Pulsar-23 is my favorite drum machine ever!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- A dive into the unique and characterful world of this monster of an instrument. Props to Vlad and everyone at Soma for bringing these tools into the world: somasynths.com/
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The Pulsar 23 is the Holy Grail of drum machines for me. I am on the waiting list with Soma. So by June 2024 I should totally be rocking out with alligator clips.
hahaha yeah basically. good luck. when you get it, it will feel like a thousand xmas mornings
A lot like the Trabant waiting list in East Germany which was around 12 years in 1988, except it was much less technologically advanced.
Oh, good, I should get on the waiting list soon then, I hope to be able to afford one of these in 2030. :-)
No worries, they are working fast ;) Got mine quicker than expected.
@@nuwanda3682 how long did you wait?
Andrew! You actually can record quantised and play at the same time: put a coin on the REC CONT! As I remember from LYRA8 usability pros, it will trigger the metal pad
that midi learn button stuff is reason enough to be interested in this, wow
That connecting through your fingers is so cool!
@12:01 whoaaah! That almost sounded like a vocoder! Would sound amazing in a big system setting.
Holy crap. I’ve been looking at the Lyra for a long time but never made the leap. This might be the tool to have me make the jump into SOMA territory...
This machine is like an alien artefact!
ALien abduction
Experimental IDM album when? lol
look up my album Ganglia :)
@@suturesound WE NEED GANGLIA 2!!!!!!!!!
@@suturesound ganglia was epic. Looking forward to the next idm album ❤❤❤❤
@@suturesound it was fire, not gonna lie
If you want to hear the dry sounds of that thing in a full production check out "Tkay Maidza & Flume - Silent Assassin". Track slaps harder than the price of the machine!
reminds of the more extreme 80's electro by LeBlanc, Latin Rascals, Front 242, KMFDM etc
One wrong connection and Andrew's studio goes kaboom!
Great review
Would love to hear a jam from you with the Pulsar-23 and the Lyra-8!
This a monster drum machine!!! Impressive!!!
How did I never know about this channel?
i like that thing !
Sounds on that thing remind me of yeezus drums but raw without any mixing
Vlad Kreimer is an electronic shaman. Forever changing electronic music for the better.
This is so fuegoooooo. That distortion be thiccc
ohhhh also the body conductivity makes for some "new" play interactions. Def feels like a performative instruments in this case, well demonstrated!
I want it so bad! Can't find it.Needs it.
Sounds great! Not cheap though and I’m not crazy about how you patch it. Very experimental!
bastard. now i want one
Wrong channel? Or is this channel getting some full length videos now?
thought the same thing
I’m guessing that it’s supposed to be here. There’s no screen-high-five-intro-thingy! Lol
2nd channel
This is such a treat. Truly the highlight of my day. Didn't realize you had a side channel and seeing you make a video on a piece of hardware I've been so excited about is so great. There have been some really lovely videos made by small creators about the Pulsar 23 but I have to say, it's real nice to have it also get the Andrew Huang treatment.
A UA-cam video is the highlight of your day??? Wow man...
@@ZenMountain 🙏
weird of you to think thats weird, especially since your name is "zen" mountain@@ZenMountain
Vlad is a friggin genius! Some of the most exciting and original gear today is being created by Soma - absolutely brilliant!
Ha! I forgot this channel was yours, Andrew! Great surprise! This machine is great sounding! It’s so nice you can tune it yourself instead of just a button that makes one sound. Funny how the clap sound has never been quite nailed after all this time. 😋 Super nice machine! Is it unusual for something so nice not to have a brand and model number on the front? Thanks for the demo and congratulations, Dad! Your child WILL be the one with the coolest parents! Hope your lady is doing and feeling well!
Hahaha, same
I really love these deep dive videos. I wouldn't mind seeing things like this on the main channel, but I understand if Andrew wants to keep the more bitesized/edited videos there.
Why does it even matter? You're subscribed here so you get them.
I totally lost it when you were patching things with your fingers. That's SO DAMN COOL!
Ha! [Applause] at 4:18 with the AI-generated subtitles. The machines are communicating with each other...
This must be the best introduction video to the Pulsar. Doesn't seem at all that mysterious now, and it sounds better than in any other video.
Agreed! This is now on my want list, because of this great demo.
Lots of clever, and user friendly, ideas incorporated into the design.
Would also make a great playmate for the Lyra-8, I built from a kit.
Love the alligator patch idea, that also doubles a finger touch points for circuit bending. (also could clip some components, between patch points)
This Video is Musical and we can imagine it in a track (funny it reminds a lot the tempest even they are not comparable)
It decided me to put the trigger on!
yep, first time I really understood how this beast works :-)
Damn this thing sounds incredible, definitely out of my price range but still, what a great piece of gear
maybe Soma give poor guys discounts too?
Picked up a second hand Lyra-8 a couple months ago and then found out about the Pulsar-23, was immediately on the waiting list, expensive as it is, i'll work something out.
Worth it. Most inspiring machine I've ever used.
Excellent review... Well structured explanation and you look to be well on your way to mastering an instrument that has baffled many other reviewers!
Marvellous piece of kit, but just wondering:
*_Loops are NOT saved after powering off! gotta make a new jam every time_*
I'm curious if this is a permanent limitation, or if it could change in some future sw/hw update? (Loop info being saved in a non-volatile memory, so it wouldn't be lost at power off).
so how did you go the entire video without mentioning the "WTF?" and "OMG!" patch points on the kick drum channel lol
oh yeah, they are considered some of the "circuit bending" patch points, for the kick's pitch and waveform. literally no other info about them in the manual. not sure how they differ from simply being modulation inputs over those parameters.
How many presets does it have? (That's a joke.) Thanks for the review, crazy machine. I want one.
I watched many but I think this is indeed the best / cleanest presentation of this drum machine on youtube.
Btw I want the white one!
I just can’t believe how someone can conceptualise a machine like this and then translate it into something this intuitive and inviting - and sell it to the world (all be it limited) ... utterly flabbergasted! What a piece of art and timeless technology 🤘🤘
So perplexed I even forgot to mention the sound... 🤘🖤 🤘
I'm not gonna lie... back in '99 when I was awfully trying to do anything industrial... I would have sold my soul to own a device that can create nasty sounds like this. Oooooh.... you've been a bad boy Matt... BD at 8:15ish totally reminds me of Autechre... I'm never going to get this one past the wife LOL...
i really dig the fx on this thing...
This must be the coolest drum machine i have ever seen!
nice.
Thanx for the recommendation!
Finally came in at the stores bought the pulsar 23!
It really is a great drum machine as you said!
Thanx.
So, after waiting on a waiting list, and finally getting one of these units, there will undoubtedly be a newer, better product, hopefully one that will be immediately available, no waiting, reasonably priced.
This beast sounds like a DFAM on steroids...
It's a Drum Synth, ( and that's what i like about it ) , why does every analog drum synth have to have a integral sequencer, i don't know.
that's a big buck flagship though ... i think i will wait for the 80 HP Behringer SY-1 clone....bite size percussion voices, two at a time.
3 years later do you still like it? I bought one and love the “idea” but practically and sonically it kind of sucks.
This drum machine is amazing! It also makes a good study object to design a rack with separate modular modules to these kind of results...
This I am sure , is the machine many of us have dreamt of . Nice price too , I got a whole bunch of modular drum stuff , left overs of a decade messing about . I’m gonna trade them in and get one of these little beauty’s .
I could seriously get lost with this thing for days, especially in combination with a sampler like Octatrack.
thank you for your video, there are tutorials with presets? and can we have several paternal record and come out live?
Do you still play it? I just got one ordered many months ago. In the meantime I have wearied of learning various and copious operating systems. However, if I continue to use it, I will retain the knowledge. I did with the modular dpme which is great for sounds. Due to your enthusiasm my cynicism is tempered. You got some terrific sounds. The record-punch-in aspect is encouraging for live performance, if that shit ever happens again. Slogging through the manual, for which SOMA has obviously employed a fluent English speaker to write, greatly appreciated. You are right about the sole output.
Thanks so much for this video. I had no idea the pulsar 23 existed. Will be selling some gear to obtain this puppy I think…hopefully
If the patterns can't be saved, isn't it the case that this machine will be almost useless in terms of trying to replicate anything once the machine is turned off?
Instant Nine Inch Nails
Pulsar is the best! Such an inspirational and expansive instrument!
how do you get your father back when you turn off and re-ignite? does he have no way to save? best regards
andrew ive got two things to say: your eyebrows are impeccable like angry birds level beautiful eyebrows and
the whole body conductivity concept is so tite are you kidding me?
also congrats on the bebe
sorry
andrew huang has a whole other channel i just didn't know about????
binge session incoming
Someday I'll have one in my hands
When I try the quantize it seems to clear everything ? .. pilot error maybe 🤔…?
Well, I’m really glad I pre-ordered one last month since I imagine 50 other people preordered one after watching this video lol
I preordered this🖕🏽😆🖕🏽
Sounds like the drum kits i made as a kid... Tupperware containers and kitchen pans lol!!
This is a fantastically helpful review!!
When you were messing with the delays 😍
Brilliant piece of kit going by the video. Their Tera (in development) looks exciting. Love their approach of left field.
13:07
Oh come on!
That is just awesome!
I totally forgot you were Canadian then I heard the word owtside lol love the content man! Been waiting on a good overview of this.
Dont watch it you'll get gas again. Dont watch it you'll get gas again... Aaaaaaah you're watching it aaaaaaand theres the gas.
The best discussion and celebration of the Soma Pulsar-23.
Just got mine. I spent all the day, and totally forgot about all other things to do, it's just pure meditation!
Lots of clever, and user friendly, ideas incorporated into the design.
Would also make a great playmate for the Lyra-8, I built from a kit.
Love the alligator patch idea, that also doubles a finger touch points for circuit bending. (also could clip some components, between patch points)
Andrew, you are a great entertainer, while delivering excellent informational content.
Always fun and uplifting, when I watch your channel.
Have a great day
Awesome
The 3 circuit bending components are:
Top: A diode
Middle: A 0.1 microfarad capacitor
Bottom: A 10 microfarad capacitor
Incase anyone wanted to know.
Was searching for this comment to see if anyone got this as well 👌
I’ve made a 54hp 6u rack with focus on drums which gives similar results as those Andrew has shown in the video. It’s centered around Plaits, Basimilus iteritas alter and Bastl Waver. If you feel like you don’t want to wait for this then it’s a great starting point to get similar results
Can you share your build?
@@substance90 sure thing,
www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1362271
It’s only two oscillators, but still both plaits and BIA gives you lots of mileage. The main player though is Bastl waver which just adds that industrial flare to everything.
@@MichaalHell Thanks for sharing. That looks cool. I wasn't aware of the Waver module. I'll look into it.
cool, seems like an awesome drum-machine!
Love the interface and creativity of this drum machine, I just wish the sounds it made always weren't always so lo-fi sounding.
Get to work yo!
Some people like electric guitars, some acoustic.. gritty, industrial, analogue, dystopian, dirty sound is not for everyone …
seeing stuff like this makes me wanna get into modular, yet im not a music person and also these shenanigans are expensive as hecc
The last 2nd hand car I bought cost 30% less than this :-(
Andrew---thanks for this video---can you explain the rad bass line driven through Shaos at 14:15? You made the screen all blurry so we can't see the patch. I have the Shaos clocked through the main clock (/8), and with random values from the various bit outputs in Shaos going to the Bass voice CV - all I get is garbage. LOL Help a brother out! Thanks, man
Isn’t this kind of like Sugar Bytes’s “Drum Computer”?
No.
In a way, yeah. They use drum synthesis, rather than being purely sample based, like an MPC or an Electribe, for example. Sample based drum machines are generally more popular due to their focus toward finger drumming and playing live.
That is one hell of a drum machine! Pretty killer stuff!
God, i wish it costed a bit less...
Holy Hell great demo Andrew, this thing wasn't that appealing to me until i heard these sounds!
Sample Pack? 👀
11:00 that glitched out delay was so sick
@13:00 Body conductivity! This is soooo awesome! It sounds so good.
But can you record the body contact touching the posts thing. I'll bet Pulsar MKII will have a lot more.
Make more pulsar 23 videos please!
seems super gimmicky. why not use patch cables like every one else ever? makes it impossible to connect to other devices
No is doesn't... @15:03 ... There are 14 jack inputs which connect to pins, which you then can connect to anything else.
Nice sound shaping on this, but they lost me on the alligators. I have mini-jack, full jacks, midi-jack, usb... don't need another cable standard.
Very well designed machine. Wow!
Great demo of a beast machine
strong Autechre vibes
Bonkers. Want one even more now. ♥
Sounds so NINs reminiscent ?
I really want this but its so expensive
Is this a main channel video? What’s going on here.... not complaining though
this is a second channel video
Sounds absolutely awesome 👏
13:01 is hilarious and awesome. Cheers
Body connectivity...
I would never get (or 'get') one of these, but it is crazy cool.