Solar 50 Review, tutorial and patch ideas (+outro video download)
Added 2020-10-07 14:18:19 +0000 UTCHi!
Solar 50 from Elta Music is an interesting and unique instrument. Notice I didn't say synth - from a synthesis perspective, it's quite simple - 50 sawtooth oscillators arranged in 10 voices.
As is often the case, it's the limitations that breed creativity. Solar 50 doesn't accept MIDI or v/oct CV to play its voices or oscillators - you have to play and tune it entirely by ear.
And to add to the microtonal madness, the oscillators are all analog and not the stablest VCOs I've ever seen...
There are a few other extras like a contact mic, digital effects, and a polyvox filter, but really it's the tuning by ear that makes it unique.
I've attached a video download of the intro/outro jam to this post for those of you interested.
More coming soon!
All my best,
Ziv (it's not that I can't tune by ear, I'm just playing micro-tonal music on youtube as "Loopop"...)
