Great video, I just realized its also incorrect in the Solar 42F manual, in the manual it says pushed in, button down is Left channel and button up state is Right channel loading.
@JessFromSquareOne
6 күн бұрын
Exactly! I checked and rechecked before doing my video because it wouldn't work the it's described, it was the contrary... At least on my Solar it is inversed. So... no proof reading at all, it's a bit sad. But again, that's only a doc. Which doc doesn't have a mistake or two right? :) Anyway, that's what the community is for I believe. But yeah, it leaves people a bit confused.
@thomascarli6324
6 күн бұрын
Thank you for this! I read the section of the manual on loading FX a few times, but still didn’t feel like I completely understood it. Your video makes much more sense and is very helpful. Thanks again, well done!
@JessFromSquareOne
6 күн бұрын
If I managed to help at least a bit then I'm happy! :)
@Knightsnare
3 күн бұрын
Thank you for making this! I was somewhat disappointed by the Solar effects but probably I was not doing something right. I was getting a lot of the effect getting "stuck" in a position and needing a hard reset of the machine to take the effect off when switching cartridges. This is helpful!
@JessFromSquareOne
3 күн бұрын
Thanks! Yes, I was having some frustration at first as well, not being helped by the official manual either. Not the best video I could have made though - I should have prepared a script beforehand maybe 😅 but happy it helped!!
@AKDanMusicMan
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for posting this! Still waiting on mine. Hopefully in the next few weeks!
@JessFromSquareOne
6 күн бұрын
Hey thanks!! The official PDF manual, at the time of this writing, is, for some parts of it, confusing, at least for some owners. It looks like it's been written under pressure very quickly :) I think Elta Music team will improve it as soon as they can resurface from the hype... This synth has gotten so popular that I guess they put all their resources on the production side, and not the marketing side. Meanwhile, you can count on the user community to get help!
@AKDanMusicMan
6 күн бұрын
I think over time having to press the central channel button will become intuitive. It makes sense to me that you’d need to have the button in the proper state to mess with anything on either side. I was thinking they could have given you a blank cartridge in order to clear the memory, but then that’s an extra step when you’re live if you quickly wanted to stop the effects.
@JessFromSquareOne
6 күн бұрын
Yeah, it's still unclear to me why they needed to design such a workflow, but I suspect it has something to do with the circuitry evolution from the OG Solar 42 to the 42f release. I suppose they do have some constraints. But I'm only assuming. I don't know anything about what's under the hood. It's not the best ergonomics for sure, but on the Plus side, it's great to have separate FX on left/right channels, it's truly a great addition from the OG Solar 42. The whole synth is a great hardware adventure, I will not complain about that, I got what I asked for, a truly unique hardware, almost artisanal, hands-on, analog, sensitive, very inspirative synth. I'd say, flaws are meant to become creative opportunities ;) If one wants perfection and repetition, just buy a mouse and VST plugin ah ah :D - it just means, to each tools its user. If you don't like to tune a violon for hours, don't use a violon.
@AKDanMusicMan
6 күн бұрын
@@JessFromSquareOne if you like the creativity aspect, check out the Airwave that ROLI released yesterday. That will be a real performance art piece of gear.
@JessFromSquareOne
6 күн бұрын
@@AKDanMusicMan yep, saw that :)
@VincentRiviere
5 күн бұрын
What a complicated machine 🤯
@JessFromSquareOne
5 күн бұрын
Hey Vincent! Thanks for visiting my channel ☺ I could say the same regarding how "bits manipulation" is when it comes to hardware programming. But your channel makes it very simple to understand😜 Seriously, no, it's not a complicated machine, it's just that some parts are not very well explained in the manual and you have to explore a bit on your own to wrap your head around that. But YOU already know very well the importance of machine exploration when it comes to fully develop its potential 😁
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