4 Shape 40 FM 4->3 41 FM 3->4

47 System Real-time Messages Status Description 1111 1000 Timing Clock 1111 1010 Start – starts the sequencer from step 1 1111 1011 Continue –

48 System Exclusive Messages Note that all the System Exclusive messages use the Evolver ID, rather than the Poly Evolver ID. This maintains compatib

49 Combo Parameters This message is ignored if the synth is in Program mode Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI I

5 Contents Quick Start 6 Preset Notes 8 FAQs 9 Chaining Evolvers and Polys 10 Inside Evolver 11 Signal Flow Diagram 12 Basic Oper

50 Request Program Dump Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Version 0000

51 Request Combo Dump Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Version 0010

52 Program Data Dump Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Version 0000

53 Program Edit Buffer Data Dump Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Ve

54 Waveshape Data Dump Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Version 00

55 Start/Stop Button Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Version 0001

56 Select Program Mode Status Description 1111 0000 System Exclusive (SysEx) 0000 0001 DSI ID 0010 0000 Evolver ID 0000 0001 File Version 001

57 Global Parameter Data Parameter Range Description 0 0 - 127 Program Number 1 - 128 1 0 - 3 Bank Number 1 - 4 2 0 - 100 Master Volume 0 -

58 12 x Not used (zero sent in Main Dump) 13 x Not used (zero sent in Main Dump) 14 0 - 16 MIDI Channel; if = 0, data received on all MIDI chann

59 Combo Parameter Data There are 4 identical parts in a Combo; they are listed below. The name of the combo follows the other parameters. 1 2 3

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60 the sequencer 10 Midi note plays sequence once 11 Midi note plays sequence once, resetting on mulitple notes 12 External Trigger – the sequence

61 Program Parameter Data Parameter Range Description 0 0 - 120 Oscillator 1 Frequency, 0 – 120 in semitones (10 octave range) 1 0 - 100 Oscill

62 Parameter Range Description 24 0 - 100 VCA Level 25 0 - 100 VCA Envelope Amount 26 0 - 110 VCA Envelope Attack 27 0 - 110 VCA Envelope

63 42 0 - 200 LFO 1 Amount (over 100 repeats with Key sync on) 43 0 - 68 LFO 1 Destination (see destination table on page 67) 44 0 - 160 LFO 2

64 1 Left Input channel goes to both channels 2 Right Input channel goes to both channels 3 Left channel audio, Right channel control 63 0 - 14 I

65 Parameter Range Description 88 0 - 1 Linear/Exponential envelopes 0 = Exponential, 1 = Linear 89 0 - 100 VCA Envelope Velocity 90 0 - 24

66 Parameter Range Description 120 0 - 198 Mod Wheel Amount; -99 to +99 121 0 - 68 Mod Wheel Destination (see destination table on page 67)

67 Modulation Destinations 0 No destination selected 1 Oscillator 1 Frequency 2 Oscillator 2 Frequency 3 Oscillator 3 Frequency 4 Oscillator 4 F

68 45 LFO 3 Amount 46 LFO 4 Amount 47 LFO A Amount 48 Envelope 1 Amount 49 Envelope 2 Amount 50 Envelope 3 Amount 51 Envelope A Amount 52 Enve

69 Modulation Sources 0 No Source selected 1 Sequence 1 2 Sequence 2 3 Sequence 3 4 Sequence 4 5 LFO 1 6 LFO 2 7 LFO 3 8 LFO 4 9 Filter Env

7 To select Combo mode, just hit the COMBO button. Combos give you complete flexibility configuring the four voices; you can stack or split the keybo

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8 Program Notes There are 512 Programs and 384 Combos in your Poly Evolver. The factory sound set is on the website if you ever need to refresh it. T

9 FAQs The Poly is a very flexible instrument. While this provides a wide range of operational possibilities, it also means that you can put Evolver