This Drum is a Synthesizer!!!

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"This is a tutorial on how to get a variety of different sounds out of a steel tongue drum and handpan, without and added external effects from guitar pedals or a computer.

I compare sound design techniques on a Kosmosky 12 inch double sided drum to the Sonicware Liven Ambient 0 Synthesizer to demo how to replicate electronic effects acoustically to add different sound quality to your music.

Some of the techniques used here apply to other instruments like guitar, pianos and other percussion instruments, but some are unique to the steel tongue drum due it's unique form, timbre, and long sustain.

0:00 Intro
0:45 Velocity
1:33 Filter
2:23 Attack/tone
3:43 Release/sustain
4:49 LFO/Tremolo
6:00 Distortion
7:22 Reverb
8:45 Final Jam
9:15 Discount Code in Comments

‪@kosmosky_english‬

Here is a link to get 5% off all 2-sided Steel Tongue Drums on Kosmosky's website using the word 'Timeless' as the promo code at checkout: https://en.kosmosky.com/shop/2-sided"

Sonicware Liven EVOKE & Novation Circuit Rhythm: Live Ambient Electronic Jam

video upload by Ayohnimus (Official)

"🎵 Welcome back to the jam room! 🎵

This session is all about a dynamic duo for live electronic music: the incredible Sonicware Liven EVOKE and the powerful Novation Circuit Rhythm.

The Liven EVOKE provides the rich, evolving soundscapes with its unique granular and "Acoustronic" synthesis engine, creating the perfect ambient foundation. The Circuit Rhythm takes over on the beats, driving the groove with its intuitive sequencing and punchy samples.

This is a completely live performance, showing how these two pieces of gear can be used together to create a full, immersive track. If you're a fan of ambient, techno, or hardware-focused jams, you'll love this!"

Third Table Bay - Sonicware Liven Evoke + Roland J-6 Ambient Chord Improvisation

video upload by Tsumios / Hardware Electronic Music Adventures

"Third Table Bay - Sonicware Liven Evoke + Roland J-6 Ambient Chord Improvisation. Thailand, Phuket, Kamala beach sightseeing cafe. Nice table sign, good for title :) Enjoy clouds timelaps :)

use
Sonicware Liven Evoke,
Roland J-6
Power using powerbank ^_^,
Recorded with GoPro 11."

Granular Effects Explained | w/ Sonicware Liven Evoke | What All The Parameters Do

How To Use Them video upload by Sonic Cartography

Sonic Cartography Sonicware Liven videos

"Using some crude paper animations and the Sonicware Liven Evoke as demonstration platform, I explain a whole bunch of parameters of granular effects and synthesis—both what they are and how to use them: buffer, spray, diffusion, direction, shape, feedback, alignment, range, jitter, and more. From a filming/editing standpoint, this is the most elaborate video I've ever made, so I hope people like it...

This video also features very brief cameos from the Texture Lab & the ‪@HologramElectronics‬ Microcosm."

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Beginner's Guide to Sound Design, Feat. Sonicware Liven Evoke | LFOs, Filters, & Amp Envelopes

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"A tutorial on the basics of sound design, featuring the Sonicware Liven Evoke, focusing on LFOs, filters, and amplitude envelopes, and providing an overview of attack, release, cutoff, resonance, and LFO assignment, shape, rate, depth, trigger, and delay settings. This is part 3 of a series I'm doing on the Evoke (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list..., but it can be watched independently of the other parts and doesn't require that you have an Evoke to get something out of it, I think/hope.

This video is meant to be as beginner-friendly as possible, so at the beginning of sections, I go over basics that may "go without saying" for more experienced people. This is intentional. I remember back when I was just getting started with synths, all the videos I watched seemed to assume too much was "obvious" or already known, and I've consciously tried to avoid that here and make the sort of video I wish I had back then."

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Grand River (Aimée Portioli) – Ambient Live Set @ Superbooth 2025

video upload by SONICWARE

"Portioli makes experimental electronic music with rich emotional colours. Her work, influenced by minimalism and ambient music, is atmospheric yet rhythmically complex, incorporating a wide range of contemporary compositional and production techniques. She often works with her SONICWARE Ambient Ø and ELZ_1.

https://grandriver.eu/

Grand River’s first solo sound installation 'Symphony for Endangered Birds' at Museum Folkwang, Essen. 15 Aug – 28 Sep, 2025 https://www.museum-folkwang.de/en/exh...

Ambient Ø: https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-ambient
ELZ_1 play: https://sonicware.jp/pages/elz_1-play

Special Thanks:
NEUMANN (‪@GeorgNeumannGmbH‬)
MT 48: https://www.neumann.com/en-us/product...

enoaudio ( / enoaudio.de )
https://enoaudio.de/en/

Video by Alejandro Sandoval Bertín"

Sonicware Evoke - All fabric presets, no voice

video upload by Tsumios

"Play all Fabric presets from newest Sonicware Evoke synthesizer. It's very interesting device, will try to use it. Listen to all standard fabric presets to understand a little it's possibilities and sound." Sonicware Ambient 0


Playlist:

1. Orange Flower, Sonicware Ambient Ø, music jam at Cape Panwa sightseeing point part 2
2. Blue Drink, Sonicware Ambient Ø, music jam at Cape Panwa sightseeing point part 1
3. Waterfall Habitat, Sonicware Ambient Ø
4. Disturbed Nature, Sonicware Ambient Ø
5. Tired Little Princess, Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø
6. Sunset Silent Crowd, Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø
7. High Birds, Sonicware Ambient Ø
8. Promthep Cape Heat, Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø

Sonicware Liven Evoke – Preset-Demo

video upload by KEYBOARDS

"Tauche ein in die Soundwelten des neuen Liven Evoke von Sonicware! In diesem Video zeigen wir dir eine Auswahl der werkseitigen Presets – von schimmernden Pads über granulare Texturen bis hin zu sphärischen Drones. Begleitet wird das Ganze von einem kleinen Demo-Track, der die Stärken des Synths im cineastischen Kontext zeigt.

Der Evoke ist wie gemacht für Ambient-Produzenten, Klangtüftler und Filmmusiker – und das auch unterwegs, dank Batteriebetrieb und integriertem Lautsprecher. Lass dich inspirieren und hör rein, wie Grain FX, Reverb „Mirage“ und der Sequencer zusammen eine ganz eigene Klangwelt erschaffen. Viel Spaß beim Reinhören! 🎶"

Sonicware Liven Evoke Full Tutorial - Cinematic Ambient Synthesizer

video upload by ChrisLody

"If you'd like to support the channel you can grab a 'Pay What You Want' album from my Bandcamp.
https://chrislody.bandcamp.com

Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text and videos like this.

I've been a bit busy recently (I often say that, but more so than usual!) so this video has been a long time coming, sorry about that :)

For more information on the Liven Evoke please use these links:
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke
Online manuals
https://sonicware.jp/pages/online_man...

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Sonicware Liven Evoke | Oscillator Controls | Part 2 of In-Depth Guide Series

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"An in-depth guide to the Sonicware Liven Evoke’s oscillator section, covering all the parameters, settings, and controls in detail, how they interact with each other, and some tips and tricks for using them effectively. Along the way, we also look at the almighty latch function and the difference between easy and normal mode. The next video looks at sound design on the Evoke, focusing especially on its complex LFOs. This video is already available for early access at my new Patreon, / soniccartography .

Table of Contents:
0:00 - intro
0:22 - quick review of INST, WAVE, BLEND, etc. (w/ some new information and tips)
2:40 - latch function
3:50 - backtide modulation range (amount/depth) and rate parameters
8:20 - backtide modulation attack rate
10:43 - backtide modulation attack curve + interactions between the four backtide parameters
13:32 - harmonic parameter modulation of WAVE
18:07 - pitch parameter
20:20 - easy mode versus normal mode"

Part 1 here

"Healing" - A Liven Evoke Jam 7/21/2025 #synth #432hz #sonicware #meditationmusic

video upload by I Love Cats and Synths

"My first original jam with the Sonicware Liven Evoke synth. Since I'm going through an emotional and spiritual healing process myself, I decided to call this 'Healing'."

Sonicware LIVEN Evoke Unboxing and Demo 7/18/2025

video upload by I Love Cats and Synths

"Unboxing and trying out the new Sonicware LIVEN Evoke Acoustronic Synthesizer. Bella helps out with the unboxing too. 🥰

00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Unboxing
01:22 - Bella reveals what it is!
03:33 - Bella inspects the box!
05:52 - Demonstration"

Evoke Sound Exploration #04 [Your Acoustronic Sound. Your Way.]

video upload by SONICWARE

"LIVEN Evoke | Acoustronic Synthesizer with Granular Effect
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke"

LIVEN Evoke: Getting Started [Beginner's Guide]

video upload by SONICWARE

"LIVEN Evoke | Acoustronic Synthesizer with Granular Effect
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke

This video is an introductory guide for anyone new to the LIVEN Evoke, created in collaboration with Daniel Beck Rose, also known as @SonicCartography.

For more details, check out the user manual linked below:
https://www.sonicware.co.jp/DL/LIVEN_...

Also, Daniel is creating an 'In-Depth Guide' series, so please check it out as well:
• In-Depth Guide to Sonicware Liven Evoke | ... [posted here]


00:00 1. Introduction

00:29 2. Overview
00:45 - Acoustronic Flux Oscillator
05:47 - Grain FX

09:09 3. Basic Operations
10:26 - Selecting Tracks
11:30 - Octave Controls
12:49 - Note Hold feature
15:20 - Navigating between pattern palettes

17:54 4. Basic Sound Controls
18:14 - Inst & Wave
20:00 ...Knobs’ secondary parameters (with the shift button)
21:45 - Filter & Amp
24:37 - Level & Pan

25:32 - Grain FX Send
& Patch Selection
27:18 ...Buttons’ secondary functions (with the func button)

29:40 - Reverb Send

31:02 5. Chord Mode
32:41 - Key Settings
35:56 - Advanced Settings
40:28 - Using Probability

41:32 6. Playing Technique ~ Outro Demo"

In-Depth Guide to Sonicware Liven Evoke | Part 1 | Overview & Quick Start

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"A big picture overview of the main features of the Sonicware Liven Evoke (table of contents below), as well some tips for quickly getting started with making some interesting sounds and playing music on it, without getting bogged down in the technical details of all the synth's bells and whistles, which will be covered in the next videos in the series. You can get early access to the next video right now (plus bonus goodies, like presets), over at the new Patreon that I am launching in conjunction with this series: / soniccartography .

Next Episodes:
Part 2: Oscillator / Sound Engine Parameters (early access available now on Patreon: / soniccartography )
Part 3: Sound Design (focusing on LFOs).
Part 4: Granular Effects and Reverb
Part 5: Voice Modes & Arpeggiator
Part 6: Chord Mode
Part 7: Sequencer
Part 8(?) - will depend on feedback and questions I receive. Please leave comments! My goal is to help people do whatever I can to be able to use this synth to make their own ambient, cinematic, post-classical, and other kind of electronic (or should I say acoustronic?) music.

The other videos will be shorter than this one. For example, the second one is only 25 minutes. They are focused on specific topics of limited scope, whereas this one is a broad overview. The idea is to start making more bite-size videos than the long-form ones I've tended to make in the past. And the reason for this is to same as the reason for starting the Patreon: to make this channel more sustainable for me and to be able to get back to making videos on a more regular basis.

Table of Contents:
0:00 - intro
0:42 - basic play & performance features (palettes, tracks, octaves, hold, arpeggiator, chord mode, and voice modes)
7:00 - sequencer overview
10:10 - previewing and selecting other palettes
12:55 - opening a blank palette
13:49 - acoustronic flux oscillator / sound engine basics (instrument, wave, and blend)
15:43 - demo of all acoustic instrument sounds
16:51 - secondary parameters and shift holds (very important to know)
18:43 - demo of all electronic wave sounds
20:48 - backtide modulation
23:34 - how to get early access to next episodes in series
24:23 - sound design basics (filter, amp envelope, LFOs, panning, level, & reverb + granular send parameters)
27:53 - adjusting the reverb / secondary functions (also important to know)
31:31 - the cool thing you can do with the Evoke
33:41 - signal chain / sound architecture of the Evoke
34:56 - granular effects + grain patches (including demo of all patches)
39:54 - brief recap + how to quickly start making some music without sequencing
43:27 - saving, renaming, and resetting pattern palettes
46:19 - outro (w/ info about next videos)"

Evoke Sound Exploration 01

video upload by SONICWARE

"LIVEN Evoke | Acoustronic Synthesizer with Granular Effect
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke"

Sonicware Liven Evoke as Reverb & Granular Effects Processor | w/ Ambient Ø + Violin | Demo

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"A live performance/demo of me using the Sonicware Liven Evoke as a reverb and granular effects processor with the Ambient Ø, my violin, and a little bit of my voice. I wrote lots of on-screen notes, so I won't say much more here. If anyone doesn't understand English and wants me to write them out here so they can auto-translate them, let me know!"

Evoke x Stegonaute #4

video upload by SONICWARE

"LIVEN Evoke | Acoustronic Synthesizer with Granular Effect
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke

Music & Video by ‪@stegonaute‬

Soundtrack for the peaceful river ✨

I love the Upright piano sound on the Evoke, it sounds cosy and intimate 🌳"

Dr. Endo explores LIVEN Evoke: DAWN

video upload by SONICWARE

"LIVEN Evoke | Acoustronic Synthesizer with Granular Effect
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke

DAWN

As light slowly breaks through the darkness of night—
a hopeful morning quietly begins to rise.
I jammed this piece on the LIVEN Evoke, imagining it as a scene from a film.

The drone is built on a cello, layered with a SAW PAD waveform using the Harmonic Wave parameter,
moving gently to support the space with a quiet, understated presence.

Chords are softly played on an oboe, while the violin uses a string ensemble-style waveform pitched one octave down,
adding a grounded presence that stands out quietly in the mix.

The piano plays a repeating phrase sent through GRAIN FX.
The FX is set to fifth-aligned mode, allowing grains to extend up to two octaves above.
These small, rounded grains roll and shimmer through the space—like scattered particles of morning light.

Yu Endo

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夜の暗闇の中に、少しずつ光が差し込み、やがて希望の朝を迎えつつある。
そんな映画のワンシーンをイメージして、LIVEN EvokeでJamってみました。

ドローンはチェロにHarmonic WaveパラメータでSAW PAD波形を重ねて、
ゆっくりとした動きで空間を静か目に支えています。

コードはオーボエで柔らかく重ね、バイオリンにはストリングスアンサンブル系の波形を使用し、1オクターブ下で鳴らすことで、静かな中にも芯のある存在感を持たせました。

ピアノはリフレインしながらGRAIN FXにSENDしてます。GRAIN FXは5度アラインで、2オクターブ上までのグレインが発生する設定にしており、コロコロと細かく丸みのある粒が、まるで朝の光の粒のように空間に散っていく感じを狙っております。

遠藤　祐

Dr. Endo explores LIVEN Evoke: Ashen

video upload by SONICWARE

"LIVEN Evoke | Acoustronic Synthesizer with Granular Effect
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke

Ashen

Today I just jammed with the arpeggiator function on the LIVEN Evoke.
The piano part combines the chord function with the arpeggiator to create a simple loop.
Using the HarmonicWave parameter, I subtly added upper harmonics with a shimmer-like effect that catches nicely in the reverb.
In the middle section, I layered a Peruvian flute to bring some organic texture to the chordal atmosphere, using breathy tones rich in fine noise.
For the low end, I used an electric guitar waveform—slightly wah-like and a bit distorted—adding a unique, wavering texture to the mix.

Yu Endo

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今日は、LIVEN Evokeのアルペジエーター機能を使ってJamってみました。
ピアノはコード機能とアルペジエーターを併用し、シンプルなループを構築。
そこにHarmonicWaveパラメータで、シマー系の効果が得られる高域の倍音をほんの少しだけ重ね、リバーブに心地よく引っかかるようにしています。
中盤からはペルーフルートを重ね、微細なノイズを含む息遣いでコード感に有機的な陰影をプラス。
低域にはエレキギター波形を使用し、少しワウっぽく、歪んだようなユニークな質感で、独特のうねりを添えました。

遠藤　祐
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