John Bowen Synth Design

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The Frankfurt Musik Messe 2009 is over!

Now that Musik Messe 2009 is over, I'm looking forward to getting the final v1.0 of Solaris completed. We had quite a few visitors from Germany, Russia, Poland, France, Switzerland, Italy, and even Brazil (!), although overall, attendance seemed down at this year's show. Many other respected companies (Digidesign, Native Instruments, Access, DSI, G-Force) were not in attendance, and most felt that the current economic climate was the main reason behind the lowered attendance from both manufacturers and their customers.

 

The NAMM Show 2009 is history...

We had a great time at NAMM this year! Many friends came by (you can see some photos posted in the NAMM Show 2009 forum thread, or check some of the highlights here: Sonic State's WNAMM09 video, a video demonstrating Solaris features on 440tv, matrixsynth.com excellent photo coverage, and gearwire's youtube video

I've also updated images of the Solaris to reflect the current layout and look - to see them please go to the Solaris page, and cllick on the picture of the Solaris there. It will take you to a page featuring a number of photos of both the light and dark colored 'Limited Edition' series.
 

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...

Read the beginning of The John Bowen Chronicles.