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Chaining Multiple Evolvers Together
The Poly Evolver Keyboard has 4 voices that are identical to the 4 voices in a
rackmount Poly Evolver, and the single voice in the original desktop Evolver. This
compatibility enables you to chain multiple Evolvers together to increase polyphony,
using your Poly Keyboard as a controller for all chained Evolvers.
Note that if the Poly Chain parameter is Off, the Poly Chain MIDI Output jack acts as
a second MIDI Out jack.
To chain a single Poly Rack to your Poly Evolver Keyboard:
1.
Connect the Poly Chain MIDI output on the back of your Poly Evolver
Keyboard to the MIDI In of the Poly Rack.
2.
Connect the stereo outputs of the keyboard to the right and left Mix Inputs of
the Rack, then connect the output of the Rack to your mixer/sound system.
3.
On the Keyboard, in Global select the Poly Chain screen, and set it to the
total number of voices you have chained, ie 8 for a keyboard and a rack in
this case.
4.
Next set the MIDI clock parameter to MIDI Out on the keyboard (or MIDI
In/Out if using an external MIDI clock to drive the keyboard). On the Rack,
select MIDI Clock In.
You should be all set to play! You can now virtually ignore the Rack, since the
controls on the keyboard will control both units as if they were a single 8 voice. This
includes saving a Program/Combo; if you save an edited program on the keyboard, it
will also save the program on any Poly Chained instruments (updated with the latest
revision software).
Note: Remember that if you change a Main parameter on the Keyboard, the Rack
will change also. For example, changing MIDI channels on the Keyboard will also
change the MIDI channels on the Rack, which is likely what you would want.
There are a couple exceptions: if you change Poly Chain or MIDI clock, it is not
chained, since these parameters are usually different in each unit.
While everything is transparent in Program mode, there are some differences in
Combo mode operation. For example, Combos that have Mono parts will be handled
differently. This is due to the fact that in Mono, Poly chain does not function, since the
Part interprets new notes per the Key Mode (low note, last note, and so on), and does
not re-transmit the notes. If, for example, you have a 1/3 split with Part 1 playing a
mono Program, and Part 2 playing 3 voices polyphonically, with two Polys chained
you will still only have a single mono voice in Part 1, but Part 2 will now be 6 voices.
So, you will lose a voice in this configuration.
Other configurations work as you would expect; for example, if you have a Combo
with 2 programs stacked, it will play them as a 4 voice with two Polys.
Using Multiple Poly Racks
You can also chain more than a single Rack in the same manner. With two Racks, set
the main parameter Poly Chain on the Keyboard to 12, and set Poly Chain on the first
Rack to 8. The second Rack Poly Chain should be set to Off.
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