BAF 2024: Soma - Enner

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"At Buchla And Friends 2024, Sonic State caught up with Kevin at the Soma booth to find out more about the Enner synthesizer, which, due to increasing popularity, Soma have been ramping up production. The synth boasts a psychedelic aesthetic and excels at generating noisescapes while also offering the flexibility for melodic performances via its (we think copper) touch pads.

Enna is slightly reminiscent of the Lyra synthesizer, but with a pulse output section and a built-in piezo microphone, activated by a large pad. The Enner has a delay line with feedback and time controls for the left and right lines, and Kevin demonstrated the Bizarre Control which adds pseudo random modulation to the delay line leading to some screamy noise textures. The touchplates respond to touch, and Kevin even demonstrated the use of a metal scouring pad to create some crunchy tones. Enner can also be used as an external effects processor, to add some strange to your incoming signal.

Enner Price: 799 USD"

Soma Enner - Experimental Glitch Monster! - #namm2024

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Doing Nothing

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Today I have a day off and I am not doing anything. This is what doing nothing sounds like. #jamuary2024 Day 10."

With the Soma Terra, Soma Enner, Soma Cosmos, & BB-8.

Soma Laboratory ENNER 2021 - Limited Edition Red

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"LIMITED EDITION in red, hard to find in US

ENNER is a very expressive sound tool that can generate bits, pads, FX, noises, clicks, glitches, but also function as a cool vocal mic with built-in analog FX and much more! A musician with a rich imagination and who’s experienced in playing ENNER can perform an entire exciting gig using just this synth.

As an instrument, ENNER is a unique analog synthesizer with the key principle being that all signals that make sound pass through and are managed by your body. Your hands become the central part of the circuitry. Touching different contact pads with different parts of your fingers and palms with different amounts of pressure, letting signals pass through your body defines the mixing, volume, timbre, feedback and other parameters of synthesis. Human skin has much more complex electric properties than we think. Our skin provides not just resistance but also some capacitive properties and even nonlinear dependence of conductivity from current, its direction and time during which the current was applied. All of this affects the sound, making you the key part of the synthesis process.

All pots of ENNER are metallic and also function as inputs or outputs. Touching a pot can change not only the parameters but also patch the audio signals."

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Improvisation with Lyra 8 & Enner: a SOMA session

video upload by NoctopolisMusic

"Just some touch plate improvisation on the Soma Laboratory synhthesizers Lyra 8 and Enner. Backdrop drone from Make Noise Strega. Fx: Steinberg Dual Filter & Arturia Delay Tape-201."

Sounds of SOMA

video upload by Vlad Kreimer

"SOMA users converge in a meeting of musicians on the shore of the East River in Brooklyn, NY to conduct a collaboration between sound, nature, man and machines.
Produced by @LordBlobbie

Players Left to Right:

Lyra-8
Kevin Emilio Pérez
Multidisciplinary Artist
www.kevinemilioperez.com
IG: @papo_cucaracha_vertedero_el3ro
https://papocucaracha.bandcamp.com/

Pulsar-23
THE MOON
www.MaxTheMoon.com
IG: @maxinthemoon

PIPE and Enner
Juice aka Ken Arii
IG: @Ariijuice_missile

PIPE and COSMOS
Lord Blobbie
IG/TikTok: @LordBlobbie
https://soundcloud.com/gospelswamp"

Soma Laboratory - Enner Night Frog SN 0429 w/ Original Box

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Float, by Old Blood Noise Endeavors

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"Float is a stereo multimode filter by Old Blood Noise Endeavors. In this video, we briefly explore its features and controls, and then spend a fair amount of time running different instruments through the pedal.

00:00 Intro
01:00 What's a filter, anyway?
02:40 LFO control
03:15 LFO sync
03:40 LFO phase
05:20 with Lyra-8
06:10 Shoegazey Guitar (pt. 1)
06:54 with norns
08:53 with Plumbutter 2
10:20 with Soma Enner
12:18 Shoegazey Guitar (pt. 2)
14:30 with Brenso"

"FLOAT DUAL MOVING FILTER

299.00
Turning our predilection for parallel signals toward the world of filters and widening out to full stereo, we are pleased to unveil OBNE’s first digitally-controlled-analog pedal.

Float boasts two independently controllable filters and copious capabilities for motion. Utilizing the two filters in tandem can create stereo movement, linked reactive elements, and modulations that approach harmonic tremolo and phaser, as well as classic filter sounds.

Float features:

Two independent filters, each with control over filter type, cutoff frequency, LFO rate, envelope sensitivity, LFO shape, resonance, and volume

True stereo, parallel mono, or series mono operation via top-mounted jacks

Min/max toggle for precise sculpting of LFO and envelope range

Sync toggle to link the LFO or envelope elements of Filter 1 to Filter 2

Expression jack to externally control Cutoff or Rate for each filter

Soft touch switching with true relay bypass

Hidden settings for LFO phase and envelope speed

Pedalboard friendly size

Requires at least 100mA 9VDC center negative power"

Soma Labs "Enner" NAMM 2022 live audio demo

video upload by SynthAddict

0:48 basic mods
1:40 noisy bits
3:35 drone bits
4:15 stereo drone FX
6:37 video/audio demo


"Enner is currently unreleased but coming out soon.
Projected price: about $700 :-)

Soma Labs 'Terra' will come out later"

Soma Synths Jam: Lyra-8, Pulsar 23, Enner, and Ornament-8

video upload by Matt Lowery

"A low key jam performed on my collection of Soma equipment. Lyra-8 is sequenced by Ornament-8, and is on drone duty. Pulsar 23's filters are pinging away, and sent into its stereo delay. For the most part, I am performing on Enner using its built in oscillators, piezo, and auxiliary input."

Catharina | Modular World 25 Live performance

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"I made this performance for Modular World ep. 25 which premiered on March 13th. There's a strong ghost story in my home town of The Hague. Catharina le Chasseur (the hunter) was sentenced to death by drowning in 1541 because of counterfeit crimes. After her death, reports came in of ghost sightings on her home grounds. This video is performed and filmed on location. It's a seance and a tribute. And it turned out to be a really cool patch using Soma Enner, Mimeophon, Desmodus, Melotus, Toolbox, Bitbox and Nebulae. Nebulae is running Realms 0.2, a custom instrument coded by Ian Hoogeboom (studio48nl). Also special thanks to Marieke McKenna who helped me produce this video and lending me her hands for some video inserts (shot a few days later)."

ENNER - by Soma Laboratories

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Enner is an experimental body patching analog synthesizer. Need I say more? This is a walkthrough video. If you want to see a live performance premiere, tune in to Modular World on Sunday 13th, 1 PST. There's a link in the video. Thanks to Marieke McKenna for helping me produce the live performance into something truly special. And she did the first part of this demo!"

Soma Laboratory Enner RED

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Loop singing and drumming: Soma Enner live west coast avant-garde synthesizer electronic music

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"Here is another performance video using the Soma Laboratory Enner instrument, designed by Sistor. My goal for this was to make kind of a tribal ambient sound using my voice into the piezo pickup and by layering non metered finger drumming with a looper pedal, and then morphing into a meditative bass and synth sound. This synth is very geared towards both drones and rhythms, as well as using the piezo pickup with the case, spring, and rubber bands to make added percussive sounds. I'm very excited to continue exploring and find even more sounds. I'm making use of the resonance of the case to layer in my voice and finger drums. Later I fade to a drone layer with rhythm from the click part of the synthesizer. This synth is patched using touch, and I love the idea of having an instrument that I can use my hands on to create sound and have a direct connection to the music. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through an Eventide H9 pedal with some reverb and a Boss RC-5 looper pedal. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!"

Soma Laboratory Enner 2021 Craft Black

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You can find demos of the Soma Enner in prevoius posts here.

"This is the “limited edition” dark craft, not available anymore. In absolutely pristine-mint as new condition. Turned on only once to test. Beautifully hand crafted. All original packing and accessories included. Will double box for shipping."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 7: External Inputs

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This seventh and final video will teach some ways to incorporate external inputs into the synth and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 6: Delay Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This sixth video will teach some mainstream and experimental uses of the delay section and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 5: Piezo Pickup

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.

This fifth video teaches some details and experimental uses of the piezo pickup and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 4: Synthesizer Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This fourth video shows details about the connections and uses of the right hand side, which contains 5 synthesizer voices and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 3: Pulse and Harmonic Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.

This third video will show you some details about the pulse (left side) section of the synth and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers."

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