by John Bowen » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:58 am
Elie,
Thank you for your nice words here in the Forum!
What I'm trying to do with the Solaris is provide a platform that contains a number of elements drawn from both past and present - obviously, the Prophet legacy is most appropriate given my history. But in my estimation there's a lot more to it than just putting in emulations of the different modules - if one is looking for exact emulations of vintage instruments, well...I just don't think there's any products out there that will truly do that, including Solaris. So many variables are involved - even if you take several Prophets of the same revision and compare them, you will find small differences in the details between them.
However, as a flexible and versatile instrument, I certainly expect the Solaris to be able to provide sounds that are both musical and expressive, and which can be easily expanded to incorporate additional features as time goes on. From the list you provide, I don't have CS80 or Elka Synthex modules planned, but that's not to say you couldn't evoke some "Vangelis" like sounds from Solaris! As for ARP or Memorymoog - Solaris will also include oscillator and filter models from the Minimax ASB, and Prodyssey modules most likely will be in the future, if warranted.
regards,
john bowen
p.s. being French, I'm sure you are aware of the Arturia Origin, which specifically offers most of the emulations you mention. That might be something you'll want to check out as well.
Elie,
Thank you for your nice words here in the Forum!
What I'm trying to do with the Solaris is provide a platform that contains a number of elements drawn from both past and present - obviously, the Prophet legacy is most appropriate given my history. But in my estimation there's a lot more to it than just putting in emulations of the different modules - if one is looking for [i]exact [/i]emulations of vintage instruments, well...I just don't think there's any products out there that will truly do that, including Solaris. So many variables are involved - even if you take several Prophets of the same revision and compare them, you will find small differences in the details between them.
However, as a flexible and versatile instrument, I certainly expect the Solaris to be able to provide sounds that are both musical and expressive, and which can be easily expanded to incorporate additional features as time goes on. From the list you provide, I don't have CS80 or Elka Synthex modules planned, but that's not to say you couldn't evoke some "Vangelis" like sounds from Solaris! As for ARP or Memorymoog - Solaris will also include oscillator and filter models from the Minimax ASB, and Prodyssey modules most likely will be in the future, if warranted.
regards,
john bowen
p.s. being French, I'm sure you are aware of the Arturia Origin, which specifically offers most of the emulations you mention. That might be something you'll want to check out as well.