Backlit pitchband and modulation wheels for John Bowen Solaris

Published on Aug 16, 2014 DeftAudio

"RGB backlit for wheels.
Prototyped by Deftaudio in July'2014."

Grand Prairie Synth Meet 2013

Published on Nov 11, 2013 gstormelectro·50 videos

"Some sights and sounds from the Grand Prairie synth meet this past October. I left my audio recorder at home so I added some MS-20 mini overdub in some parts. Sorry for the shoddy camera work. Synth spotting John Bowen Solaris, triggering a TR-909 with drum pads and effected by a Black Death module, Tempest, ARP 2600, Oberheim OB-8, Kawai K5000S, VP-330."

John Bowen Solaris Demo 3

Published on Nov 10, 2013 insanic4·16 videos

"High quality version on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/insanic4/john-...

Another demo of the Solaris synthesizer by John Bowen. Everything is played live using the keyboard, joystick, ribbon controller, modulation wheel and assign buttons. Lots of real-time performance controls on this synth :)"



All parts here.

Fourth Annual Dallas Synth Meet - Part One (Solaris, K5000, Prophet 600)

Published on Oct 28, 2013 zibbybone·132 videos

"Here is some footage I shot with my Zoom Q3HD camera. I would just sit the camera by someone playing a synth with the audio jacked right into the camera's input. Lots of John Bowen Solaris featured here along with some Kawai K5000, SCI Prophet 600 and DSI Tempest.

I have a little bit more footage I shot with my Canon T3i with Zoom H4N capturing the audio - so it will take me a little longer to sync up that audio (mostly the electronic drum set and me playing on the VP-330)."

Black Octopus Sound - Event Horizon (128 Presets for the John Bowen Solaris)

Black Octopus Sound - Event Horizon (128 Presets for the John Bowen Solaris) by Toby Emerson

Published on Oct 15, 2013

This one in via Soviet Space Child.

Download Here: http://blackoctopus-sound.com/product...

"Black Octopus Sound presets Event Horizon - 128 high quality presets for John Bowen Solaris created by Toby Emerson. This soundset offers everything from huge epic pads, long evolving textures, vintage analog style sounds, deep thundering basses, and many other classic leads and keyboard style sounds.

The John Bowen Solaris is simply one of the most fantastic instruments I have ever worked with. Everything about it screams class. From amazing sounding filters to countless oscillator types, I feel after several months of using it I still have not even scratched the surface. The architecture and programming behind it allows for huge sounds which can range from very organic and analog sounding to crisp and precise digital style sounds. The sound quality of this synthesizer is absolutely exceptional and I would highly recommend this synthesizer to any sound designer or professional musician that can budget for it.

All patches are mapped with the joystick controlling the filters. They are best auditioned by leaving the joystick in the middle position and then adjusting it to taste.

I have spent several months creating these patches for the Solaris users and offer them as a free download. However if you feel like they are of value to you I would love a donation or please pick up one of our sample packs as a way to say thanks and to support the creation of future sounds.

A little bit of compression and additional reverb by Valhalla Room has been added."

Tech : Solaris Synthesizer Repair

Published on Jun 15, 2013 adiblasi·438 videos

Clip from the inside of a Hartmann Neuron at 11:47 (previously posted here back in 2008).

"http://www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST: I was very fortunate to procure a limited edition Solaris Synthesizer, designed by John Bowen. Shipping from Germany, it was unfortunate that it suffered a bump that dislodged a daughterboard, rendering half of the keyboard useless. This was soon resolved by "The Mighty Mighty AdamB", where, reprising his role as the "Synth Doctor" the Solaris was opened and the daughterboard was secured.

Was this relatively simple procedure of plugging in a loosened connector enough to make a watchable and entertaining video with a run time of 20 Minutes? I guess we will find out, based on your "likes" and comments.

Subscribe to AdamB:
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For information on The Solaris, view the link below:
http://www.johnbowen.com/solaris-over...

Follow me on Twitter:
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A subsequent video will follow, featuring the incredible sounds of this wonderful instrument will indeed follow. Enjoy the video!

Warm regards,

Alfred
http://www.alfred.tv

PS: The software used for "Fwing" and for the chorus of JoeyD's "Not Justin" (bonus clip after end credits) is entitled "Melodyne" by Celemony Software: http://www.celemony.com/cms/"

John Bowen Solaris - Modulating the Decimator with Envelope Generator

Published on Aug 6, 2013 zibbybone·124 videos

"So I went to GC today to 'test drive' the King Korg to get my free T-Shirt. I was having lots of fun controlling its decimator in real time. I asked the sales person if you could control it from an EG and the reply was 'I don't think so'.

Ah, but you can with the Solaris. Here's a simple patch using the 'Jaws' waveform (supersaw) while I tweak EG2 to modulate the decimator. Not anything super musical, but just a quick demonstration of just a taste of the Solaris' modulation capabilities."

130806 Music Idea

Published on Aug 6, 2013 zibbybone·126 videos

"Sorry about the distortion. I've got the John Bowen Solaris playing a slow arpeggio which has a bit crusher being modulated by a slow LFO while I improv on the Roland JD-800."

John Bowen Solaris - A Quick Sample of Factory Presets

Published on Jul 15, 2013 zibbybone·122 videos

"I received my Solaris synthesizer last week and put together this small sampling of some of the factory presets which barely scratch the surface of what this amazing synth is capable of. My apologies for the clipping in the first selection - audio was recorded from the headphone output into the stereo mic jack of my Canon T3i and you've got to have all the setting set real low. Hope you all enjoy and I'll follow up later with more Solaris vids showing all the different oscillator and filter types. So that means 'SUBSCRIBE!'"

John Bowen Solaris Demo 2

Published on Jun 29, 2013 insanic4·15 videos

"For better audio quality go to SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/insanic4/solari...

Here is the second demo of the Solaris synth by John Bowen (www.johnbowen.com). Everything is played live using the keyboard, mod wheel, pitchbend and joystick."

John Bowen Solaris Demos by insanic4

John Bowen Solaris Demo 1 Published on Jun 9, 2013

"Here is a demo of the Solaris synth by John Bowen (www.johnbowen.com). I have this fantastic synt for a week now and worked with it for 6 evenings. I started building my own sounds right away and in this demo you can hear a sound that uses vector and wavetable synthesis. Everything is played live using the keyboard, the joystick, the 4 part switch buttons and the pitch and modulation wheel. This synth is the king of evolving sounds!

For better audio quality go to SoundCloud:
http://soundcloud.com/insanic4/solari..."



John Bowen Solaris Demo 2
Published on Jun 29, 2013 insanic4·15 videos

"For better audio quality go to SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/insanic4/solari...

Here is the second demo of the Solaris synth by John Bowen (www.johnbowen.com). Everything is played live using the keyboard, mod wheel, pitchbend and joystick."



John Bowen Solaris Demo 3
Published on Nov 10, 2013 insanic4·16 videos

"High quality version on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/insanic4/john-...

Another demo of the Solaris synthesizer by John Bowen. Everything is played live using the keyboard, joystick, ribbon controller, modulation wheel and assign buttons. Lots of real-time performance controls on this synth :)"

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: John Bowen Demos the Rotors on the Solaris

Published on Mar 18, 2013 matrixsynth·274 videos

One of my favorite features of the John Bowen Solaris. You won't find this in other synths. The simplest way to think of a rotor is a cycle through four oscillators. You can set whatever oscillators you want in the four rotor slots in any order you like, including up to four external audio inputs. If you want you can set all rotors to just OSC 1. Why would you do that? Because you can set modulations on OSC 1 and then use the rotor to skip through the changes. You can then cycle the rotor into the audio frequency range to create new timbres not possible on other synths. You can also adjust the crossfade level for the rotor for either smooth sounding or more edgy transitions. Everything is open to modulation as well. This is a new and pretty incredible method of timbral synthesis for source oscillators when you think about it. Be sure to see the John Bowen Synth Design website for more.

A side note: this marks the last post of my own content on the MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013. More is coming in from others though, so stay tuned.

John Bowen SOLARIS Demos by Christopher Simmons

John Bowen SOLARIS Demo by Christopher Simmons - PART ONE

YouTube Published on Jul 14, 2012 by NeotropeMusic

http://johnbowen.com/
"John Bowen SOLARIS Demo by Christopher Simmons - PART ONE. An audio walk through of some of the bank one patches in the SOLARIS limited edition keyboard synthesizer. Content, performance and audio contained in this video is Copr. © 2012 by Christopher Laird Simmons and Neotrope® Entertainment; all commercial and derivative rights reserved. HD, stereo, 20min. Note; audio is recorded from Event 20/20 speakers in studio. Turn up speakers to hear sound fully. View the text for this video review, here: http://musicindustrynewswire.com/2012/07/14/min5681_175032.php .

*correction to audio on video one: John B informed me that, "Presets are automatically selected when you use the Inc/Dec buttons - you don't need to press Enter for those! Only if you use the dial or keypad to select do you need to press Enter." (doh)

This video shows some of the sounds from bank one (aka 'Bank Zero"). The second follow up video will have direct audio from the Solaris outputs, and have examples of banks 2, 3 and 4 (aka banks 1,2,3). There is a bank "5" (aka bank 4) but I won't have time to demo that, unfortunately.

VIDEO TWO with direct audio:"

John Bowen SOLARIS Demo 2B (HUM REDUCED) - HQ Audio - by Christopher Simmons

YouTube Published on Jul 17, 2012 by NeotropeMusic

"UPDATED VERSION: John Bowen SOLARIS Demo 2 (*HUM REDUCED) - HQ* Audio - by Christopher Simmons

John Bowen SOLARIS Demo - PART 2 - with HQ* direct audio (*NEW VERSION WITH HUM/NOISE REDUCTION*), by Christopher Simmons. An audio walk through of some of the bank 2,3,4 patches in the SOLARIS limited edition keyboard synthesizer. Content, performance and audio contained in this video is Copr. © 2012 by Christopher Laird Simmons and Neotrope® Entertainment; all commercial and derivative rights reserved. HD, stereo, 20min.

NOTE: since I had very limited time, I just played a bunch of keys and didn't spend a lot of time modifying patches with the knobs as I did a bit of in the first video, and went through the patches very quickly; so don't expect any free 'riffs' you can snatch, or any brilliant keyboard chops (I do play very well). This is all I had time to do, and hopefully somebody finds it of value. Considering less than 100 people on the planet have a SOLARIS, this is going to be a unique video until other owners upload something similar. AGAIN: I'm not auditioning for best performance here, just hitting some keys to make noise to demo the patches since there are very few demos online of entire banks, and almost no videos like this. It is what it is, folks. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: YES! I know these SOLARIS demo videos are not perfect. I had only a couple of hours to shoot "something" or "nothing" and went for something. I would find these useful in shopping for a Solaris keyboard; but your mileage may vary. I sold mine to help finance new house, so I shot these AFTER I had sold it before boxing it up, as a "what the heck" kind of thing. Not planned, not perfect, but they don't entirely suck. :-)"

MMTA SYNTHFEST 2012 Walkthrough Video by MATRIXSYNTH

YouTube Published on Jun 3, 2012 by matrixsynth

http://www.mostlymodular.com/

More will follow tomorrow. Be sure to see the MMTA SYNTHFEST label below for all coverage of the event.


On display (if I missed anyone let me know! This is from the sign-up list):
Update: Larry Kleinke aka Computer Controlled and Mr.AcidMachine as well as the table map. Note the center tables were spaced apart at the event.

A - NARAS
B - John Bowen & the Solaris - Carbon111 (Facebook)
C - Chris Lehfeldt
D - Synthwerks
E - Scott Rise / Division 6
F - George Mattson / Mattson Mini Modular & the Mattson EML
G - John L Rice YouTube | Vimeo | Facebook | SoundCloud | Grooveshark
H -Steve Turnidge's Desktop Mastering
I - Moog Music
J - Lunchbox Audio
K - Madrona Labs
L - Lorne Hammond & George Welsh
N - Guitar Center
Q - Vidgod aka Gary Bauder and the Cosmic Tumblers
O - Mr.AcidMachine
P - Hans Lindauer / Jabrudian Industries LLC / The Missing Link
S - Jordan Passmore
T - Larry Kleinke aka Computer Controlled

The Harvestman - on foot.