John Bowen Synth Design

Music Messe 2010 coming...

I have received our booth assignment, and I will be sharing a booth in Frankfurt. You can find me in Hall 5.1, booth C47. Please drop by and say hello if you are there!

Update on Pre-Order sales

February 21, 2010: A new update on pre-order pricing has been posted on the PURCHASE page. All planned units are now spoken for, but we are taking names for the next build. Please have a look here.

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.

Tutorial videos added

I've started in on my planned series of tutorial videos to introduce the Solaris user interface. There's an added tab for Videos (at left) to access these.

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...

Synthwire - "A Weekend Visitor..."

Monday, July 14, 2008: I have a neighbor who is very active in the synthesizer community. He goes on most forums by the name of 'Carbon111' and has previously had a chance to get hands on with one of my prototypes. I recently again decided to take the prototype over to his house to give him more hands on time, and he's put his impressions up on Synthwire.

Read his post about it here

Harmony Central - Musikmesse 2008 Video Coverage

Another Messe 2008 video, this one from Harmony Central. All their Messe 2008 videos are displayed the flash browser linked below, so you have to scroll the playlist up a bit around to find the Solaris (5th video down from the top of the playlist).
Harmony Central - Musikmesse 2008 Video Coverage

Solaris selected in Keyboard's "Best Of NAMM"

Solaris was featured in Keyboard Magazine's "Best Of NAMM" Selection in the April 2008 issue - check the News page for further details.

Hispasonic live from Messe '08 video

Hispasonic says: "Escuchamos el sintetizador Solaris de John Bowen"

Delamar live from Messe '08 video

Delamar video interview with me demo'ing the Solaris.