John Bowen Synth Design

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NAMM 2012 IS OVER!

Another year, another great NAMM trade show...the main difference this time was that, for the first time, I no longer had to talk about when the Solaris might be shipping, but that we have been shipping for some months now! It was really a great feeling, and a lot of my peers who understood the effort put forth to get the Solaris finished came by to offer their congratulations.

I also had coverage from some online blogs and communities. Check the NEWS section for the latest video and blog review.

Many thanks to all who dropped by to say hello. I look forward to seeing my European friends at the Frankfurt Messe in March!
 

Solaris Owners Forum

If you are a new Solaris owner, make sure you register as a Forum Member, then send me an email with your user name, so that I can add you to the private Solaris Users Group. This group covers several topics, such as Future Feature suggestions and Bug List, as well as any OS updates, new Preset files, and any other data files and samples that users wish to upload and share with each other.
 

Pre-Order Update January 21, 2012

Deposits and full pre-paid orders are now being accepted for the next build of 100 units, expected to begin in April 2012. Please see the Purchase page for more details: Solaris Purchase page
 

Musik Messe 2011

What a week at the Frankfurt Music Fair!

There were a number of video interviews given, and there's a lot more sound examples than I've been able to show in the past.

Thanks again to all who came to visit - I really enjoyed meeting everyone!

video #1:  Sonic State has a video up from Messe with the Solaris: Sonic State - MESSE11: John Bowen Solaris In Production

video #2: Ralf from Sonic Core made a video while I was just running quickly through some of the new presets: http://www.youtube.com

video #3: from the French Website Audio Fanzine:  http://fr.audiofanzine.com/
 

Demo from Howard Scarr

Hi All,

Howard Scarr, sound designer for Hans Zimmer, Urs Heckmann (Zebra2, ACE), Access Virus, and many others, has made a short piece to show off some of the sounds he’s did for the Solaris. Here is “Solaris Plexus”, which you can find on the Audio Demo page, http://www.johnbowen.com/audio-examples.html