Elmyra 2 - so, what's it like to make music on?

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I've recently reaally been enjoying the Elmyra2 from Neutral Labs and have posted a number of ambient / drone pieces on the channel (kzread.info?list.... It is, however an unusual instrument (dare I say 'esoteric') so I thought it would be useful to show what it is like in use so that, if you're interested in the instrument, you can get a flavour for what it is like to use.
So in this video I start from a "blank slate patch" and work my way up to something along the lines of the pieces I have recently posted, exploring the synthesis engine, effects, sequencer and more.
Reverb, when it comes on later in the video is from the Digitech Polara reverb pedal.
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Transparency notice: the Elmyra2 was kindly provided to me by Neutral Labs for free for the purposes of making videos on it. No editorial oversight has been provided to Neutral Labs and no other payment has been received. As always I'm only interested in featuring instruments that I'm genuinely excited about on the channel.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:33 - Elmyra 2's sound design architecture
09:25 - Patching begins
21:08 - Exploring the sequencer
30:07 - Finessing the patch
34:46 - The secret codes
38:14 - Final thoughts
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  • @kenb7540
    @kenb75408 ай бұрын

    Always a pleasure spending time on your channel 👏👏🎶

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    8 ай бұрын

    Always nice to have you!

  • @Hardest
    @Hardest10 ай бұрын

    Sounds like many parts of the soundtrack to the movie "book of Eli" I love it!

  • @FawazK

    @FawazK

    5 ай бұрын

    Atticus Ross and co. killed it on that soundtrack

  • @rodrigolaporte274
    @rodrigolaporte27410 ай бұрын

    It's like a more controllable lyra. And I think that is amazing. Really interested in this

  • @nomdeplore7604

    @nomdeplore7604

    10 ай бұрын

    I thot it was more like a bigger ROAT....

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    10 ай бұрын

    I'd say that the ROAT, from my understanding (watching videos etc), is quite different in vibe and operation - although I haven't tried one in person.

  • @nomdeplore7604

    @nomdeplore7604

    10 ай бұрын

    @@OscillatorSink yes. I have a ROAT. This seems like an expansion

  • @TheYannickOne

    @TheYannickOne

    10 ай бұрын

    lyra is very controllable.

  • @dogboywonder

    @dogboywonder

    7 ай бұрын

    The first Elmyra was garbage/very simplistic ….which makes me skeptical. But this seems like it has more going on

  • @smacksalad
    @smacksalad10 ай бұрын

    Sounds lovely.

  • @Pogolio
    @Pogolio4 ай бұрын

    Merci, super moment !

  • @blipblip88
    @blipblip8810 ай бұрын

    Neat drones. Thanks!

  • @adamwieczorek7701
    @adamwieczorek77017 ай бұрын

    Crazy stuff 👏

  • @googleuser318
    @googleuser31810 ай бұрын

    Great run through! It's a quirky beast for sure. Because I've built mine I keep wondering if it's behaving/sounding as it should or if I've stuffed something up. 😂 I think it's just how it is though.

  • @NonsenseInBASIC
    @NonsenseInBASIC8 ай бұрын

    Lovely walkthrough. I absolutely love my Elmyra 2 (although my ‘bite’ knob seems a LOT more vicious than yours - I’d better check my soldering :) ). Apparently updated firmware is underway, adding per voice volume and a bit more control over timing. My only wishes for this would be some way of it remembering voice and sequencer settings on power down. That and maybe another octave or two of tuning - it’s all very low end. Truly inspirational instrument though, a definite keeper (and a really fun kit build).

  • @nyppy

    @nyppy

    8 ай бұрын

    The new firmware was just released, and it has octave switches. Remembering state and sequences will come in a future update. Here's a demo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iGdp1JuTYJCeiaQ.html

  • @drstupid1
    @drstupid110 ай бұрын

    Epic

  • @noiseentropy
    @noiseentropy6 ай бұрын

    Oh I will study your tutorial ;-)

  • @Waldemar_la_Tendresse
    @Waldemar_la_Tendresse4 ай бұрын

    It's not my kind of sound, but the sound design in-depth performance is, as always on this channel, very good.

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @MichaelRohaly
    @MichaelRohaly10 ай бұрын

    I wanted to see the choke all the way off as the transit through the wavetables didn't seem like much in comparison with the usual wavetable synth, but maybe that's just me imagining the way that control works (some kind of soft clipping maybe?). Interesting machine though, and it was nice to see it with the Lyra.

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    10 ай бұрын

    Choke turned all the way up and Bite turned all the way down (as it was through most of the video except when I showed the range of those controls in the intro, and towards the end where I push the bite control up a bit) is "off" as far as the 'Ouch' circuit goes - you can't remove the distortion completely, only reduce its effect. There is a headroom setting which can lower the gain a bit more, but the transition from no distortion to distortion becomes a little more sudden and I found that I didn't like the way it sounded.

  • @rayderrich
    @rayderrich5 ай бұрын

    I am looking to add one or two more semi-modulars to my setup and tried to like this for the full video but I was left with lessons learned and a bit of a headache, it is too wild for me I guess. Still a nice piece of gear for sure!

  • @petercane6376
    @petercane63764 ай бұрын

    I like the sound of the Lyra8, its heaviness and superb build ti all accounts but this little beauty I has. Half the size, highly patchable, a sequencer, is half the price and will not go off on one!! Like the Lyra 8...so.....is more controllable. Would I be correct?

  • @bg8703
    @bg87036 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot for sharing this and other videos about the Elmyra2. Beautiful sounds and possibilities. I guess this inspired me to decide to order one, which i should receive in a few days. I have questions about the sequencer: if you have assigned different sequencer patterns to different voices, how can you erase the pattern you assigned to one particular voice, without erasing the others assigned to other voices ? (or how do you erase all of them?) And is it possible to modify an existing sequence on one voice, e.g. adding a new step or erasing one existing step, after you have been sequencing an other voice ? I didn't find any clues about this in the manual. Is there a limitation here ?

  • @nyppy

    @nyppy

    6 ай бұрын

    It's described in the manual on page 8: Hold any number of PG buttons and hold REC for more than 1 second, the REC LED will blink once to confirm, and this will delete all sequences for the corresponding voices. There is no way to modify a sequence once recorded, as it would be too confusing given the limited user interface.

  • @bg8703

    @bg8703

    6 ай бұрын

    @@nyppy Thanks a lot for your answer, this helps. I will read the manual a bit more carefully😊

  • @TPLS2
    @TPLS210 ай бұрын

    Question for you. Do you think there is anyway you could do a tutorial for the Arturia Microfreak on how to recreate the sounds of a Synare 3?

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    10 ай бұрын

    That's a very specific request. Probably not a video, but: Noise oscillator type Cycling envelope in envelope mode to pitch in the mod matrix Turn sustain down on main envelope, keep attack at minimum too, and do filter to envelope. Keyboard set to velocity rather than aftertouch, then velocity to pitch and filter envelope amount. That will get you most of the way there I think?

  • @JuhaniEkstrand
    @JuhaniEkstrand10 ай бұрын

    great video! is the filter digital or analogue?

  • @nyppy

    @nyppy

    10 ай бұрын

    There is an analog (kind of) low-pass filter with the CHOKE control, but for the main resonant filter, there are 4 filter types and all are digital simulations of actual analog circuits: 4-pole transistor ladder LPF, 2-pole state-variable filter in LPF, BPF and HPF configuration.

  • @dankeplace
    @dankeplace10 ай бұрын

    For me, I think they made it a bit too small, I prefer larger knobs and UI. I like the Fischer Price approach, if you can see it, you get it, if you have to squint, you'll regret it. Having looked at the $, hmm, interesting, very interesting, I may eat my words.

  • @nyppy

    @nyppy

    10 ай бұрын

    The form factor was chosen deliberately so that it's Eurorack compatible, meaning it doubles as a Eurorack module. That was one of the most requested features by Elmyra 1 users.

  • @dankeplace

    @dankeplace

    10 ай бұрын

    @@nyppy yeah that part I get, I just like the Lyra 8 format, as I am a really hands on guy.

  • @rgrant
    @rgrant9 ай бұрын

    Have you had a play with CV in to get it to act like a drum machine or are the envelopes too long?

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    9 ай бұрын

    The envelopes on the voicedy are too slow on the attack in particular, BUT there are some Mod modes which close down the sound fully and the filter also goes to nothing so... Let's not rule that out...

  • @rgrant

    @rgrant

    9 ай бұрын

    @@OscillatorSink So where does this sit on your Ranking Synths for Drone list... I assume you didn't own it when you made that.

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    9 ай бұрын

    @@rgrant yes, it arrived a good few months later. Currently it's an easy mid-A Tier, but I know that there are some firmware upgrades in the works that I think will elevate it.

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths7 ай бұрын

    I love the dark sounds of the Elmyra but my Virus TI2 gets me these and way more and so will pass. Otherwise would be on wish list.

  • @renatonunez-melgarp2066
    @renatonunez-melgarp20668 ай бұрын

    Audio output straight into soundcard? or you using any midi ti cv converter into computer?

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    8 ай бұрын

    It's direct from Elmyra into my audio interface (until 32 minutes-ish, where I turn on a reverb pedal). I'm not doing any external sequencing (which is I think what you're asking?), all sequencing and modulation is happening inside Elmyra2.

  • @renatonunez-melgarp2066

    @renatonunez-melgarp2066

    8 ай бұрын

    @@OscillatorSink amazing feedback just got mine as well. it works well with pedals? as I didnt find a proper outout for the jack

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    8 ай бұрын

    @@renatonunez-melgarp2066 it works great yes! - you just need a 3.5mm to qrarter inch jack cable (or relevant adapter). I also like running mine through my Lyra-8'a delay/distortion too - a lovely combo.

  • @renatonunez-melgarp2066

    @renatonunez-melgarp2066

    8 ай бұрын

    @@OscillatorSink so you connect the pedal into the audio output? sorry im a noob here haha

  • @OscillatorSink

    @OscillatorSink

    8 ай бұрын

    @@renatonunez-melgarp2066 audio output to pedal input, pedal output to mixer / audio interface / etc.

  • @eddy_sonik
    @eddy_sonik10 ай бұрын

    👍i LoVe ! 💙⚪❤

  • @annedeoedipus7849
    @annedeoedipus78494 ай бұрын

    Esoteric, lol, I have a Strega, I think I’ll be ok.

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