John Bowen Synth Design

Ron,
I checked the videos using my 2.4 ghz Core 2 iMac, over a wireless network, and they all flow smoothly without interruption here. I'm using the new Safari 4.0 Public Beta...don't know what else to tell you!
-john b.

qtuner wrote:When will the Solaris Manual be available?

The manual is taking a bit more time, as Brent is having to 're-create' all the text screens by hand. Photos of the displays just don't work well enough.
No word on when it will be finished yet....sorry!
-john b.

qtuner wrote:Can we get a clear picture of the back of the Solaris? I have yet to see all of the I/O.

If you take a look in the Topic of the Tutorial videos, RedMartian has posted a number of photos, the last of which show the back panel in sections:
http://redmartian.com/solaris/pictures
-john b.

New video on VCAs, Envelope Generators, and LFOs is up now.
-jb

Vimeo is having a slight problem generating a thumbnail for the videos, so it either shows a black box or several color bars, but I was able to watch all videos from my computer, even with these issues. Perhaps give it a few more tries?
-john b.

New video showing Mixers and Insert FX and Filters are up....
-john b.

Thanks for the video John. From where do you dial the mod sources in the video ? Is it one of the knobs at the venter LCD ? cheers Stardust It's the alpha knob on the right or the Inc/Dec buttons above it that I am using much of the time. It's mostly because I want a clear view of the displays for ...

I heard from someone the voice overdub for the Rotors section was way too loud - sorry 'bout that! I'll try to watch things for more consistency - haven't done these kinds of videos for many years!
-john b.

3rd video up now - showing the Rotor processor.
john b.

Second video posted now....
john b.

another similar feature where each Voice (as opposed to the 4 individual osc per Voice) as a whole can be slightly out of tune with each other, in a controllable fashion I was playing with the step sequencer today, using the "Key Step" mode. This advances through each step based on note-o...

Hi All!

I'm creating some introductory Solaris videos, with the first one showing the basic oscillator types. You can view all of them here:
http://www.johnbowen.com/videos.html

Let me know what you think!
cheers,
john b.

MPEG4 file...Firefox plays it for me on my Windows XP laptop.

john b.

I thought I'd also post Stephen's earlier piece from last year:
http://redmartian.com/solaris/SOLARIS-DEMO-ONE.mp3

A 3u rack with no hardware controls then.....
john b.