CS-80 Voice Architecture with the Solaris
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:11 pm
The Solaris is a very powerful synthesizer. It is much more powerful than all the old analog polysynths. This is wonderful. It is also confusing if you are not a competent synth programmer. What is a good way to learn a new skill? Copy something successful! One of the benefits of setting up a Solaris "Jupiter 8" patch is that you will automatically be put into a world where almost everything you program will be usable - just like the original. But, you can then venture out from there to try different oscillators, filters, etc. Soon you will be well beyond anything that could be programmed on one of the finest polysynths made.
In this post on my website, I detail how I used the Solaris to model a CS-80 - the most desirable analog vintage poly. So far I've done this exercise with the Jupiter 8 and the CS-80. I have a Dave Smith OB6, so I tend to go there for the Oberheim sounds more than setting them up in the Solaris, but you can do that too if you want! If you need a place to start exploring, or you want to vicariously explore CS-80 ownership without the maintenance bill, power up the Solaris and set up the patch from my blog post.
In this post on my website, I detail how I used the Solaris to model a CS-80 - the most desirable analog vintage poly. So far I've done this exercise with the Jupiter 8 and the CS-80. I have a Dave Smith OB6, so I tend to go there for the Oberheim sounds more than setting them up in the Solaris, but you can do that too if you want! If you need a place to start exploring, or you want to vicariously explore CS-80 ownership without the maintenance bill, power up the Solaris and set up the patch from my blog post.