My Solina arrived earlier his week. Plugged it in, pressed a few buttons, modulation on, bit of slow phaser and suddenly I was playing the intro to Equinoxe. Love it.
When you first engaged the modulation button, the sound triggered some kind of emotional response in me. There is something about string synthesisers, and the Solina in particular, that really is amazing. I have owned many of the classics - Solina Mk1, ARP Omni II, Yamaha SS30, Hohner String Melody, Logan String Melody 2, Vox String Thing, Crumar Performer, Roland VP330, Elka Rhapsody and another Logan that was a combination of string synth and combo organ. All were fantastic, but the Solina is the best in my humble opinion.
I used to have a Waldorf Streichfett that had the same kind of magical "modulation" that turns it from sounding like a thin fake accordion into sound like a shimmery wash from outer space, but it struck an even deeper emotional feeling because it opened the sound up in stereo at the same time, I really became attached to pressing that button! Makes me wonder if it's possible to mod the onboard ensemble effect into stereo outs by making separate outputs for direct and delayed signal. Or just find a BBD stereo chorus that achieves the same effect. The lack of stereo is the main thing holding me back from buying one of these. Yeah I know the original is mono, but there's something really special about doing this stuff in stereo, it's a missed opportunity to make a simple but massive improvement on the original.
The problem with having the phaser built in, is that you lose flexibility. A fav trick of mine is to out the phaser in the left or right, dry on the other channel. Another experiment that sounded huge was to put two different phases on the left and right, at slightly different speeds.
This is such a wild release from Behringer. I give them a lot of credit for selling something so niche but it sounds great. They did a really good job on this.
It seems like there is a lot of hype about it. I could never get the original, but for Cure ish sounds always wanted it. Very curious to see what this will do in the hands of people that normally wouldn’t go for this sound.
L9ve the sound. I just wish it would hold notes on sustane peddle. So then i can reach for something else. What i do as a work around. Is use my oberheim xk controller note hold button which holds notes via midi. A sostinuto in organ terms. A bit awkward but it works.
How about a Waldorf Streichfett? String section/ensemble is amazing and you get other waves with live morphing with a lot more controls with many pots... and key pressure, 128 voice polyphonic, nice effcts. I'm a big fan and it's quite cheap, especially on second hand market (bought last year 150€). Great video as usual! 👍
I have one streichfett and original solina and other strings machine from the era. I found the streichfett to have nice sounds but that specific (and fantastic) sound of the solina is really something else.
Cool you worked for Quasimidi ! Did you work on the Quasar, my favourite module? I have the first ever independent solina string ensemble of Eminent with the chorus sound always on. Nice job of Behringer but I prefer my Eminent!
Another wonderful and informative review! Thank you for the firsthand information about Jean-Michel Jarre, a great fact to know that he used an Eminent! I farted around with one of the String Ensembles in 1986, it was pretty beat up, but that sound! I'll be buying this for sure, it's so perfect for what I've always wanted for my sound.
I got it, and right now i dont like it! All my midi controllers except one fail to trigger notes on the solina properly. However it does work perfectly with my doepfer keyboard but not my Yamahas. Seems like poor firmware rather than a defect? But then its strange that i havent heard anyone mention this issue.
No problems here with different Controllers & Keyboards. The Solina is absolutely dumb MIDI-wise. It just accepts Note-On and Off. No Velocity, no aftertouch etc. I am sure you will figure it out! 🍀
Seems it shipped with early(wrong?) firmware (0.3.3). I managed to get synthtribe working and update the solina. Weird requirement for a brand new synth, but well its working fine now!
The fact that its so simple to use makes it great for fast compositions. I like sound design but this sounds great as it is. I will surely get one soon; I'll need to get a 4 octave midi keyboard though.
Love how the Solina sounds! I also appreciate that you're using a JX-8P to control it. That was the first keyboard I bought back in 1986 and I still am playing it. 🥰Thank you for the great video!
JX-8P is my favorite Roland Poly! I played the Jupiter-8 last weekend and I have to say that they have much more in common than people will admit! I also have some 8p videos on the channel! 🍀🤖
I started making music at a time when digital synthesizers were taking over. Analog devices disappeared temporarily and we started playing with digital synths and then vsts. And one day, they appeared as very expensive, hard-to-find vintage products. “Why don't they just remanufacture these old devices?” I asked a lot. We waited too long. At least we will be able to use it from now on. I would like to thank those who brought this reproduction idea to life.
Unfortunately, the soundtrack in the background interferes with the showcase of the instrument itself. Otherwise, this is a great review and hell yes, I’m buying one!!! Thank you.
Solina sounds nice. I fear this piece of gear would sit on the shelf if I bought it. 1-trick pony and performance limitations, and I have more strings than you ever will (3 workstations and a jv-2080 with orchestra sound bank, plus all the synths including a dx7). The Toro and solina would both be good for guitar bands. Super fast setup. The sustain is from the controller keyboard. I use multiple sustain pedals in my rig and they are on the controlling keyboards. To me, sustain on a module is not very useful so I understand. Fwiw, my workflow is more performance oriented, and that is why I got grandmother vs matriarch. Still trying to work the 2600 into the live flow. Our tastes in sound do overlap even though you work in the box.
Yes! I pre-ordered it at Thomann as soon as it appeared and it was delivered to me a few days ago. I already used it in the chorus of a prog rock/prog metal song I'm working on, replacing my Hohner Logan String Melody that was in that place before. I just love those string machines, could listen to them for hours. I double track them usually to get a wider stereo field. Quadruple actually in this case, because they need to fight against Double tracked metal guitars and a 10-layer vocal track.
@@winesynthsYes, two hearts are beating in my chest, one for synthesizers, and one for metal. I try to put them together, and out comes... space metal 🙂
Fwiw, I bought the "poor man's" mellotron, an EHX Mel9 pedal. It is a tracker-synth pedal and works great with a clean wave from a synth. Cost is under $200 us.
Yes I think I will have to get the Gforce Mtron pro complete bundle at just over £300 it’s cheaper than the £1000 + for the Melletron micro from Thomann.
Wunderbar! it’s interesting to hear this. I use to gig with an ARP string ensemble, with a Rhodes and Clavinet a long time ago. Love hearing the similarities as well as your presentation. 🎧.
Too original and reminder to not buy it, this instrument have it's place in my racks, with original sounds replica from Behringer. It will be driven by a Roland (super) MC 500, over my Juno 6, ans a SH 2000. Very retro part of my studio. So happy for your smooth explanations. This is a simple instrument but can't be replaced🙏🤗
Same for me when I found Equinoxe among the records of my parents! It sounded so otherworldly! Years later it was exactly this copy I got signed by JMJ when I met him in his studio! 😁
@@winesynths you are so lucky to have met the great and the only genius modern musician J-M-J.... i found équinox very later in my life when i ve got 20 years old but oxygene ,my mother have this record when i was young and i start to listen it at 4 years old and for a long times i listen it every day and each time i found a new sound or a new part... even today i love this album and also the oxygene 2 and 3 ..i have all his albums even the 3 before oxygene ... he came at montréal in 2018 i think and i and my mother was there...i just come to found your channel and i will follow you , i like the way you work and talk with a huge accent germanic ,its very cool..me i live in the quebec in the stinky and shity CHINADA ,and if i have made better choice in my life younger i should go live in russia ,.... anyway good luck and thanks to have respond to my comment and sorry for my bad english i am a real quebecers old stock ,so we speack in french but not the same french that in france.. .P.S. who are you? do you have play in a band or somethings?
Due to the absence of s good remake I already invested in a Solina VST. So I’m afraid Uli is to late with this synth . 🤔 For me it doesn’t add anything to my setup, At this point in time.
The Arturia VST is really a great alternative! If you are not 200 % into the last analogue sound details! Totally agree! For a nice spooky Dracula organ now and then it‘s just perfect! 🧛🏻
Geat review. Would love one, but I think I'll have to stick with the Solina patches on my AN1x, can't really justify the expense for one sound. Do you use the Star Trek tricorder as an aditional modulation source? 😆
I hope they will improve the weak points of the Pro-800 with an update. It has a lot of potencial. But as it is now, it‘s just a great clone of an average vintage synth.
I've always loved the old string ensembles. I own both a Crumar Performer and a Roland RS-202, and since both of them are huge, heavy, and in need of repair, this little lovely thing is very, very tempting. Thanks for the video!
Wow! I don‘t know! Honestly! 😁 Take whatever sounds the nearest to the original. The string sounds usually aren‘t dry and packed with FX. But I think somebody already made a video about this subject.
Oh and can I say, thank you so much for the Raven, I got mine at the end of last year and I'm enjoying it immensely. So versatile if you're willing to dig into the sound creation and the motivator.
I have Strymon Mobius pedal. In the Chorus effect section there's different modes. The mode "multi" is completely imitates solina ensemble chorus!!! (With few other adjustments of level, depth, rate, and tone. Tweak it and you'll be impressed!!!
Sounds beautiful & I've been interested in this since they announced it, but I just know I probably won't get much use out of it. I wouldn't be able to help myself with trying to make late 70's-early 80's Hi NRG & Euro Disco style tunes either & although I do love that stuff, just don't wanna steer off course too much at the moment 😁😁
Merci pour ton travail ! J'aime beaucoup ta chaîne. Tu m'as convaincu !!! Quel son prenant et profond, rempli d'émotion. Bon courage pour la suite... 🎵🎶
I see you have a knee brace. I had one for about 8 years. It used to cut into my leg and make it bleed. No fun. I then had surgery and now my knee only bends 15 degrees. At least you can play synths sitting down. Fantastic channel.
Danke für ein weiteres interessantes Video. Mich würde ja wahnsinnig interessieren, wie diese Geräte mit der Small Stone-Weiterentwicklung für's Eurorack "AJH Next Phase" klingen.
@@winesynths Gut portionierter Hall ist der Feen- und Sternestaub auf einem guten Sound. Das Einzige, das mir am Matriarch missfällt, ist der fehlende Federhall der kleinen Schwester. ^^
@@Waldemar_la_Tendresse Uhhh! Federhall auf die Solina! Am besten aus einem Fender Twin-Reverb oder so! Das würde den Dracula-Factor nochmals deutlich steigern! 🧛🏻
Out of the box mine was dropping notes when played, which initially I was told was the quirky nature of the original.... however, after a firmware upgrade it now plays like any other vintage organ/string synth..... watch out for those arm chair experts!
And of course, the armchair expert highly recommends updating the firmware of your synths to the latest version after unpacking! Maybe I should address this in a special video? 🤔
@@winesynths yes indeed they do! Historically with other synths you don’t generally have to do an update for basic midi control to work, but it certainly seems the case with Behringer… maybe its because they’re in a rush to get them out after all the delays.
This is what you think! I had new Synthesizers here that were six times the price of a usual Behringer with unbearable MIDI-glitches! Even a year after being released. Also, from well known brands. To be honest, in this field, Behringer is doing a comparably good job! 😉
@@winesynths I'm not criticising them, just observing. I've had many an expensive synth too, but basic functionality has always been present out of the box. My Solina was though unplayable.
Спасибо за обзор! Если с pro800 все понятно- аналоговый синтезатор, то тут зачем солина нужна? Сейчас в любом синтезаторе и даже в плагине такие звуки есть! Слишком примитивно для сегодняшнего дня
Interesting you were related to Quasimidi as well. So far I only know about Jörg Schaaf. You were involved in the Raven? About that review - for me the sound is really 100% nailed, makes me almost buy it.... but: Still can't decide whether that VP clone is more interesting. Could you eventually make a comparison of the string section and maybe try out if you could reproduce the modulation+phaser sound with that as well? Maybe even use the Solinas Phaser?
I started at Qm as a product specialist when Raven came out. My job consisted in demoing on trade fairs like Musikmesse or Namm, writing Manuals, programming Sounds and helping users at the hotline! Like JMJ! 🤖 I had exactly the same idea to combine the VC and the Solina phaser! Especially since I also have a Small Stone Nano to compare! I will try this later on! 🤓
Ich habe mich immer gefragt, was Menschen dazu bringt, den Klang alter, schlecht klingender Synthesizer in die Gegenwart retten zu wollen. Aus heutiger Sicht ist der Sound des Solina an Armseligkeit wohl kaum zu überbieten, und trotzdem wollen manche offenbar genau das haben. Na ja, immerhin ist das Teil ja recht günstig zu haben.
@@winesynths Ja eben. Ich habe ja auch einige davon. Was mich aber schon lange wundert ist, dass so viele nostalgisch an den alten Klängen hängen, auch wenn sie gar nicht so soper waren.
@@winesynths Ja OK. Jeder nach seinem Geschmack. Auch die großen Hersteller gehen da voll mit. Ich habe z.B. einen Roland Jupiter-xm, und der bietet auch Sounde vom Jupiter-8, Juno-106, JX-8P, SH-101 und JV-5080 (und gegen Aufpreis den Vocal Designer des V-Synth). Dabei werden die alten Synthesizer richtig emuliert, d.h. die Sounds lassen sich nur so bearbeiten, wie es auch bei den alten Synthesizern der Fall war.
Gerade bei Roland werden sie leider weniger richtig emuliert als bei Behringer! Da kannst Du dir auch gleich Plugins holen! 🫣 Früher, als die billig waren, besass ich eine Menge von diesen Kult-Geräten und habe irgendwann alles verkauft. Nachdem ich die zahlreichen Imitate getestet habe, kaufte ich mir erneut einen Juno-6, mittlerweile 2xJX-8P, den SH-101 und diverse andere Vintage-Effekte. Das ist natürlicher purer Luxus. Aber bei diesen Geräten geht es auch darum, wie man sie spielt! Gerade beim Juno und beim SH. Habe einige Videos dazu gemacht. Schau mal rein! Meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach, trifft es Behringer bei den Synthis noch am besten, dicht gefolgt von Arturia! Und gerade die Solina ist dafür ein gutes Beispiel! 🤖
Damn you for making this, going to have to buy one now to wallow in 70s nostalgia. The Jean-Michel Jarre anecdote was excellent as well, I can imagine him sending out minions in a van to buy up Eminent's and bring them back to his lair where he patches them to his taste and then glues the knobs in place // amaxing
@@winesynths It's a soviet synthesizer that uses a similar frequency divider technology like in a string machine but offers the four timbres piano, strings, harpsichord and brass which you also can use simultaneously. Those timbres are what I don't like about it. And then all of this goes through a single Polivoks filter and a single VCA for all voices. It was produced at the Formanta plant where also the better known Polivoks has been produced.
@@winesynths I'll have to import for sure. Cosmo Music has exclusive rights to Behringer apparently... so if you live in Canada and want a Behringer product... importing is the only choice.... Cosmo doesn't have it, doesn't know when they'll get it, and even if they did - it would be shipped slow.
@@mathewworkman1625 Thomann ships worldwide. But of course shipping costs and customs... and Solina is sold in the moment, should be back in about 2 months.
@@monolith2063 Thanks, will need to import for sure. I have no idea why Cosmo music was given exclusive distributorship - when they are not able to keep stock. 'Covid' as an excuse doesn't fly anymore - SweetWater is able to keep Behringer stock.
My Solina arrived earlier his week. Plugged it in, pressed a few buttons, modulation on, bit of slow phaser and suddenly I was playing the intro to Equinoxe. Love it.
Yeah! It‘s instant Equinoxe! 😁
@@winesynths Hehe, they should use that line in the advertising. 😁
is it shipping? at sweet water it just says new item on the way
@@helisoma Got mine through Thomann, said delivery within a week but took getting on for a month. Preorder is best bet.
This is the behringer I'd be most inclined to get because it's really something nobody else is making
Very informative and clear review. Dank Dir ;-)
Love it !
So reminiscent of Pete Bardens on some Camel records.
Good review 👍🏼🏴☠️✌🏼
Camel is great! I listened to some songs while I was looking for some inspiration for the video! 👍
Lunar sea, comes to mind.
@@alanlowndes8668 I’m so tempted to buy it for just that sound 🤙🏽
I had the original in 83 along with the original Pro One. I got the Behringer Pro One. The Solina is on order.
When you first engaged the modulation button, the sound triggered some kind of emotional response in me. There is something about string synthesisers, and the Solina in particular, that really is amazing. I have owned many of the classics - Solina Mk1, ARP Omni II, Yamaha SS30, Hohner String Melody, Logan String Melody 2, Vox String Thing, Crumar Performer, Roland VP330, Elka Rhapsody and another Logan that was a combination of string synth and combo organ. All were fantastic, but the Solina is the best in my humble opinion.
I used to have a Waldorf Streichfett that had the same kind of magical "modulation" that turns it from sounding like a thin fake accordion into sound like a shimmery wash from outer space, but it struck an even deeper emotional feeling because it opened the sound up in stereo at the same time, I really became attached to pressing that button! Makes me wonder if it's possible to mod the onboard ensemble effect into stereo outs by making separate outputs for direct and delayed signal. Or just find a BBD stereo chorus that achieves the same effect. The lack of stereo is the main thing holding me back from buying one of these. Yeah I know the original is mono, but there's something really special about doing this stuff in stereo, it's a missed opportunity to make a simple but massive improvement on the original.
The problem with having the phaser built in, is that you lose flexibility. A fav trick of mine is to out the phaser in the left or right, dry on the other channel. Another experiment that sounded huge was to put two different phases on the left and right, at slightly different speeds.
This is such a wild release from Behringer. I give them a lot of credit for selling something so niche but it sounds great. They did a really good job on this.
It seems like there is a lot of hype about it. I could never get the original, but for Cure ish sounds always wanted it. Very curious to see what this will do in the hands of people that normally wouldn’t go for this sound.
The price is up to $300 now. I think it released for a lot less initially.
L9ve the sound. I just wish it would hold notes on sustane peddle. So then i can reach for something else. What i do as a work around. Is use my oberheim xk controller note hold button which holds notes via midi. A sostinuto in organ terms. A bit awkward but it works.
Modulation on and instant JM Jarre feelings. Thanks for this video ;)
The Pink FLoyd sound from my synth dreams.
The original solina is the string sound on Shine On You Crazy Diamond, so it literally is!
Very interesting, the ambient bkgr off please, cool tho
A dream has come true: Werner Herzog demoing synths.
Werner Herzog! 🤣🤣🤣
How about a Waldorf Streichfett? String section/ensemble is amazing and you get other waves with live morphing with a lot more controls with many pots... and key pressure, 128 voice polyphonic, nice effcts. I'm a big fan and it's quite cheap, especially on second hand market (bought last year 150€).
Great video as usual! 👍
Streichfett is an okay-ish sounding emulation... until we hear it with actual divide-down string synths: ua-cam.com/video/smEMTPd2VgY/v-deo.html
I have one streichfett and original solina and other strings machine from the era. I found the streichfett to have nice sounds but that specific (and fantastic) sound of the solina is really something else.
@@chrisgadd Being kind there, it sounds really boring
While I'm not generally a fan of steampunk, I do find that steam is the best way to prepare punk.
hmmm… I have to think about this for some moments… 🚂
You get that recipe from Norm?
Looking forward to hearing one through some of the glitchy pedals like the Microcosm, Ribbons or Lost Generation.
Thank you for a nice review. And a special big thank for pronoucing Behringer correctly!
Cool you worked for Quasimidi ! Did you work on the Quasar, my favourite module? I have the first ever independent solina string ensemble of Eminent with the chorus sound always on. Nice job of Behringer but I prefer my Eminent!
Hi! I started to work there as a product specialist for the Raven! It came after Quasar & Technox. 🤓
A tricorder! A man of fine tastes I see!!
It does ONE THING basically, but it does it BRILLIANTLY!!!!
LOVE mine!
when it's available in the UK, I'll get one for sure...
Hi Christopher . Thanks so much for your wonderful demo. Very nicely presented. Mark Bensette Aux Bois 🇨🇦.
Another wonderful and informative review! Thank you for the firsthand information about Jean-Michel Jarre, a great fact to know that he used an Eminent! I farted around with one of the String Ensembles in 1986, it was pretty beat up, but that sound! I'll be buying this for sure, it's so perfect for what I've always wanted for my sound.
Very tempted after your video :)
I got it, and right now i dont like it!
All my midi controllers except one fail to trigger notes on the solina properly. However it does work perfectly with my doepfer keyboard but not my Yamahas. Seems like poor firmware rather than a defect? But then its strange that i havent heard anyone mention this issue.
No problems here with different Controllers & Keyboards. The Solina is absolutely dumb MIDI-wise. It just accepts Note-On and Off. No Velocity, no aftertouch etc. I am sure you will figure it out! 🍀
Seems it shipped with early(wrong?) firmware (0.3.3). I managed to get synthtribe working and update the solina. Weird requirement for a brand new synth, but well its working fine now!
I’m hearing the middle section of Pink Floyd’s “Dogs” in my head while watching this….”dragged down by the stone…..stone…..stone…..stone…..stone”
The fact that its so simple to use makes it great for fast compositions. I like sound design but this sounds great as it is. I will surely get one soon; I'll need to get a 4 octave midi keyboard though.
Ola Carlos! How many octaves do you have now? 🙀
@@winesynths Only three octaves on the Miditech I² Control-37. 😑 At least they are full size keys.
Well, how does it *_work??_*
Love how the Solina sounds! I also appreciate that you're using a JX-8P to control it. That was the first keyboard I bought back in 1986 and I still am playing it. 🥰Thank you for the great video!
JX-8P is my favorite Roland Poly! I played the Jupiter-8 last weekend and I have to say that they have much more in common than people will admit! I also have some 8p videos on the channel! 🍀🤖
@@winesynthsI will definitely watch those 8P videos. My Solina is on its way from Sweetwater. Looking forward to playing it with my 8P and FA-08. 🙂
I started making music at a time when digital synthesizers were taking over. Analog devices disappeared temporarily and we started playing with digital synths and then vsts. And one day, they appeared as very expensive, hard-to-find vintage products. “Why don't they just remanufacture these old devices?” I asked a lot. We waited too long. At least we will be able to use it from now on. I would like to thank those who brought this reproduction idea to life.
Unfortunately, the soundtrack in the background interferes with the showcase of the instrument itself. Otherwise, this is a great review and hell yes, I’m buying one!!! Thank you.
Solina sounds nice. I fear this piece of gear would sit on the shelf if I bought it. 1-trick pony and performance limitations, and I have more strings than you ever will (3 workstations and a jv-2080 with orchestra sound bank, plus all the synths including a dx7). The Toro and solina would both be good for guitar bands. Super fast setup. The sustain is from the controller keyboard. I use multiple sustain pedals in my rig and they are on the controlling keyboards. To me, sustain on a module is not very useful so I understand. Fwiw, my workflow is more performance oriented, and that is why I got grandmother vs matriarch. Still trying to work the 2600 into the live flow. Our tastes in sound do overlap even though you work in the box.
Yes! I pre-ordered it at Thomann as soon as it appeared and it was delivered to me a few days ago. I already used it in the chorus of a prog rock/prog metal song I'm working on, replacing my Hohner Logan String Melody that was in that place before. I just love those string machines, could listen to them for hours. I double track them usually to get a wider stereo field. Quadruple actually in this case, because they need to fight against Double tracked metal guitars and a 10-layer vocal track.
Interesting! Metal is a completely different world than mine! And for sure I will also try to double track it for more stereo wideness!
@@winesynthsYes, two hearts are beating in my chest, one for synthesizers, and one for metal. I try to put them together, and out comes... space metal 🙂
"Now I will switch modulation on." [UNLOCK ACHIEVED]
Solina ordered, deposit paid.. now I am just waiting for stocks to reach Australia.
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I have one on order and I can’t wait! It’s such a unique sounding synth! ❤ 18:29
This was too good to refuse! I've ordered mine, and hope it will arrive around the end of July. Looking forward to it :)
Enjoy it! 🤖
Its like the mellotron, bought for specific sounds that accompany and add that special texture to any mix.
Thanks for a fantastic video. You have the vc 340 and the solena you just need a Melotron ( ouch that price herts ) that’s my gole
Fwiw, I bought the "poor man's" mellotron, an EHX Mel9 pedal. It is a tracker-synth pedal and works great with a clean wave from a synth. Cost is under $200 us.
Yes I think I will have to get the Gforce Mtron pro complete bundle at just over £300 it’s cheaper than the £1000 + for the Melletron micro from Thomann.
Quasimidi! I have a Rave-o-lution 309 that I love to bits and now I have the Solina! Many thanks!
I’m definitely going to buy this! It really does sound outstanding, through a H90 or Cxm it’s going to sound world class.
Matching your trousers to the colour of a 303 surely has to be the way to go...
Wunderbar!
it’s interesting to hear this. I use to gig with an ARP string ensemble, with a Rhodes and Clavinet a long time ago. Love hearing the similarities as well as your presentation. 🎧.
I love the sound of this, and would really like one but I just don't need it for my style of music
Love the sound of the Solina
Yep. Had to buy❤
Too original and reminder to not buy it, this instrument have it's place in my racks, with original sounds replica from Behringer. It will be driven by a Roland (super) MC 500, over my Juno 6, ans a SH 2000. Very retro part of my studio. So happy for your smooth explanations. This is a simple instrument but can't be replaced🙏🤗
I am working on some nice sound ideas with the Solina for a new video! 😉
jean michel jarre oxygene album...i ear that since my 4 years in 1977...its sound very well...
Same for me when I found Equinoxe among the records of my parents! It sounded so otherworldly! Years later it was exactly this copy I got signed by JMJ when I met him in his studio! 😁
@@winesynths you are so lucky to have met the great and the only genius modern musician J-M-J....
i found équinox very later in my life when i ve got 20 years old but oxygene ,my mother have this record when i was young and i start to listen it at 4 years old and for a long times i listen it every day and each time i found a new sound or a new part...
even today i love this album and also the oxygene 2 and 3 ..i have all his albums even the 3 before oxygene ...
he came at montréal in 2018 i think and i and my mother was there...i just come to found your channel and i will follow you , i like the way you work and talk with a huge accent germanic ,its very cool..me i live in the quebec in the stinky and shity CHINADA ,and if i have made better choice in my life younger i should go live in russia ,....
anyway good luck and thanks to have respond to my comment and sorry for my bad english i am a real quebecers old stock ,so we speack in french but not the same french that in france..
.P.S. who are you? do you have play in a band or somethings?
It's so beautiful chord progressions and your demo is cool
Thanks so much! 🤖👍
Small stone pedal
It sound like a great tool to have just for ease of use
Due to the absence of s good remake I already invested in a Solina VST.
So I’m afraid Uli is to late with this synth . 🤔
For me it doesn’t add anything to my setup, At this point in time.
The Arturia VST is really a great alternative! If you are not 200 % into the last analogue sound details! Totally agree! For a nice spooky Dracula organ now and then it‘s just perfect! 🧛🏻
I've seen guitarists with pedal knobs gaffed tight, but to glue a knob into place is real dedication. The ultimate preset!
On an instrument that weights 200 Kg! 🤖
Geat review. Would love one, but I think I'll have to stick with the Solina patches on my AN1x, can't really justify the expense for one sound. Do you use the Star Trek tricorder as an aditional modulation source? 😆
I am constantly scanning for intelligent life forms! So far no great luck on this planet! 🖖🏼🤖😁
Good isn't it....I had it 5 weeks ago & still prefer it over the pro800 I received in the same box from Behringer
Both are lovely I'm sure. The Solina seams to have more character I think
I hope they will improve the weak points of the Pro-800 with an update. It has a lot of potencial. But as it is now, it‘s just a great clone of an average vintage synth.
@@winesynths Interesting feedback thanks. I'll pass on the Pro800 for now and will have a Solina in the near future
Great Video! I have it on pre order in the states. Can't wait to play it!
Great video mate, well done!
Thank you so much for this review! It sounds so good, just the way it should.
Sehr gut gemacht! Vielen Dank!
Sehr gerne 🤖
Sounds quite grainy
I've always loved the old string ensembles. I own both a Crumar Performer and a Roland RS-202, and since both of them are huge, heavy, and in need of repair, this little lovely thing is very, very tempting. Thanks for the video!
Is your Performer Rev 1 or 2?
I love the Crumar Performer. Super underrated
@@t55a2 Rev 1
@@emdotambient Mine is Rev 2
@@enricopallazzoofficial It’s a very refined and sometimes melancholic sound from it, but it is very lovely indeed
I love the way you say "ensemble". It's great to have a person like you, with previous professional experience, on youtube
How do you say it??? 🇫🇷🤓
@@winesynths "ensèmble" but in italian or "insèmbol" in pseudo english
@@LB-pp7pu Ok! I got you! 🇮🇹😀
Magic old JMJ sounds - love it.
thanks a lot - wonderful demo :)
Merci pour présentation, ce clone est vraiment une réussite.
Do you think the synth strings in new orders age of consent were done with the solina or omni ? Or another synth ?
Wow! I don‘t know! Honestly! 😁
Take whatever sounds the nearest to the original. The string sounds usually aren‘t dry and packed with FX. But I think somebody already made a video about this subject.
Oh and can I say, thank you so much for the Raven, I got mine at the end of last year and I'm enjoying it immensely. So versatile if you're willing to dig into the sound creation and the motivator.
The Quasimidis are still a lot of fun to play with! Thats what they were made for! Take good care of it! 🤖
I have Strymon Mobius pedal. In the Chorus effect section there's different modes. The mode "multi" is completely imitates solina ensemble chorus!!! (With few other adjustments of level, depth, rate, and tone. Tweak it and you'll be impressed!!!
I already have Behringer's Odyssey clone that I love...I could especially use this with my jazz-funk horn band...I think I need this machine!
I 'd love to buy this...
Sounds beautiful & I've been interested in this since they announced it, but I just know I probably won't get much use out of it. I wouldn't be able to help myself with trying to make late 70's-early 80's Hi NRG & Euro Disco style tunes either & although I do love that stuff, just don't wanna steer off course too much at the moment 😁😁
Merci pour ton travail ! J'aime beaucoup ta chaîne.
Tu m'as convaincu !!! Quel son prenant et profond, rempli d'émotion.
Bon courage pour la suite... 🎵🎶
Merci! Il me semble que les Francais apprecient particulierement ce son! 😉
@@winesynths Merci pour ta réponse en français. 👏👏👏
I see you have a knee brace. I had one for about 8 years. It used to cut into my leg and make it bleed. No fun. I then had surgery and now my knee only bends 15 degrees. At least you can play synths sitting down. Fantastic channel.
Danke für ein weiteres interessantes Video.
Mich würde ja wahnsinnig interessieren, wie diese Geräte mit der Small Stone-Weiterentwicklung für's Eurorack "AJH Next Phase" klingen.
Ja! Die Kiste schreit förmlich nach Effekten! Ich liebe ja vintage Hall aus den 80ern! 👍
@@winesynths Gut portionierter Hall ist der Feen- und Sternestaub auf einem guten Sound.
Das Einzige, das mir am Matriarch missfällt, ist der fehlende Federhall der kleinen Schwester. ^^
@@Waldemar_la_Tendresse Uhhh! Federhall auf die Solina! Am besten aus einem Fender Twin-Reverb oder so! Das würde den Dracula-Factor nochmals deutlich steigern! 🧛🏻
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Out of the box mine was dropping notes when played, which initially I was told was the quirky nature of the original.... however, after a firmware upgrade it now plays like any other vintage organ/string synth..... watch out for those arm chair experts!
And of course, the armchair expert highly recommends updating the firmware of your synths to the latest version after unpacking! Maybe I should address this in a special video? 🤔
@@winesynths yes indeed they do! Historically with other synths you don’t generally have to do an update for basic midi control to work, but it certainly seems the case with Behringer… maybe its because they’re in a rush to get them out after all the delays.
This is what you think! I had new Synthesizers here that were six times the price of a usual Behringer with unbearable MIDI-glitches! Even a year after being released. Also, from well known brands. To be honest, in this field, Behringer is doing a comparably good job! 😉
@@winesynths I'm not criticising them, just observing. I've had many an expensive synth too, but basic functionality has always been present out of the box. My Solina was though unplayable.
Спасибо за обзор! Если с pro800 все понятно- аналоговый синтезатор, то тут зачем солина нужна?
Сейчас в любом синтезаторе и даже в плагине такие звуки есть!
Слишком примитивно для сегодняшнего дня
It sounds amazing actually - 9:33 goosebumps because of how familiar it sounds
Interesting you were related to Quasimidi as well. So far I only know about Jörg Schaaf. You were involved in the Raven? About that review - for me the sound is really 100% nailed, makes me almost buy it.... but: Still can't decide whether that VP clone is more interesting. Could you eventually make a comparison of the string section and maybe try out if you could reproduce the modulation+phaser sound with that as well? Maybe even use the Solinas Phaser?
I started at Qm as a product specialist when Raven came out. My job consisted in demoing on trade fairs like Musikmesse or Namm, writing Manuals, programming Sounds and helping users at the hotline! Like JMJ! 🤖
I had exactly the same idea to combine the VC and the Solina phaser! Especially since I also have a Small Stone Nano to compare! I will try this later on! 🤓
All your videos are cool! Thanks from Paris!
Ich liebe diese Sounds. Von 70s Psychedelic zu Berlin Style Electronica bis Instant Joy Division.
Das geht damit alles! Man sollte halt nur wissen, welche Effekte jeweils damit benutzt wurden. Aber ist ja auch interessant sowas zu recherchieren!
@@winesynths Ich hatte meiner Frau versprochen, keine Synths mehr zu kaufen... Damn!
@@Fr4nkju5tFr4nk der ist doch ganz klein!!! 🤓
As soon as you hit that modulator; Dogs by Pink Floyd. "Dragged down by the stone-one-one-one-one-one-one-one-one-one-etc..etc". 😍
The Meddle factor is considerable! Where is my AKS??? 😁👾
I really would like to have one of these. It sounds really nice!
Love the tricorder.
I am constantly scanning for intelligent life around me! 🖖
Ich habe mich immer gefragt, was Menschen dazu bringt, den Klang alter, schlecht klingender Synthesizer in die Gegenwart retten zu wollen. Aus heutiger Sicht ist der Sound des Solina an Armseligkeit wohl kaum zu überbieten, und trotzdem wollen manche offenbar genau das haben. Na ja, immerhin ist das Teil ja recht günstig zu haben.
Zum Glück muss man ja nichts kaufen! Und wenn es Dir nicht gefällt gibt es genug andere Klangerzeuger! Viel Erfolg! 🍀
@@winesynths Ja eben. Ich habe ja auch einige davon. Was mich aber schon lange wundert ist, dass so viele nostalgisch an den alten Klängen hängen, auch wenn sie gar nicht so soper waren.
@@martinstubs6203 Ich mag das. Und am Ende leben die davon, dass man im Studio damit auch etwas interessantes macht! 🤖
@@winesynths Ja OK. Jeder nach seinem Geschmack. Auch die großen Hersteller gehen da voll mit. Ich habe z.B. einen Roland Jupiter-xm, und der bietet auch Sounde vom Jupiter-8, Juno-106, JX-8P, SH-101 und JV-5080 (und gegen Aufpreis den Vocal Designer des V-Synth). Dabei werden die alten Synthesizer richtig emuliert, d.h. die Sounds lassen sich nur so bearbeiten, wie es auch bei den alten Synthesizern der Fall war.
Gerade bei Roland werden sie leider weniger richtig emuliert als bei Behringer! Da kannst Du dir auch gleich Plugins holen! 🫣 Früher, als die billig waren, besass ich eine Menge von diesen Kult-Geräten und habe irgendwann alles verkauft. Nachdem ich die zahlreichen Imitate getestet habe, kaufte ich mir erneut einen Juno-6, mittlerweile 2xJX-8P, den SH-101 und diverse andere Vintage-Effekte. Das ist natürlicher purer Luxus. Aber bei diesen Geräten geht es auch darum, wie man sie spielt! Gerade beim Juno und beim SH. Habe einige Videos dazu gemacht. Schau mal rein! Meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach, trifft es Behringer bei den Synthis noch am besten, dicht gefolgt von Arturia! Und gerade die Solina ist dafür ein gutes Beispiel! 🤖
what a sound very limited but what a sound!
I have been hanging out for this , cant wait to get mine , thanks for the overview
Zielone wzgórza nad Soliną
Everyone raving about his solina but I just wanna know where he got that cool lava lamp
Its a Matmos in Limited Vinyl Edition! 🤖
Damn you for making this, going to have to buy one now to wallow in 70s nostalgia. The Jean-Michel Jarre anecdote was excellent as well, I can imagine him sending out minions in a van to buy up Eminent's and bring them back to his lair where he patches them to his taste and then glues the knobs in place // amaxing
Haha! Jean-Michel and the Minions! 😁 What a nice idea! We should tell him! 👍
Great video!
I only have the one quasimidi synth,the polymorph,its a lovely thing to play!
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Sounds great. Thanks!
Thanks for the review. Does the sustain pedal work via the controller?
No. The Midi implementation chart is rather empty. Except Note on & Note off.
@@winesynths Danke!
Sounds like a soviet Faemi 1M synthesizer.
Honestly I never liked the sound of the Faemi 1M.
Is it a soviet string machine? There also was the Vermona Piano-String from GDR.
@@winesynths It's a soviet synthesizer that uses a similar frequency divider technology like in a string machine but offers the four timbres piano, strings, harpsichord and brass which you also can use simultaneously. Those timbres are what I don't like about it. And then all of this goes through a single Polivoks filter and a single VCA for all voices. It was produced at the Formanta plant where also the better known Polivoks has been produced.
@@2point7182818284590 oh! sounds really terrible! Like a Russian ARP Omni! 😂 I had a Polyvoks for a while and it‘s not the synth I miss the most! 🤖
Love the bass shaking the camera. :)
yeah! I have to find a better solution! The camera is attached to the keyboard stand! 🙀
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Canada will get these when Cosmo Music gets them in stock. Canada will never, ever get these.
Try to order one at Thomann from Germany! 🤖
@@winesynths I'll have to import for sure. Cosmo Music has exclusive rights to Behringer apparently... so if you live in Canada and want a Behringer product... importing is the only choice.... Cosmo doesn't have it, doesn't know when they'll get it, and even if they did - it would be shipped slow.
@@mathewworkman1625 Thomann ships worldwide. But of course shipping costs and customs... and Solina is sold in the moment, should be back in about 2 months.
@@monolith2063 Thanks, will need to import for sure. I have no idea why Cosmo music was given exclusive distributorship - when they are not able to keep stock. 'Covid' as an excuse doesn't fly anymore - SweetWater is able to keep Behringer stock.
Halleluja! 😂
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Is actually coming out ????
First batch was shipped last week from Thomann! 👾
@@winesynths dammit!!! I’ve been waiting for this !!! Hope I can get one thank you for keeping us in the know!!