This Machine is Alive // Solar 42 f Deep Dive and Tricks

[@Davemech]

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[@helpmeiaminhell]

Ordered one in July can't wait for it to arrive I've never been this excited about a piece of gear in my life.

[@hexwavemusic]

Great video! I always wanted to see more about this machine because it's fascinating. Love the design and it sounds great, and your walkthrough shows very clearly how it works!

[@Davemech]

Cheers! Good to hear. It's really immersive and easy to lose yourself in.

[@nikolay_valchev]

Outstanding synth. Great review and dive in it. Its really the sound design dream machine. Superb content, keep it up mate.

[@Davemech]

Thank you!

[@z0OZ00OOO]

Mind blowing how many possibilities this has! Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@z0OZ00OOO]

Love the env looper 😱

[@Davemech]

Yeah that's a great feature

[@actitect]

Very nice, this sounds better and looks like more fun and options than about 90% of all modular racks I've seen and heard. Awesome device if you're into this sorta stuff for sure.

[@evenmind-music]

Absolutely stunning. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to create this super informative and rich sounding walk through. I’m getting closer and closer to ordering one myself.

[@Davemech]

Great to hear you enjoyed it. Was a lot of work. Unfortunately it doesn't get as much traction as other solar 42 videos for some reason... Maybe I shouldn't put my face on a thumbnail 😅

[@Vincenade]

I got this synth for some months now, and it's probably the most inventive piece of my gear... Soooo organic, and as you perflectly mention : any subtle and smooth touch on knobs makes the sounds evolve like no other synth. you tutorial is just great, and is filling some gaps I had with the understanding of the beast functionning. many thanks!

[@DaveS-Ace]

Giving this synth a like, cuz it’s so weird and I love it

[@evenmind-music]

When I first saw this instrument half a year ago I was like: woah this looks overwhelming. At second glance, I realised how simple it is once you look at the individual parts. And now I see how deep it’s true potential really is. Amazing.

[@Davemech]

Yeah exactly the process I went through :)

[@DJ3KLANG155]

Wunderfull Sound ❤

[@gracecore]

This is a great video thank you for doing this it's really helping me make up my mind if I want to purchase the unit. I hope you do more

[@Davemech]

Cheers glad to hear this long form video works well 👍🏻

[@prettylittlification]

Im so glad more of these Solar 42 videos are coming out. Ive pre-ordered one of these myself from Perfect Circuit, and have been going every week to figure it out, and i still haven't been able to tune the 6 drone osillators to a sound i like. So thank you again.

[@Heavycap]

Hey, you first tune voice 1 to VCO A / VCO B, then just work your way up on the keyboard tuning each voice to your desired note and you can get a wonderful effect, its what i did in my latest solar 42 session

[@prettylittlification]

That's very helpful, so each osillator knob gets tuned to the vco/a or b and depending if I'm using high pass or low pass signal. I'll try that this weekend. Thanks again

[@prettylittlification]

Also if you make a course on this device I would be very interested in that as well.

[@Heavycap]

@@prettylittlification Good idea, I will at some point do an in-depth example video and pass on some knowledge, covering more of the intricate features.

[@olivierdoleuze]

Thanks, Dave very useful like usually top notch 👍

[@Davemech]

Thanks 🙏

[@myceliumtechno]

super super cool!

[@Daniel-ot8gg]

This + syntakt must be amazing

[@Heavycap]

good idea, I was thinking of getting one to mix with the Solar, wondering about the Digitakt vs Syntakt

[@Heavycap]

Nice deep dive, I'm still trying to figure out the 16 step internal sequencer, i feel like the Solar 42 has endless potential. It is really a mini euro rack.

[@briansin]

Great video! Ugh, I just noticed that ONLY the AM button on voice 3 is wired incorrectly. Voice 6 is correct as is the FM button on voice 3. Have you figured out a way to correct this without sending it back?

[@Heavycap]

are you on the Solar 42 or 42F? how is the AM button wired incorrectly?

[@briansin]

@@Heavycap It's just as in the video. on the 42F, the AM button on Drone 3 is opposite of the rest of the FM/AM buttons on Drones 3/8. Not a huge deal, as not like i'm constantly switching out of AM mode on drone 3 (more a set the patch sound and play with it), but is what it is. It's all the 42Fs for now. Synth is still amazing though even with that production glitch.

[@Heavycap]

@@briansin ok, thanks, makes sense now, watched that part again.

[@Davemech]

Not yet. Will talk to him about it. Maybe it can be fixed without sending the unit.

[@freezeetch]

Solar 42 vs Syntrx II - any thoughts?

[@Davemech]

U have the first Syntrx not II but myeah, wildly different instruments. The solar is more playable directly from the get go where the Syntrx is more of an experimental sound design pallet using a lot of possibilities with audio feedback loops and what not. The solar 42 is more controlled and better suited for improvisation.

[@exdvayne]

OMG

[@kostisv]

May I ask what stand do you use for the ST?

[@Davemech]

Ello. You mean syntakt ? I don't use a stand

[@kostisv]

@@Davemech Thamks for the reply but my comment was posted on the wrong video-channel! 😆 Great content by the way..

[@Davemech]

Haha 😆. And thanks 🙏

[@Noiseferaofficial]

Can you connect it to a Scarlette Interface?

[@Davemech]

Sure. If you have two inputs on your interface you can just connect the wet out L/R each to an input. In your daw, hardpan each input left and right

[@Noiseferaofficial]

@@Davemech Thank you! What about the exit audio one?

[@hexwavemusic]

@@Noiseferaofficial That's external audio, its for running audio from something else into the solar.

[@Noiseferaofficial]

@@hexwavemusic gotcha

[@Heavycap]

you can connect 4 outputs to the scarlette, wet L/R and then also VCO A/VCO B, now you can put separate effects on either the stereo out and the VCO's.

[@mooted5513]

Meh.