John Bowen Synth Design

until John puts out a v2.x addendum for this, the menu sequence to get to the calibration pages with v2.x firmware (only) is now:
a) press and hold simultaneously 1, 3 and 8 for Selftest menu;
b) press 7 for More page;
c) press 1 for Analog Ctrls page;
d) press 4, 5 or 6, respectively for Wheels ...

OK, last post on this topic of samples (for tonight at least),

it seems there are SamplePool text files being shared around that have loop points that look a lot more "wrong" to my eyes than having 0 as the loopend.

if your Solaris is locking up during the loading of sample files or playing ...

Yes, the error is because the loop start and the loop end points look swapped. The loop start should always be at zero (or near the front of the sample at least), and the loop end point somewhere down the line (at the end I would guess in your case - which is the length of the sample -1). I thought ...

I picked one of the first waves in the set.... Originally called BinAdd Arth 00000001.wav I converted it using Audacity. SamplePooler made me a .txt of the same name. This gave me an error, which I assumed was due to the filename. I changed it to BinAdd.raw on the CF card and also edited the TXT ...

i've been using Ultimate Support products since i bought their A-frame stand in 1985 to hold a Yamaha DX-7 and Korg Polysix. i can easily say that Ultimate Support have always been my go-to brand for stands. i use thousands of dollars worth of their products every day.

i had been looking around for ...

You can use the open source sound editor Audacity .
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=en

Load a soundfile, if it's a stereo-file, convert it to mono (Track's menu),
then export it as raw format with...

I'll preface this response by stating upfront that I don't have a clue in the world ...

Toby Emerson wrote:these definitely look helpful - I would also like to know if you have any plans for a windows version.

Thanks!

none. don't do windows no more!

thanks for the kind words of encouragement - very much appreciated.

there is more on the way.

we are fortunate to have such an extremely deep synthesis platform in the Solaris - so much to delve into for hours and hours...

let's share among ourselves so we can go deeper into our sonic ...

is your Solaris hungering for some new samples to play? do you have your own custom sample files that you would like to incorporate into your Solaris sounds?

to paraphrase a television commercial i've seen just once or twice, now there is an app for that...

the Solaris Sample Pooler is an easy to ...

jfinstad wrote:I get a 404 error when I click 'I Agree' on the software license page for both utilities.

Jamie

apologies - my bad. this is fixed now. please try again (both utilities).

hey gang, now that there is a new crop of Solaris owners (and devotees), i just wanted to remind all the club members that there are two Mac OS X utility applications available for download to assist with preset management.

one application allows you to use your (non-PowerPC) Mac to quickly edit ...

there's good news and bad news.

the bad news is that there is only one season left for this critically acclaimed show.

the good news is that Dave Porter the composer for the series is using a Solaris for the music on this final season...

wouter wrote:That's great news for the Mac guys I hope a Windows version will follow at some point.

no plans to do versions for other platforms. just more utility applications to support Solaris in the pipeline - new one added yesterday.

if you like to assemble together your own banks of Solaris presets but are less than meticulous with your record keeping to track which presets are in which bank, now there is an app for that...

the Solaris Bank Lister app lets you navigate to a folder of Solaris preset files and then with nothing ...

i just got the September issue of Keyboard magazine (Hall of Fame cover) in the mail. it said their Web site has a video tour of Derek Sherinian's keyboard rig that he used for the recording of a new Black Country Communion album. that's the band with Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Glen Hughes ...