John Bowen Synth Design

When changing the System Tune of a Preset, the pitch will be multiplied so much, when returning back to the original Preset that it can be out of the hearing range.

For example, push the Preset key so that the LED is lighted, select any Preset like JB Rotor Dreams (Bank 0 Prog 0) and press Enter to ...

When selecting a Preset, say Bank 3 Prog 12, the order of the latter two numbers is reversed. I.e., press 3.21 to select the HS Plucky Strike, which is Prog 12 in Bank 3.

Thank you John for clarification!

Cheers,
Tiitu.

Pressing the keys 1, 3, and 8 at the same time, you'll enter to the Selftest Menu. There, pressing 2 it first asks you to calibrate the Aftertouch, and, right after, it asks you to "please press key nr 0". BUT, what is key nr 0 ? !?

I tried all the keys on the piano keyboard as well as the key 0 on ...

... Now, the wheels work as they should, but somehow the Selftest 1.) Wheels never shows "Passed". I tried the other tests too and they passed (at least as much as I could try).

Regarding to the Wheels test, the logic is upside down, in my opinion, when the test says "Please move modwheel to MAX ...

Thanks, I'll do this.

Hello,

I'm a new owner of the Solaris. And, I'm so happy with its simply marvellous sounds even in comparison to Matrix-12! 8)

BUT, I noticed one problem, or is it a problem: Namely, when even very little moving the Pitch Bend, the pitch immediately jumps AND STAYS half a note higher than it ...

I know it's a boring request, but could someone post some WAV files of just the raw oscillator waveforms? i.e. - single oscillator, all filtering, modulation and effects bypassed, just a simple low, middle, high C of a square, sawtooth, triangle, etc?

thanks

Meanwhile, you can listen these:
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I like both of these:
http://www.johnbowen.com/images/closeups/IMG_0165.JPG
http://www.johnbowen.com/images/closeups/IMG_0186.JPG

Here are, for comparison:
http://www.envia.fi/Xpander_End_Caps.jpg
http://www.envia.fi/My_Xpander_End_Caps_2.jpg

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Note: Visa birch is almost white, but quite hard wood. In fact the final color depeds not so much on the wood, but on the painting etc. used.

Cheers,
Tiitu.

Hi,

Look what I found:

http://koti.phnet.fi/aleris/galleriavisakoivu/index.htm
https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_oscommerce&osMod=index&cPath=91_10&language=su
https://www.brisa.fi/portal/index.php?option=com_oscommerce&osMod=index&cPath=91_9&language=su
https://www.brisa.fi/portal ...

Like in here:
http://www.envia.fi/CIMG0899_50.JPG
http://www.envia.fi/CIMG0901_50.JPG

How about similar, but not quite through going 'vents' in the wood ends, too? The suggested Solaris vents look better than those in Oasys.

Best regards,
Tiitu.

My thought is the same. Oasys looks visually fairly cool (See: http://www.musicinstruments.it/keyboards/foto_grandi/korg_OASYS.jpg). I like the vents, but I still prefer wood. But, are the vents just visual or is there extra ventilation required in Solaris due to multiple DSP chips? If not, then the ...

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