John Bowen Synth Design

OK with prepaying.

My main concern is with overall DSP horsepower and managing it. Aware that my board is limited to whatever DSP is already on board-- not sure how much more DSP magic can be done w/o diminishing overall synth capabilities in one way or another.

It is clear folks may want to use ...

Hi John,

Re: my own use, I find the keyboard/joystick/ribbon combo *essential* to fully take advantage of the Solaris capabilities. So to me a rack product only makes sense as a) a portable "gigging" Soiaris, so I don't have to lug the full board to a gig and need the engine just to play sounds, or ...

Thank you Jim, thank you John, thank you John! An amazing Holiday gift. Merry Christmas to both of you! Cheers -- Bill

Thank you!

Thank you guys, fantastic!

While I don't have a Prophet 12 I do have a PEK and find the Solaris more capable of producing "sophisticated" timbres than all the DSI models I've demo'ed. There is a certain "rawness" inherent in the DSI synth sound that can only be polished with post-effects - not so with the Solaris. For a long ...

jazzbo58 wrote:Those ends look great!

They're even better in person - sometimes the light doesn't help capture all the nuances of wood.

....8<....I was getting them done by synthwood.com, but he has been fully occupied with other things, and I think is no longer doing any woodwork, so it's really nice to have another option now for Solaris owners!

What I can do is publish the old photos I made if I can find them, showing a few ...

These wood ends in rustic walnut where circa $40 not including shipping. They are also an inch thick, 30% thicker than the stock ends as I wanted to convey weight and substance while still using the standard fasteners. Dennis can make them using any kind of wood available, albeit at a price point ...

Hi Folks,

Just replaced my Solaris' wood ends with custom rustic walnut ends made by Dennis Chenoweth ( http://www.custommade.com/by/customboxes). Thought I would pass it along in case any of you feel like customizing your Solaris. Dennis is a great guy to work with and can do about most anything ...

Waldorf Wave, Symbolic Sound Pacarana, Synton Syrinx.

I received mine about a week ago as well. ...8<... I also had my boot screen lock-up on the Waldorf page but don't know if this is a consistent pattern. Dan

I have experienced the same thing a few times. Usually rebooting two times in row gets you into a normal state. Last 5-6 times of turning ...

I just got my Solaris today. Couldn't be happier.