Saturday Synth Porn: Here’s a look at the John Bowen Solaris synthesizer – a sampling of the factory presets and some of the range of the synth.

The John Bowen Solaris offers accurate models of the components of vintage synthesizers, which can be mixed and matched to create new combinations:

Do you want to have the sounds of a vintage Prophet 5, Rev. 3 or go for a completely unique Prophet 5 with the CEM oscillators but the earlier SSM filters? How about trying out completely different, unheard of combinations like the digital waveforms from a Prophet VS routed through that Oberheim state variable filter or the digital PPG wavetable sweeps feeding into those warm MiniMoog filters? With the Solaris synthesizer, you really can have it your way.

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