In his latest loopop video, host Ziv Eliraz takes an in-depth look at the new Solar 50 from Elta Music.
The SOLAR 50 is a 50-oscillator/10 voice synthesizer that they say is tailored to making atmospheric sounds, background music, microtonal music, ‘super polyphonic electro symphonies’ and more.
“It’s quite a different experience!” notes Eliraz.
Topics covered:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Overview
5:00 Connectivity
5:30 Stereo/mono
6:45 Noise/bleed
8:05 Oscillators
9:35 Osc cross mod
11:15 ASR VCA env
11:45 Pitch mods
12:35 Light sensor
13:25 Env patches
14:25 LFOs
15:00 Contact mic
15:25 Filter
16:20 Effects
22:10 PATCH IDEAS
22:15 Velocity mod
23:10 Stackcables
23:40 Cascading vox
24:15 Sequencing
24:35 FM radio noise
25:00 Trig seq
26:00 Motion rec
27:00 vs Lyra 8
27:55 Pros & cons
31:25 Outro
Pricing and Availability
The pre-order price is 1000 Euros. See the ELTA Music site about pre-orders.
The description of the difference between this and the Lyra-8 at about 27:40 is hilarious! Its one of the best I’ve heard in a while, because it makes perfect sense. It seems somehow budget-priced at a mere $1000. Excellent demo, Ziv!