John Bowen Synth Design

Oh my word JB, that's gorgeous man, I love the organic sound of it all. Can't wait, now i have a reason to put off buying an Open Labs Neko.

Will there be any consideration for algorithms which emulate warm tube amps to give a more gritty sound post filter/pre filter of course ? I know how computer audio boards can be, I use PT and still get some (0.009%) noise. again great sound.

Gorgeous, it sounds superbly clean......and to think that wav file isn't nearly as pristine as the real thing. wonderful job JB

cheers.
Ps: love the oscillator panning in demo 2 and 3

Love the joystick idea, thanks for clearing up the rotor bit. Just awaiting the new pics now !

I think we shouldn't get distracted here, it's easy to see a new powerful synth and go "hmmm, I wonder what can be done with 16,32 even 64 megs of RAM?" but let us remember the scope other powerful DSP products, no samples (long ones that is). 16 Megs for wavetables is more than enough. Th...

REad the review, it was pretty short, but informative. Looking forward to seeing the videos, will they be on youtube ?

cheers John B.

Here Here ! !

It makes sense Mitch, I rather have that great 96khz sample accurate sound anyday. A deccent reverb would be good. It is assumed that anhyone who can shell out the clams for this beauty is probably using PT, Nuendo, or Cubase or some other DAW. A good 32-bit reverb would be nice though, as well as s...

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Hi guys,question to John, will you be using standard threaded knobs, or a more grip(rubberized-engromic) friendly type of knob ? also i noticed on your Messe 07' models that the 5 screens were somewhat brighter than the main screen, or is it your contrast setting ? Also, will you be using lifetime L...

Expansion board sounds great. More power to an already powerful synth. I live in Barbados and hence it would be great to have the user installable board. Shipping cost can be prohibitive. I relish the idea of a tactile instrument also. Forget the PC/Mac editor. Turn the knobs, watch(or listen to) yo...

Sounds like a well worth the wait delay. Get it together, sounds like it's going to be a "Happy New Year" for me after all, with my new Solaris synth.

Hi John, Answers to your questions: 1. Saturation post filter would be good, or if possible after the amplifier, unless it's possible to bypass the standard amplifier and use the Saturation, hence "saturation" can be a function of the amplifier within the signal path itself. In the case of...

Thanks John, You answered my question, i looked at the panel, i guess the way it's displayed was my real concern. About the modeling saturation, it would be cool if the algorithms for saturation could be added, so your Solaris can have a variety of DSP saturation effects on the outputs,instead of a ...

A Jan release seems more likely, I kinda figured you'll want to get it right from the get-go (unlike our friends @ Alesis). Anyhow, John are they any plans (not sure i read it) for analog filters on the output (VCF's) ? or a sturatiom type modelling to heat up the outputs ?, I know it maybe a strect...