John Bowen introduces the Solaris hardware synth

Post by **hubird** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:12 pm

a logic move, John

congrats with the new forum, I hope it will be busy soon

soul-synthesis · Post by **soul-synthesis** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:39 pm

There's a 60min podcast interview on sonicstate.com with john bowen if you guys are interested. Talks some bit about the solaris.

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:29 pm

Just wanted to announce, I'm taking pre-order deposits now. You can learn all about it at my Purchase page: http://www.johnbowen.com/purchasing.html

cheers,
john b.

Kymeia · Post by **Kymeia** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:11 pm

Is it possible to ship to the UK?

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:42 pm

The details are not complete, but I expect the end user will have to pay for shipping and whatever VAT and/or duty there might be for your home country. The products should be directly shippable from Germany, but all order processing will be done through me. I know that some shippers collect VAT upon delivery, which I assume is how we will handle it initially as well. But I still have to discuss a bit with the guys there.

Euro price should be the equivalent of $3199 USD....

cheers,
john b.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:02 pm

16 Voices Of The Future.

Can we expect the same good old JB customer service, and awesome upgrades as well ?

Tell the boys @ SC that Gigastudio 4 w/ Scope will be a dealy weapon. Sorry there's that dastardly Vista, Giga driver update thing again.

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:10 pm

scope4live wrote: Can we expect the same good old JB customer service, and awesome upgrades as well ?

You bet! That's a very important aspect for me. Of course, the hardware project is a more complicated piece, and there will be several persons involved with updates and support (not just me by myself as with the plugins), so I can't say how often things like that will occur, but I expect functional updates will be ongoing, just as is the case with many other companies.

-john b.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:33 pm

Yeah, but many other companies suck hind tit, ......................you don't.

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:00 pm

stardust wrote:thanks for the info John.
So the deposit is only possible in $ and not in € ?
regards stardust

Well....if anyone would like to make a deposit in Euros, please contact me directly at info@johnbowen.com. This would be the best way....

-john b.

Kymeia · Post by **Kymeia** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:42 am

Does it have a software plugin component? (Scope, or as with the ASB's or even VSTi like the TI)

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:27 am

Kymeia wrote:Does it have a software plugin component? (Scope, or as with the ASB's or even VSTi like the TI)

Yes, it will be similar in function to the ASB software (since Holger from SonicCore created the Minimax ASB Windows version software).

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:47 pm

OK, for European customers who would like to make a pre-order deposit in Euros - the amount will be 800 Euros, and you need to send me an email that you want to make a pre-order deposit at this address:
deposit@johnbowen.com

The deposit is fully refundable up to 3 weeks prior to ship date for your unit. All sales are 100% guaranteed; if you don't like your synth, you can return it within 2 weeks for a full refund as long as the synth is still in new condition. (I'm not sure how the VAT would be handled in that case, so I will need to check that.) You would also have to pay shipping on the return. Any damage to the unit (scratches, dings, etc.) will be accounted for by a deduction of your refund.

Cheers,
John B.

Post by **irrelevance** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:48 am

Very fair indeed. Whats the final release spec John?

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:10 am

I don't have a final release spec yet. I will publish it on the Website when I do.

-JB

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:28 pm

Hell with the release, I just sent my greens.

I asked for a demo of a Bowen synth a couple years back. I found out who the King was, and have never needed to embarrass myself again since then.

My vision is this:

2 x KS 88's, 1 x Solaris, and 2 x DAW's w/ all of my other analog hardware.

I believe I have achieved Nirvana. At least until 2008.

johnbowen · Post by **johnbowen** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:46 am

I'm happy to be able to tell you now that Klaus Piehl is our new lead DSP coder for Solaris! Please check the NEWS announcement on my site:
http://www.johnbowen.com/news.html

Also this in my Solaris Forums:
http://forums.johnbowen.com/viewtopic.php?t=399

Regards,
john Bowen

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:02 am

ah, Klaus is back

my deepest congrats, John !

MCCY · Post by **MCCY** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:08 am

Great!
I allways wondered where he had gone, this brilliant guy! This should be another guaranty for success!

Congratulations!

Martin

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:17 am

This is amazing news !!

Congratulations to yourself & to SonicCore John !!

Wow, things are really looking up for the platform as well

ScofieldKid · Post by **ScofieldKid** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:28 am

Where's ANTI going?

In any case, all the best to ANTI. And congrats to the new/old developer. I suspect we are in great hands with either/both of them. (Still waiting on the Purchase new pricing to be announced before I get on the order list... )

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