John Bowen Synth Design

Update on Pre-Order sales

July 26, 2010: A new update on pre-order pricing has been posted on the PURCHASE page. Please have a look here.

Music Messe 2010 Update

I was having fun showing off some of the new features of the Solaris that were completed just a day before Messe, and Nick Batt from Sonic State came by the first day of the show to catch up on Solaris developments. If you'd like to see the latest on the Solaris, please head to the following link:
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2010/03/25/messe10-john-bowens-solaris-on-video/

A few days later, Delamar.tv came by with their cameras, and did a fairly long session with me going over what had changed since last time they saw the Solaris. You can catch both parts of their video review here:
John Bowen Solaris Video by Delamar.tv - Musikmesse 2010

NAMM 2010 quick takes

A few photo links to start with: First is John & Brian Kehew, next is Larry Fast getting a run-through of Solaris and a photo of John, Larry Fast.

A few more added starting with Jordan Rudess getting a tour of Solaris, next is Jordan Rudess checking out the oscillator section plus Jason Miles came to hear Solaris and finally Herb Deutsch, Moog pioneer, stopped for a visit.

THE JOHN BOWEN CHRONICLES Begin

I've written some articles as a follow-up to my monthly column that appeared in German Keyboard magazine. I hope you find it a fun and fascinating look into the synthesizer design process, and perhaps inspire some of you to take your own adventure exploring and creating with the SCOPE design software. First we start with a bit of background information...