Dave Smith Instruments Poly Evolver, Operation Manual, Page: 14 / 72

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Program or Combo Save
: Hit the W
RITE
button and the following screen will appear:
Write? P:xxx B:x
Hit: Yes or No
Simply hit the Y
ES
button to save the current Program or Combo, or N
O
if you
changed your mind. To store in a different location, use the upper parameter knob to
select a the new Program or Combo destination, and the lower knob for a different
bank.
Compare Feature : While editing a Program or Combo, you can hit the C
OMPARE
switch to listen to the original version. If you hit the switch again, the Poly returns to
the edited version.
While there is a write pending (see screen above), you can hit the C
OMPARE
switch to
hear what is in a possible target Program or Combo destination before saving. Just be
sure to turn Compare off again before you actually hit the Y
ES
button to save.
Voice Assignment : The Poly has four voices, and as such has to use a specific
method for assigning the four voices as MIDI notes are received. The scheme used
by the Poly is a circular assignment; that is, as a new notes are received, the next
unused voice is assigned to the new note. You can see how this works by watching
the 4 voice LEDs as you play.
When all 4 voices are held and a new note is received, it is necessary to “steal” a
voice to play the new note, since you always want to hear any new key hit. The
algorithm used in the Poly is to steal the oldest note held of the 4 voices playing. This
is done to be consistent; you can always predict which note will be stolen.
When in Combo mode, each Part acts as a separate mini-synthesizer, so the same
voice assignment rules apply within the Part.
An exception to the voice stealing is when Poly Chain in On; in this case rather than
stealing an already-used voice, the Poly will transmit the new note over MIDI so it can
be played by another Poly downstream.
Individual Voice Outputs : The Poly has a pair of output jacks for each of the four
voices on the back panel, allowing separate mixing/processing of each voice. When a
plug is inserted in the jack, that signal will be disconnected from the mix output.
Another trick is to route the output of one voice to the external audio inputs; then, in
Combo mode, you can use one (or more) voices to process a different voice. Or take
two different voice outputs (programmed in mono) and run one to the Left input and
one to the Right input for even more wild results.