Pulsar-23 is my favorite drum machine ever! 

Vlad is a friggin genius! Some of the most exciting and original gear today is being created by Soma - absolutely brilliant!

This must be the best introduction video to the Pulsar. Doesn't seem at all that mysterious now, and it sounds better than in any other video.

The Pulsar 23 is the Holy Grail of drum machines for me. I am on the waiting list with Soma. So by June 2024 I should totally be rocking out with alligator clips.

This is such a treat. Truly the highlight of my day. Didn't realize you had a side channel and seeing you make a video on a piece of hardware I've been so excited about is so great. There have been some really lovely videos made by small creators about the Pulsar 23 but I have to say, it's real nice to have it also get the Andrew Huang treatment.

I just can’t believe how someone can conceptualise a machine like this and then translate it into something this intuitive and inviting - and sell it to the world (all be it limited) ... utterly flabbergasted! What a piece of art and timeless technology 🤘🤘

I totally lost it when you were patching things with your fingers. That's SO DAMN COOL!

I really love these deep dive videos. I wouldn't mind seeing things like this on the main channel, but I understand if Andrew wants to keep the more bitesized/edited videos there.

This must be the coolest drum machine i have ever seen!

I watched many but I think this is indeed the best / cleanest presentation of this drum machine on youtube. Btw I want the white one!

Ha! I forgot this channel was yours, Andrew! Great surprise! This machine is great sounding! It’s so nice you can tune it yourself instead of just a button that makes one sound. Funny how the clap sound has never been quite nailed after all this time. 😋 Super nice machine! Is it unusual for something so nice not to have a brand and model number on the front? Thanks for the demo and congratulations, Dad! Your child WILL be the one with the coolest parents! Hope your lady is doing and feeling well!

Damn this thing sounds incredible, definitely out of my price range but still, what a great piece of gear

Picked up a second hand Lyra-8 a couple months ago and then found out about the Pulsar-23, was immediately on the waiting list, expensive as it is, i'll work something out.

that midi learn button stuff is reason enough to be interested in this, wow

Andrew! You actually can record quantised and play at the same time: put a coin on the REC CONT! As I remember from LYRA8 usability pros, it will trigger the metal pad

Excellent review... Well structured explanation and you look to be well on your way to mastering an instrument that has baffled many other reviewers!

This I am sure , is the machine many of us have dreamt of . Nice price too , I got a whole bunch of modular drum stuff , left overs of a decade messing about . I’m gonna trade them in and get one of these little beauty’s .

Thanx for the recommendation! Finally came in at the stores bought the pulsar 23! It really is a great drum machine as you said! Thanx.

@13:00 Body conductivity! This is soooo awesome! It sounds so good.

Pulsar is the best! Such an inspirational and expansive instrument!

The best discussion and celebration of the Soma Pulsar-23.

Brilliant piece of kit going by the video. Their Tera (in development) looks exciting. Love their approach of left field.

i really dig the fx on this thing...

That connecting through your fingers is so cool!

Just got mine. I spent all the day, and totally forgot about all other things to do, it's just pure meditation!

andrew ive got two things to say: your eyebrows are impeccable like angry birds level beautiful eyebrows and the whole body conductivity concept is so tite are you kidding me? also congrats on the bebe

13:07 Oh come on! That is just awesome!

I’ve made a 54hp 6u rack with focus on drums which gives similar results as those Andrew has shown in the video. It’s centered around Plaits, Basimilus iteritas alter and Bastl Waver. If you feel like you don’t want to wait for this then it’s a great starting point to get similar results

The 3 circuit bending components are: Top: A diode Middle: A 0.1 microfarad capacitor Bottom: A 10 microfarad capacitor Incase anyone wanted to know.

This is a fantastically helpful review!!

Lots of clever, and user friendly, ideas incorporated into the design. Would also make a great playmate for the Lyra-8, I built from a kit. Love the alligator patch idea, that also doubles a finger touch points for circuit bending. (also could clip some components, between patch points) Andrew, you are a great entertainer, while delivering excellent informational content. Always fun and uplifting, when I watch your channel. Have a great day

Experimental IDM album when? lol

WOW ...performance heaven....superb overview

@12:01 whoaaah! That almost sounded like a vocoder! Would sound amazing in a big system setting.

When you were messing with the delays 😍

I totally forgot you were Canadian then I heard the word owtside lol love the content man! Been waiting on a good overview of this.

This machine is like an alien artefact!

Holy crap. I’ve been looking at the Lyra for a long time but never made the leap. This might be the tool to have me make the jump into SOMA territory...

Thanks so much for this video. I had no idea the pulsar 23 existed. Will be selling some gear to obtain this puppy I think…hopefully

Well, I’m really glad I pre-ordered one last month since I imagine 50 other people preordered one after watching this video lol

Ha! [Applause] at 4:18 with the AI-generated subtitles. The machines are communicating with each other...

Andrew you are the best. I’ve been waiting for this vid and also I’ve been in the waiting list for months .

Someday I'll have one in my hands

Awesome

That is one hell of a drum machine! Pretty killer stuff!

Sounds absolutely awesome 👏

Great demo of a beast machine

Why wasn't I aware of this channel? Double Andrew in my feed? Sign me up!

Loving the idea of long nerdy videos on the second channel! Thank's Andrew

cool, seems like an awesome drum-machine!

11:00 that glitched out delay was so sick

Thanks Andrew, your demonstrations and explanations are always on point...

This thing sounds so good too

Such a beautiful machine

Holy Hell great demo Andrew, this thing wasn't that appealing to me until i heard these sounds!

Very well designed machine. Wow!

I beg to differ with the bug attached to your channel link - I love your main channel, but it is not better (nor worse) by any means, this video is awesome! Great to have a place for videos with a different vibe than your main stuff. Thanks!

Been on the waiting list list for 2 freaking years.

So, after waiting on a waiting list, and finally getting one of these units, there will undoubtedly be a newer, better product, hopefully one that will be immediately available, no waiting, reasonably priced.

seeing stuff like this makes me wanna get into modular, yet im not a music person and also these shenanigans are expensive as hecc

Thanks so much for this vid! Such a clear, well-organized and fun explanation of this beast.

13:01 is hilarious and awesome. Cheers Body connectivity... I would never get (or 'get') one of these, but it is crazy cool.

Sweet Tutorial man. thanks, Gotta get on the list for one of these babies.

One wrong connection and Andrew's studio goes kaboom!

0:12 ooo that dembow part is sublime

I'm not gonna lie... back in '99 when I was awfully trying to do anything industrial... I would have sold my soul to own a device that can create nasty sounds like this. Oooooh.... you've been a bad boy Matt... BD at 8:15ish totally reminds me of Autechre... I'm never going to get this one past the wife LOL...

Thanks Andrew, you’re an awesome teacher.. I love your music..

Sounds like the drum kits i made as a kid... Tupperware containers and kitchen pans lol!!

The best video you've ever doen imo

sorry andrew huang has a whole other channel i just didn't know about???? binge session incoming

This is the best sounding drum machine I've heard.

The volatile pattern memory means it's not a machine so much as an _instrument_ ...which is no bad thing, and a better descriptor anyhow. it means the user must attend to it - as any instrument that is played must. Automation is programming.

reminds of the more extreme 80's electro by LeBlanc, Latin Rascals, Front 242, KMFDM etc

Bonkers. Want one even more now. ♥

Man that thing is amazing. And expensive. Wow. Great video, thank you for that!

Would love to hear a jam from you with the Pulsar-23 and the Lyra-8!

thank you for your video, there are tutorials with presets? and can we have several paternal record and come out live?

If you want to hear the dry sounds of that thing in a full production check out "Tkay Maidza & Flume - Silent Assassin". Track slaps harder than the price of the machine!

sick machine ! love it

I could seriously get lost with this thing for days, especially in combination with a sampler like Octatrack.

controling trigger points with ur fingers is c o o l

so how did you go the entire video without mentioning the "WTF?" and "OMG!" patch points on the kick drum channel lol

This machine hasn't failed to impress me.

So glad you've been doing more second channel videos.

Love the interface and creativity of this drum machine, I just wish the sounds it made always weren't always so lo-fi sounding.

Nice, I'm thinking about upgrading my setup drum wise. Looks like there's a new contender !

How did I never know about this channel?

Mine arrived today! ❤️

as far as I know those 3 circuit bending components in the top left are just components, as in they don't connect to circuit bending points but can be used in patches in a way that resembles circuit bending. hopefully that makes sense...

Marvellous piece of kit, but just wondering: *_Loops are NOT saved after powering off! gotta make a new jam every time_* I'm curious if this is a permanent limitation, or if it could change in some future sw/hw update? (Loop info being saved in a non-volatile memory, so it wouldn't be lost at power off).

🥰 SutureSound videos hit different

Didn’t know you have another channel lol I’m liking this!

nice.

Finally a drum machine that speaks to me

This is a real new music device with more inspiration than all the existing 4 on the floor 808 or 909 or whatever boxes. But not storable, so please record all your masterpieces.

i like that thing !

Do you still play it? I just got one ordered many months ago. In the meantime I have wearied of learning various and copious operating systems. However, if I continue to use it, I will retain the knowledge. I did with the modular dpme which is great for sounds. Due to your enthusiasm my cynicism is tempered. You got some terrific sounds. The record-punch-in aspect is encouraging for live performance, if that shit ever happens again. Slogging through the manual, for which SOMA has obviously employed a fluent English speaker to write, greatly appreciated. You are right about the sole output.

Great machine! A instant classic.Bravo!

Cool

Make more pulsar 23 videos please!

Dont watch it you'll get gas again. Dont watch it you'll get gas again... Aaaaaaah you're watching it aaaaaaand theres the gas.