John Bowen Synth Design

Hi,

When I press on many notes of the Solaris, I've noticed that I can play only 4 notes simultaneously.
Could you give me please the parameter to set the nb max of notes ?
(I thought it was in the System menu but did not found it)

Thanks
Regards

If you are in Unison mode - you can set the number of voices played when pressing a key. It is the UniVoice parameter after you press the Home button.

If you are not in Unison mode, you should be able to play all 10 notes. If not - it could be a Midi loop problem. You can test this by disconnecting your midi cables.

John

Thanks a lot for your reply. I will test it.
Yes actually, I've tested sounds with Midi connexions plugged...
So I will tell you.

Regards

Hi,

Thanks again it was indeed a midi loop problem, disconnecting the MIDI jack has fixed the issue.

I've noticed that when I start the Solaris, if the midi jack is plugged, the Solaris Boots and then nothing happend... I have to disconnect the jack before to start the Solaris.
Is there a midi parameter I have to set to have the ability to keep the jack always plugged ?

Regards

The Solaris does not like a Midi loop when booting - it will cause it to hang at the Warldorf screen. If you can, try to eliminate the looping issue and you should be fine. I believe that John has this on the bug list.

Tip - if you find the Solaris does not boot even after removing the Midi loop - you may need to completely reset the unit by removing the power cord.

John

Hmmm, now this is not something I’ve listed....that the freeze at the Waldorf screen had something to do with MIDI cables being connected! Is this a consistent behavior in your experience, jgale?

For the record, yes, a freeze during boot up at the Waldorf screen is a common experience, and does no harm to the synth - it’s just a order of operations messaging that sometimes gets lost. In the beta OS testings I’ve been doing, this happens much less now. If it happens, just reboot! (You shouldn’t have to wait more than 2 seconds after you see the Waldorf screen for it to be in normal operation mode.)

cedric wrote:Hi,

Thanks again it was indeed a midi loop problem, disconnecting the MIDI jack has fixed the issue.

I've noticed that when I start the Solaris, if the midi jack is plugged, the Solaris Boots and then nothing happend... I have to disconnect the jack before to start the Solaris.
Is there a midi parameter I have to set to have the ability to keep the jack always plugged ?

Regards

Please try this - go to your MIDI settings, and Turn MIDICtrl Off, then save the system Global Init file (go to System page, turn upper right knob so that the Save parameter changes to Active, then press Enter).
After that, reboot the synth and see if you get this MIDI loop problem.

John Bowen wrote:Hmmm, now this is not something I’ve listed....that the freeze at the Waldorf screen had something to do with MIDI cables being connected! Is this a consistent behavior in your experience, jgale?

For the record, yes, a freeze during boot up at the Waldorf screen is a common experience, and does no harm to the synth - it’s just a order of operations messaging that sometimes gets lost. In the beta OS testings I’ve been doing, this happens much less now. If it happens, just reboot! (You shouldn’t have to wait more than 2 seconds after you see the Waldorf screen for it to be in normal operation mode.)

John - I haven't tested this extensively, but my Solaris seems to hang about a third of the times when the it receives Midi data during the boot process. To get around this, I just boot my Solaris first and then my other midi keyboards. This appears to correct the issue.

John