Dave Smith Instruments Poly Evolver Keyboard

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category: instruments > synthesizers

mono/poly: Polyphonic 4 voices

sequencer: 16 x 4 step

effects: feedback, delay, distortion, high-pass filter, and more

keyboard/module: 5-octave, semi-weighted keyboard action with velocity and aftertouch

synthesis type: digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCOs)

I/O: MIDI In, Out, Thru, and Poly Chain. | Stereo audio input: 1/4" unbalanced. | Main stereo audio output: 1/4" unbalanced. | Separate stereo outputs (per voice): 1/4" unbalanced | Sustain pedal input: accepts normally on or normally off momentary footswitch. | Pedal/CV1 and Pedal/CV2 inputs: responds to expression pedals or control voltages ranging from 0 to 5 VDC (protected against higher or negative voltages). | Headphone output: 1/4" stereo phone jack.

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Each voice is a complete Evolver with four oscillators per voice, two analog and two digital.
True stereo signal path with separate Curtis analog low-pass filters in each channel for each voice. Each voice has its own independent effects (feedback, delay, distortion, high-pass filter, etc.).

78 knobs and 58 switches.

Clocked, pulsing blue LEDs and hardwood end-panels.

Everything (sequencer, LFOs, and delay) syncs perfectly to MIDI.

In Program mode, all four voices play the same sound. In Combo mode, voices can be allocated however desired: stack all 4 for a huge unison sound, split or layer the keyboard in any configuration, and/or play one or all sequences at the same time. Each voice can respond to a different MIDI channel.

Each voice has its own stereo output in addition to the mix and headphones outputs.

Stereo audio input that can be routed to any or all of the voices, enabling parallel audio processing of external stereo or mono signals. The output of one voice can be routed to the input of
another for interesting double-processing effects.