John Bowen Synth Design

Oh, v2.0 OS is out. Can't resist. Money is on its way (and since I don't use PayPal, thanks for the moneypool option). Appreciation to all involved.

Sent my contribution sorry I was not able to fully contribute during the beta phase but it's been a f### year :?

I'm like you "jgale" : I'm totally disturbed by the new Preset mode with the 2.0 OS which no longer displays the 4 Layers with each their own button ??? 😲 It was really nice to be able to select them "on the fly", right ? I think it's one of the Solaris part of his dna... 🤔 I used Ensoniq for years and I found the 2 Patch Select absolutely great to instantly switch to 4 sound variables ... without using Shift ! ;-)

Congrats for this exciting release and for the exceptional work involved.
Gladly sent the contribution.

I put a sample set of D-50 waves over in the Data Files section: https://forums.johnbowen.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17152&p=24035#p24035

I made a quick preset to play 4 of the loops as a 4-part Multi. All of the info is in the post.

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Just installed V2.0.
I'm still getting use to the flow of the menus but I'm sure that I will get it!

John
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Yes, after so many years, it’s difficult for some of us 'old dogs' to learn new tricks! I understand completely, and I’ve had the luxury of working with this system for about a year, so...it does get easier :-)

Just installed V2.0.

First Multi I created was with one of my CS-80 Poly AT string patches with a Taurus bass patch for my left hand - very cool!

I then explored the new FM oscillators. Made an electric piano patch that made my DX7 jealous...

Great job John and team!

I'm still getting use to the flow of the menus but I'm sure that I will get it!

John

Thank you very much for the continued support! I just sent the donation. Happy New Year! :)

Quantization noise is once again musical :)

Attention new v2.0 OS owners - I was thinking to make an additional video to describe the new Phase Mod oscillator type, but I think I covered most all of it fairly thoroughly in this video I posted earlier last year: https://youtu.be/MnKdk7K8JMQ

The only thing I didn’t mention was the Quantization parameter. This will quantize the waveshape selected, much like bit reduction. The effect is fairly subtle until you get into the very last portion of the range, say above 25 (range is 0-31).

I will be posting a few presets using the quantize function and some other examples of phase mod and phase distortion in a demo bank soon. This bank will also include templates for all the algorithms from the Yamaha DX9 and Reface DX.

Congrats on the huge and amazing 2.0 update - happy to send over a donation to Jim for his hard work.

Paypal sent, I let you the SN and words in the paypal message.
Thank's again.

Thank you so much for this - just uploaded and successfully installed. I'm very much looking forward to the new oscillator type!

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Hi John,

Merry Christmas to all.

Some of us don’t have paypal

Please provide a direct bank account or credit card payment ability

Regards
Billy
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Hi Billy,
I set up a money pool for Jim at this link: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8vvXAdmaD4

It says you can use credit cards (though I have not tried). Let me know how it goes.

JB

John, Jim, thank you for the V2.0 release - excellent work and an amazing commitment. Donation sent.