Repair story
Dave Smith
Evolver.
A hybrid analog/digital synth on the bench — teardown, diagnosis and repair, in pictures.
The Dave Smith Instruments Evolver packs a lot into a small box — analog oscillators and filters alongside digital wavetables and effects — which makes a fault a proper detective job. This one came in for repair; here's the strip-down and rebuild as it happened on the bench.
A full written walkthrough and a video of a live restoration are on the way.