John Bowen Synth Design

Impressive works !

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The reviewer likes the sound!

There are good suggestions, but for me the most important feature is to be able to control banks and presets from my sequencer. So being able to send MSB/LSB via ctrl 0/32 and program change is on top of my wish list for new features. To be honest, I'm surprised it's not been implemented yet as this...

I'd like to have that feature too.

Ah, there's hope yet. Good to know, thanks.

Quite nifty. Updating the OS will be a breeze. OK then, where's v1.02 with multitimbrality and MIDI bank select?

As I had not been able to see one in real life before getting mine, it was with great anticipation that I opened the packaging because pictures of the design could not convey the actual quality of the components used. Regardless of the aspects of sonic output and strength of the engine, I must say t...

Good to know. I thought there were discussions with PsiCraft developing something. Is that on the back burner?

Ah, yes, I had missed the NRPN list.

What matters most to me is the ability to control banks and presets from my sequencer, so I hope bank select is high on the agenda of things to fix/add.

When the main screen is in list view, i.e. the screen is filled with preset names, selecting a preset via the data wheel or inc/dec buttons sometimes leaves the names of previously selected presets highlighted. So you can end up with three of four names that are highlighted at once.

OK, cheers.

It would be useful to know whether the data included on the CF card of units currently being shipped integrate things like OS v1.01, presets v1.01... or do we still need to update this ourselves? With the OS, it seems v.1.01 still appears as v1.0, and presets do not carry names so we can see straigh...

On the one hand, using the CF card to store presets means, potentially, the ability to quickly reorganise banks and presets. However, the naming scheme used for the presets is not flexible at all. How do I know that p0.pre from Bank0 is preset alpha whilst p0.pre is preset beta in Bank1? Since both ...

Just looked at the user manual, but cannot see any MIDI implementation table. Is one due?

In the meantime, what are the values of Ctrl 0 and Ctrl 32 required to select the banks?

It will be useful to have this sort of info so we can integrate the Solaris with our DAW of choice.

34 arrived this morning.