It sounds like when you wake up handcuffed to a hospital bed.

@SuperRbert

11 ай бұрын

Ah the memories

@petdoe8938

9 күн бұрын

Oh it was you in the hospital bed across the ward ​@@SuperRbert

Preordered this last month purely on my love for my Lyra and Ornament. They make electronic music instruments that are so human instead of synthesizers and I am grateful for the way this video shows it off. Can’t wait for mine.

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it David! It's a greatt little Pandora's box

Just got my e-mail that my pre-order is in production, even more hyped after playing with this thing at Superbooth, even MORE hyped after hearing it with these synced drums. Great demo Chris! 😍

This bit sounds wicked man you've really tamed it here sounds brilliant

Genuinely, What a brilliant review, Nice one 👍

wow man ! you got me at 7:50 when you plugged the volca with it , it’s sounds so good , definitely looking to get one

I thought this thing looked cool from what I'd seen before, but the sequencer demo and linking it to the Volca has thrown a new light on it for me. It's not just bonkers (although bonkers is always appreciated), it's versatile too.

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely - it's really good for Techno and industrial music; it has a dark side!

If ever there's a need to always record what you're doing it's this. Very deep.

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed - there's lots to dig into but it's very easy to navigate

Nice one mate 🙂 The sounds are rly beautiful

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks - glad you enjoyed them.

Chris aka Midierror - great review! I can recognize a true fan of low fi glitchy madness :) Please cooperate with Soniclab more often.

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Thank W M ! I often only remember the critical comments so I appreciate your kind words

This is absolutely fantastic, thank you. I just tried to read the manual which massively confused me. However this has opened up the synth in terms of a much better understanding. Thx!

I have a feeling that the Korg NTS-1 and the RoAT will sound great together 🤔

Well it's not what I was expecting, but I sure love it!

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of the same as me!

Thanks sharing this cool look inside. I'm a SOMA fan/user and this will probably my next add to the Lyra 8, Lyra FX, Ornament 8 and Ether....

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Good call, it's a versatile little noise machine!

Well done Chris. Great review

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Edd!

this thing looks dope!

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

It is!

Notage... hmmm, interesting concept. That could revolutionize the music world. Great review.

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta have notage!

This with the pocket operator arcade and robot 🤖 is the ultimate chip tune set up

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was tempted to use it with the POs but thought they might kind of cancel each other out in a review! Definitely a great choice to jam with

@annother3350

Жыл бұрын

Aly James FMdrive vst is amazing

That's very helpful! Thank you so much. I wanted to ask what is the range of the tempo, can it go slow as well? The same goes for the LFO is it capable to go really slow. I have a feeling this can be fabulus for ambient jams as well but am I right? What do you think?

Great! 👍

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

i love vlads stuff and the #lyra8 is a tool to die for - cannot get enough of mine, i hate this thing and yet i still find myself watching bloody videos - go figure

@burprobrox9134

2 жыл бұрын

Hate? Seems strong

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Haha perhaps its lure of the weirdness!

Sold with the Korg Sampler input. Been looking at this but found the chaotic squealing a little too much on its own. Bringing it under control with added gear makes a huge difference.

How could I resist after this vid?

I like this,,,,GAS again,,,,,gonna get me one...

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it! It's small but powerful and very fun to fly around with

It's great to see a more musical presentation of this synth. Sure there's benefit to just making crazy noises with it, but there are probably a few too many lazy videos doing that already.

Looks like so much fun. Would be great if there was a sort of scale snap mode to also give this thing some melodic / harmonic capabilities, Scale snap + some cool chiptune arp stuff + some way to record melodies per voice would be insane. Perhaps some ideas for a firmware update ?

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be great! Each voice does record on its own track so you can erase one element, but melodic stuff would be a nice addition. No word on any firmware upgrades as yet, but I'm not sure they've even been released yet

Vlad doing his thing again... amazing!

@XanderEwald

2 жыл бұрын

Not designed by Vlad though, but by Kakos Nonos.

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Soma Lab team do some awesome stuff !

i sync it woth po 33 but how ya sync it with volca samples ?

Interesting in many ways, Any idea what the final unit price will be for these? Are they kits?

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's at the end - 130 Euros and they come fully assembled. There's not much to them to be honest!

Is there any sign from Soma that those who have pre-ordered will receive Roat soon?

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

You could send them an email...?

Hi. Great video just following it through with my new ROAT, I have tried the sequencer and it does not seem to work any ideas? Any help would be great thanks.

@ronketterer5851

Жыл бұрын

The sequencer can be turned off or on by pressing Record and Erase at the same time. You also need to hold down the record button while you record anything. You may also need to go to page 7 to set the tempo and click first, then try recording. On page 7 the 1st knob controls tempo, and the second controls the click.

Quite different in practice to the chiptune synth the preview hinted at, it definitely seems more geared towards random digital madness. It'll make a great sample source.. I preordered back in Dec :) The only other SOMA Labs gear I have is the LYRA-8.. but all their stuff is wonderful

@matthewtunnicliffe201

2 жыл бұрын

It seems a lot more versatile than I though it would be. Sounds great too. I'm tempted but I'm thinking about getting a Lyra 8 fairly soon so I need to watch my cash. The only bit of Soma gear I have so far is the Ether which is so much fun.

great noises! 🤗 that scottish 6 oscillator madlab noise-X thing looked really tasty too

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes the Noise-X is a really nice bit of gear although, slightly harder to use than this. Worth the time for what it can do.

yeah

With a pulsar must be nice

@midierror

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@HazeAnderson

2 жыл бұрын

I am soon to find out ...

how did you connect it to the korg volca?

@leftmono1016

Жыл бұрын

Sync out from the Volca to sync in on the ROaT.

Is this easy enough to record into Ableton?

@bonwowo

22 күн бұрын

u just need audio input at computer and u can easily record it with jack cable:)

Has anyone ever made any good or even decent listenable music using any chiptunes / pocket synths?

@leftmono1016

Жыл бұрын

For me, the same question would apply to brass instruments. But we all like different things so it’s futile to ask.

@subs4794

Жыл бұрын

@@leftmono1016 brass as in horns? You mean classics like jazz and soul funk music?

@leftmono1016

Жыл бұрын

@@subs4794 - more as in brass bands but yeah anything brass counts. Don’t forget this a personal preference intended to show how irrelevant the original post is 😉

@subs4794

Жыл бұрын

@@leftmono1016 Thank you for agreeing with my point. There is a long history of exceptional and popular music using brass instruments and it is still a staple of modern popular music. Yet decades of chiptunes has only produced very niche cheap sounding video game music and it seems likely it will always be that way. Hundreds of years from now there will likely not be any chip tune song played or covered.

@leftmono1016

Жыл бұрын

@@subs4794 - it’s all personal preference though isn’t it - that’s the point. There’s an entire generation now that has more affinity with chiptune music than say jazz. That doesn’t make either irrelevant.

Is it just me or do all of these 8 bit synths/modules just not sound remotely like actual 8/16 bit chiptune stuff? The beauty of 8 bit is the complexity from dead simple components, but these 8 bit modules always add too much and try too hard IMO. They're a cool alternative history idea, but they aren't accurate as a simulation of the real thing. You don't need one to get the real thing though! All you need is a square/saw VCO, a S&H, another VCO to drive said S&H, and an attenuator to adjust the amount. Old game consoles often worked by storing only 3 values to make many of their sounds. VCO 1 pitch, VCO 2 pitch/SH rate, and SH amount. That's all you need to get authentic video game SFX. Video game music is a bit more complex. Try square wave chords arpeggiated very fast, at near-audio rate. Bam, instant Pac Man. Square LFOs controlling VCO pitch between octaves or fifths, running at about 1/16 note speed, are part of the formula too. Keep it to simple tools (square VCO, LFO, S&H, and arp) but get creative with how you combine them. That's the truth of how they did it back in the day.

@ChrisP3000x

2 жыл бұрын

Feel better?

@Leo9ine

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisP3000x Do you?

@Musicninja007

2 жыл бұрын

this thing can do simple if you want it.

coming out of russia, will there be supply issues?

@XanderEwald

2 жыл бұрын

SOMA have a EU division located in Poland. According to their website, that's where ROAT seems to be manufactured.

@sonicstate

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's what they told us too

very interesting seeing a Russian product showcased in these uncertain times.

Glitch Storm sounds way better and only costs 50usd...

@leftmono1016

Жыл бұрын

@@tl3ss - agree with you, the ROAT is much more usable with the four channel sequencer and easy matrix editing. But the ROTAS looks like a future buy for me!