LYRA-8 // Tutorial for Calm Ambient Tracks

[@Dexba]

If you've found this video useful and you plan on buying a Lyra, a CXM, or anything else, consider doing it through my affiliate link. You won't spend a cent more, but you will help me sustain this growing channel 🧡 - bit.ly/SOMALyra8 - bit.ly/ChaseBlissCXM1978 - bit.ly/Zoom-F6 Thank you

[@jnny7182]

Will do that happily, thanks for what you do!

[@Dexba]

@@jnny7182 Oh man, thank you so much, it means a lot to me (even more non-economically speaking)

[@_oscillation]

Hands down the best tutorial I found yet regarding tuning the Lyra! Love your approach and presenting style

[@Dexba]

My pleasure! I wish I could do more of these tutorials

[@59Perlen]

Very nice tutorial, thank you !

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much 🧡

[@ThePedalboardOrchestra]

Great tutorial for the Lyra, very inspiring. 🙌👍👍

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much, I’m glad you found it inspiring ✨

[@whendoesthisend]

One of the best Lyra explanations/ tutorials. Thank you Sir!

[@Dexba]

Oh wow, thank you so much! 🧡 Now I am even more glad I took the time to make this video

[@normanfreund]

Thanks for the great tutorial. I’ve also been reading the Lyra manual, especially interesting is the Vlad’s philosophy on the Lyra8 design, an important read.

[@prodosaka]

just got my lyra in the mail. this tutorial has been beyond helpful for me, thank you so much for the time and effort u put into this video

[@Dexba]

Thank you for checking it out 🧡 I am glad you found it helpful and inspiring, and I am sure you will have many, many hours of exploration with your new Lyra 🙏🏻

[@HookedOnOn1c]

Dont apologize for your accent, you are speaking better than most rural Americans.

[@mgscheue]

I recently got my Lyra-8 and this is really helpful. Thank you!

[@Dexba]

I am so glad to give my humble contribution to the great journey that is the music. As an additional suggestion for you Lyra: take your time, develop a relationship with it, like you wold do with an acoustic instrument. And always, have fun 🧡

[@johnolivermusic]

Thanks. That was a good reveal of the main features. I have been using LYRA•8 for a couple of months and I have already made amazing music with it. Album coming out soon that is mainly LYRA•8.

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much, it means a lot to me, especially coming from a Lyra user 🧡 Subscribed to not miss your upcoming album :)

[@johnolivermusic]

@@Dexba Thanks for subscribing! You are subscriber 399! One more to get me to 400: only 600 away from eligibility to monetize! :)

[@Ian-gw2vx]

Thank you so much. I have learnt so much from this tutorial than all the others I have seen in the last 2 years of owning a Lyra. In fact, it has made me want to fire it up again as it has been gaining dust. Your reverb is nice but I feel I will still use my Ventris duel reverb sounds just as good. I really like the pink Lyra. I have the green but I were to have another it would be pink.

[@Dexba]

Oh, I could get emotional here 🥲 I am so happy and glad I've even managed to reignite the passion for your Lyra, it really makes me proud and gives me purpose to make this kind of stuff. As for the Ventris, it is indeed excellent, and I debated for quite some time to get that or the CXM, or the H9 or any other big name in the game. I was coming from a BigSky, so I wanted to move a bit away from the... I don't know, "overprocessed" reverb kind of stuff, so I went for the cleanest out there. Now I really miss my BigSky, I'd like a Ventris, I'd love a DBA Room, and in the end I would just want to adopt them all. And yes, pink Lyra is the best Lyra, they made the Pulsar pink too now, but green has that nuclear plant vibe that works very well with the soundscape of Lyra! Thank you so much again 🧡

[@Ian-gw2vx]

@@Dexba So glad you appreciated the feedback. Most people don't bother to respond. Thank you so much and keep up the great tutorials. I need to also learn more about my Pulsar.

[@heliumsoundzzz]

Great tutorial, thanks for all these very helpfull tricks.

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much, I am glad you found it useful :)

[@notalking4500]

I own a Pulsar 23 and im just waiting to pull the trigger on the lyra-8. The Pulsar is amazing and its need a family member. This video did the trick with those nice calming tones, looks like you've tamed the beast. Great video, thank you.

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much 🧡 I own a Pulsar-23 too, and if you want there is a short video about some tips for that too, mostly because I ended up using the Pulsar even more as a "calm ambient machine" after I stopped thinking about it in drum machine terms :) Oh, and sorry for the late reply, but KZbin for some reason decided that your comment was "potentially dangerous", so it was hidden 🤔

[@notalking4500]

@@Dexba I'm a potentially dangerous man I guess. But you got me thinking. It's technically a drum machine but It doesnt need to be. High 5 for that tip, thanks.

[@DrCoy]

This is such a great video. I have owned the Lyra for a while now and have my "own" way of working with it but this helped me get a lot more out of the thing by setting it up properly and with this logical easy to follow workflow. Well done and thanks for the work dude!

[@Dexba]

I couldn't ask for better! I was worried some people would have found it too simple, other too complex, many of them completely useless, but you're confirming the reason why I made it: there was space for some... hand in hand walkthrough. Thank you so much, now I am even prouder of my video 🧡

[@DrCoy]

@@Dexba yeah truly great work. If something like this could follow for the Pulsar (which I don’t have - yet) I’m sure it would be just as well received. Thanks again for the really cool vids

[@Dexba]

@@DrCoy the Pulsar “sort of tutorial” is working in progress! There is one video out already, talking about filters and in general how to make atonal voices… tonal :) Now to popular demand I was working on some useful insights about patching and external midi, but it is taking me more time than expected because calling the Pulsar quirky would be an understatement 😄

[@DrCoy]

@@Dexba very much looking forward tot it. Thanks :D

[@MarlinForbes]

In my experience the feedback from the delay is balanced nicely so that it doesn't destroy your speakers. It gets loud, but it doesn't go completely out of control. Allow the delay to go into oscillation, turning down the volume as it goes further. Tapping one of the delay time knobs at this point sounds amazing. Every time it approaches feedback oscillation, tap again.

[@Dexba]

I would still not recommend people letting it go freely into self oscillation, especially after 1 o’clock, because it gets… intense pretty quickly. As for volume, yeah, everything can work at lower volumes, I even used to plug stuff in and out the modular or a guitar amp with no problems, even though it is strongly discouraged. Being this a beginner video I wanted to give them an advice on general precautions, and still, even if it won’t blow up your speakers, it can easily ruin an otherwise perfect recording. But I am also very fond of the delay on the Lyra, it is a nice noise source, and I even named it the “9th oscillator” for a reason :) Thank you for your contribution though!

[@bitumenboyy]

Lyra wont destroy your speakers! Its balanced and built for live-use, as described in the manual: "Its output dynamics are balanced, so that even in extreme modes it won't harm an amp or speaker on-stage."

[@Dexba]

I will gladly let you put that to the test on your set of speakers. My recommendation was because we can’t assume what other people are using, and it’s definitely an instrument that can get WAY more wild and powerful than much of the other stuff out there ☺️

[@bitumenboyy]

@@Dexba Of course its better to be careful. I just mentioned it because i trusted SOMA with that statement and in fact never was careful about the levels of my Lyra, even when playing it on a PA. Its all good. The machine has a limiter basically, you can see when you look at the waveform after recording it in a DAW, too

[@Dexba]

@@bitumenboyy Thank you for your insight! (and yeah, unfortunately I noticed the sort of limiter quite a few times, when I was recording blindly)

[@gammasintesi4694]

Ottimo video! 👍😉 ...Lyra-8 è uno strumento davvero unico, intrigante e affascinante, ma non compreso bene da tutti. Vedo che tu ne fai un utilizzo sapiente e consapevole... e i risultati si apprezzano! 😊 Grazie per questo contributo, che rende onore e giustizia a tale splendido strumento.

[@Dexba]

Grazie mille! Sono più che d'accordo; per la gente che mi chiede un parere, io spesso lo comparo ad uno strumento acustico, strumenti per definizione piuttosto limitati nella palette sonica, ma, come la storia della musica ci ha mostrato, assolutamente illimitati nelle possibilità compositive e di approccio, trovando ancora, a centinaia di anni dalla loro invenzione, nuovi spunti ed emozioni. Grazie ancora per le tue parole splendide, mi rende molto fiero di ciò che ho fatto e ho intenzione di continuare a fare 🧡

[@winterblood78]

Bellissima macchina, sempre presente

[@DorkyThorpy]

Very good thanks

[@Dexba]

Thank you for checking it out 🧡

[@quinxx12]

My man! I just (sort of) finished my DIY Lyra build and I thought that the noise in the delay and the difference in the perceived volume of the different voices were things I'd still have to fix! You're the first person that talks about these things and you saved me from taking this freaking thing apart for the second time! Now theres still some things I need to fix, but I guess you earned yourself a sub at least! :P Thank you so much for this well thought through video! Maybe if I wasn't so superficial and critical about my work I'd also show my instrument some more love as you clearly do :))

[@Dexba]

WOW! I hoped my video could be useful to someone, but I never imagined it could be SO useful 😁 I am so glad! Wow ahah Anyway, thank you so much for stopping by and the appreciation, and I really hope to see your finished work & love soon 🧡

[@layneinchains848]

Brilliant. Im a newcomer, always been trad guitar bass drums recorded analogue but wanted soundcapes too. Its a lot to splash out as a semi retired kusician but i hope itll inspire me!

[@Dexba]

If you find it inspiring, you won't miss. The Lyra-8 on paper has very little to offer, but the secret sauce must be hidden somewhere in plain sight because I recorded a few of the tracks I am the proudest of, so... Wait for the used market if you want to save some money: they are built like tanks, you will be more than fine.

[@music4screens]

Much appreciated this tutorial. The jam is absolutely stunning and this will help us so much on our Lyra's journey. Thanks!

[@Dexba]

I couldn't be happier 🧡 Thank you so much for checking it out, and have fun on your Lyra journey 🙏🏻

[@ZenMountain]

Thank you for this. Great video.

[@Dexba]

Thank you for checking it out ☺️ I'm glad you found it useful!

[@garaughty]

Awesome insights... gorgeous tones Dexba !

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much 🧡 Combining useful to beautiful, a double win!

[@Futile_Soundscapes]

This is such a great instructive video about this beast!!!! THX!!!!

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much 🧡 I am happy you found it useful ☺

[@petercane6376]

Excellent video. I enjoyed that. I have only had my L8 48 hours and I cannot leave it alone. I found out by experiment all the features you mentioned. At first I panicked because I got no sound and bought it second hand ( oh no I wasted $950. But all was okay when I figured it out. I have a Strymon Bluesky delay. Is that enough? Thank you for this great and totally honest video. Please do more Lyra8 videos.

[@Dexba]

If you cannot leave it alone, it really means you got the right instrument 🧡 The Strymon BlueSky will be perfect, don't worry, and especially with reverbs, it always comes to personal taste. I enjoyed it with the BigSky, with the Eventide Pitchfactor, OTO BAM, with VSTs, and with the CXM like in this video, and so on. Unfortunately though, I won't be able to make any more Lyra videos, since I had to sell it a while ago, together with the Pulsar and most other stuff.

[@datapusher-]

I just got the white one because of this video. Great for ambient, but this thing makes huge bass drones too that are 2nd to none.

[@Dexba]

I couldn't be prouder: I am glad my video inspired you! 🧡 And I agree completely: the bass drones the Lyra is capable of are physically "air shaking", deep, powerful, with an ancient flavour to them

[@datapusher-]

@@Dexba yeah man, this was well done and explained thoroughly imho. btw - I live near Bob Ross' old FL residence. His paint studio is still going strong! Drive by it all the time!

[@yvesmuhlheim840]

Thank you. It helped me a lot.

[@Dexba]

I am glad and proud! Thank you for checking it out 🧡

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Just got one on order and hoping to have it soon. Great tutorial really enjoyed and learnt a ton.

[@Dexba]

I couldn't be happier for you! You're up for a lot of hours of exploration. And I am also super glad I could be helpful 🧡

[@JeveMCD]

Playing with a VST similar, and jeez seeing performances with it are still trancing

[@Dexba]

It feels surprisingly alive, under your fingers. And sometimes that's something you have to fight, but it's also nice to just let it go and dance in a duo with the instrument

[@clangloop]

that is cool 😊

[@Dexba]

Thank you ☺️

[@carpo719]

I would love to play with one of those

[@Dexba]

The Lyra is definitely an instrument that needs to be “felt”. If you have a generous friend, ask him to lend it to you for some time, because even trying it in a shop wouldn’t do it justice 🧡

[@LockStoppageSandwich]

More of this kind of thing please

[@Dexba]

Sure! Is there something you’d like to be featured? In this one I tried to put a little bit of everything, but I am open to a second video with other information 😌

[@tendingtropic7778]

thank you, very helpful!

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much for helping me in the process, you've been precious!

[@tendingtropic7778]

@@Dexba you're welcome!

[@jpakaerc]

Thanks for this tutorial, it helps a lot. I always had a very hard sound, I wanted a light sound for the start, but it always leaves in harh noise, I love it. but I wanted a little sweetness

[@Dexba]

I couldn't be happier you found the tutorial useful 🧡 And I agree completely: with the Lyra it is kinda given for granted you're gonna be able to get monstrous and otherworldly gnarly sounds, but if we let the (very nice, though quirky) oscillators sing, we can appreciate the Lyra as a very organic organ, with a touch of vintage analog vibe to it :)

[@anothercouture]

Great video! 👍

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much, I am glad you like it 🧡

[@andrealentullo6661]

Ciao 🙂. Bello come al solito. Se cerchi un filtro per lyra io ho trovato la pace con vermona filter lancet: un amore

[@Dexba]

Ciao! Effettivamente un filtro mi piacerebbe, per evitare alcune sparate un po' troppo crude. Adesso mi è arrivato il Microcosm, che ha un filtro (non granché, ma pur sempre qualcosa), quindi vedrò se e quanto le mie idee musicali siano compatibili. Non appena ci sarà un pochino di budget però non vedo l'ora di provare il Vermona, che sul versante basic-analog non delude mai

[@andrealentullo6661]

@@Dexba a me ha cambiato la vita. Le spigolosità dello strumento ne guadagnano davvero tanto. Suona benissimo ed è molto completo

[@MeAlexSenna]

This should be the video to watch as soon as you open the box and get a Lyra-8. When companies neglected to even explain how their products really work should be punished by not buying from them in the first place.

[@Dexba]

Huge compliment here, thank you so much! 🧡 Heh, I suppose with SOMA it's part of the allure, that aura of mystery around their instruments, but I don't like mysticism getting in the way of being able to become proficient with you piece of gear, so that's why I made this video. Also because just going full chaos is probably way too easy; fascinating for sure, but when everything is modulating everything, it's not like it is predictable what the outcome will be, so there is no real need for "control" ☺️

[@Ambientnauts]

If a person was playing this live would you recommend a brick wall limiter or some other type?

[@Dexba]

Oh no, I don't think anything that drastic would be needed, but in a live context, I would still add some form of compression, even just for the difference in volume each oscillator can have between the different wave shapes!

[@Ambientnauts]

@@Dexba Excellent thanks so much.

[@flirtwithdanger_les]

A clipper might be interesting.

[@ThreadedNail]

This. Enough said.

[@Dexba]

Honoured, thank you 🙏

[@andynelson6125]

"it can go bananas and destroy anything in its path." Meanwhile when I read the user manual he said it's a professional instrument and you won't have to worry about it harming any of your equipment. Definitely hurt my ears and I consider that my equipment. Thankfully I saved it before it blew my speakers, but I can tell the potential is definitely there.

[@Dexba]

Ahah yes, it has been already brought up talking about the delay, and while yes, the manual says so, I agree with you: ears are ultimately the most valuable equipment we own, the only one we can't replace simply by buying it, so... 😄 Volumes in general are all over the place on the Lyra, and not only because of sheer amount of dB, but especially because of the constantly varying harmonic content via the Sharp know or all the modulation, the huge range of pitches, and all that combined with the frequency response of our ears. So yeah, being careful is always a plus 🧡

[@MR.GL1.1.1TCH]

What is on the left? What are you using it for?

[@Dexba]

That is a CXM1978, a reverb pedal made by Chase Bliss in collaboration with Meris. To me, it is the best pairing for the Lyra, since it manages really well the basses

[@MR.GL1.1.1TCH]

@@Dexba thank you for the response. I've recently picked up the lyra 8 and played my first gig with it. Was great. I use a mixing board for leveling and eq adjustments. This seems like it would be a nice addition.

[@GNeuman]

Fantastic demo and tips! Love your accent too...Are you Spanish?

[@Dexba]

Thank you a lot, I'm glad you liked it! 🧡 And it's the first time someone appreciates my accent too 😄 I am actually Italian, close enough! 🇮🇹

[@GNeuman]

@@Dexba fantastic...I love Italy. Fantastic culture, food, style, landscape, history...Bellissima! Alla prossima volta!

[@raneflewit6250]

what is the left one？

[@Dexba]

That is a Chase Bliss CXM1978, and while it is absurdly expensive, it pairs really well especially with the Lyra!

[@caste96]

Gran lavoro vecchio, mi hai fatto salire la scimmia più di prima :D

[@Dexba]

Sapendo tu suonare davvero la chitarra potresti farci dei duetti assurdi! Se ne becchi una usata... 😉

[@caste96]

@@Dexba guarda vez, se non fosse che fondamentalmente devo vendere mezzo studio per finanziarmi un mezzo studio nuovo ora lo prenderei davvero in considerazione, ma se mi saltano fuori du spiccetti ci faccio davvero un pensiero ;)

[@stephanesigouin2049]

10:09 How F%$&* noise it is.

[@Dexba]

Immediately got R-rated 😄

[@heliumsoundzzz]

Great tutorial, thanks for all these very helpfull tricks.

[@Dexba]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! 🧡