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

[iluvumbertoeco]

this is a great way to annoy your friend who always brags about having perfect pitch

[rorz]

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 😉

[SneedburgerSyndrome]

"Hi, I'm Hainbach and welcome to Bad Gear. Good to have you back!" 🙃

[chriswareham]

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.

[wardr]

Lol, "being familiar with the underlying synthesis principals doesn’t help much"… I’m definitely going to use this line sometime!

[mrhs]

*Calls it bad gear*
*Proceeds to drop the best version of the BG intro tune ever*

[CatgirlThatLovesYou]

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! :)

[dustinhodell]

That finale was beautiful! Please notify me when the musique concrete IDM noise album drops!

[turpenstein]

You just know that when the opening tune isn't even close to the traditional tune, it's gonna be a good one.

[JonathanKillstring]

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!

[youtub-fjmu]

GOD THE INTRO TUNE
I usually watch gear videos for sound design ideas, but damn, just those few seconds made me want to buy it

[uxartmusicvideo-andphotogr]

Great horror movie music synth. It sounds very disturbing and like someone will come to hunt me.

[screamclown]

God I love the Lyra 8. I think this is the best intro tune and jam in any of the videos yet!!

[MikeMorenoDSP]

Thanks for the shoutout on my software emulation, Florian! 🤠

[TheFileFormat]

Stalker is such a classic - great video!

[ionceknewaghost]

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 ;)

[CneeKrunch]

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.

[pepuletrz]

that was the best jam ever....way ta go friend.

[Theinvalidmusic]

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!

[theSantiagoDog]

I love that I live in a world where the Lyra-8 exists. It's like a totem for insane creativity.