Lyra 4 is back!

sevenape

https://somasynths.com/lyra-4/

Anyone have one?
Anyone with a Lyra 8: Would a lyra 4 'be enough'? Or would you recommend the full 8?

Krupa

@sevenape said:
https://somasynths.com/lyra-4/

Anyone have one?
Anyone with a Lyra 8: Would a lyra 4 'be enough'? Or would you recommend the full 8?

I reckon it’d scratch the same itch in much the same way. The eight is almost too much to handle all at once, I often just use one side or the other, and often only a couple of the voices at once.

I guess the only caveat would be that you have less ‘notes’ pre tuned to go to. Note the use of quotes around the word notes😅

Gavinski

@sevenape said:
https://somasynths.com/lyra-4/

Anyone have one?
Anyone with a Lyra 8: Would a lyra 4 'be enough'? Or would you recommend the full 8?

Let's face it, the way they've set the pricing up on that, you're just gonna end up getting 2 anyway 😁

Krupa

@Gavinski said:

@sevenape said:
https://somasynths.com/lyra-4/

Anyone have one?
Anyone with a Lyra 8: Would a lyra 4 'be enough'? Or would you recommend the full 8?

Let's face it, the way they've set the pricing up on that, you're just gonna end up getting 2 anyway 😁

Nice thing is you’ll end up with two sets of effects😅
I actually think six would be the sweet spot, enough complexity without the overwhelm…

Stuntman_mike

I preordered 🙌

Svetlovska

I have the luxury of having a Lyra 8. Given my propensities towards random chaos, (More knobs to twiddle=good), I find myself using all of it, but a single Lyra 4 probably makes more sense on a cost/benefit basis.

Side note: enjoyed the video demo. The last moment of control began and ended with the mystical hand waves above the Lyras, before actually touching them. After that:

sevenape

@Krupa said:

@sevenape said:
https://somasynths.com/lyra-4/

Anyone have one?
Anyone with a Lyra 8: Would a lyra 4 'be enough'? Or would you recommend the full 8?

I reckon it’d scratch the same itch in much the same way. The eight is almost too much to handle all at once, I often just use one side or the other, and often only a couple of the voices at once.

I guess the only caveat would be that you have less ‘notes’ pre tuned to go to. Note the use of quotes around the word notes😅

@Krupa said:

@sevenape said:
https://somasynths.com/lyra-4/

Anyone have one?
Anyone with a Lyra 8: Would a lyra 4 'be enough'? Or would you recommend the full 8?

I reckon it’d scratch the same itch in much the same way. The eight is almost too much to handle all at once, I often just use one side or the other, and often only a couple of the voices at once.

I guess the only caveat would be that you have less ‘notes’ pre tuned to go to. Note the use of quotes around the word notes😅

Ha! I usually only make music with three notes anyway so that's a spare one!!!!

sevenape

@Svetlovska said:
I have the luxury of having a Lyra 8. Given my propensities towards random chaos, (More knobs to twiddle=good), I find myself using all of it, but a single Lyra 4 probably makes more sense on a cost/benefit basis.

Side note: enjoyed the video demo. The last moment of control began and ended with the mystical hand waves above the Lyras, before actually touching them. After that:

Hahahaha!

Bietfriek

I’ve got a Lyra-8 in beautiful (light/laboratory) green and it has a special place for certain reasons. If you like the sound and it fits your productions, then I think a Lyra-4 could be enough. To be honest, I don’t use it that much for music production. Personally I just like to sit with it and lose myself for a few moments, I find it so much fun to just “go with it” and relax or get inspired. It looks cool and has a great sound but its also a complex beast. With certain settings, and with a tiny change of a knob/switch you can go from ambient like scapes to uncontrolled chaos.

You don’t “program” a Lyra, it’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. Playing a Lyra is like traveling from A to ?. Just make sure you record it so you don’t miss the good bits. But even tuning one generator, sampling it and creating a chord with that (in a sampler) will give you a great synth sound. Did I mention it’s build like a tank?

sevenape

@Bietfriek said:
I’ve got a Lyra-8 in beautiful (light/laboratory) green and it has a special place for certain reasons. If you like the sound and it fits your productions, then I think a Lyra-4 could be enough. To be honest, I don’t use it that much for music production. Personally I just like to sit with it and lose myself for a few moments, I find it so much fun to just “go with it” and relax or get inspired. It looks cool and has a great sound but its also a complex beast. With certain settings, and with a tiny change of a knob/switch you can go from ambient like scapes to uncontrolled chaos.

You don’t “program” a Lyra, it’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. Playing a Lyra is like traveling from A to ?. Just make sure you record it so you don’t miss the good bits. But even tuning one generator, sampling it and creating a chord with that (in a sampler) will give you a great synth sound. Did I mention it’s build like a tank?

Man I want one so much! I'd be sampling it into koala mostly I think or as you do just kind of zone out getting lost in electronic bliss

Svetlovska

Gavinski

@sevenape said:

@Bietfriek said:
I’ve got a Lyra-8 in beautiful (light/laboratory) green and it has a special place for certain reasons. If you like the sound and it fits your productions, then I think a Lyra-4 could be enough. To be honest, I don’t use it that much for music production. Personally I just like to sit with it and lose myself for a few moments, I find it so much fun to just “go with it” and relax or get inspired. It looks cool and has a great sound but its also a complex beast. With certain settings, and with a tiny change of a knob/switch you can go from ambient like scapes to uncontrolled chaos.

You don’t “program” a Lyra, it’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. Playing a Lyra is like traveling from A to ?. Just make sure you record it so you don’t miss the good bits. But even tuning one generator, sampling it and creating a chord with that (in a sampler) will give you a great synth sound. Did I mention it’s build like a tank?

Man I want one so much! I'd be sampling it into koala mostly I think or as you do just kind of zone out getting lost in electronic bliss

Heresy!! I would definitely think the main point would be to zone out playing these, seriously.

Krupa

@Svetlovska said:

👌😅😂

Krupa

@Gavinski said:

@sevenape said:

@Bietfriek said:
I’ve got a Lyra-8 in beautiful (light/laboratory) green and it has a special place for certain reasons. If you like the sound and it fits your productions, then I think a Lyra-4 could be enough. To be honest, I don’t use it that much for music production. Personally I just like to sit with it and lose myself for a few moments, I find it so much fun to just “go with it” and relax or get inspired. It looks cool and has a great sound but its also a complex beast. With certain settings, and with a tiny change of a knob/switch you can go from ambient like scapes to uncontrolled chaos.

You don’t “program” a Lyra, it’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. Playing a Lyra is like traveling from A to ?. Just make sure you record it so you don’t miss the good bits. But even tuning one generator, sampling it and creating a chord with that (in a sampler) will give you a great synth sound. Did I mention it’s build like a tank?

Man I want one so much! I'd be sampling it into koala mostly I think or as you do just kind of zone out getting lost in electronic bliss

Heresy!! I would definitely think the main point would be to zone out playing these, seriously.

And definitely, self hypnosis feedback machine for sure…

sevenape

@Svetlovska said:

ahahahahahahaha