John Bowen Synth Design

This I posted over in the NAMM thread: "To be honest, there were only 2 video cameras that came by, I think - one of them was a Swedish dealer, and the other was John Cooper of Planet Z. Here's the link for the Swedish-made video (it's pretty short): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOUFMEgkAk8 Y...

Here's the Swedish video posted again on the Music Player forum, with onging comments: http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2156164/New_Solaris_video_from_NAMM#Post2156164 And here's another discussion thread from Harmony Central: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=2...

To be honest, there were only 2 video cameras that came by, I think - one of them was a Swedish dealer, and the other was John Cooper of Planet Z. Here's the link for the Swedish-made video (it's pretty short): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOUFMEgkAk8 No news yet as to when John C. will be ready t...

No, you don't use USB for that, just drag them onto a CF card on your computer, then load the CF card into the Solaris. It acts as the "Flash RAM" in this case.

-john b.

Just to clarify - the Solaris does not actually sample a sound; it can only load sample files for playback and 'mangling'

-john b.

if I understand correctly the process that you have described is ... filters in parallel? So a certain mix of oscillators in sent to say Filter 1 and the same mix of oscillators is sent to Filter 2? And we have 4 of these signal paths, right? Is it possible to apply a different ADSR for one of thes...

... In other words, it would be great to be able to have a two oscillator, 16-step bass sequence running while I play chords on the keyboard over top.....Is this a possibility? OK, I did a bit more quick testing, and I have to say that no, it is not possible. The sequencer is playing all of the syn...

Regarding the multitimbral issue, What I would like to see is a non-gated sequencer (press a button to start, pause, reset) that could be used to control the pitch of oscillators that I'm not using in whatever sound I'm playing from the keyboard. In other words, it would be great to be able to have...

ix, The Solaris sequencer is a step sequencer that outputs 4 rows of control values. The Overall rhythmic timing is established by Sequence A; the other 3 rows can have different lengths, but they will still use the rhythmic pattern set by Seq A. I'm not sure how you are defining polyphonic in this ...

Yannis, Here's the thing about "mono-timbrality" - the Solaris has the ability to have four distinct signal paths per preset (signal path being 0sc->Filter->VCA). You can also use all 4 oscs into each filter, with different filter settings, and get some layers that way....or any combinatio...

Yannis, I know you've been very anxious to know what's been happening, so, in short, here's the deal - the project was stalled for a while, now it is back on. The OS is getting frequent updates, but we are still probably a month away from finishing the first release. We did some recording of bits of...

Here's a few more NAMM visitor pictures:

1) Jordan Rudess getting a tour of Solaris
2) Jordan Rudess checking out the oscillator section
3) Jason Miles came to hear Solaris
4) Herb Deutsch, Moog pioneer, stopped for a visit

Hi All! We had a great show at NAMM this year! I will be posting pictures as they come in, but suffice it to say we were in a much better location this time, and had a fair number of 'high profile' visitors come check out the Solaris. Everyone had very positive responses, and I invite anyone who dro...

ThreeFingersOfLove wrote:So when will Solaris actually be released?

After I fill all pre-orders, Solaris will be released to general retail outlets.
-jb

[edit]Personally, I am not a fan of encoders at all. The ones on the Prophet 08 are CRAP. Makes me wonder how dared Dave Smith released such an instrument with such crappy encoders. :shock: Well, that's one of the ways to cut cost, and I think most will agree the market is much bigger for a keyboar...