SImple patch made on my John Bowen Solaris

Solaris Patch 01 - Creamy Trance

Solaris Patch 02 - Midnight

Grimey bass sound with a bit of limiting.  Using the joystick to control the filter

Solaris Patch 03 -  Grizzly Bass

Some patches I am working on for a Solaris sound set.

All sounds are from Solaris.  A bit of reverb from Valhalla Room has been added.

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Solaris Patches - Space Dreams & Rotosanity

Some more classic stabs with the John Bowen Solaris - huge sound!

Solaris Patches - Chord Stabs

Black Octopus Sound presets Event Horizon - 128 high quality presets for John Bowen Solaris created by Toby Emerson.  This soundset offers everything from huge epic pads, long evolving textures, vintage analog style sounds, deep thundering basses, and many other classic leads and keyboard style sounds.

The John Bowen Solaris is simply one of the most fantastic instruments I have ever worked with.  Everything about it screams class.  From amazing sounding filters to countless oscillator types,  I feel after several months of using it I still have not even scratched the surface.  The architecture and programming behind it allows for huge sounds which can range from very organic and analog sounding to crisp and precise digital style sounds.  The sound quality of this synthesizer is absolutely exceptional and I would highly recommend this synthesizer to any sound designer or professional musician that can budget for it.

All patches are mapped with the joystick controlling the filters.  They are best auditioned by leaving the joystick in the middle position and then adjusting it to taste. 

I have spent several months creating these patches for the Solaris users and offer them as a free download.  However if you feel like they are of value to you I would love a donation or please pick up one of our sample packs as a way to say thanks and to support the creation of future sounds.

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Event Horizon (128 Patches For John Bowen Solaris) By Toby Emerson

Get it Here: http://blackoctopus-sound.com/products-page/loops/linguistics-by-none-like-joshua/

From the mind of None Like Joshua comes a one of a kind vocal sample pack with a staggering 7000 vocal samples for your productions.  The versatility in this pack is unmatched with phrases ranging from whisper, conversation, loud, and yelling. Many of the parts feature as many as 8 different takes (for doubles, triples, and different timings). Six different languages are also covered in this pack, English being the main focus. Use the vocals as is or run them through your favorite vocoder, time-stretcher, pitch shifter, or other effect of your choice to add your own distinct flavor to these sounds. The sound design possibilities with the large amount of material in this pack are enough to keep anyone busy for years.

Whats included in the pack?

Loops - 5290 phrases and loops recorded at 85, 110, and 130 bpm. These short phrases work wonders in various styles - perfect for fills, breakdowns, or chaining together to create longer phrases. Each phrase comes at various volumes (whisper, conversation, loud, yelling) to match the energy of your song or for ramping up the excitement.

Beatbox - 80 single shot recordings of mouth percussion. Great for adding snippets into drum loops to make percussion more interesting. Great for tech house, techno, electro, and any style that could use some vocal percussion.

Breaths - 75 Long exhales, short gasps, and other random breath sounds. Drench these sounds in reverb for some long vocal ambiences. Stretch, reverse, and delay fx works wonders on these sounds.

Characters - 304 voices in different vocal styles. Beast mode, Emo, Gamer, Hipster, Nerdy, Old Man, Rapper, Uncle Jeorge, Religious, and stereo-typical Japanese, Jamaican, and British accents.

English - 485 english words, short phrases, and numbers.

French - 154 french words, short phrases, and numbers.

German - 155 German words, short phrases, and numbers.

Japanese - 272 Japanese words, shorts phrases, and numbers.

Spanish - 160 Spanish words, short phrases, and numbers.

Laughing - 30 Laughing sounds to be used at your disposal. Pitch these down low for some extra creepy evilness!

Misc - 112 random mouth sounds ranging from barfing sounds, vocal clicks, grunts, and scat riffs. Another gold mine for the sound designers.

Passages - 5 lengthy intellectual readings great for spiritual or psychedelic intros or breakdowns.

Screams - Long yells and other random screams. These sound amazing drenched in reverb and delay!

FX - 15 reverse breaths and noises to help with build ups and transitions.

Size (Unzipped) 2.5 GB

Format 24 bit WAV  |  All of the vocals except for the FX are dry.

(samples) Linguistics By None Like Joshua (www.blackoctopus-sound.com)

Get it here:  Get it here:  http://blackoctopus-sound.com/product/event-horizon-2-128-patches-john-bowen-solaris/

Take your John Bowen Solaris into the next dimension with 128 brand new patches created by Toby Emerson.  Event Horizon 2 picks up where volume 1 left off and now includes many new tricks that have been learned after extensive use of this exquisite synthesizer.  Both the digital and analog realms are fully explored in this soundset and includes crystal clear bells, warm evolving pads, creamy deep bass sounds, and spaced out leads.  If you are one of the lucky few that own this beautiful instrument you will definitely want to pick yourself up a copy of Event Horizon 2 today!

All sounds make use of the Joystick to dial in the desired intensity for the sound.

Note:  The audio demo includes some reverb with Valhalla reverbs and a bit of extra compression.  Everything else is all Solaris! 

Patch List:

PD Jupiter Strings
PD Satellite
PD Space Age
PD Rotocreep
PD Milky Way
PD Golden Strings
PD Death Star
PD The Hive
PD Transmission
PD Black Hole
PD Hypersleep
PD Hart Pad
PD Warm Pad Analog 1
PD Warm Pad Analog 2
PD Ghost Pad
PD Krogan
PD Shaman Strings
PD Deep Pad
PD Horizon
PD Northern Light
PD Universe
PD Breaking Bad
PD Wall of Saws
PD Lifeforms
PD Waverotor
PD Ocean Pad
PD Valhalla
PD Spaceballs
PD Mission Space
PD Lost Planet
PD Heaven
PD Overload
PD Portal String
PD Europa
PD Moare
PD Silver 
PD Time Traveller
PD Afterglow
BS Bobba Fett
BS Omega
BS Analog 1
BS Analog 2
BS Analog 3
BS Analog 4
BS Talky Bass
BS Glob Bass
BS Slayer Bass
BS Phantobass
BS Tough 5th
BS Kick Sub
BS Velbass
BS Organika
BS Phase Bass
BS Interstellar
BS Gnarly Beast
BS Rough Bass
BS Ultrabass Mod
BS Horde Mod
BS Fatbass
BS Rat Bass
BS Not Exactly
BS Res Bass
BS Basik Acid
BS Antimatter
BS Minisquare
BS Electro
SY Jupiter
SY Jupter 2
SY Clouds
SY Cicada
SY Thicket Trance
SY Neuropsy
SY Voc Vel
SY Comb Vel
SY Nebula Vel
SY Biter Vel
SY Vocal Vel
SY Dreamtrance
SY Outback Stack
SY Solar Pluck
SY Moog
SY Hog Seq 1
SY Hog Seq 2
SY Hog Seq 3
SY Polymoog
SY Trains
SY Vintage Stab
SY Discovery 
SY Twilight
SY Sharp Stabs
SY Pulsar
SY Saturn
SY Hard Pluck
SY Warmed
SY Titan
SY Fat Jaws
SY Future Square
SY Luna Arp
KY Moonlight
KY Gravity
KY Across the Ocean
KY Astral Bell
KY Classic Organ
KY Mallet
KY Mallet 2
KY 80s
KY Hard EP
KY Sin City
KY Gemstone
KY Blue Worm
KY Space drum
KY Singularity
KY Nebula
LD Mars
LD Mercury
LD Kingdom
LD Super Fury
LD Huge Brassy
LD Pressure
LD First Contact
LD Hoverboard
LD Slam
LD Alien Reece
LD Theremin
LD Venus
LD Reptile
LD Ganymede
LD Oberon


John Bowen Solaris presets -  Event Horizon 2 (main Demo)

Step into the world of Veela with this exclusive 1GB sample pack of vocal recordings. There is nothing quite like finding the right vocal for a track and with Siren you are given a collection of vocals that range from beautiful, angelic, and haunting from this sought after vocalist. 15 construction kits paired with a massive supply of bonus material, all organized and labelled with correct key and tempo information make this pack a producers dream. Veela has been featured on many top 100 beatport tracks and her collaboration with Blackmill was the #4 most blogged about song on Hype Machine. Her mission to share beauty and inspire shines through in this pack and there is no doubt that these vocals will be featured on many chart topping tracks for years to come.

Pack inlcudes:

15 Construction Kits - Vocals phrases and samples suitable for all kinds of music, each kit is named with the original chord progression it was recorded to for maximum efficiency. Stories woven into songs, beautiful melodies and adlibs fill up this section. Don't be afraid to mix and match, time-stretch or load into your favorite pitch correction software such as Melodyne or Newtone to create all new melodies and phrases. All kits are recorded to 128bpm and still sound great when stretched to other tempos.

Loops - Gated sustains, vocal percussion, and twisted glitch loops perfect for chopping up or laying directly in your track. All loops tempo stretched to 128bpm and labelled with the correct pitch.

Vocal FX - Heavily verbed breaths, reverse reverbs both tonal and atonal, and blurred vocal swells perfect for transitions for for building tension in your tracks

Spoken - Over 100 spoken phrases, perfect to drop in over a breakdown or fill. Begging to be chopped up into intricate edits!

Bonus Material - We wanted to give you, the producer, as much material to work with in this pack so we've included all of the production material such as random weird vocal noises, single sustain tones (several for each note), laughs and sighs & breath noises. These recordings are a sound designers paradise!

**NOTE that the demo features additional instrumental loops that are not included in the pack.

Siren was recorded with a Neuman TLM103 and processed with the finest gear from Universal Audio for analog warmth such as Studer A800, Empirical Labs Fatso, LA2A compressor, EMT250, Valhalla Room, Harrison 32C EQ, SSL E Channel Strip, Manley Massive Passive EQ. All recordings are relatively dry however to ensure the producer has maximum flexibility.

Siren - Vocal sample pack available from www.blackoctopus-sound.com

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