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."

Soma Pulsar 23 - A Night At Stonehenge - Sonic landscapes with the best drum machine ever made

video upload by Friendly Noise

"Sonic landscapes with the Soma Pulsar 23, arguably the most amazing if not the best drum machine ever made. The combination of sound quality, easy of use, open design, interconnectivity and interactivity makes the Soma a fantastic piece of musical gear, and which is more important, a real instrument to play with."

SOMA Pulsar-23 // Exploring the Filters

video upload by Dexba

"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 ✨"

Soma Pulsar 23 - Best drum machine ever? - First Contact

video upload by Friendly Noise

"A first contact with the Soma Pulsar 23, arguably the most amazing if not the best drum machine ever made. The combination of sound quality, easy of use, open design, interconnectivity and interactivity makes the Soma a fantastic piece of musical gear, and which is more important, a real instrument to play with."

SOMA Pulsar-23 // Hauntingly Beautiful (not only as a drum!)

video upload by Dexba

"I finally did it!
I've never waited so long for a video to come out since I bought an instrument, the turnaround is usually one week, I think for this we're closer to 6 months.
But a lot of stuff happened, I moved, I've left many instruments behind, but I decided to take with me this, probably the most obscure and the one I have least confidence with.
Finally, I cracked the (very personal) code, of using the Pulsar like a very different and powerful Lyra, instead of a drum machine.
I made many previous attempts, but I was always ending up with trip-hop borderline eurorack farts and bubbles, and it wasn't quite video material.
Now, that's mine, that's what I like from my instruments, and I love the Pulsar even more for being able to get me *THERE*.
For any discussion about the process or the gear, I'll wait for you in the comments :)
Enjoy ✨"

Instruō Saïch & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Endless Arp's

"A short snapshot of a night with Pulsar & saïch.

I am very much loving Pulsar and what it brings to the table."

Soma Pulsar 23 --- getting to know the synth with a very basic patch

video upload by Endless Arp's

#Jamuary2022 | Day 22 | From Russia With Love | Soma Pulsar-23

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Jamuary is a great opportunity to take the Soma Pulsar-23 for a jam. Amazing machine."

SOMA Lyra-8 & Ornament // It's like having two LYRAs!

video upload by Dexba

"First time with my new Ornament!
I resisted the impulse to buy it until I got a Pulsar-23, then I thought I was invested enough in the SOMA ecosystem to keep overlooking the Ornament.
So I got it, and I am still not sure how much use I will get out of it, but this jam was a real beauty. I effectively connected with the Lyra on another level, freeing up some mental space for better improvisation, in a way like having two Lyras under my hands.
You can't see it, but on my left, there was my girlfriend painting, so we shared this very artistic moment together and... I mean, that's the reason we do it, right?
When I will receive my tripod for the camera (which I ordered a month and a half ago), I will be able to maybe show you one of these moments together.
I hope you'll enjoy ✨"

Honeysmack's Last live stream for 2021: Techno Improvisation

video upload by Honeysmack

"Last live stream and video for 2021. Fully improvised with hardware including modular synth and Soma Pulsar 23."

http://www.instagram.com/_honeysmack_
https://open.spotify.com/artist/20KZS...

12.24.21 Jam with Soma Pulsar and Vermona DRM1

video upload by batchas

"Soma Pulsar 23 + Vermona DRM1 MK3 sequenced by Arturia BeatStep Pro.
No external effect added."

First Month with Soma Pulsar-23: compilation of improvised pieces

video upload by Honeysmack

"An assortment of 7 short improvised clips with the Soma Pulsar-23, all very techno, all with different configurations of gear. There's lot's to be said about the Pulsar-23, it is one of the most expressive machines I've come across in recent times. There is always something new to explore each time I turn it on. As an improvisational tool, this is amazing. Okay I'll stop gushing, you get my point. Vlad Kreimer is a genius and I put him in the same company as Don Buchla, Bob Moog, Roger Linn, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim.

Each clip is recorded in a single take, with no editing or post production. I used a variety of clock sources and sequencers as indicated below. Some sections get rather crunchy and distorted, sorry! Pulsar23 runs into a Playdifferently Model1 mixer, that runs through an Elektron Analog Heat as the master bus.

00:00 Clip1 - Using internal clock source and looper-recorders, exploring kick and modulating effects.
02:10 Clip2 - Quadrantid Swarm audio running through the Pulsar23 and also modulated by the Pulsar. Beat Step Pro is the main sequencer.
03:52 Clip3 - Funky Techno with Beat Step Pro sequencing the Pulsar via MIDI.
06:21 Clip4 - Harder Techno jam with Beat Step Pro sequencing the Pulsar via MIDI.
07:08 Clip5 - TB-303 running through the Pulsar effects and filters.
10:04 Clip6 - Integrating with a Eurorack rack, using a combination of clock sources and Pulsar's looper-recorders. Crunchy and noisey!
10:56 Clip7 - Straight up Techno jam!

Gear featured in these clips:
Soma Pulsar-23
Arturia Beat Step Pro
Roland TB-303
EO Wave Quadrantid Swarm
Eurorack modular
Playdifferently Model1 DJ mixer
Elektron Analog Heat MkI
Follow me here: http://www.instagram.com/_honeysmack_"

SOMA Lyra-8 + CXM1978 // Getting lost in the process

video upload by Dexba

"It is quite difficult to describe the relationship between me and the Lyra.
On paper, it does very little, or way too much, much of it is nasty sounding, dirty, unpolished, difficult to tune and keep in tune, interpret the Attack & Decay pattern.
But, without me even noticing it, I always end up with very intense, involved jams, lasting several minutes, and I need to trim them down to do the sensible thing for the youtube viewers (and still almost 9 minutes).
There is something (sigh, I have to admit it) very organic, organismic, about how the Lyra behaves and how it forces you to interact with it.
It's the fear of the unreplicability (is that a word?), it's the gritty nature of the oscillators, with their seemingly random palette of harmonics that will eventually get in the way of tuning and creating chord, I really don't know. But I wouldn't trade it for anything else. Sort of. Tempt me!
Oh, and yes, that's the insanely for-no-reason expensive reverb pedal, and I am torn between liking it a lot on the Lyra and missing some of sparkling (or muddier at the same time) vibe of a BigSky or a DBA Room.
I definitely need to try the Cosmos tho!
I had a nice video in the making, with a sort of a Lyra review/comparison with the Solar50, but then life changed rapidly and I had to ditch all of that.
Now I am waiting for an Ornament-8 to complete my set with the Lyra and Pulsar-23 too, and I hope I will be able to show you something before the end of the year 💝
In any case, enjoy ✨"

Surgeon artist talk - live techno setup + approach to live performance and improvisation

video upload by torso electronics

"Techno legend Surgeon (Anthony Child) joined Torso Electronics for a talk about gear, his live setup, and his approach and techniques for creating live improvised techno sets.

The talk took place in Proton Records and was the first in a series of events that we will co-host together with our friends from Proton.

Setup:
Torso Electronics T-1
SOMA Pulsar-23
Norand Mono
1010music Blackbox
OTO Machines BOUM"

SOMA Pulsar-23 Sound Demo (no talking)

video upload by Bonedo Synthesizers

0:00 Techno
2:26 Electronica
6:23 Industrial

Scrotum Lab Mini-System & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by batchas

"Scrotum Lab Mini-System audio out plugged into mixer input of Pulsar 23. Mono audio out of Pulsar 23 goes directly to sound card. No exterrnal efx added, no EQ and so on."

Scrotum Lab Mini-System & Soma Pulsar 23 [Part 2]

"Scrotum Lab Mini-System audio out plugged into mixer input of Pulsar 23.
Mono audio out of Pulsar 23 goes directly to sound card.
No exterrnal efx added, no EQ and so on."

SOMA Pulsar-23 Sound Demo (no talking)

video upload by Limbic Bits

"Electronica
2:33 Ambient industrial
4:30 Forward
5:24 Electro
6:37 Metamorphosis

Performance notes:
All sounds are coming from the Pulsar-23. No external effects are involved. Novation Circuit Tracks has been used as a sequencer in most of the parts."

Third session with the SOMA Pulsar 23 [Excerpts]

video upload by batchas

"Here some excerpts of my third patch on the Pulsar 23.
Next time I'll check the looper.
No external effect added. No EQ or whatever; Just mono out to audio interface for recording."

First minutes with the Pulsar 23 (Did I really hear Santa Claus?)

video upload by batchas

"Here's an excerpt of the first 30 minutes I spent playing with the SOMA Pulsar 23.
To be more precise, it's the end of the session.
A part of my pain management through music and rhythm.

First disappointed with the bass drum section. Not fond of the sound, but then found a spot that I enjoyed. I felt limited by not being able to 'move the clock divisions forward' (makes drum sequencing too straight), but TBH it’s way too early to have an opinion about the machine, as I played only 30 minutes with it, starting right away with jamming, without looking first in details at the different functions. I’ll do that next.

No external effect added. No EQ or whatever; Just mono out to audio interface for recording."

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