John Bowen Synth Design

Whatever I do, it would certainly be stripped down from what the Solaris is...or it might even be a completely different synth. Definitely not as complex.

But first we've got finish this one!

-john

Let's keep this discussion calm - synthman1 is only offering his opinion about what would make it more appealing and affordable to people like him. At least he is paying attention here, and I appreciate the interest in Solaris.

john b.

I wanted to add some additional thoughts and comments to dano's post: ...$4000 is a lot of coin for a synth. There is simply no way many can or even would consider the Solaris at this price, including me - especially in this current global economic crisis when there are comparable synths such as the...

With the ribbon design we have chosen, there are no "moving parts' to wear out, so this is a big advantage over the older touchpads and ribbons out there. It's also a sort of 'multi-touch', providing 2 ribbon output values simultaneously.

john b.

synthman1 wrote:Hey wait a minute. The existing ribbon controller IS a touchpad! (I think I gotchya John). Dano

Ummmm, actually, this is a new technology, not your standard 'touchpad', so I will have to disagree!

john b.

Dano, Thanks for your thoughtful post. All good points, most of which have been discussed at length internally for some time. The idea of this interface design IS the redundancy of displays and controls, obviously - otherwise, why do it, as you point out? It's really more about something I envisione...

Just like the plug-in before it, it's been interesting to see how the hardware design has 'evolved' (I think I can say that word here without intending any other reference!). I always had this idea in my mind to have the plug-in arranged in such a way that it would be fairly easy to put into hardwar...

Other changes from this rendering? Another set of 4 buttons above the Mixer area (same as how the Filter section now looks). Also, the lower right 4 Mute buttons are moved to the left a bit to line up with the buttons there.

-john b.

ThreeFingersOfLove wrote:

John Bowen wrote:I guess I could post one of the renditions sent out a couple of weeks ago to the pre-order group, now that everyone has had time to see it, etc.

-john b.

Please do!

Please look here:
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For those curious, here's a rendering of the (almost) final look for production (light colored version, obviously):

Yannis, Yes the Solaris at NAMM 2009 will be the production version....actually the units I bring there may be the 'Limited Edition' version that the first 50 pre-order people will be receiving. All who have pre-purchased have been sent a final graphics rendering by private email, but as of this las...

Word from the coder is that the arpeggiator will be able to send out MIDI, and most likely the step sequencer as well.

john b.

You'd be surprised how many Oasys keyboards Korg sold in Italy - I was told it was part a 'status thing' to have one, and I guess they had sold 20 the first month of release. But, yes, it's not the money-maker the M1 was :-) It's funny, because when we produced the first OASYS, I did demos at NAMM a...

Keep it at home, probably.

-jb

Jimmy if Yamaha, Roland or Korg come anywhere near John or the Solaris I will personally send out my brigade of seamonkeys to thwart their attempts to overtake the world with sampled pianos, drumkits and arpeggiated dance music studio in a box faux synthesizers!! :twisted: Seamonkey, at last year's...