John Bowen Synth Design

Octupole wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:49 pm What about the current (faithful) Solaris owners: is there an updated ETA for OS 2.0 - and what exactly are the conditions to obtain it? Thanks in advance for an update.

I'll be making an announcement once v2.0 is ready. We are still making some last-minute changes....but it will be very soon now.

This is an update to the 1.4.4 release. This will be the last release of the 1.4.4.x versions. Here are the changes: Fixed a bug in which incoming MIDI pitch change messages were echoed back out. Fixed a problem in which inserting the CF-card caused a preset to get loaded which would overwrite the e...

Tonefloat16 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:37 pm So, if you purchase a new Solaris (Q1 2021) does it come with the new 2.0 OS?

Yes, absolutely!

Yes, if you made a donation already, you will receive v2.0.

The Solaris sends a standard MIDI Channel aftertouch. I think you are asking about polyphonic AT, since the Hydrasynth has such a keyboard?
The Solaris can respond to Poly AT, but does not have Poly AT built in to send it.

christeck wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:15 am @John About the 8 stage envelope, sorry that I missed that. Due to home office, I have currently no direct access to my Solaris.

No problem...and just to mention, it is a 2 dimensional envelope, so each of the eight points have X and Y values. (This is obviously for Prophet VS-type control.)

JB

christeck wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:37 am Can anyone point me to the link where donations for Jim can be done?

Jim asked that we hold off until v2.0 is released. My plan now is that I will be asking for a minimum donation for v2.0 OS, with anything additional as you wish.

ctrlr.org was discussed earlier. I attempted to edit a panel for the Prophet Rev2 (both sysEx as well as NRPN) this very week. I think a panel for the Solaris was possible, but requires some programming knowledge (lua) and is a lot of work. To slice it down, one could first create kind of patch vie...

8 ) Add looping to the envelopes. => Alternatively, add an additional 8 step envelope, including looping, as the Microwave I provides. Described on page 4-15 of the programming manual: https://waldorfmusic.com/phocadownload/Microwave%20Downloads/Documentation/Programming_Manual_Eng.pdf I remember I...

bennethos wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 12:25 pm yeah and the roland TR8-S too, 2.0 lol. John, any update on the release date ?

I was hoping for this week, but there’s still a couple of bugs that need to get sorted out. I’d guess another 3-4 weeks?

Ok, I’ll see what can be done.

Steve,

minorguy has some comments about these. I’ll ask him to respond here.

Hi Norman,

I assume you are asking about the S/H waveform that is used in the MM1 oscillator and not the LFO waveshape?

So, there’s a button for each LFO labeled Retrigger. When this is switched On, a note-on event will reset that LFO to the current phase position that is selected. It does not reset for note-offs. On the Solaris, the normal situation (with Retrigger off) is just as the video you linked is showing, an...

I'm always very careful about any time someone says “Can X sound exactly like Y?”. One thing I’ve learned over all these years is that everyone’s hearing will greatly affect how they perceive sound quality, so this is quite a subjective thing. When the DX7 came out, I sat in Dave Smith’s office, and...