Troubleshooting: Poly Evolver Keyboard
The list below provides solutions to some of the most common tech support issues. The Poly Evolver Keyboard is a deep instrument. If you are having problems with your Evolver and suspect that operator error might be to blame, resetting the Global parameters is a good place to start. To do that, hold down the Reset button and press 0 on the keypad. That sets the Global parameters back to their factory defaults. (There is no full hardware reset built in, but the factory programs are available for download if you want to get everything back to the original state.)
If one of the analog waveshapes sounds strange or if a filter is not behaving as expected, you may also want to try running the calibration routine. This is not something you should have to do regularly (or ever, really) and has no effect on the oscillator tuning. To run the calibration routine, hold down Reset and press 2 on the keypad.
June 5, 2009: A note from Dave concerning possible encoder issues.
My Poly Evolver keyboard works fine and sounds great, but is not tuned to concert pitch.
The wheels need to be calibrated.
- Turn the mod wheel all the way off (down), and while also holding the pitch wheel
off, hold down Reset and press 4 on the keypad.
- Return the pitch wheel to center, and hold Reset and press 5 on the keypad.
- Move the Mod wheel all the way on (up), and while also holding the pitch wheel all
the way on, hold Reset and press 6 on the keypad.
Voice 1 is out of tune or sounds "different."
Calibrating the wheels usually fixes this. See the previous tip.
Sequences no longer play.
Make sure the MIDI Clock setting in the Global menu is set to Internal. If it is set to MIDI In or MIDI In/Out, sequences will only play if a MIDI clock is present at the MIDI input.
Some of the programs sound "different."
If the programs that sound different are the programs that use gated sequences, check the MIDI Clock setting (see previous).
The key assignment is strange and it skips notes when I'm playing.
Make sure poly chain is turned off in the Global menu. |
