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by synthetic
Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:42 am
Forum: Solaris Discussion
Topic: Welcome!
Replies: 44
Views: 122470

John Bowen wrote:Still hoping for a late November release date....
Hmmm, my birthday is in November. :)

Do you know who is distributing it in the US? Any dealers signed on yet?
by synthetic
Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:27 am
Forum: Solaris Discussion
Topic: Welcome!
Replies: 44
Views: 122470

I believe he mentioned that they're projecting to be "less than the Waldorf Stromberg" which is supposed to sell for $3500. Things change, especially during development, but I took that to mean he was hoping for $2999 MSRP.
by synthetic
Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:36 am
Forum: Solaris Discussion
Topic: FM capabilities
Replies: 17
Views: 31322

A lot of the sounds in the Spectrasonics Atmosphere plug-in, mentioned in another thread, layer sound design with traditional strings, voices or analog pad. We know that it will do the latter, but some basic sample playback would really add to it. How much RAM did the Wavestation EX have? 4MB? It wo...
by synthetic
Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:26 pm
Forum: Solaris Discussion
Topic: What color do you prefer?
Replies: 88
Views: 125739

I still haven't seen a photo of dark/wood sides, have I? It's always been light/wood or dark/metal.
by synthetic
Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:24 pm
Forum: Solaris Discussion
Topic: FM capabilities
Replies: 17
Views: 31322

Depends on sample memory. Solaris is not meant to be a "rompler" type instrument, though. That sounds familiar – I'm sure you're still frustrated about the piano/drums/accordion upgrade ROM for the Wavestation. :roll: This is not as mass-market, though. But you might want to throw in a pi...
by synthetic
Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:22 pm
Forum: Solaris as Scope plug-in
Topic: Future of the plug-in
Replies: 15
Views: 52404

Future of the plug-in

Will the plug-in version continue to evolve based on the hardware synth? I realize that the hardware has more powerful DSP, but will features like the SSM filter make their way into Solaris 4.5 or some future version?