“Enner in Rock” - instructional (Soma Laboratory, Strymon Iridium, Hologram Microcosm)

Everything you hear in this video is played live and only one instrument - the ENNER by Soma Laboratory. It is a unique instrument - more than just a stereo synth. It has an analogue synth sections capable of making sophisticated rhythmic structures, as well as a built-in piezo mic and a delay effect section with letting you make some weird self-oscillating sounds.
Bass: I use heavily overdriven Strymon Iridium amp simulator to shape this fat bass sound.
I’ve tuned the Enner’s left and right zone to play two notes in two octaves.
Remember that you can use the left Pulse side not only for rhythmic patterns, but for notes either!
All you need is to crank the Tempo knob past 12 o’clock.
Solo: The solo part is again processed by the Strymon Iridium’s heavily overdriven settings.
I’ve tuned the Audio Out contacts 5 and 4 to two different notes.
I touch the MOD contacts 5 and 4 to raise the pitch of a note.
If I want to make the pitch lower I slightly touch the upper surface of the Pitch knob with a thumb.
Remember that you can change the Enner’s sound parameters not only by turning knobs, but also by touching most of them.
It’s a good way to alter the pitch without changing its global setting.
Drums: The “drums” part explores the Enner’s Delay section with some slight effects of the Microcosm.
You can get this metallic resonating sound by turning the Delay Time knobs to minimum and adding the Delay Feedback to ~ 50-60%.
I’ve also patched the built-in Piezo output for my finger-drumming.
It gives more attack and aggressiveness.
Pad: I use the Noise contact to patch it gradually with the Audio In section (this golden triangle).
It’s a good idea to use some external effects like reverb and delay
In this case I use the Microcosm’s Mosaic #4 algorithm with the Space parameter turned to the maximum.
You can also use the Volume knob to make volume swells - smooth fade ins and outs.
Gear used:
Soma Enner
Strymon Iridium
Hologram Microcosm
Joyo JP-05
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[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

I sometimes make the mistake of thinking “I’ll just play the Enner for 20 minutes” and find entire days lost to sonic rabbit holes

[@matthewtunnicliffe201]

Hahaha - I can relate to that. I just lost hours running mine through my Cosmos.

[@stevecurcuru]

This is sick! I like sending a chaotic modular patch into the Audio Input and playing it into the Enner with quick taps to the filter pyramid. Also patching a melodic square wave sequence from an outside oscillator to the pulse input jack, turns all of those pads into related variations of the incoming pitch. I’ve even hooked an alligator clip from the Pulsar onto the spring to use the piezo mic for more external audio. And of course just putting random metal objects on it and shifting them around to generate unexpected sounds. Crazy instrument!