 Originally, Smith intended for the Evolver to be named "Noise," since he "always wanted to design a synth with that name.While creating sound presets to demonstrate the synthesizer at the NAMM tradeshow, he was impressed by the "organic" nature of the synthesizers sound, his wife, Denise, came up with the more aptly suited name, Evolver.The Evolver's sound comes from 4 oscillators, 2 of which are analog and 2 of which are digital.