Drawing on years of experience, John Bowen has crafted a new masterpiece:
- Solaris is as flexible as a modular system, but easier to use - with five 2 x 40 character display sections, one 240 x 64 graphic display, and 40 knobs, the Solaris is capable of great depth in sound manipulation, but designed to be as easy to use as the vintage synths of the past for which John Bowen is known.
- Sound quality is paramount - newly created synthesis algorithms provide unparalleled quality; signal processing handled by SHARC floating-point processors. Internal processing is done at 96 kHz; audio rate modulation provided with sample-accurate precision.
- The Solaris is a purchase which will last for years, through new algorithm "expansion packs" and OS updates.
Solaris is a synthesizer that truly lives up to the idea of no compromises... read more
News: Harmony Central - Musikmesse 2008 Video Coverage
Another Messe 2008 video, this one from Harmony Central. All their Messe 2008 videos are displayed the flash browser linked below, so you have to scroll the playlist up a bit around to find the Solaris (5th video down from the top of the playlist).
Harmony Central - Musikmesse 2008 Video Coverage
News: Solaris selected in Keyboard's "Best Of NAMM"
Solaris was featured in Keyboard Magazine's "Best Of NAMM" Selection in the April 2008 issue - check the News page for further details.
News: Hispasonic live from Messe '08 video
Hispasonic says: "Escuchamos el sintetizador Solaris de John Bowen"
News: Music Player Network Live From NAMM video
Music Player Network Live From NAMM video interview with me discussing the Solaris.
News: Sonic State Talks (Podcast) coverage of Solaris
Sonic TALK - 073 Post NAMM Post Mortem (shorter segment starts about 10:50 into the podcast)
Sonic TALK - 072 PJ Tracy Reports (comments are at about 15:40 in)
News: Sonic State Video - "Solaris Shines"
January 20th, 2008: New NAMM video interview with Sonic State where I demonstrate the User Interface and show off some of the digital side of the Solaris:
"WNAMM08: Solaris Shines - John Bowen demonstrates his Solaris synth".