John Bowen Synth Design

I think it could add some interesting possibilities, esp. if it were configurable per step.

Another interesting idea would be if the 'control' lanes were separate from the note lanes - meaning one could have an "n"-length step control track that sets the transpose, step division, ratchet, etc. for ...

Hi there - I noticed a peculiar bug today.

If you are using the USB MIDI interface, and toggle Local Off on the MIDI screen, the unit will no longer transmit MIDI via the USB port. Turning Local back on again, and MIDI transmission will remain disabled. Power cycle the unit, and MIDI transmission ...

Thanks again for this awesome update. I've got some hours blocked on Sunday to rejigger all my patches with the new categories.

Much appreciated!

I could experiment, but figured I’d be lazy and ask: does the USB MIDI I/f echo inbound messages received to the MIDI Thru port on the back?

Thanks!

OH YESSSSS!!! Looks lovely!!!!!

Can't wait to order - in for one set as soon as you're ready to go, John!

How is the screen refresh - as quick (or faster?) than the LED in scrolling through patch name characters, for example?

My hero! Thanks - I can't believe I missed that!!

That would TOTALLY work for me! Thank you!

I tend to use the SPDIF output most of the time, but notice not everyone programmes their patches to have the SPDIF output enabled by default. This means I have to reconfigure the output and resave the patch for almost every patch in the synth! It gets tedious. Someday I will have been through all ...

I love the idea of the categories, and use them a lot, even if patch programmers themselves don't always.

One minor annoyance however is the choice of categories. I'd like to add some for myself, or change the description perhaps. Or possibly have a simple "User 1" "User 2" "User 3" categories in ...

I think it looks gorgeous - but I'd also want to do the centre display as well, before I commit. If you manage to source a large centre screen, I'd be in instantly for this look.

Awesome, and that makes sense. Thanks for looking at this, and much appreciated! In the meantime I will turn off SendArp while not using it.

I guess ideally, the sendarp parameter would work more like an insert effect to the midi chain. So if off, and local off, keyboard sends midi, if on and local ...

Thanks so much for the responses - it very well could be user-error.

OK - I double checked: running 1.4.1.

On the MIDI page, I have
CH 1, On On On = this works as expected: i receive MIDI notes in Ableton, and the keyboard triggers locally.
CH1, On On Off = the keyboard does not trigger (as ...

Hi there - Perhaps I have something configured wrong:

I am looping my Solaris through my DAW, to record and play it via MIDI; so normally I'd turn "local control" off so as not to double-trigger notes. When I do that on the Solaris, it doesn't seem to transmit MIDI from the keyboard. Wondering if ...

Would be very interested, esp. if I could get blue on white, or vice versa; and if the job could be done in the field and reversible to the original displays. I'd then simply keep the originals in-case the new OLEDs started to fail.

Its a gorgeous synth, but these displays would add a nice touch to ...