Bad Gear - Synthesizer Plays You
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about SOMA Lyra-8 . Is this organismic synthesizer , ritualistic instrument and icon of industrial civilization a modern synth classic or is the King naked? Here on Bad Gear - Synthesizer Plays You !!! Synth plays you in this synth ritual .
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune (Theater Music Version)
00:46 Overview Soma Lyra 8
01:15 Tone Generators, Sharp, Tuning
01:40 Envelope, Heavy FM
01:55 Modulations, Feedback
02:20 Ext CV, Master Tuning
02:35 Hold
02:49 External Hold, Paid Upgrade
03:02 Alternate FM Mode
03:12 Vibrato
03:23 LFO
03:35 Modulation Delay
04:18 Self-Oscillation
04:32 Distortion
04:40 Connectivity, Integration, Philosophy
05:13 Pricing, Software Emulation
05:29 Hate
05:55 Jam 1 (Album Interlude)
06:51 Jam 2 (Techno)
07:54 Finale (Danceable Musique Concrete)
08:25 Verdict
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
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i live in wr neustadt and .... warte warum schreibe ich das auf englisch
ich bin aus neustadt und habe den mpc renaissance
hab klimaticket
kannst gern ausborgen
fahr gern nach wien (wenn nicht eh schon jeden tag freiwillig)
die originale software ist katastrophe
und audio interface ist naja
manchmal am überlasten
perfekt für bad gear
jedem den ich ein wenig über renaissance workflow erklärt habe sind fast alle... wtf warum ist das dort
was macht die funktion dort
hab den mpc 500 sogar auf willhaben gekauft
ungelogen
check ich ganz easy und macht mehr spaß und ist eher ein rivhtiges mpc
ich nutze den ren hauptsächlich als looper plugin öffner und fx maschine
aber die songs mach ich lieber am po33 volca sample oder mpc500
aber es ist bad gear was an dich wächst und man es lieben lernt
aber mute group bei lfo reinzupacken ist eher wtf
hab ungelogen wochen danach gesucht weil ich manuals nie lese
Wait can we use this as a midi controller to play other synths on?
Is there any chance of you reviewing the SOMA Ether V2? It's not a really synth, but it's useful for electronic music as a source of drones, sound effects, sampler fodder, etc. I have one, along with some mixed feelings about it. I'd really like to see what you could do with one! 🙂
I loved this. Made my ears hurt but in a good way 😂 #Want
this is a great way to annoy your friend who always brags about having perfect pitch
lol, so true!!!
And then, out of the sudden, he replies it's a particular note of an exotic forgotten microtonal scale. 😐
Music that will turn the inside of your car into a crime scene if played on an 8 hour road trip with passengers.
If you have an audiophile friend, tell them you have the perfect thing for testing their system. #OneHourLiveDroneJam 😃
Ah, but you misspelled that thing about about pitch, the p is a b.
I love the Lyra-8. Never used it in any actual music, I just get baked, twiddle the knobs, and let it take me to a different dimension 😉
Nice approach!!!
I recently used mine after a good dose of psylocybe semileanceta. That was quite an experience.
Great 👍 video.
So just getting baked then. We used to take acid and listen to the kettle boil - lots cheaper.
@@kristianTV1974 LOL
Lol, "being familiar with the underlying synthesis principals doesn’t help much"… I’m definitely going to use this line sometime!
😀😀😀
Sounds like FM.
Yes, it's all about playing and having fun after all
Just like SOMA's Enner it's a drone machine. (Unfortunately) I sold my Lyra-8 after a couple of month, but I kept the Enner.
If you are into experimental music SOMA is a 1st class address. I hope Vlad never stopps making these stunning devices.
"Hi, I'm Hainbach and welcome to Bad Gear. Good to have you back!" 🙃
😂😂😂
I'll be bach
@@sharivari81 with some bach bacon 🥓 (I have a terrible sense of humor )
lol yeah you do, but you're not alone @@sawtooth808
Absolutely!
I call my Lyra 8 the "time waster". Every time I turn it on I end up spending a couple of very enjoyable hours making weird soundscapes I'll never be able to reproduce. I couple it with a Boss DR-55 drum machine running through a spring reverb, and it's lo-fi heaven.
Record it and play it back at half speed.
Thats what synths are about.
Yeah, that's basically how the music for the episode came together;)
doesn't seem like a waste of time then, quite the opposite in fact.
*Calls it bad gear*
*Proceeds to drop the best version of the BG intro tune ever*
Thank you so much!!!
You said it, man. That was compelling stuff.
Twas most murderous, that intro.
Thanks for the shoutout on my software emulation, Florian! 🤠
Thanks to this episode of Bad Gear, I downloaded your software emulation and I'm trying it out now. It's pretty cool! 😎
Always a pleasure! Thanks for that one!!!
This is by far one of the coolest pieces of gear you have had on the channel. An absolute powerhouse for generating atmospheric sounds. Thank you for showcasing this amazing synth! :)
Thank you so much!!!
You just know that when the opening tune isn't even close to the traditional tune, it's gonna be a good one.
I gave my best;)
That last jam deserves a extended version. What a sound design tool!
Thank you!!! Full tracks and extended jams can be found on Patreon
I have own one for years now and I love it. You truly have to be recording at all times because it can start making something you have never heard of. It is VERY hard to understand and play but it is worth it. You will be looking for a sound and then look at the clock to see 2 hours went by and you were just lost messing around with it. Im glad it has no quantize or cv, midi etc. EVERYTHING has those. This doesn't and it never pretended to be. Its also built like a tank quite literally.
That sums it up nicely!!!
@@AudioPilz True, but it really needs finer pitch control, with VCS 3 knobs or something. And 8 outs.
Perfect tool for creating audio for science fiction tv shows.
@@skelly790someone modded their Lyra to give finer pitch tuning
Stalker is such a classic - great video!
Thank you!!! One of my favorites!!!
It really gets me into The Zone
One of my cats was staring at the TV for at least half a minute in a WTF state of mind. They usually ignore most of the audio that I force upon them. 😂 Happy weekend!
A completely normal reaction;)
The studio cat knows what's up.
Meanwhile my immature wife kept saying “that sounds like fun” whenever he would say, “self modulation”.
God I love the Lyra 8. I think this is the best intro tune and jam in any of the videos yet!!
Thank you so much!!!
that was the best jam ever....way ta go friend.
Thank you so much!!!
I love Soma's stuff.
I mean, I hate how it sounds, and don't have a desire to own any of it.
But I love that it exists. Get after it, you mad lads!
Nice angle!!!
Reminds me of how Mark Twain described listening to Wagner’s Ring cycle. “I think Wagner’s music is great…..it’s much better than it sounds”. (Paraphrased)
Exactly this. Makes the world a better place.
I got a soma ether and I don't think you could make music with it but i like to get stoned and find things that are playing radio stations just laying around in the world.
Owned one and sold it. It is cool but it seriously needs a high pass filter, I ran mine with large subwoofer and bass just gets out of control.
As someone who uses this synth as the centerpiece for nearly every one of my tracks, "letting go" is possibly the best advice you can give to tackle this beast. Crazy amounts of long-decay modulated reverb and delay help too ;)
Yeah, this beast soaks up the reverb like crazy!!!
@@AudioPilz Set the reverb to 11. 😃
Saw the Lyra-8 in the thumbnail and thought "how the hell is he going to reproduce the opening track on this thing?"
You absolutely smashed it out of the park mate, good effort!
Thank you so much!!!
We are not a cult. We are not a cult. *Altogether now* We are not a cult...
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We are not a cult, we are not a cult- come to think of it Florian uses a lot of cult movie footage- we are not a cult, we are not a cult.
We are not a cult. We are not a...pass me the Kool Aid please...we are not a cult.
@@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii Play it at .25 speed and you see the subliminal messages controlling your brain.
@@treetopjones737 CONFORM. CONSUME. ...PRODUCE.
The Lyra-8 isn't bad gear, it's weird gear. No lie, I have used this device extensively whether it's Rhizome in DC or the High Zero festival. With Jazz musicians, or absolute weirdos doing noise music. I love the thing to death. It's super well built, and there is nothing else like it. Unless you are talking about ciat lonbarde instruments (hint hint). It was also the only synth I used alongside other more conventional instruments (Guitars, Bass, Cello) for my Under Night album. In short...it is surprisingly useful.
"Ritualistic Synth Channel" is probably the best description for Bad Gear. Yeah, every friday I close my work laptop at 17:59, to just open my Studio laptop at 18:00 and watch you eviscerate noise making stuff.
❤️❤️❤️Thank you so much!!!❤️❤️❤️
That finale was beautiful! Please notify me when the musique concrete IDM noise album drops!
I love the Lyra and it's the only instrument I can actually somewhat play.
I can't even play the lyra;)
It's a vibe.
I love that I live in a world where the Lyra-8 exists. It's like a totem for insane creativity.
Well put!!!
Imo a true instrument of its own kind, beautiful architecture
Agreed!!!
"You have to surrender yourself to the weird structure and philosophy" - my favorite thing about this machine. I love love love mine and it's really fun with the Cosmos. Surprised and glad you covered this machine. Loved that intro.
Thank you so much!!!
So killer Audiopilz. Entertaining video and a truly killer track. I hope you’ll release a longer version.
❤️❤️❤️Thank you!!!
It's like binaural beats for creating anxiety and insomnia
True that!
😂😂😂😂
Man, that sounds like the whole BBC Radiophonic Workshop in one box. Amazing.
I know, right? I kept expecting a Dalek to enter the frame.
Agreed!!!
This is probably your best intro tune ever, love sound of Soma Lyra 8, beautiful work there
Thank you!!!
This was almost my intro to the synth world. I decided to stay with my pedal addiction for my bass thank you.
Not even once!!!
Big mistake
Cant go wrong with dabbling with a nice mono 😉
You can always use the Lyra as a pedal...
@@AudioPilz what piece of gear would you recommend for a neck breaker artist? I been eying the 404 mk2 because of the work flow but I know I could always just run a daw with samples. Just like the idea of chopping on the fly as I engage with a lot of metal bands who could use a nice sample for breakdowns
You've clearly outdone yourself. Wonderful show and the final jam is a banger.
Thanks!!!
I know Soma's stuff isn't for everyone, but I love the Lyra and how it sounds and what people do with it. I picked up their Enner and the ability to just be expressive while playing is a joy unto itself. Yeah I can only use it in my more experimental compositions, but those are fun!!
Unique brand!!!
Florian you are an absolute legend. I left a comment suggesting this synth for your videos which may or may not have influenced this to happen!
Did not disappoint!! Loved every second second of this and even showed it to my wife (who finds its lack of sonority… challenging)
Thank you for making this video.
Thank you so much!!!
Took one to a drone group night with a big sound system. The most important accessory was a volume pedal after the reverb pedal so I could dial it back when the floor started shaking.
That's absolutely necessary (I'd put it BEFORE the reverb though;)
@@AudioPilz it was Blackhole reverb; really putting it before and after is good since once that goes past the edge it’s gonna be there a while. 😹
I became a Patreon based solely on your genre name generation skills alone. 🤣 This week's was a banger my man.
Thank you so much for the support!!!
Loved those sounds/noises.
Inspiring machine!
And great video today!
Thank you!!!
Great work! I've never gotten the CV input to work, so I was impressed with that 2nd jam.
Thank you!!!
I love my Lyra 8 but a good reverb is almost mandatory to make it shine.
True that!!!
I have orange, the most disturbing of colors... love this thing, but haven't touched it in a couple years, but I need to build some sounds for my space craft and hover craft I am drawing. Imagine Lost In Space meets Jonny Quest and the Jetsons, and we can't forget those amazing Star Trek computer sounds.
Ideal for that
Amazing series as always, keep it up !
❤️❤️❤️
Lyra jam in the end was so good
I don’t make noise or industrial, I make dub, but this synth actually sounds like it would be great for the classic dub sirens and fx
Dub is garbage, so you make garbage. No need for something like this piece of kit
You've nailed this synth, Florian! The last track is awesome! Reminds me the track: The Delta - Pop but more mystic and probably even darker!
Thanks!!!
Really enjoyed this mate! Some deep atmospheric sounds always bring a smile to me.
Thank you so much!!!
love the songs you made in this episode!!
Thank you!!!
I was hoovering my keyboards when that synth tuning bit came on.
Thought for a moment maybe I should have switched them off first.
😂
😂😂😂
It's worth mentioning that the delay and distortion part of the Lyra-8 can be had as a eurorack module. I have one that I run my guitar through and it's gnarly af!
Thanks for the heads up!!!
@@AudioPilz I wanna say 'anytime' but this is probably the only time I'll have any info worthwhile to share :D
I probably speak for quite a few people in saying that it would be great to have some songs like that last jam for purchase. Remarkable stuff!
The Lyra is the ultimate Ambient machine. Taking you to places you didn't even know they exist.
Took exactly 2 min to fall in love with this. I need one now, thanks AudioPilz, you have given me GAS.
Yeah, I had to keep this one too!!!
You can also check the software version out for free, just to test if it’s something for you.
Awesome video as always, but dude, where did you get that last clip from??? WILD
Harry Smith!!!
Outro jam was was sooo fresh! Insane sample fodder machine!
That last jam really tempts to get the extended version. Good stuff. Way to loop back to old rhythmic-noise days.⛓️⚒️🚬🪬🔩
That movie (and book) reference suits the instrument on so many levels. Nice!
Love that movie so much!!!
Could you share the reference for curious minds?😶
@@Drenanimous the movie is Stalker by Tarkovsky and the book it's based on is Roadside Picnic by Strugatsky brothers.
@@AudioPilzIt sure is a great piece of art by Tarkowski. Talking of art, I liked the surprise intro tune.
@@galakhtus10 Thank you!
I feel like even florian was like "no, I'm not learning the nunomo qun mk2 just for a video" and i totally understand 😂
There's some truth to that😂😂😂😂
you make it sing in that last jam ❤ beautiful work
Thank you!!!
Nice episode! 3rd jam is very strong (and fresh in aspect of traditions of BG)!
Thank you so much!!!
One day I'll have saved enough pocket money to buy one of these. This thing is unhinged and I love the wild and unpredictable sounds it produces. Much more than my humble but cheap ROAT, lol.
ROAT is epic!!!
Yeah I do like the little noisemaker a lot
A truly unique and amazing instrument so much so that I own two, once you get to know this instrument it's hard to let go of it. There is literally a world beyond a world within that instrument and you need to smoke a cigarette after every time you use it. That being said it's an absolute joy to get lost with it. Thank you for sharing this amazing instrument. I am still throwing money at the screen to get my hands on your album but to no avail. When will this ever happen?
I will patiently wait and keep throwing money at the screen until it will happen.
It even turned loopop into a smoker;)
@@AudioPilz I know right, glad you picked up on the reference. Still waiting on that album which by now, to be fair, should almost be a double album though.
I know I can support you on patreon, but it would be amazing if you put out an album for your fans. Maybe ask in a poll to see if people would want an album with all your songs you've made throughout the years. Could be surprising to see how many people would actually pay for a physical copy of your music. Community poll I say...
Have a wonderful day my dear synth-friend on the internet.
Bandcamp for the win.
The "Post-Lyra 8 coitus 🚬" 😂
Yeah that final jam was amazing. Nice one!
Thank you so much!!!
Awesome video!
Thank you!!!
This is the first episode I couldn't make it to the end of. I'm on the spectrum and this instrument is the equivalent of an infinite number of babies screaming while scratching an infinite number of chalkboards to me.
Awful isn't it. Not even Florian could squeeze anything worthy of the word "music" out of it.
I'm not entirely convinced that these instruments aren't practical jokes, just to see where people will actually draw the line. Obviously still some way to go...
@@robinr22 I don't believe art must be pleasant, and I think there should be tools to create all forms of art. That said, there were moments with this instrument that I found beautiful, but for me, there is an aspect of this synth's sound that exhausts my mind. I know that I am more sensitive to these sort of things than most people, so it's hard for me to tell how everyone else would react. I can, however, tell that this synth would be a godsend to the right type of person.
Yeah, that thing is definitely an acquired taste
woah im early! hi florian! love ur show
Thank you so much!!!
Finally!!! You have no idea how long i waited for this episode 🔥🖤🔥 😘
Thanks!!! ❤️❤️❤️
great episode!
Thank you!!!
it's got the sound of a perpetually tripped over theremin that someone left on...
I'll stick to my current set up.. (arturia microfreak)
suggestion: orba 2. got one... and it's a noodlers paradise 😁
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have a closer look!!!
absolutely banger episode, wobbly nightmare synth with coin-operated functionality? this is already a classic bad gear episode.
😀😀😀
I supose missed somethin'
Amazing tones!! I love seeing your take on such a CHAOTIC machine - Now do the Pulsar-23!!
😀😀😀
They had to make the lyra in orange or pink, because if it was yellow, people would start to realize that its a synthesizer straight from 'The Back Rooms'.
True that!
Does it come with some LSD or do we need to supply our own?
Maybe some fly agaric?
@@AudioPilz 🍄 even better
My boxes just got ticked son!!!!
😀😀😀
awesome inspiring synth! and dope demos, too… master blaster!
Epic intro. I was hooked and awaiting the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster that was to follow.
That's how I normally wake up. In a puddle.
😂😂😂
What a great intro this time. I LOVE it!
Thank you!!!
Wow ! I just opened youtube to look for informations on this exact synth, and what do I see ? The man himself just released a video on it ! Awesome ! Superb jams as always !
It sounds like an ARP 2500 that was stored in a damp basement for thirty years such that about half of the solder points and patch matrix have corroded and fused together.
Some of your best work
Thank you so much!!!
Entertaining as always... I would like your review on the Hologram Microcosm pedal.
Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!
I love that you even tried to explain this beast!
I give my best;)
"uneasy listening" is my new favorite genre! that final jam was excellent!
Thank you so much!!!😀😀😀
I wanted that last track to go on and on. Great stuff, and cool departure from the expected.
Thank you!!!
Okay. So, that was fantastic... And, now I'm really interested in seeing you tackle any of the new Stylophone stuff (the theremin, or the drone machine). Also, the Elta Solar 42.
Love your innovative approach to this beast. I like to use mine with the Boss Slicer SL-2 pedal, makes incredible loops.
Mr. Florian, the intro with Lyra 8 in Tarkovsy’s Stalker is PURE GENIUS😆😆😆😆 As a Russian, I’ve always been fascinated of how you westerners love Tarkovsky and to be honest, I don’t know why😄 Well, as a cultural masterpiece, his officially praised movie in Russia is Andrey Rublev and I kinda agree. Don’t take me wrong, Stalker and Solaris are great films, but we don’t find them as fascinating as the western public do. But I surely like Stalker’s rundown industrial apocalyptic atmosphere with the “soviet touch”.
Considering today’s “guest” in the form of Lyra8, it’s not “BAD”, it’s just a device without any purpose, a true “hipster toy” like all their products (just check the wooden “thing” and their latest “Rumble of the Ancient Times” device).
Interesting angle on Stalker!!! Thank you!!!
thanks for the heads up on the "lira 8" vst... sessions!
Oh shit! Just clicked play, really interested to see how this goes. Love my Lyra
My friend made these badassz oscillators that reminded me of this but this is like an interactive bank of em, quite impressive
A review of my favorite synth in my collection filled with Stalker references; how could I not subscribe?
Thank you so much!!!
This reminds me of the music to a TV series called Jam if recall correctly it was Warp artists Aphex Twin, Autechre and Board of Canada with very disturbing dark comedy sketches there's an audio version called Blue Jam on Warp, my German colleague thought it was the best thing he’d ever seen.
This is the very first of your final jams that I really like.
Thank you!!!
I love my Lyra, it's a synth that I will never sale. I use it paired with an Enner, it opens up other ways of taming the beast.
i love soma hardware! they are so unique and you did amazing with the lyra-8 . I hope to see more funky hardware from them on your channel. see you next friday :)
Thank you so much!!!
You are just the best. Thanks 😊
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that is some of the best dark minimal I have ever heard. Pure genius!
Thank you so much!!!
thank you Professor.. I felt a little warmth in my heart everytime I see a synth on Bad Gear I did adequate research on then passed on..
🤘😁
Thanks!!! Congratulations!!!
@@AudioPilz ..I might be in serious trouble if you start doing eurorack reviews...
this piece of gear changed my life. It will never leave my hands. It's my therapy. BTW what is the video for the last jam?! incredible
Looks like some of Harry Smith's _Early Abstractions_
@@voltijuice8576 thank you!!
I feel you!!!
I’ve wanted one for awhile now - as someone who enjoys making ambient industrial noise it fits my needs pretty well.