Soundium: Enabled fuse theory, practice and experiences in the field of music technology. Main goal of the event is to demonstrate and educate. For the first time in the Baltics a space under one roof will be dedicated to DJ/studio gear testings, lectures with brand ambassadors and performances of local geeks.
However, we think the most important part of Soundium: Enabled is its participant (YOU), coming with his/her own approach to the creative process – so the door is open to anyone, and networking is strongly encouraged. See you on October 20th.
Program
Demo Space
Demo space a designated getting-your-hands-on-gear area. You can expect various equipment here, part of which will be hot & new: starting from DJ turntables, ending with modular synths, drum machines and DAW controllers. Some brand representatives will also be around, so do not hesitate to get tips straight from these professionals.
"Discover a creative multipart instrument blending sounds from around the world with a curated selection of synth tones, topped-off with powerful effects and advanced arpeggiators to deliver cinematic sound quality and near endless musical inspiration.
"Quadra is a powerful 4-part multi-instrument and sequence designer, ideal for the creation of dynamic, rhythmic, and evolving sequences utilizing a blend of regional instruments from around the world with a curated selection of synth sounds.
Quadra leverages a powerful instrument selection, deep factory library, focused and intuitive workflow, and expressive performance controls to deliver cinematic sound quality and near endless musical inspiration.
Quadra is a versatile instrument, capable of a wide range of sounds and uses from standard fare instrumentation to evolving, complex, and adaptive progressions and harmonizations that can be morphed and performed in numerous ways to suit the needs of your production. With a masterful selection of hundreds of professionally designed presets, Quadra offers incredible sound quality and near endless inspiration on-demand."
Curated Instrument Selection
Quadra provides 4 robust instrument layers that can be used together to create striking and evocative performances. Each layer can be assigned from a selection of 187 multi-sampled sources including regional instruments from around the world and a selection of synth sounds chosen to complement each other.
Fretted instruments: baglamas, banjo, Chinese pipa, oud, saz, bass, Celtic twelve string guitar, chonguri, and more
"In this month's news round-up: Polyend go retro modern with a sampling synthing tracker. U-He has you wire-tapped. Virtual Reality gets VST support. IK Multimedia gives away gigs of sounds. Space Noise descends from Russia. BOBA FAT is the best name for a module ever. NerdSEQ goes portable. GranuRise and FRMS compete for most interesting granula thing of the week. Pulsar 23 is released. Synthr3 is a synth with 3 things. Zzzorb is the cutest filter ever. Tssss is a good place to start. Elmyra will let you build your own mini Lyra-8. Hypno will integrate visuals into your rack. And Endlesss is about to get a very timely release.
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This is my first original theme. Tried to reproduce some celestial / atmosphere sounds. Vega, refers to Vega Star (on Lyra constellation). Played live, no sequenced parts.
Synths used:
Roland JP-8000 (EFX sound)
Yamaha AN1x (Arpeggio + Lead)
Roland V-Synth v2 (Pad and Lead)
Roland JV-2080 (Pad)
Kurzweil K2000 triggering Yamaha AN1x + Roland JV-2080"
"Built this organismic noise synth, based on the Lyra 8 by Soma Labs, in around 6 hours or so. Had some trouble during the middle, and kept forgetting to move the build to be in the frame, because I was so invested in not making a mistake on the build. It is not meant to be a guide on how to do it, because I'm not at that level yet, but I guess something for me to look at years from now, and see my growth. The background 'music' was made only on this synth, so it does end up working, and it sounds pretty damn good. I will use it in my ambient videos and some sound design projects.
Cheers!
"Welcome to another little tutorial.
Pulsar is MASSIVE, and it took to its creator around 5 hours of video to explain some basic functions, so I will never get even close to that level of comprehension of the instrument.
What I can do is offer you some little insights on how I use the Pulsar, and lately, I've been mostly using it way less as a drum machine and way more as a tonal instrument, like a more capable, 4-voices Lyra.
In this video, we're gonna explore a little bit what we can do with filters, while I collect some more ideas for other little tutorials on specific topics.
I hope you'll find it at least a bit useful and inspiring.
Enjoy ✨"
"When I got another Maths to complete the modules of the Tape & Microsound - in separates - I felt the eurorack addiction like never before. Who the fork needs four maths. However, four Maths adds up to eight triangle waveform cycles which reminds me of the Lyra-8 and in theory it's possible to patch them up so they can feedback on themselves. I did not go that far, even though I prepared a case with a Lion matrix in it. Having some help from two ModDemix modules was enough to bring them together. As for the addiction, I feel a bit better now. Been there, done that. Now it's time to let go."
Improvisations featuring the Soma Labs Lyra-8 Organismic Synthesizer, with Eurorack modular, Yamaha Reface CS, and software. Production notes at blog.starthief.net.
Tracks 4 and 6 mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound.
"An in-depth store & synth studio tour of Noisebug in Pomona, California -- including the Noisebug synthesizer showroom, modular synths, and synthesizer music event / performance space.
Join me on this journey into Noisebug's storefront location with Blake Griffith, General Manager & musician. Noisebug is owned by Chuck Oken, Jr. and the current space was the original Analogue Haven location, which was started in 2005.
Blake was kind enough to provide me with a Noisebug synthesizer studio and store tour, and gives great commentary and insight into the history of the store, various analog, digital and modular synthesizers, and the synth industry as a whole.
Noisebug stocks keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines, electronic percussion and desktop modules from all over the world. They specialize in Multi-Format Modular Synthesizers, including Moog Format (MU), Buchla Format, Eurorack, Serge, 5U and beyond.
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - History of Noisebug
2:16 - Record collection
3:22 - Grooveboxes, effects pedals, pocket operators
4:23 - Showroom floor - Arturia Drumbrute Impact, Lyra-8, Dreadbox Medusa
6:56 - Moog Mother 32, Elektron Digitakt & Digitone
7:50 - Dreadbox Erebus
8:18 - Passion for synthesizers & modular
10:57 - Exclusive modular partnerships - Moon Modular, Suit & Tie Guy Eurorack, Free State FX, Buchla
12:20 - Elby Designs Pixie
12:54 - Analogue Solutions Vostok (Deluxe)
13:55 - Jomox Alpha Base
14:10 - Vermona DRM1
14:22 - Nord Piano 3, Nord Lead A1
14:40 - Sequential Prophet X
14:51 - Yamaha MODX
16:10 - Kurzweil PC3K7
16:48 - Korg Arp Odyssey, Moog Sub 37, Moog Sub Phatty
17:14 - DSI Rev 2, Korg Prologue, Arturia Matrixbrute
17:32 - Studiologic Sledge, Roland System-8
18:35 - Modular loft
19:12 - Roland System 500, Elby Serge
19:30 - Analogue Systems Apprentice
20:14 - Eurorack
20:37 - GRP A2
21:11 - Doepfer A100 Eurorack system
21:22 - Waldorf KB37
21:36 - 5U large format modular - Free State FX, Analog Craftsman, Synthetic Sound Labs, Noise Engineering, STG,
22:07 - Moon Modular 10-year Anniversary "System X"
23:04 - Gert Jalass (Moon Modular founder/owner)
23:36 - Moon Modular 5U system
23:42 - Buchla 200e
24:14 - Intermission
25:03 - Performance space intro
25:27 - Noisebug synth performance space
25:47 - Moog One
26:00 - Chuck's personal synth collection - Theravox, Serge modular TTSH, Arp 2600 clone, GRP A4, Waldorf Q+, Waldorf XTK, Roland V-Synth
26:35 - 5U large format modular systems
26:44 - How artists can perform at Noisebug
28:07 - Blake's music
29:00 - NAMM 2019 - Haken ContinuuMini, Le Bois de Luthier
30:53 - Moog One
32:18 - Shipping/Warehouse area
32:26 - Online business
32:58 - Famous artists
34:18 - Synth industry trends & future outlook
"Please keep your volume at moderate levels. Due to the experimental nature of this synth it gets very noisy and could hurt your ears. The reverb added at 13:07 was external, Kp3+ and Eventide H9 Max.
Intro 0:00
Oscillators 0:48
Fast Release 1:01
Tune 1:38
Voice Pairs and Groups 2:03
Sharp 2:31
Mod 2:49
Mod Switches 3:14
Noisy Mod Demo 3:42
Adding More Modulation 4:50
Extended Modulation Experimental Noise Demo 5:29
LFO / FB CV 6:05
34-56, 78-12 6:28
Hyper LFO 6:49
Total FB 8:42
Pitch Groups 8:54
Vibrato 9:12
Mod Delay 9:30
Distortion 12:27
Hold 13:24
Improv Drone Noise Demo 13:58"
