The Soothing Ambient And Microtonal Depths of a Decopunk Synthesizer 

was there not any ethical, political dilemma for you to praise the russian company Soma? who did never say a word about the russian war. never replied to those who asked. instead they even made videos (for their 'rumble' device) with russia-hailng billboards in the occupied Crimea. Vlad had funny videos out on the days of the most vicious bombings. amidst the war they issued a 'military' edition Pulsar, while Vlad personally posted pics of the fascist musician Letov. right on the next day after the war broke out, he also called his russian-speaking fans not to 'give in to the informational bombardment' (sic!), and keep money in banks - as that's what worries him most. compare this attitude to guys from XAOS for example, a Polish company. or even to some musicians from russia. while Soma tries hard to represent themselves as a Polish company, it's not even true - they still run the moscow office, still hire people, and given their sales in russia are minimal, guess where those money come from.

Hi there, I'd like to become a patreon to get these presets. Just wondering if you'd be so kind as to provide a link to where i would download these presets once I have subscribed? I can't seem to find them on patreon.

@@yurijogurtsov8710 military edition pulsar? based.

Thank you!

Wiggler is something different I feel - the sense of resistance makes for a very different experience in playing. Terra is way softer to touch.

I feel like that about the Lyra 8 and Mood mkII. I prefer the Lyra's timbre, and form factor. But the Terra is lovely for sure. Would like a Cosmos too though. They're builders of fascinating instruments, rather than just being technological tools. It's great that new instruments like these are being designed and built. Or even hats off to Moog too, for making the Subharmonicon. Or Boss' DM-101 is a nice surprise too. The small boutique builders are waking up the music giants.

It looks like somewhere between Iberia and Anatolia, for sure

That was the Greek island of Hydra, spent a few days on holiday there

@@Hainbach Oh, ok... very gorgeous place 🙂

me too!

He's actually sitting in his basement studio but playing this instrument conjured up a rustic countryside village setting from the cosmic void.

@@jasonnicholas4336 LOL! Obviously!

Hydra, had a holiday there.

Surprisingly not! Only the cables might make it fall off if you trip over them

@@Hainbach Yet one more reason to not trip while doing a concert.

best yt comment ever!

Hydra, Greece

Howdy fellow Texan! I’m in Austin.

Hydra, Greece

Hydra, Greek Island

Yes!

Beautiful sounds, btw

They are mad for f**k sake

Looks and sounds gorgeous but I haven't got 170 going spare, let alone 1700

and all those money go to the russian company Soma. who did never say a word about the russian war. never replied to those who asked. instead they even made videos (for their 'rumble' device) with russia-hailng billboards in the occupied Crimea. Vlad had funny videos out on the days of the most vicious bombings. amidst the war they issued a 'military' edition Pulsar, while Vlad personally posted pics of the fascist musician Letov. right on the next day after the war broke out, he also called his russian-speaking fans not to 'give in to the informational bombardment' (sic!), and keep money in banks - as that's what worries him most. compare this attitude to guys from XAOS for example, a Polish company. or even to some musicians from russia. while Soma tries hard to represent themselves as a Polish company, it's not even true - they still run the moscow office, still hire people, and given their sales in russia are minimal, guess where those money come from.

really?

I was like, découpage?

I still like the demo, don't get me wrong... I thought that term was funny, tho

@@GizzyDillespee It reminded me of Bioshock, so I researched what that art style is called - Love the term 🙂

Lol süß das du es übersetzt.

Very strange comment, if you don't care about the sound, how should this instrument justify its price? Based on your comment I assume it must be made of gold.

The regular people still have to eat, and pay the bills, no? Maybe it could be possible to separate the Russian businesses who seem to be warmongering, or instigating, or taking advantage of the situation, from people who aren't doing that? IOW, will boycotting SOMA help end the invasion sooner? Other than by starving the people and making them desperate, which won't happen, so it shouldn't be considered. Other than that sort of uncompassionate idea, what other benefit could come from a boycott of this company?

@@GizzyDillespee review all hte pictures of Bucha massacre and then tell about uncompassionate. Look at the pictures of the destroyed remains of Bhakmut and then tell me about uncompassionate. Look at the 300,000 children abducted and sent for "re-education" in ruSSia and then tell me about uncompassionate.

​@@Peter_S_ Let's translate your comment into something you can understand. You're using the internet, something created by DARPA (an R&D agency of the US Department of Defense to create products for the US military) in the 1970s. Every time you watch a US-made film, you're providing money to film studios, which in turn provides money for the US government. And, every time you speak English, you're allowing the Americans to have some soft power. Do you see how ridiculous this is now? I do get your stance (after all, the government of Russia has decided to invade Ukraine), but boycotting a boutique synth company isn't going to stop the Russian government from manufacturing weapons, bombing, and sending troops to Ukraine. All it's going to do is starve the people working there, and they may be anti-war. They just want to make a good synth that people can use to express themselves. Not everything that comes out of Russia is bad. Being born in a specific country isn't and shouldn't be a crime. Also, by lumping a nation's people together as a monolith, you're doing the exact thing that the Russian government is doing to the people of Ukraine. Labeling them as XYZ, dehumanising them with slurs, excluding them because they're not "your kind". Don't be that kind of person. I can understand the anger, especially if you're Ukrainian, but please don't direct it at the Russian people. They didn't choose their government (elections are rigged in Russia), and they don't want this war. The supporters of this are a very vocal minority, and even then, people are forced to go to pro-government rallies or they lose their jobs, so they reluctantly go. Not everything is black and white. This is especially true for the Russian people.

@@GizzyDillespee based take. i really hate people like that, who think just by boycotting one small company who's probably making small little blips in government money terms, they can somehow convince the Russian government that to stop sending troops. It's like boycotting American products just because the US military did very bad things in the past. The government's still going to get its money, the military's still intact, sure there might be a tiny drop but the government's the government, and all the people will do is just laugh. It would be a great day if they learned that boycotting only works en masse, and for a prolonged time.

But i guess you support american products right? 🤥🙈