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- Sun May 26, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: Other synth plug-ins from John Bowen/Zarg Music
- Topic: Were any of the John Bowen/Zarg Scope Synths used in Eiffel 65's third Italian Album?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4769
Re: Were any of the John Bowen/Zarg Scope Synths used in Eiffel 65's third Italian Album?
I don’t have any way of knowing all of the people who purchased my plugins, because in the later years Sonic Core handled all sales for them. Also, just the presets alone won’t be enough to know, as I’m sure artists such as Eiffel 65 would be making their own sounds to fit the music they were creat ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Owners General Discussion
- Topic: New Rev 2 Solaris Hardware!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8346
New Rev 2 Solaris Hardware!
For those who don’t know, we are working on the first ever hardware revision of the Solaris, since it was released in 2011! The new board will use the latest compatible SHARC DSP chips, and will also add the ability to use the new Fatar Polyphonic Aftertouch keyboard. Previous Solaris owners will be ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: User Feature Requests
- Topic: Limited, Double Poly Mode
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5829
Re: Limited, Double Poly Mode
Dynamic allocation would be great, but it seems that it was not practical for this project. I'm not sure why.
We are fixed to the architecture as we have it now, but the new Rev 2 board should give us a few more voices.
We are fixed to the architecture as we have it now, but the new Rev 2 board should give us a few more voices.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: User Feature Requests
- Topic: MM1 / Jaws Requests
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2645
Re: MM1 / Jaws Requests
Thanks for the ideas. I’ll have to see what changes could be implemented. I will need more detail on a couple of these...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:39 am
- Forum: User Feature Requests
- Topic: Custom Wavetable
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3359
Re: Custom Wavetable
What format(s) should we use for the user wave tables ?
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: User Guides
- Topic: How To Load Samples Addendum
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7749
How To Load Samples Addendum
There has been some confusion due to the changes made in the Solaris OS some years ago, but never clearly documented, so I have put this Addendum together. Let me know if you have any additional questions regarding the Sample Pool load process. John B. Loading Samples in Solaris.pdf.zip Here’s a v ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: User Feature Requests
- Topic: Custom Wavetable
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3359
Re: Custom Wavetable
This is on the list for this year.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Sample files
- Topic: Factory Sample Folder
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8777
Factory Sample Folder
Here’s an updated Sample Folder for the Solaris. You can copy this folder over to your CF card, replacing the older Samples folder. However, if you have samples in the current folder and would like to keep them, I would suggest changing the name of the old Samples folder to something else, such as ' ...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:35 am
- Forum: User Feature Requests
- Topic: Smooth Preset Change
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26428
Re: Smooth Preset Change
Yes, it would be nice. We will have to see what can be done with the Rev 2 hardware.
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:25 pm
- Forum: Other data files
- Topic: SysEx Update for version 2.1 OS
- Replies: 0
- Views: 73406
SysEx Update for version 2.1 OS
This is MIDI SysEx for the latest v2.x of the Solaris OS. If you have the latest version (v2.1.0.1), then this is for you! It is officially SysEx v1.3.0, which may seem confusing, but it includes the most recent sequencer and arpeggiator changes in the v2.1 OS software.
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:04 pm
- Forum: Owners General Discussion
- Topic: More about the new Sequencer functions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 48019
Re: More about the new Sequencer functions
Been playing with the new sequencer function and am having a ball! It would be great if we could chain sequences that are different in some kind of way, or chain different presets that have different sequences ? Think equinoxe 7 of jean michel jarre What would be great, too, is if we could choose ...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 4:57 pm
- Forum: Owners General Discussion
- Topic: New Website!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 78883
New Website!
If you haven’t looked at johnbowen.com lately, you will see we have a new look! You can link directly there by clicking on the John Bowen Synth Design logo here in the upper left.
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:46 pm
- Forum: Solaris Discussion
- Topic: New Website link!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 82114
New Website link!
If you are here in the Forum and want to link directly to my new Website, just click on the John Bowen Synth Design logo in the upper left of the screen!
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:08 am
- Forum: Owners General Discussion
- Topic: New DSP Boards: Also new AD/DA converters ?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 28316
Re: New DSP Boards: Also new AD/DA converters ?
Looking at the list, this is the converter part I see for the new board: PCM3168APAPR
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:59 am
- Forum: Solaris Discussion
- Topic: Control Display Question: Contrast / Dimming
- Replies: 1
- Views: 28553
Re: Control Display Question: Contrast / Dimming
No, the only display that you can adjust contrast would be the central LCD unit, and you have to open up the synth to access it. For the 2x40 text displays, I recommend the OLED versions, as they are directly replaceable, and give a better contrast. I use the following part from Sunlike Display ...