Thank you so much for your review, Bo! 👀🔥 That's awesome! In the comments, people are mainly concerned about two things: Where's Midi? And why is it so expensive? 🌞 The answer: Why do you need a midi? You haven't played it yet, but you already need a midi. It's a self-contained instrument with its own keyboard. Plus it has enough CV - Gate inputs and outputs to connect external sources, including midi keyboards, most of which already have CV Gate outputs. I sincerely don't understand what Midi is for in such an instrument. To send sequences ? 1800 euros for an instrument with a lot of effort, labour, quality hand-built, functionality, design is expensive? I am not Behringer or Korg. I am a small manufacturer who assembles the instrument by hand. You get a one-of-a-kind instrument for life. Pulsar 23, Perkons, SYNTRX, Intellijel Cascadia, Analogue Solutions Ample Analog and other synths in this price range are also expensive? With its high production costs (About 1,000 euros per unit), the correct price should be 2400 euros. Probably should have made this price and then the questions would have gone away. Thank you for listening.
I LOVE this THING ! ❤💯🙏 also looking forward to the day i be able to purchase on 🤗 the price is absolutely fine ! even think it could be more expensive, for what it is and what's possible to do with it !... again, looking forward to it... 😊 great job!
to answer your question, yes, $1800 is very expensive for the vast majority of people by any measure. i am fine with you pricing it at whatever point you think it's worth, but you made an expensive synthesizer, so don't be surprised people say it's expensive. it is. it's made for people who buy expensive toys.
@@sam_bibly Yes it's a significant amount of money for a lot of people but it is not expensive for what it is, a unique instrument handcrafted, that is the point ;) It is the same for good guitars, violins ... Please Arseniy @ELTAmusic, we're waiting for a Solar 42 demo part 3 !!!
As someone who absolutely adores ambient, cinematic styles of music, I think this might officially be my dream synth (okay, that or a CS-80). I would love to get my hands on one of these and just play with it for days at a time. Pretty sure I would never see the sun again.
I'm right there with you. I'm sure you have already heard (or maybe even own) but my hydrasynth deluxe scratches my CS-80 itch. One of my favorite things I have laid my hands on in a long time.
Bo, your videos are so therapeutic to watch. I don't even want this synth. I'm just watching the video to reset my mind. Thanks. Correction: Now I want it.
@@AcidTechnoMan5000 I agree. Between Bo, Loopop, and Gabe Miller, with occasional side trips into Cuckoo land when I'm in a mood, my syntho-mental needs are pretty much covered.
We should have more of our friends over playing with gear. Kinda like we did as kids. To those that get this synth, have fun. For the rest of us, we already have all we need. Everyone , phone a friend. Nice review Bo.
I've literally never been interested in a synth before, and yet I found myself buying this by the end of the video! I have nooooo idea what I just got myself into lol, but I'm so excited. After watching a different vid on the same synth, I decided to order directly from the mfg, hopefully that will put a few more dollars in their pockets.
What a stellar evolution of the original. I have a Solar 50 from the last batch to make it out of Moscow before the invasion of Ukraine, and Elta Music relocated to Latvia. I affectionately think of it as offering all the headaches of modular, with none of the flexibility. But it’s definitely its own kind of unique beast, and enjoyable to work with as long as you’re not in a hurry for instant gratification.
@@blankster1229 Hi. Sorry I've not replied. I had to wait ages for it to come into stock but I bought it a few weeks ago (think it's out if stock again now - so they're like pure unobtainium). I've not got around to using it much at the moment due to work, and the fact that I've been procrastinating a bit with getting back into music. My mum died in the summer and I've not done any music since. I've got everything set up to go, and I did have a play on it. I like the arpeggio and sequencer functions. It's also got an 8 step gate sequencer which can give the arpeggios an interesting rhythm. If you combine this with the scale quantiser and a function that repeats the arpeggio and transposes it at the same time (where conventional arpeggiators repeat at 1 octave, 2 octaves and 3 octaves above - this one can use a different semitone amount which creates more complex sequences). I had a bit of headscratching with splitting the touch plate keyboard to having one side do an arpeggio and the other play as a keyboard - you have to use the patch cables for this. I like the drone voices, but I think I need to get my tuner out to make the most if them, unless I'm going microtonal or atonal. One thing that comes across strongly is that it's capable of creating a full ambient track just using this and no other equipment. I'm into my ambient music so I'm really enjoying it. It sounds wonderful.
Very cool ambient electronic machine! You're right though, can't say I'll be buying one since I got too many synths with overlapping functions 😅 The price actually seems quite fair considering it's like a complete ambient semi-modular rig.
I am 59y old, a total synth/keyboard noob...but I'm intrigued by the looks of this thing. I love late 60's/early 70's synthesizer pioneers, guys with tons of wires hanging down from their instruments etc. This Solar 42 gives me that vibe, but with modern tech as benefit. @BoBeats, would you recommend this synth to me? Money isn't important, it's an investment I would only do once in my life. I'm not in a band, and I don't feel the urge to publish stuff...I just want something to channel the musical ideas I always have in my head, without having to learn musical notes, or how to play a piano/keyboard. All this talk about voices, drones, LFO's...that I can learn, no problem. Also, I would like to know if I can hook-up my iPad's Garage Band app to this synth? I'd love to be able to use the persussion-output of GarageBand, as an input track.
Very well done! I own the Solar 42 since a few weeks, having a lot of fun with it. Your review opened some new sights and possibilities for me. Thank you!
I'm so glad you do impartial and unbiased review videos. It seems more and more TH-cam music tech content creators are getting influenced with free items and losing their credibility. Nothing bothers me more then people sacrificing their honesty and intergrity . Please keep up the good work.
Pink version ordered. Chatted to Sergey over email about it. Looks like I might be the first person in NZ to own one. Can't wait, beside myself. This is the synth I've dreamt about since I started collecting 30 years ago at age 18. thanks for your review, it absolutely helped convinced me to purchase.
Damn that looks cool and sounds absolutely fantastic!! I’ve been looking around for very practical, hands-on synths and this is up there. Many premium synths at this price point are still not multi-timbral, and even if they are bi-timbral you can’t tweak knobs for both timbres at the same time. For the fact that you can built a full multi-layer soundscape with this, with distinctly separate timbres including separate sequencers/arps/keys, all analog, plus effects… that price point sounds very reasonable indeed. For a performing artist this could be their whole soundscape setup in a band, plus maybe a more regular keyboard for the more regular synth stuff. I’d put this on my “dream gear for some time” wishlist if it had a more user friendly way of tuning the oscillators. Hand-tuning all those 20(?) drone oscillators before every track doesn’t seem very workable Also really loved the compositions in this video and the cute lil retro rpgs 🫶🏻
I've never had any interest in hardware synths....this device answers so many internal questions for me. I'm heavily invested in spending the 2k to get those answers. Great review.
That looks like a really cool machine. I really appreciate that you can do full performances in one take, without additional gear, which is how I use my modular.
Yes!!! . Doc confirms today that My left hand fingers are riddled with arthritis. So my strat playing days are hopefully fewer than my days on the planet. But I will be able to Enjoy making sounds with synths, again. Despite my knackered left hand. ❤
Excellent review of a very cool synth. I appreciate this both for how it showcases what this synthesizer is capable of, and also for how it is tinged with that call to be realistic about whether or not this is a piece of gear a person actually *needs*. While the sounds this thing is capable of have me making frantic grabby hands toward any vendor carrying it, listening to your points about it - both pros and cons - sort of tempers that initial reaction. Thanks for another great review of a very cool piece of gear.
Seems like a really great box of infinite sound possibilities! Im so glad people are still building analogu sound generator synths these days - The beginning of the Moog era in the very early 70s made some amazing sounds - as Jan Hammer used to use in Mahavishnu Orchestra! This Solar 42 sounds fantastic & this review is really special & unique!
Gotta say, this is by far the best BoBeats video I’ve ever seen …. like exponentially better … not that the other stuff was bad, I watched it, but this one seems so well played and so insightful re fitting the Solar42 into the larger synth landscape, explaining what the point of it is (since I’m not a drone synth person). But mainly, I really enjoyed the music you made with the Solar 42 in the video. thanks! EDIT: Also nice to see what Berg looks like …
Excellent and honest review. I really like the demo performances too. What an amazing and phat and unique sound. Actually many tones are classic ones but there is a twist to them in this machine. Also how quickly and with little ease a basic wave can transform into something so pretty. - wow, I want one of these!
I’d definitely have one of these over another ‘every synth’ It’s a whole vibe, its own world, and that’s so unique in today’s landscape that I find it incredibly enduring.
@@BoBeats Oh my! Well, first, I'm just an oldster hobbyist who has loved synths since I was a kid. Recently was enabled to get some hardware synths and into the whole "semi-modular" realm of sound with a 2600, MiniBrute 2S, etc. I have found that I just totally love and get lost in exploring the infinite possibilities of sound and how the smallest of tweaks creates big changes and endless sweet spots. So, when I saw this was coming out... totally for a stream-of-consciousness experience without even the MIDI I knew it was for me. Wow! It's amazing! The layout alone is wild-- if you ignore the voice numbers and just go on how it is arranged for left and right hands. I find the analogue sound quality so satisfying, and as I start playing with the patching it is endlessly surprising with my jaw often on the floor!
I'm waiting for my Solar 42 (it's on the way in this moment) that i saw live at SoundMit of Turin: it was love at first sight ;) Thanks again to Máté Szabó for offering me chips at lunch pause!
Why you and hainbach still haven't made a podcast together, you have almost the same way of touching the keyboard, i am waiting!!! ;) and i know hainbach would like this kind of gear. Great episode thnx❤
Wow, fascinating Instrument! I count 115 knobs, 75 switches, 4 light sensors, 1 joystick. If these are quality components, this is a bargain. See you at the superbooth😊
Definitely will pick this up hopefully in the next year or so. Sadly there’s never enough money to upgrade my other studio hardware and laptop all at the same time.
LOL, when you involved your friend, reminded me when I used to sneak out of my house when I was a child and me and my best friend played ELITE on a Commodore 64, one of us on joystick, the other on keyboard. :)
You really don't need 10.000 dollars for a decent Ambient Eurorack. Especially if you use a hybrid setup like me. Ableton and plug ins like Valhalla are perfect.
A very sympathetic synthesizer. I already loved the previous version. The somewhat unstable tuning is often a plus because it makes the thing sound very organic. Good basic character anyway.
New studio looks great! The synth sounds really good. At first I was thinking, "oh, I definitely don't need this". But the way the drone buttons work with the keyboard or sequencer is really neat. In a way it's kind of like Lyra-8, but with more control. I probably won't get one, but I sort of want one. I'm trying to think of any other modern synths that have that many knobs. That might even be more than the MatrixBrute :-)
@@BoBeats I ended up getting one. It's harder to use musically than I expected. It's a lot of fun though. I wish there were VCAs on the individual oscillators--or even just a pushbutton attenuator. I find the highest pitched oscillators in groups 1, 2, 6, and 7 hard to make use of.
This synth is a challenge to work with and I love it. I'm looking forward to other videos of this. It was a gift to myself for surviving being hit by a car.
do you ever notice the buttons at the top 4 voices are wonky and pop up higher than they should? also when you click the link switch on the filter there's a pop sound
Sounds amazing the bit where you was both playing basically sold this to me 🤣 Just got hold lf the 42f 🙌🏻 bit out of my depth so trying to get my head around it all ....can you explain how to split the keyboard where you was playing both an arp with a melody on each side. Thanks
You need to select SPLIT in the menu Then hook up the pressure output on the right side to volt/oct of oscillator… 6.. i think it is… then the gate signal on the right side to the gate input of same voice
Evverything i've heard from this synth so far has had an uplifting or even happy sounding.. I need dark, gloomy, depressed sounding ambience.. So how well does it do on the darker side of things??
If this just had a wavefolder i think it would be perfect.. as is though i have so many mono's already.. i just can't.. I raise this paraphonic or whatever.. but you know..
Lo trovo uno strumento davvero eccezionale e, soprattutto, utile grazie anche alla sua originalità. Non mi sembra affatto esoso, anzi! Grazie Bo per la bella presentazione. Appena posso lo ordino! Comunque, se non è troppo complicato, io il MIDI lo inserirei...
Hello, thank you very much for your video. I just received the 42F and have a question to ask. When I rotate the cutoff knob, there will be a rattling noise, especially in the Link state. The left cutoff knob will produce a piercing low-frequency noise when rotated. When I control the cutoff through LFO CV, there will be a rising sound like waves, which I think is normal. However, if I rotate the cutoff knob at this time, I will still hear the low frequency noise of stabbing and stabbing. When the rotation speed is fast, the sound will be obvious, but if I slow down the rotation speed, the sound will be much smaller. Excuse me, is this a normal phenomenon for the uploader? thank you
@@BoBeats Thank you very much for your reply. I have uploaded a short video on my homepage and recorded the situation I mentioned. I was wondering if you could help me watch it at your convenience. I hope you can listen to it with headphones. This may help with your judgment. Thank you for your help!!!
Thank you so much for your review, Bo! 👀🔥 That's awesome!
In the comments, people are mainly concerned about two things: Where's Midi? And why is it so expensive? 🌞
The answer:
Why do you need a midi? You haven't played it yet, but you already need a midi.
It's a self-contained instrument with its own keyboard. Plus it has enough CV - Gate inputs and outputs to connect external sources, including midi keyboards, most of which already have CV Gate outputs. I sincerely don't understand what Midi is for in such an instrument. To send sequences ?
1800 euros for an instrument with a lot of effort, labour, quality hand-built, functionality, design is expensive? I am not Behringer or Korg. I am a small manufacturer who assembles the instrument by hand. You get a one-of-a-kind instrument for life.
Pulsar 23, Perkons, SYNTRX, Intellijel Cascadia, Analogue Solutions Ample Analog and other synths in this price range are also expensive?
With its high production costs (About 1,000 euros per unit), the correct price should be 2400 euros. Probably should have made this price and then the questions would have gone away.
Thank you for listening.
thank you for making the solar 42
@@TheMinimalEffortBureau You are welcome!
I LOVE this THING ! ❤💯🙏 also looking forward to the day i be able to purchase on 🤗 the price is absolutely fine ! even think it could be more expensive, for what it is and what's possible to do with it !... again, looking forward to it... 😊 great job!
to answer your question, yes, $1800 is very expensive for the vast majority of people by any measure. i am fine with you pricing it at whatever point you think it's worth, but you made an expensive synthesizer, so don't be surprised people say it's expensive. it is. it's made for people who buy expensive toys.
@@sam_bibly Yes it's a significant amount of money for a lot of people but it is not expensive for what it is, a unique instrument handcrafted, that is the point ;) It is the same for good guitars, violins ...
Please Arseniy @ELTAmusic, we're waiting for a Solar 42 demo part 3 !!!
As someone who absolutely adores ambient, cinematic styles of music, I think this might officially be my dream synth (okay, that or a CS-80). I would love to get my hands on one of these and just play with it for days at a time. Pretty sure I would never see the sun again.
I'm right there with you. I'm sure you have already heard (or maybe even own) but my hydrasynth deluxe scratches my CS-80 itch. One of my favorite things I have laid my hands on in a long time.
@@ilyandilymusic- A better value for many people too.
The answer to life, the universe, and everything
SOLAR 42
Maybe, i need 2 million years to verify with solar 42.
you totally right !!!
Bo, your videos are so therapeutic to watch. I don't even want this synth. I'm just watching the video to reset my mind. Thanks.
Correction: Now I want it.
Thank you!
@@BoBeats You're very welcome.
Bob beats is the best
@@AcidTechnoMan5000 I agree. Between Bo, Loopop, and Gabe Miller, with occasional side trips into Cuckoo land when I'm in a mood, my syntho-mental needs are pretty much covered.
We should have more of our friends over playing with gear. Kinda like we did as kids. To those that get this synth, have fun. For the rest of us, we already have all we need.
Everyone , phone a friend.
Nice review Bo.
Yeah a rich generous friend 😂
I need friends that are into making music first. 😥
That's a nice idea - let me buy you a carrot,bunnykins !
I've literally never been interested in a synth before, and yet I found myself buying this by the end of the video! I have nooooo idea what I just got myself into lol, but I'm so excited. After watching a different vid on the same synth, I decided to order directly from the mfg, hopefully that will put a few more dollars in their pockets.
Welcome to the terrordome. It won’t be your last synth! 😂
Good For You!! 🎉 I wish you many hours of creative music making!
Have you got your new synth yet? How do you like it so far??
Welcome, it's an addiction - mine is 30 years old!
How is it?
A groovebox for the Hainbachs of the world. A Groovebachs!
Excellent 😄
I think everyone kinda wants to be Hainbach at one point or another in their synth journey.
@@jerrycharles66Or is Hainbach just so next level that he becomes everyone else?
hainbach craps on people who don’t want their tax money given to jerks that criticize them.
Aesthetic value is awesome, the synth looks amazing and ambient sounds can be used with any genre
100%
What a stellar evolution of the original. I have a Solar 50 from the last batch to make it out of Moscow before the invasion of Ukraine, and Elta Music relocated to Latvia. I affectionately think of it as offering all the headaches of modular, with none of the flexibility. But it’s definitely its own kind of unique beast, and enjoyable to work with as long as you’re not in a hurry for instant gratification.
This is my dream synth. Currently saving up for one and hoping they're in stock by the time I have the funds ready.
This thing looks incredible. I don’t need it at all but I loved this video. Thanks for the FF7 deep cut.
Man, I really love synthesizers. 😊
This is a work of art really.
So glad the effects are actually on-board and were not added externally. Gonna save up for this one.
Did you get it?
@@blankster1229 still waiting for it to become available.
@@blankster1229 Hi. Sorry I've not replied.
I had to wait ages for it to come into stock but I bought it a few weeks ago (think it's out if stock again now - so they're like pure unobtainium). I've not got around to using it much at the moment due to work, and the fact that I've been procrastinating a bit with getting back into music. My mum died in the summer and I've not done any music since. I've got everything set up to go, and I did have a play on it. I like the arpeggio and sequencer functions. It's also got an 8 step gate sequencer which can give the arpeggios an interesting rhythm. If you combine this with the scale quantiser and a function that repeats the arpeggio and transposes it at the same time (where conventional arpeggiators repeat at 1 octave, 2 octaves and 3 octaves above - this one can use a different semitone amount which creates more complex sequences).
I had a bit of headscratching with splitting the touch plate keyboard to having one side do an arpeggio and the other play as a keyboard - you have to use the patch cables for this. I like the drone voices, but I think I need to get my tuner out to make the most if them, unless I'm going microtonal or atonal. One thing that comes across strongly is that it's capable of creating a full ambient track just using this and no other equipment. I'm into my ambient music so I'm really enjoying it. It sounds wonderful.
Thank you so much! Been patiently waiting for this review as there are no available videos of this synth since the first batch got sent out.
Very cool ambient electronic machine! You're right though, can't say I'll be buying one since I got too many synths with overlapping functions 😅 The price actually seems quite fair considering it's like a complete ambient semi-modular rig.
I am 59y old, a total synth/keyboard noob...but I'm intrigued by the looks of this thing.
I love late 60's/early 70's synthesizer pioneers, guys with tons of wires hanging down from their instruments etc.
This Solar 42 gives me that vibe, but with modern tech as benefit.
@BoBeats, would you recommend this synth to me?
Money isn't important, it's an investment I would only do once in my life.
I'm not in a band, and I don't feel the urge to publish stuff...I just want something to channel the musical ideas I always have in my head, without having to learn musical notes, or how to play a piano/keyboard.
All this talk about voices, drones, LFO's...that I can learn, no problem.
Also, I would like to know if I can hook-up my iPad's Garage Band app to this synth?
I'd love to be able to use the persussion-output of GarageBand, as an input track.
Would love to know too!
I'm in the exact same position as you. 😇
Very well done! I own the Solar 42 since a few weeks, having a lot of fun with it. Your review opened some new sights and possibilities for me. Thank you!
Glad to hear it!!
would you still recommend after a while of owning it?
@@frankmunro3303 Yeah, having a lot of fun playing it!
I'm so glad you do impartial and unbiased review videos. It seems more and more TH-cam music tech content creators are getting influenced with free items and losing their credibility. Nothing bothers me more then people sacrificing their honesty and intergrity . Please keep up the good work.
Fantastic instrument. New studio looks smashing! Great lighting Bo! 💯🥁🏆😄
I like the sound character. More unique, albeit not everyone’s taste. I think it’s worth the price.
Pink version ordered. Chatted to Sergey over email about it. Looks like I might be the first person in NZ to own one. Can't wait, beside myself. This is the synth I've dreamt about since I started collecting 30 years ago at age 18. thanks for your review, it absolutely helped convinced me to purchase.
Hope you find it as fun and rewarding as I do
Great review Bo.
I am interested in this.
But it is very expensive.
But I am still fascinated in it.
Your new studio looks so cool!
Damn that looks cool and sounds absolutely fantastic!! I’ve been looking around for very practical, hands-on synths and this is up there. Many premium synths at this price point are still not multi-timbral, and even if they are bi-timbral you can’t tweak knobs for both timbres at the same time. For the fact that you can built a full multi-layer soundscape with this, with distinctly separate timbres including separate sequencers/arps/keys, all analog, plus effects… that price point sounds very reasonable indeed.
For a performing artist this could be their whole soundscape setup in a band, plus maybe a more regular keyboard for the more regular synth stuff.
I’d put this on my “dream gear for some time” wishlist if it had a more user friendly way of tuning the oscillators. Hand-tuning all those 20(?) drone oscillators before every track doesn’t seem very workable
Also really loved the compositions in this video and the cute lil retro rpgs 🫶🏻
I'd love to try one! congrats for the new studio!
I've never had any interest in hardware synths....this device answers so many internal questions for me. I'm heavily invested in spending the 2k to get those answers. Great review.
I watched one 6 minute video on this and bought it immediately. I've never pulled the trigger so fast on a piece of gear in my entire life.
That looks like a really cool machine. I really appreciate that you can do full performances in one take, without additional gear, which is how I use my modular.
Yes!!! . Doc confirms today that My left hand fingers are riddled with arthritis. So my strat playing days are hopefully fewer than my days on the planet. But I will be able to
Enjoy making sounds with synths, again. Despite my knackered left hand. ❤
Do a waterfast mate. Fuck Arthritis.
Lucky bastard
Man I love this thing. It’s a cinematic masterpiece generator of immense proportions. Love it.
Excellent review of a very cool synth. I appreciate this both for how it showcases what this synthesizer is capable of, and also for how it is tinged with that call to be realistic about whether or not this is a piece of gear a person actually *needs*.
While the sounds this thing is capable of have me making frantic grabby hands toward any vendor carrying it, listening to your points about it - both pros and cons - sort of tempers that initial reaction.
Thanks for another great review of a very cool piece of gear.
Seems like a really great box of infinite sound possibilities! Im so glad people are still building analogu sound generator synths these days - The beginning of the Moog era in the very early 70s made some amazing sounds - as Jan Hammer used to use in Mahavishnu Orchestra! This Solar 42 sounds fantastic & this review is really special & unique!
Fantastic synth and review ! Nice to see Burg tweaking with you ! Thank you Bo 🖤👌
Really cool to see you back. These kind of "dedicated" synth reminds me the research vein of Vlad Kreimer / Soma.
Yeah got one since a week and are still in the finding out phase. Love this machine. Made with passion, innovative and not standard.
are you still enjoying it after owning for a little while?
@@frankmunro3303 yes I very much do. It is inspiring and fun.
@@frankmunro3303 Yes I do. Just release a track almost completely created with the Solar42. th-cam.com/video/RlDOPnQfm04/w-d-xo.html
Already bought one. Passing the time watching videos like this until it gets here.
Gotta say, this is by far the best BoBeats video I’ve ever seen …. like exponentially better … not that the other stuff was bad, I watched it, but this one seems so well played and so insightful re fitting the Solar42 into the larger synth landscape, explaining what the point of it is (since I’m not a drone synth person). But mainly, I really enjoyed the music you made with the Solar 42 in the video. thanks! EDIT: Also nice to see what Berg looks like …
Thank you! And from my perspective it was a very different feeling when making the vid
@@BoBeats “different feeling” in what way?
I suppose its just a one of a kind and very special synth… that i enjoyed a lot, on a deep personal level
Excellent and honest review. I really like the demo performances too. What an amazing and phat and unique sound. Actually many tones are classic ones but there is a twist to them in this machine. Also how quickly and with little ease a basic wave can transform into something so pretty. - wow, I want one of these!
Magic! Thanks, Bo and Berg, for this review of a unique and interesting instrument.
Thanks for checking it out Bob!
Some of the patches you created were absolutely gorgeous. Well done man!
Crazy synth 😮 It.'s looks like so deep and creative 🎹🎶🚀🌛🌟 Thank you very much Captain Bo Cosmo Beat 😊
It's beautiful. I've loved this idea since Solar 50. I can't buy it for lack of space. But things could change.
This is cool af
Buy one and make another viral tiktok sound on it! Challenge accepted?!
haha! definitely would love to demo one and make a song wit it! Great demo dude, one of your best@@BoBeats
Hi Bo! It's good to see you making videos. This synth sounds great, and this is a good demo.
Me and my bros are always fighting over the filter knob
That collab joint with your homie is amazing. Exactly the type of music i’m drawn to.
This sounds lovely, so many great hardware synths out these days. Its so hard to choose now.
Pre-ordered before Christmas - can't wait :p
Great review Bo (and loved the FFVII riff)
Thing is otherworldly
You’re gonna love it.
Lovely work, love the classic rpg jamz! Cool synth for someone!
Been really curious about this synth. Thanks for doing a video.
I’d definitely have one of these over another ‘every synth’
It’s a whole vibe, its own world, and that’s so unique in today’s landscape that I find it incredibly enduring.
I like this one!! I’d like to hear more of it.
Great Review of a Great sounding and looking synth. like the more in depth longer video. tho i did watch in two sessions.
I have one of these and totally love it!
Let us all know your fav thing to do with it, im sure others would love to know
@@BoBeats Oh my! Well, first, I'm just an oldster hobbyist who has loved synths since I was a kid. Recently was enabled to get some hardware synths and into the whole "semi-modular" realm of sound with a 2600, MiniBrute 2S, etc. I have found that I just totally love and get lost in exploring the infinite possibilities of sound and how the smallest of tweaks creates big changes and endless sweet spots. So, when I saw this was coming out... totally for a stream-of-consciousness experience without even the MIDI I knew it was for me. Wow! It's amazing! The layout alone is wild-- if you ignore the voice numbers and just go on how it is arranged for left and right hands. I find the analogue sound quality so satisfying, and as I start playing with the patching it is endlessly surprising with my jaw often on the floor!
Would definitely like to see a few jams on this! What a great device
@@RJ_Eckie Maybe not from me, but in the hands of a professional with a good ear... wow! This thing is potentially really, really deep.
Bo and Berg! Awesome!
great vid... i like those technical notes...love to hear about the noise floor etc..👍
Looks amazing i would have one to play live shows given one mind!
this thing looks like so much fun!
I'm waiting for my Solar 42 (it's on the way in this moment) that i saw live at SoundMit of Turin: it was love at first sight ;) Thanks again to Máté Szabó for offering me chips at lunch pause!
I’ve been waiting for this review. Sounds amazing. I’ll have to make room somewhere for this…
Why you and hainbach still haven't made a podcast together, you have almost the same way of touching the keyboard, i am waiting!!! ;) and i know hainbach would like this kind of gear.
Great episode thnx❤
Awesome Demo on the Solar 42 .. Thnx!
Loved the sound!
Great video thanks for the review! I love the soundscapes you and your friend made. Absolutely divine.
I fell in love with this synthesizer. I need him
Won't I indeed?
Challenge accepted, I see!
Wow, fascinating Instrument! I count 115 knobs, 75 switches, 4 light sensors, 1 joystick. If these are quality components, this is a bargain. See you at the superbooth😊
That’s question I’m trying to get answered
What a fun looking synth! Great sounds as well.
What a unique, fantastic sound, worth every penny, should even cost 2400 € :)
Definitely will pick this up hopefully in the next year or so. Sadly there’s never enough money to upgrade my other studio hardware and laptop all at the same time.
I love it!!! I want to get one!! I'm thinking the ways how to save some cash to buy it hahaha totally worth it!!
LOL, when you involved your friend, reminded me when I used to sneak out of my house when I was a child and me and my best friend played ELITE on a Commodore 64, one of us on joystick, the other on keyboard. :)
This is cool - like a eurorack for people who don't want to spend 10,000$
Or a gateway drug 😱
to be fair you can get quite a good starting eurorack system for the 1800 euros they are asking.
You really don't need 10.000 dollars for a decent Ambient Eurorack. Especially if you use a hybrid setup like me. Ableton and plug ins like Valhalla are perfect.
@@neuzethmusic131I didn't realize Ableton is part of eurorack hahaha is the Chrome Music Lab also part of eurorack? 🌈
A very sympathetic synthesizer. I already loved the previous version. The somewhat unstable tuning is often a plus because it makes the thing sound very organic. Good basic character anyway.
Another world in a box. Nice one.
I love it. Great piece of machinery 😊
this thing looks so unique and fun
New studio looks great!
The synth sounds really good. At first I was thinking, "oh, I definitely don't need this". But the way the drone buttons work with the keyboard or sequencer is really neat. In a way it's kind of like Lyra-8, but with more control. I probably won't get one, but I sort of want one. I'm trying to think of any other modern synths that have that many knobs. That might even be more than the MatrixBrute :-)
Yeah, its fair to compare it to Lyra like that I think. I think you end up using them similarly, but with more control on the Solar
@@BoBeats I ended up getting one. It's harder to use musically than I expected. It's a lot of fun though. I wish there were VCAs on the individual oscillators--or even just a pushbutton attenuator. I find the highest pitched oscillators in groups 1, 2, 6, and 7 hard to make use of.
Fantastiska ljudlandskap - förförande! Men som du säger, den är verkligen nischad. Tack för en spännande demo!!!
Thanks for the review Bo! Can you patch it with a semi-modular, such as the 0-Coast?
Yes, it should work ok i think
Lovely piece at the end......
Nice sounds, but not sure I would drop that much money, thanks for the great review!
This synth is a challenge to work with and I love it. I'm looking forward to other videos of this. It was a gift to myself for surviving being hit by a car.
Glad you are around and still synthing! Stay safe
Amazing duo! Subscribedd
I can do a lot of cinematic sounds with just a SE-02 and a Ventris dual reverb pedal 😊
Really nailed that FF7 scene
♥️ my nr 1 game
@@BoBeats ok going to play it now
do you ever notice the buttons at the top 4 voices are wonky and pop up higher than they should? also when you click the link switch on the filter there's a pop sound
Sounds amazing the bit where you was both playing basically sold this to me 🤣
Just got hold lf the 42f 🙌🏻 bit out of my depth so trying to get my head around it all ....can you explain how to split the keyboard where you was playing both an arp with a melody on each side. Thanks
You need to select SPLIT in the menu
Then hook up the pressure output on the right side to volt/oct of oscillator… 6.. i think it is… then the gate signal on the right side to the gate input of same voice
Awesome synth, I won't buy.
Sounds like a self suggestion mantra… I won’t buy, I won’t buy, I won’t buy…
I would buy it some day
How we could translate your words that awesome,but won't buy
Good. More for us. I got mine. It’s a puzzle
As my arthritis is getting worse I've decided to sell my Gibson J45 to buy this machine. This soynds amazing!
what a cool layout and idea for a synth
Bro this looks amazing!
Evverything i've heard from this synth so far has had an uplifting or even happy sounding.. I need dark, gloomy, depressed sounding ambience.. So how well does it do on the darker side of things??
it can definitely get dark, its just that its not my vibe
Depends very much on the selectable scale (major/minor/etc)
Very cool with two people playing it!
So many interesting synths from Latvia!
I really enjoyed this, particularly because I don't want one... Thank you for sharing your experiences with this interesting instrument.
If this just had a wavefolder i think it would be perfect.. as is though i have so many mono's already.. i just can't..
I raise this paraphonic or whatever.. but you know..
Lo trovo uno strumento davvero eccezionale e, soprattutto, utile grazie anche alla sua originalità. Non mi sembra affatto esoso, anzi! Grazie Bo per la bella presentazione. Appena posso lo ordino! Comunque, se non è troppo complicato, io il MIDI lo inserirei...
The SOLAR 42 would be perfect for making liquid DNB. Awesome video.
didnt think of that, but yeah that could work!
Hello, thank you very much for your video. I just received the 42F and have a question to ask. When I rotate the cutoff knob, there will be a rattling noise, especially in the Link state. The left cutoff knob will produce a piercing low-frequency noise when rotated. When I control the cutoff through LFO CV, there will be a rising sound like waves, which I think is normal. However, if I rotate the cutoff knob at this time, I will still hear the low frequency noise of stabbing and stabbing. When the rotation speed is fast, the sound will be obvious, but if I slow down the rotation speed, the sound will be much smaller. Excuse me, is this a normal phenomenon for the uploader? thank you
Hey! If resonance is turned down it doesnt sound normal to me. Reach out to Elta Music and describe the issue.
@@BoBeats Thank you very much for your reply. I have uploaded a short video on my homepage and recorded the situation I mentioned. I was wondering if you could help me watch it at your convenience. I hope you can listen to it with headphones. This may help with your judgment. Thank you for your help!!!