SOMA Rumble of Ancient Times - Chiptune Chaos - SonicLAB Review

Chris [midierror] takes a look at the new chiptune chaos machine - Rumble of Ancient Times is another unusual and unique sound generator from Soma Labs - who specialise in devices that are just that.
RoAT is available now(ish) and may well fulfill your needs in the chaotic chiptune sonic space.

We've uploaded 52 samples on our Patreon

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#soma #rumbleofancienttimes


00:00 intro and structure
02:15 Voice control
03:20 Algorithms and randomization
05:32 Sequencer
09:30 More randomization and inversions
12:00 examples
13:50 Summary



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[GizzyDillespee]

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

[dgoldstein]

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.

[dxutube]

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

[matthewtunnicliffe]

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.

[wm]

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

[xorshidjomjomeh]

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

[KeurslagerKurt]

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! 😍

[jftruthseeker]

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

[mowbyone]

Genuinely,
What a brilliant review,
Nice one 👍

[stuartleighton]

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!

[davidmooni]

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

[lwispe]

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

[SONICrider]

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....

[SonicVibe]

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

[Garflips]

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

[ogasi]

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

[superultrathanksmom]

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 ?

[manmaas]

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.

[Mr.Tubster]

Nice one mate 🙂 The sounds are rly beautiful <3 Greets cya

[strangersun]

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.