John Bowen Synth Design

Got mine last week - Amazing!!!

Thank you John, Holger, and the team at Sonic Core!

John Bowen wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 10:09 am Look for our big release of v2.0 OS, coming soon!

Wonderful! Thank you John.

David

Best support anywhere! Thank you John.

David

Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUW5LRfzgvE

I've had a lot of fun the last few months learning the Solaris and creating patches. I still feel like there is a lot to learn but in the meantime here are 128 patches I have created for the beast.

Rather than charge for the set I decided to offer ...

Well, given good Mr. Gate's track record with the bloatware that is windows, and his utter lack of vision for growth and expansion for the future he had and seemingly still has, I'm afraid I don't find it bizarre at all :)

Fortunately, I'm using a rack mount PC so I can leave the MIDI cables where ...

That's fascinating. I didn't know there was a limit of 10 MIDI USB devices.

I use this batch file:

SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
devmgmt.msc
pause
exit

which opens the device manager and enables viewing and editing/deleting of all devices whether or not they are connected. Very useful ...

Thanks. I"ll give it a look.

David

The USB is working for MIDI notes, but there are sometimes problems with a ‘MIDI feedback loop’ happening. I’ve not tested it on Windows, but I know the Sonic Core guys did.

Thanks John. I'm not too worried about USB right now since I personally like the midi in/out ports. I was more wondering ...

I decided to connect the USB port on my Solaris to my PC. It was a hit and miss proposition installing the drivers. Windows would sometimes install a "John Bowen Solaris" driver and a generic USB audio device, but then, Windows tried to install an "Unknown Device" which failed. I just unplugged it ...

Got mine ten minutes ago. Serial number 33. Merry Christmas and THANK YOU JOHN BOWEN and Sonic Core!!!!!!!!

David

While I do love the feel of a nice 88 key weighted keyboard, my preference for a synthesizer is semi weighted. So, to answer your question, I would not want to nor would I pay an extra 700 to 1000 pounds (whatever that is now in US Dollars) for that option.

Trade ya serial numbers...

Hey! I'm 0056. Right after you. I wonder how hard it will be to setup a sleigh bell patch...