It's also best friends with the microcosm, great for meditation. I've seen a performer take this and use it basically in a metal set, it sounded amazing.

Using this reminds me of when I was a kid and piling up rocks to make eddies or dead spots or other weirdness in a running stream. Every time I sit down and play around, it’s such a joy to experience it.

I really appreciate your review. I love the thing. I will be getting exactly the same colour in a few days time. I am 73 so it will keep me occupied. Do you know??...there is a 74 year old Lady who wrote back in one of the you tube comments that she found the Lyra8 so exciting yet relaxing and that it became her friend!!! WOW!!!!!! Thanx again. Don't believe you do not like drones...your're a Scot lad!!!!

My god what a beauty. I love aggressive synth drones and this is perfection.

This is exactly what I want- hearing the synth in question from 0:00. Thank you!

Looking forward to getting one myself. Thanks for the content about it.

Imo the best synth ever made by human being. My number #1 fav synth. It is like a book you need to read it site by site to understand it.

Excellent review, I always had a hard time trying to understand other channels' reviews on this piece of gear, mainly about what kind of music it would work with and you made it very straightforward. Good job.

A brilliant review - thank you. I have one of these, and use it quite regularly, but hearing you discuss it so enthusiastically is a timely reminder for me of what an amazing instrument this is.

This synth is on my want list. been tempted to get the diy kit.

I love lyra, thanks for sharing your useful guide!

I would probably spend hours and hours messing with this thing, what a monster! I can only imagine this thing with a reverb and delay pedal! This seems like a real freaking BEAST!! 😲 Like you, I am also not a big fan of ambient music but oooh man, this sounds really incredible... and it looks freaking sick too! So cool of them to let you borrow this, an awesome review!! 🤘🐀

one day, it's happening! much love for the scottish double-header of yer fine self x Signal Sounds!

Super! thanks. How did I not realise you would be pals with the inimitable Aleks 😉

I am in love with this wonderful device 💜

I bought the lovely zanzibar blue one few weeks ago, and enjoying exploring every corner of it. Sort of wish the lfo was clock/sync-able tempo wise, but the delay section is nuts 😁 great review!

I hope you post more vids just noodling around on it and maybe demoing the gate/cv stuff Hope you're well and suffered none too much from your c19 experience.

Goodn! Thx for sharing this 🙂 Wish you a ncie day! Cya greetings

Bloody well marvelous and truly honest review of the Lyra-8. Indeed it is wonderful and very special. I think it's a real winner for Soma, since they are now making it in so many colours. LOLz. But the price, OMG, is still a bit of "nose bleed range" for me self. $800 U.S., last time I looked. I do have a few other Soma instruments and love them, they include the ROAT (Rumble of Ancient Times), and the Ether 2. Both are amazing and well worth the cost. If you like the Lyra-8, you might wish to have a go with the Moffenzeef Stargazer, while not exactly the same, and without the lead voice keys, I do think there are some interesting similarities, particularly in sound exploration between the two... even through the Stargazer is $300 less... Well, thanks again & Cheers to yah, mate.

Have to share a new discovery: this is amazing through a Jomox T-Resonator II. I bought the T-Resonator on a whim because someone was selling one really cheap… so glad I did. Pairs SO WELL.

Over egging the pudding. Love it

"Over eggin' the puddin`." Thank you.

Love your vids! Do you have the link for tje vid of person opening it?

I feel that, maybe, perhaps, each individual unit is imbued with its own essential pneuma.... the anima of living through-hole circuitry. But, FFS, don't quote me on that!

Just got mine (second hand) Wow! that is all I can say. You don't play this instrument you play along with it.

Oi mate, just a quick question...if you're subscribed to a channel, you can be considered a "friend" of the channel in question, right? I'm subscribed to your channel and, hence, a "friend" of your channel. And if we follow that logic and considering that all your friends are synths...does this mean...I'm a synth?!😳