JOHN BOWEN / Solaris White Grey

Analog modeling synthesizer designed by John Bowen. Six displays let you see many parameters at once, and numerous knobs allow for quick editing. Color: White Gray

■Synthesizer

John Bowen Synth Design's ""Solaris"" is a high-end digital synthesizer that boasts astonishing sound quality, integrating the latest synthesizer technology. John Bowen, a synthesizer engineer with over 40 years of experience developing numerous synthesizers and software, including Moog, the Sequential Circuits Prophet series, KORG Wave Station, and Creamware, has poured his all into this dream synthesizer.

Solaris is packed with an incredible array of features, including a variety of oscillators and filters modeled after classic vintage synthesizers, wavetables licensed from Waldorf, vector synthesis, key tables, and rotor processors that open up new possibilities for sound creation.

Six displays and numerous knobs let you see many parameters at once, and the sophisticated user interface allows you to quickly edit sounds. Each function can be patched like a modular synthesizer, allowing players to connect sections as they like. [CR]

A wide range of sounds can be created. ■Specifications

Color
・White Gray

Maximum Polyphony
・10 notes

Audio Inputs and Outputs
・Analog Inputs: 4
・Analog Outputs: 8 (4 stereo pairs)
・1/4-inch balanced jacks
・S/PIDF Input: 1
・S/PIDF Output: 1
・All inputs, including S/PIDF, can be used as modulation sources

Keyboard
・Fatar TP-8 keyboard (made in Italy)
・61 weighted keys
・Dynamic bubble contact
・Monophonic aftertouch

Performance Controls
・Pitch bend wheel
・Modulation wheel
・Vector joystick (springless)
・750mm ribbon controller

MIDI Inputs and Outputs
・In / Out / Thru

Pedal Inputs
・Expression pedal
・Sustain pedal

USB
・1 x USB port
・Instead of MIDI USB compatible
- Recognized as a MIDI USB device when connected to a computer

CF Card
- One CF card slot (one CF card included)

Dimensions
- 98 x 42.5 x 15 cm (W x D x H)

Weight
- Approximately 15 kg