The Solar 42F is an insane ambient beast

Back at the end of 2024, I sold tons of gear to get rid of stuff i rarely use and make space for new adventures. I choose the new (or futher existing) instruments very careully based on my future project orientation, whichi is clearly live performing and improvising rather calm ambient sounds. The Vermona Perfourmer MKII, for example, is such an instrument, also the Soma Lyra-8 goes clearly in the performative direction.
This beautiful pink monster is now the latest addition to my rig! The Elta Music Solar 42F arrived today and at first glance, I was really overwhelmed by the insane number of buttons and switches. However, the concept reminds me a little (albeit much more complex) of the Perfourmer, because it is a handful of identical function groups. Once you have understood one, you know the others. The number of buttons also reflects the principle of analog soun…
The two left images have good contrast between the writing and the background and more contrast within the background so for me these two are the best. I like the top left because there is more contrast within the background and it is not such as dark future as depicted in the bottom left.