Evolver Programs are compatible with all models of Evolver.
The downloadable file in the sidebar at the right contains all of the factory program banks for the Poly Evolver Keyboard. It also includes the installation instructions given below. The program data is in a MIDI System Exclusive (SysEx) file that can be loaded into the Poly Evolver Keyboard via MIDI using a MIDI utility or other application capable of opening and transmitting SysEx files. The simplest method may be to use a shareware MIDI utility such as SysEx Librarian (Mac OS) or MIDI-OX (Windows).
These can be downloaded from:
http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/
You will also need a MIDI interface to connect your computer to the Poly Evolver Keyboard.
There is nothing you need to do to prepare the Poly Evolver Keyboard to receive the programs. Once the transfer begins, the programs will automatically be written to the Poly Evolver Keyboard’s memory. Programs from any Evolver model (Evolver, Poly Evolver, Poly Evolver Keyboard, Evolver Keyboard) can be loaded into any other Evolver. The original desktop Evolver does not have a character display, so when Evolver programs are loaded into one of the other models, the names of the previous programs are not overwritten even though the actual programs are.
Be aware that loading programs overwrites any programs that are currently in memory. If you have programs you want to keep, be sure to save them to a SysEx file first. Refer to the manual for more information about initiating a SysEx dump from the Poly Evolver Keyboard’s front panel controls.
Before starting, close all other audio or MIDI or DAW software, and disconnect all other MIDI devices. If necessary, download and install MIDI-OX.
Connect the MIDI out of your computer’s MIDI interface to the Poly Evolver Keyboard’s MIDI in.
When the transmission completes, you’re done!
If the load fails to start, make sure the Poly Evolver Keyboard is actually receiving MIDI data. On the MIDI Channel page of the Global menu, a dot blinks between “MIDI” and “Channel” when MIDI data is received. Also, make sure that MIDI SysEx in the Global menu is set to “On.”
Before starting, close all other audio or MIDI or DAW software, and disconnect all other MIDI devices. If necessary, download and install SysEx Librarian.
http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/
Connect the MIDI out of your computer’s MIDI interface to the Poly Evolver Keyboard’s MIDI in.
When the transmission completes, you’re done!
If the load fails to start, make sure the Poly Evolver Keyboard is actually receiving MIDI data. On the MIDI Channel page of the Global menu, a dot blinks between “MIDI” and “Channel” when MIDI data is received. Also, make sure that MIDI SysEx in the Global menu is set to “On.”
As you know, oscillators 3 – 4 on the Evolver are digital and use the same single-cycle waveshapes originally found on the legendary Prophet VS synthesizer. Specifically, waveshapes 1 – 95 on the Evolver correspond to ROM Waveshapes 32 – 126 in the Prophet-VS. However, an exciting feature of the Evolver is that in addition to the Prophet VS waveshapes that are always part of the Evolver, you can load up to 32 custom, user waveshapes into waveshape slots 97 – 128. (The Evolver ships with waves 97 – 128 the same as 1 – 32.) You can do this using the Evolver software editor from SoundTower or one of the free wave dump utilities available on the internet. Links to these are provided below.
Please be aware that custom waveshapes are only stored within the Evolver itself and not as part of an exported program. If you save a program using Librarian software, for example, the Evolver program’s SysEx file stored within the Librarian will simply point to the waveshape location within the Evolver, but will not store the actual custom single-cycle waveshape if one is used. This means that if another user loads the program it will use whatever waveshape is in that location on that user’s Evolver.
Below are links to the applications that will allow you to load custom waveshapes into your Evolver.
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