My Favourite Synth Of ALL TIME???

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In this episode I take a look at what is possibly my fave synth. I discuss why I love it so much and highlight its only fault, that you can’t pan the oscillators…. so I come up with a novel way of overcoming this drawback… Thanks to #somalaboratory for lending us 5 of their awesome #lyrasynthesizers check out more about them here: somasynths.com/lyra-organismi...
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  • @signal-sounds
    @signal-sounds2 жыл бұрын

    The delay section is also available as a stand-alone Euro module!

  • @NothingNowhereNoOne

    @NothingNowhereNoOne

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. But when you try and utilize the gain on it, it sounds like shit.

  • @sodothehivesonhisleg

    @sodothehivesonhisleg

    Жыл бұрын

    Also there's really not enough CV on it for the size it is sadly

  • @ZenMountain

    @ZenMountain

    Жыл бұрын

    It sounds absolutely fantastic, you crazy, dull persons.

  • @sonickitchen
    @sonickitchen2 жыл бұрын

    There comes a point in a Lyra session where it feels like the synth is playing you. It's quite a feeling but then, there is that rare mystic spot where there is no player, no synth, just mysterious sonic magic.

  • @JP_Idols_of_Torment
    @JP_Idols_of_Torment2 жыл бұрын

    The reason I come to the internet is to watch Christian totally get excited and start punching the air when 48 oscillators give him a big synthy hug. As we say in Canada: “yer a freakin beauty”. Love this channel, you, and Spitfire. Cheers.

  • @breadwarandcircus
    @breadwarandcircus2 жыл бұрын

    God I love Lyra. She is the best puzzle ever.

  • @patrykscelina
    @patrykscelina7 ай бұрын

    Hi Christian. Is there any chance you put that back somewhere, since it's gone from Pianobook ? Perhaps there are more people like me, a bit late to the party :)

  • @MusicFillsTheQuiet
    @MusicFillsTheQuiet2 жыл бұрын

    Lyra has been on my wish list for a while now. One day I'll have one!

  • @citizennobody5518
    @citizennobody55182 жыл бұрын

    Piano Book set! You're a complete legend man thanks for all you do. Love this channel one of my favorites on youtube.

  • @unisonosc1617
    @unisonosc16175 күн бұрын

    I love this, 6 of them is pretty nuts. I had two at once before. I think just multitracking one is more practical. LOL

  • @KevinPrice
    @KevinPrice Жыл бұрын

    In Soviet Russia synthesizer device plays YOU!

  • @unisonosc1617
    @unisonosc16175 күн бұрын

    "6 of them is out of all of our reach" - has analog solutions colossus in the back.

  • @TomWinspear
    @TomWinspear2 жыл бұрын

    I've been wanting 2 or 3 of these for a good while. You certainly went all in!

  • @DavidMorley
    @DavidMorley2 жыл бұрын

    I had one for a while. Drove me nuts. Fantastic and unique but chaotic

  • @alexandrelevy3916
    @alexandrelevy39165 ай бұрын

    LOVE YOU!!!!

  • @reddenstudio
    @reddenstudio9 ай бұрын

    I couldn't help but smile when these things engaged. Awesome!

  • @keiththeodosiou
    @keiththeodosiou2 жыл бұрын

    I must admit that I would be at a loss trying to make music with these BUT they do look and sound bloody awesome!!

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer2 жыл бұрын

    "Forty-eight oscillators? That's madness." "Madness? THIS IS SOMA!"

  • @13opacus
    @13opacus2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!!!

  • @composerjohn
    @composerjohn2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing synth. Bought one in January and use it all the time!

  • @AdiGoldsteinComposer
    @AdiGoldsteinComposer2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing! Lyra 8 is one of my favorite instrument ever!

  • @samferrell229
    @samferrell2292 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Very interesting sounds.

  • @DamienWise
    @DamienWise2 жыл бұрын

    This is a good review. Sometimes it's difficult to control so it's better to just go with the flow. And nothing else sounds like it. Absolutely adore my Lyra-8.

  • @marleenvos4126
    @marleenvos41262 жыл бұрын

    I have 1, but 6 droning away is just glorious...thank you so much for sharing the samples!

  • @sagereynolds
    @sagereynolds2 жыл бұрын

    Huge sounds!!!

  • @christopherpederson1021
    @christopherpederson10212 жыл бұрын

    I just dropped my potatoes and split my pants picking them

  • @OoraMusic
    @OoraMusic2 жыл бұрын

    Loved this video A LOT

  • @MartinHeidenreichMusic
    @MartinHeidenreichMusic2 жыл бұрын

    Not sure what I like most: that badass drone or that view with the lake in the background

  • @laidbackmedia

    @laidbackmedia

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't let him hear you saying lake

  • @-l5905
    @-l59052 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, great vid. Please give us more videos on ways to use the LYRA-8. Keep doing what you're doin', Love Ya.

  • @7187
    @71872 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Christian! I hope you'll do a Kontakt version

  • @brianobush
    @brianobush2 жыл бұрын

    The Lyra 8 and Pulsar 23 are my favorite synths. I have had both for a while, but they are still not tamed in my mind.

  • @gregbradshaw7220

    @gregbradshaw7220

    6 ай бұрын

    It helps having the ornament and Lyra adapter

  • @VincentSteenstraToussaint
    @VincentSteenstraToussaint2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Christian, I'd love to hear about your archival process. How do you go about storing old projects once you finish them? Do you save stems only or keep copies of running projects? How many versions do you save? Do your archives vary across film, tv, and game projects? I'm very interested in hearing your take on this. Cheers!

  • @skipstream2
    @skipstream22 жыл бұрын

    Love this weird little synth. I have no fuc*ing clue why it does what it does sometimes though, but that's part of its charm. You can make it sound beautiful though. It doesn't have to sound bowel splitting all the time

  • @awpMusic1
    @awpMusic12 жыл бұрын

    amazing big sound - had never heard of this synth.

  • @jonaseggen2230

    @jonaseggen2230

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check out Soma Synths other instruments to : ) somasynths.com/

  • @TheUnfinishedSynth
    @TheUnfinishedSynth2 жыл бұрын

    The ultimate Reese bass.

  • @petercane6376
    @petercane63764 ай бұрын

    Surely six freakin Lyra8's full on must be the most powerful synth in the Galaxy! I need 15" sub woofer head phones to take it.

  • @kenb7540
    @kenb75402 жыл бұрын

    Love it 👏👍

  • @SOULDIY
    @SOULDIY Жыл бұрын

    A beautyful Drone. 🤪

  • @robthefriend8725
    @robthefriend87252 жыл бұрын

    Having several of those in a line is my dream set up

  • @Missing_Lynx
    @Missing_Lynx7 ай бұрын

    Is there a way to download this? It's not on pianobook anymore

  • @philh27
    @philh272 жыл бұрын

    The stuff of twisted, fevered nightmares. In a good way, obviously!

  • @AndreaGiordaniComposer
    @AndreaGiordaniComposer2 жыл бұрын

    "NERDISM" at its best! And they are so beautiful. Makes you never take away your hands from them when they look and sound like that! And they are sampleeeed now! You legend, Christian. Thank you, as always! So exciting!

  • @stuart_rose
    @stuart_rose2 жыл бұрын

    Bonkers! Brilliant! 🤓

  • @camofilms
    @camofilms Жыл бұрын

    I own a LYRA8, I SUBBED... YOU 117K, NOW GO NUTS!!!!

  • @elowine
    @elowine2 жыл бұрын

    A while ago I build a 50 oscillator synth in Reaktor after seeing the Solar 50. It purposely doesn't use keyboard tracking, you instead have to manually tune the oscillators just like the Lyra-8. Great way to create chords you wouldn't normally play on a piano. It also sounds massive :P

  • @dorsia6938

    @dorsia6938

    2 жыл бұрын

    Are you Elowinz or is it just a similar name?

  • @elowine

    @elowine

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dorsia6938 That isn't me :P

  • @richardsomerville5725
    @richardsomerville57252 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me when i saw Sunn o))) live .Drones to move ones bowels.Great work Christian.

  • @devilliersn
    @devilliersn2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing as always! Any chance of a Kontakt or DS version of the Pianobook EXS24 pack to be added soon (I know many have already been converted but not sure how to myself)? Much love from South Africa and keep on rocking Christian!

  • @borislavvonberlichingen5394
    @borislavvonberlichingen53948 ай бұрын

    At 12:48 it sounds a bit like Ligeti music in A space oddyssey 2001.

  • @jonaseggen2230
    @jonaseggen22302 жыл бұрын

    Fun to see that you got this jevel. Vlad is such a great mad scientist and more people should get to know about this synth in particular and Soma Lab in general. For anyone reading this. It is not to hard to make music and sweet sounds with it, and not only drones or sci-fi horror sounds. You must become a child again and forget loads of stuff you know about synths in general, but there are many videos on different ways to tame and use it, and with some experimenting with tuning you can play beautiful chords and probably psalms to.

  • @bigmanlizard7326
    @bigmanlizard73262 жыл бұрын

    sounds insane, as someone on a budget who wants to get as much sound possibilities out of a purchase im not sure id ever own one though.. but at doing what it does ive never heard anything like that

  • @areusmartinez8343
    @areusmartinez8343Ай бұрын

    Tú sintétizador favorito y el de cualquier ser humano que le guste hacer música electrónica.... Inalcanzable para mi bolsillo

  • @BF-up5xw
    @BF-up5xw2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for the samples, and for providing a sterling example of boundless enthusiasm for us all to look at and say 'Nah, that's going too far!' (Or, more likely - 'He's livin' the dream!') I downloaded the EXS24 version for the samples and am playing them in Kontakt right now, with a different sample on each key just to make things less melodic and a bit of fun. I'll be trying these in Pigments 3 later, and then maybe Falcon 2. Marvellous! Thank you!

  • @DanielaTocan
    @DanielaTocan2 жыл бұрын

    My Hackintosj is down how to play on Windows PC?

  • @parboilrice
    @parboilrice2 жыл бұрын

    Better than the exs library, can we sample this video? There are so many gold nuggets in it! Buildup....... (5:16) "We've got vibrato" ~ Drop!

  • @jarls5890
    @jarls58902 жыл бұрын

    Christian - if a voice is set to "slow" the "hold" will activate those voices earlier than the "fast" voices. I.e. you do not always need to use coins. Simply set the voices you want to "drone with the hold" to slow and turn the hold up just until they start to go (about at 11 o'clock). The fast voices will only start going at 1 or 2 o'clock on the hold dial.

  • @TheNimasan
    @TheNimasan Жыл бұрын

    look at my other comments, the lyra8 is my fav synth of all times!!! great video!!

  • @MrTomDangerous
    @MrTomDangerous2 жыл бұрын

    I had a dental appointment yesterday and a tooth drilled and filled, and this video hurts more than that did. My new filling was starting to vibrate in sympathy with the Lyra's output.

  • @studio48nl
    @studio48nl2 ай бұрын

    Not complete without a green and blue one 😆

  • @jorgefpramos
    @jorgefpramos2 жыл бұрын

    Judging by the title I though you were finally going to make a video about the Deckard's Dream :D

  • @SomeoneCalledRob
    @SomeoneCalledRob2 жыл бұрын

    Software emulation available here: mikemorenodsp.gumroad.com/l/lira-8

  • @justcellin
    @justcellin Жыл бұрын

    What a filthy synth (s)!! Goodness me I think my core just got a workout. Not felt anything so earth quaking since a rocket car at a drag race.

  • @pdm67
    @pdm672 жыл бұрын

    I love mine and have gigged with it a few times - quite tricky improvising by ear on it with a bunch of jazzers playing complicated changes but sometimes it worked :-) When I bought mine you had to be on a waiting list for months and I also bought a "kit" (PCBs and a couple of ICs) for a Lyra 8 and two for Lyra 4s but needless to say that the built unit arrived before I did anything with them. Your video gives me an idea to twin the Lyra 4s as a stereo instrument and maybe modify the modulation a bit.

  • @raialice5118
    @raialice5118 Жыл бұрын

    this is what i call a Artist !

  • @joecantdance494
    @joecantdance4942 жыл бұрын

    Oh oh oh can we have a DecentSampler version, pretty please with knobs on

  • @lotleoregler6836
    @lotleoregler6836 Жыл бұрын

    I have the Lyra 8 and I love it. It's relatively easy to start as a beginner. Second it has a psyche and speaks with and about you. I use it with hologram microcosm and a orange guitar combo speaker. Just play the Lyra and Listen, no need to imitate another device, melody or whatever you like too. Cheers from Germany

  • @RyanHarris77
    @RyanHarris7710 ай бұрын

    Sounds better than a Solar 50!

  • @pedrobarrionovo
    @pedrobarrionovo2 жыл бұрын

    Huge! ☕❤️

  • @Antara755
    @Antara755 Жыл бұрын

    I think you can get this sound by putting a mic in a beehive 😁

  • @chi9396
    @chi93962 жыл бұрын

    Looks Good for neuro reece basses .. or super saws

  • @MODERNDAYROCKERS
    @MODERNDAYROCKERS2 жыл бұрын

    DOPE

  • @tanksmoonchild
    @tanksmoonchild2 жыл бұрын

    OMG 😮 A 6 Lyra 8 mega drone!!!

  • @pjdahmen
    @pjdahmen2 жыл бұрын

    great

  • @adamwieczorek7701
    @adamwieczorek7701 Жыл бұрын

    Crazy, but aware od CERN effect 😮

  • @humanerror3139
    @humanerror31392 жыл бұрын

    I love the Lyra, not many people get it...... Sounds like its made. Wonderful like floating in the offshoots of Neptune.

  • @marcoshorus
    @marcoshorus2 жыл бұрын

    WOW

  • @cornerliston
    @cornerliston2 жыл бұрын

    “Six of them is out of all of our reach,” says the owner of a Synthi 100 clone : )

  • @BF-up5xw
    @BF-up5xw2 жыл бұрын

    For an unofficial VST emulation, check out Mike Moreno's donationware LIRA-8. It's a lot of fun!

  • @jimsanger
    @jimsanger2 жыл бұрын

    These days you can get pretty close to most synths with plugins, but the sound of this is something else

  • @earanwe

    @earanwe

    Жыл бұрын

    I played one for some days and for sure it is...

  • @TonyThomas10000
    @TonyThomas100002 жыл бұрын

    Kind of reminds me of Mononoke by Bram Bos for the iPad.

  • @mmoore4456
    @mmoore44562 жыл бұрын

    Tragic that non-Apple users can't make the ESX24 file work, at least as far as I know. Will you eventually sample it for Kontakt, Christian?

  • @TheCrowHillCo

    @TheCrowHillCo

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’ll try and do a Kontakt version tomorrow.

  • @mmoore4456

    @mmoore4456

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheCrowHillCo Thanks much, Christian. Getting a bit of Snakes of Russia vibe out of this sample. Sweet!

  • @jedgould5531
    @jedgould55312 жыл бұрын

    8:09 I detest external power supplies. There’s a reason they are called wall warts. I finally broke mine down into clear food bins: 12V. More manageable when I pick through them. The entire electronics industry wants to save a buck instead of making their own power supplies, which were internal. The olden days, when you could simply plug a synth into the wall. Even the Moog One has a big ol’ wall wart. It’s enough to make me want to invent a time machine to go back to 2000, when wall warts were much less common. But doing so would take infinite…power.

  • @danielbirchmusic
    @danielbirchmusic2 жыл бұрын

    I believe Clint Mansell used the Lyra on his latest score for Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth.

  • @niallgregory

    @niallgregory

    Жыл бұрын

    That's really interesting.can you identify it clearly?

  • @StephenTallamyMusic
    @StephenTallamyMusic2 жыл бұрын

    Mummy!

  • @duncanthompson957
    @duncanthompson9572 жыл бұрын

    Check out Rossum Electro-Music’s Trident Eurorack module (and a few other complex/cascading oscillator modules all stacked together for a slightly slightly slightly more affordable and ‘playable’ (sort of) pandemonium device (= screaming of demons)…? For other mad scientist stuff have you checked out Australia’s Non Linear Circuits modules? Whack a few of those into the mix… Add a couple of AtoV Projects16n faderbanks, instead of keyboards and some ADDAC latching and non-latching gate button modules and you could make quite a nice little chainsaw slash angelic hellraiser standalone case! 🤫🧐🥸🤐

  • @morksugga9435
    @morksugga9435 Жыл бұрын

    I am saving for my first Lyra, and you got SIX ???? 😄

  • @dafingaz
    @dafingaz2 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Can't wait to dive in on these sounds! LOL. @dafingaz

  • @Johnnybazakatone
    @Johnnybazakatone Жыл бұрын

    The King of freaks.. 6 lyra s

  • @thehowlingterror
    @thehowlingterror2 жыл бұрын

    Is the OP-1 better?

  • @jorgefpramos

    @jorgefpramos

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is a totally different thing..

  • @cubanheelsbeerbelly
    @cubanheelsbeerbelly Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a bunch of angry bees 🐝

  • @Tom-kn3mg
    @Tom-kn3mg2 жыл бұрын

    Reese bass to end all Reese basses

  • @valiumdupeuple
    @valiumdupeuple2 жыл бұрын

    Haha, a plant, 2 hands and a synth on a wooden table, how original that is Christian 😅 You forgot the overlayed oscilloscope.

  • @dialnfornick
    @dialnfornick2 жыл бұрын

    "bloody expensive and impossible to use" 🤣

  • @vinnieRice
    @vinnieRice2 жыл бұрын

    Jesus, they sound incredible... I need new trousers... Uh, interesting choice on the old shutter angle there mate :)

  • @Indianabones007
    @Indianabones0072 жыл бұрын

    Oh to have the money to at least buy the Jupiter! Dreaming is good for the soul though

  • @PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY
    @PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY7 ай бұрын

    most english thing ever at 11:18

  • @PeteKowalsky
    @PeteKowalsky2 жыл бұрын

    Wow ... There need to be an epilepsy warning on this video ... This thing is giving me fits! 😎👍

  • @scartabellomusic
    @scartabellomusic2 жыл бұрын

    Careful you don’t crack the Earth’s mantle with this!!!

  • @francescocorso3133
    @francescocorso31332 жыл бұрын

    Please make a kontakt version of this, it sounds so good!

  • @swwarms
    @swwarms2 жыл бұрын

    Someone call?

  • @henrikfisch
    @henrikfisch2 жыл бұрын

    I already know Christian is a mad scientist ... but here's the proof of it. 😉

  • @Herfinnur
    @Herfinnur2 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry but I'm going to have to pilfer the sounds you've made here, and also try to make a perfect loop of frolicking Henson

  • @JureJerebic
    @JureJerebic2 жыл бұрын

    Love using mine with tape - I put some vids of the two together on my channel if anyone's interested

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