John Bowen Synth Design

Ah, the April foolery even made it to this forum. I do remember the Sage . . . probably the best synth hoax of all time. Certainly the best synth hoax yet! I have a great deal of respect for "Elhardt". Especially as a sound designer, but also as an enigmatic prankster. It's such a pity he...

i think the solaris ' character ' is quite evident even via what demos we have . . . .seems very able to do prophet / ppg / waldorf like stuff ( in a kind of cleaner way ) aswell as all the usual other bits and pieces. I hate to say it but it sounds really waldorf blofeld like ! not a bad thing . ....

Subject title says it all. Sorry for the gripe - I've just read too many requests for typical "workstation" features (which I think would be totally superfluous in such an instrument!)

From my use of the interface now for several months, and from the extra feedback with Zimmer's group, I've decided to reduce the number of parameters per display page, using soft labels for each parameter on the top line, and have the knobs primarily work with the bottom line. While selecting param...

John Bowen wrote:Do you mean, considering them for preset making? I'd love that, but seeing their schedules here, I highly doubt they would have time for such things!
-john b.

Er... hi John! (back home today, jetlagged)