Soma Lyra-8 tutorial with Vlad Kreimer - sound flow 

Wonderful comment, Joanna! Will send to Vlad

Joanna you are 74 and play the Lyra8? I am 73 and also feel the excitement in this machine. Hats off to you.

yes, I enjoy soma products. I use the lyra 8, with the cosmos and Enner along with the ornament 8.@@petercane6376

You guys should play a duo!! ;-))

I get ya... I also have full Soma setup... the ladder is removed, there is no going back

Glad it helps! I will record my own Lyra tutorial one day. Also I recommend watching Loopop's review/tutorial on his synths channel.

Exactly, the Lyra opens endless possibilities. Might be intimidating at first, but like a helicopter if you can fly it will make wonders))

Yes, from the creator's own words. Was an honour to ask the questions))

It's amazing you adopted a Lyra from someone who gave up on it. It's like adopting a shy cat from a shelter who then turns out to be the most amazing special cat. Or ferret.

Yes, you can play it for years and still learn new things. When you just remember the sound is alive in there and if you can anticipate what every knob will do, considering the virtually infinite combinations for driving the sound, you just know it's an instrument for a lifetime. If you have effectors behind it, it's usually a good idea to have a raw output from the headphones output in one ear and the end result in the other ear, so you can monitor changes live before they exit from the effects chain.

same, bro😄

@ nice tip!

Thanks!

Awesome! I also play two Lyra's together. Didn't get a chance to plug them together into the Cosmos yet though.

@ That sounds VERY interesting! Thanks for your video with Vlad!

Yea, definitely one of those instruments where you should read the fine manual first ;-) I got my 1st Lyra four years ago, it was also my first Soma instrument, and it revolutionized my music, freeing me from the jail of piano-like keyboards.

Fully agree, Lyra revolutionised my music in 2019 and gave the wings to give up midi and slowly abandon keyboards altogether.

He nailed it when he designed the instrument. The manual is a smooth read, but the teaching from the designer is invaluable. I'm so blessed I got a chance to film these discussions!

@ First a big "thank you" for filming, which means also collaborating with Vlad, because we got the privilage of you filming and Vlad talking, which is better than any manual so you ARE now part of LYRA development. And Vlad gave us the very best description of what we can do with it. On the other hand , explaining TERRA, in one other segment, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--gdGMBm2pog.html came from his Spiritual Angle (my modest opinion) but it is new for him too, I believe so. Thanks man!!

@ Wish me luck getting around $ 1,200.00 or so, Canadian dollars and bring it home and.... I can just imagine,.... and with my MOOG TAURUS II pedals ;will be some heavy long roaring sounds happening I wish.

to ship to Canada, try to find a 2nd hand Lyra from Europe, will ship easily, or ask Soma Poland if they got a new one in stock.

@ I finally bought it in Canada and what can I say.... I think I got a new girlfriend or something or someone here; t's absolute living creature, a beast of possibilities, I'm already using it on a top of all, as an effects unit for Moog Taurus, DFAM, etc. Pairs well with Strymon Nightsky!

You're welcome! The Lyra is such a wonderful instrument, if you can tune in to it. For me it was magical from the 1st minute, that was four years ago.

@ I just got the chance to get a mint condition second hand one and looking forward to take its sounds further ;) thanks a bunch!

Oh no, that's when I had left the Lyra on overnight, and then revealed the sound that was alive within. You can watch the original video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8NZ1cLIhnTY.html with full description

Keep trying, just spend time with it, let it drive you. Sooner or later you will be on to something, and there is no going back

you should never put the MOD knobs to 100%, it leads to chaotic results. That's valid for the top MOD knobs and for the track's MOD knobs as well

@ I meant the MOD knobs at 0%, which results in full (100%} close. On my unit the MOD still bleeds through.

I'll check on both my units when I get a chance and let you know what happens

It's the same on mine. Not fully closed when mod knobs fuly CCW

@@heliumsoundzzz thanks! 👍🏼

This was actually a fairly improvised session, originally we had a meeting but didn't even discuss of filming it. I just started to film because I was too lazy to takes notes, then noticed it was actually material for publication. You can just watch your Lyra and listen and try the knobs as you listen. Hundreds of Lyra users have found this tutorial valuable. In fact, it has one of the most gems in any tutorial for the Lyra, and I'm not bragging, it's just because the creator of the instrument himself is explaining it, and in a little different approach than in the manual.

Would love to, but war came to us