SOMA DVINA (prototype)

[@kosmikmusa]

Yes I am in. Sounds amazing. I would like to buy this. I am more attracted by two strings than 4 or 6 strings.

[@thomasbrown3325]

The thing that makes the dilruba/esraj/sarangi so appealing is the set of sympathetic strings that provide a natural *tuned* reverb. There was an ios app (now defunct) called "Samvada", programmed in Pure Data, that provided such an effect. It would go perfectly with this instrument, if you could build the resonator effect into the instrument somehow.

[@noisebleeder6096]

Instant goose bump ! Absolutely brilliant . DVINA + Hang Drum . My 6 years old kid saw this and asked me if he could get one :)

[@albionpatterns3986]

Yeah I'm sure that totally happened

[@OrfinMusik]

Beautiful Vlad as usual good work love your creative approach to making instruments

[@depauleable]

Please go into production with these. We really need this instrument

[@alisaharris8926]

that is so beautiful I hope that you're able to go into production and make lots of instruments so people can buy them from you.

[@theproblembelief7549]

Brilliant idea and excellent performance!

[@Genshi]

I WANT! Beautifully done!

[@IbarRatan]

Incredible!!! I will buy one as soon as it appears. Great job. And real innovation.

[@daleturner]

BADASS!!!!!! Mighty awesome playing and sound--and design!!!

[@thewakz]

This is amazing! Great sound! What an instrument, I WANT ONE!

[@SacredRites]

Hope to get my hands on one soon! Beautiful.

[@cameronleggett]

Nice playing! Beautiful instrument!

[@OldHorn666]

Amazing! Love this! I’m going to get Lyra-8 soon and I’ve decided to get more SOMA instruments also. I’d love to get my hands on this!

[@hujuu]

What a fantastic tone.

[@savannahjolackcomposer]

wow. crazy beautiful tone! hope this makes it into production.

[@ANSWERTHECALLOFJESUSCHRIST]

I' buy that thing in a heartbeat. It sounds fantastic to my ears. It's very expressive and nuanced. I can't play guitar because I'm not skilled, so I play it like you're playing that instrument, but obviously it doesn't work or sound like I want it to. I think I'd be satisfied with the learning curve of this instrument for sure. It's exactly what I've been desiring in my heart. You got mail. God bless!

[@fuzzupuzzu]

lovely man

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Beautiful !

[@ΜανωληςΠαπαγρηγορακης-ι9ω]

This instrument has huge potential!!!!

[@JJJJ-bs1sr]

I would buy this:) Great work!

[@wouterdesmedt1736]

Love it, want it! I really want to hear it through a lush phaser!

[@Natemasterflex]

Beautiful

[@chaselearkendall]

Wait... No head crushing distortion? HAS VLAD BEEN REPLACED BY AN IMPOSTOR? ha ha i'm just joking, Vlad :) It seriously sounds amazing! Very powerful, and would work great for movie and video game scores/soundtracks! I'd love to see this past the prototype stage with SOMA's signature white finish.

[@somasynths]

Yeah, this is the white side of Mr Kreimer :) No head crushing distortion at all. Let's see the reaction :)

[@edmontontech2008]

I must have watched this video 75 times. Lol. Yay for being on the waiting list!

[@LectroDub]

whoa, this sounds amazing

[@comicKkrakK]

beautiful!

[@sonicsurvivor]

Stalker vibes ! Very Slick

[@jbowmanmusic]

looks and sounds amazing as always!

[@DJone-zz4uq]

This sounds like Adam Hurst playing his cello. Great Stuff.

[@mfC0RD]

I would absolutely buy this!

[@Kupka2408]

Really amazing intstrument, just as great as everything else made by Soma :)

[@bsv1772]

Волшебная наука.

[@christoroppolo8742]

Can’t wait! Peace Christo 🎶👽🐕🛸☮️😉🙏💀❤️

[@K0r0n1s]

Simple, pure and versatile. The possibilities! I'd be interested in one, if just for pure noise-making (I am neither a guitar nor violin Player).

[@TheHouseOfGeek]

I would love to pair one of these with my Lyra-8. Will be keeping my eye on this!

[@christoroppolo8742]

These instruments are more than synths and vlad knows that . Peace Christo 🛸👽🎶🐕☮️

[@jesegel]

Wow this is excellent. I could really dig trying it. Is the output jack behind the lower strut hole? What's its output?

[@theorchestrachamber7994]

What an elegant design. Great job! I’ve done a lot of experiments with neodyms for bowed instruments and they work very well. You’re limited to certain strings but I really think magnets should have caught on for bowed instruments. Your design is beautiful top to bottom! Where is the magnet on your instrument?

[@somasynths]

The magnet is hidden in the neck. The neck has a hole on the rear side where the magnet is placed. It is around 14 freet.

[@Ponekzi]

@@somasynths is it visible? how do the bottom of the strings connect? Would love to see pictures of the back (or even a video). Amazing instrument Vlad!

[@johnnymidnight2982]

"You take bow and slather bow with ghee and then you play DVINA and ghee come out of your eurorack." - Vlad Kreimer.

[@johnnymidnight2982]

Seriously, though, I'd happily pay a grand for this.

[@PitchAccurate]

Thats beautiful⭐️

[@michaelharmer8591]

This is beautiful!

[@yaroslavfrantsev8985]

Волшебство!!!

[@DorGreen1]

I'd like to play that for years. Also to sample this Also pedals and a nice amp How get I get/build one?????

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

.:really incredible:.

[@wyatkin]

О, наше любимое радио Дервиш)

[@wilkkick]

SOUNDS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[@nodfactor8808]

This guy played beautifully and I doubt I'd be able to get anywhere near as good as him, but, I'd be interested in picking one up for learning/experimentation if the price was right. Doesn't seem like it would be an expensive thing to make.

[@StingrayOfficial]

Always wanted to know what it sounds like un-amplified? I still would love to own a custom one some day soon.

[@montychristo86]

That sounds beautiful. Being a guitarist, I will probably distort that thing anyway.

[@infinity528hz5]

Omg👍😍 i Love it, i vill buy if it vill be sold

[@mattayers3794]

I would buy this!

[@immersiveworlds]

Amazing!

[@igorwaldl1690]

Well, when you unpack it, it looks like a wooden newspaper holder with a broken metal flap... :-) But it really sounds great. I love it! Would buy one at 250 or so, even if it would need some finishing or so (to bring down your costs/efforts). Couldn't the step-up transformer be replaced by a FET-amplifier (it has been a long time since I built my own electronic stuff, so I may be wrong)? Nice work! (and yes, it should have a unique "signature" color, why not white).

[@MargaretHarmer]

Crazy amazing!!

[@paulandrews331]

that is so cool

[@omegavague9042]

Just bought one and was hoping to play it as easy as this dude makes it look....but I have some technique to master.

[@djformalin]

Vlad for president 🎼

[@dalinwaldo]

I would anything to own this !!!

[@jamesbritt5597]

" A key feature of DVINA and its sound is that there is no pickup inside. Instead, I take the electric signal DIRECTLY from the strings that vibrate in the strong magnetic field of a neodymium magnet, hidden in the neck." That sounds exactly like what a pickup does. How is this different?

[@somasynths]

A pickup first of all absent in dvina. A pick up contain a coil with thousands of wounds while in dvina we get electricity directly from the strings

[@jamesbritt5597]

I see. Are there videos of the instrument without amplification? How does it sound as an acoustic instrument?

[@AtimosMusic]

I want one!!!!!

[@Fedor_Tkachev_Music]

I would love an electric cello with ns design kind of body and this pickup technology.

[@fuchslochtv]

WE WANT A RECORD!

[@agustibeltran747]

Beautifoul!! Is there a problem for the reception device to "read" correctly strings playing if there are more string instruments next Dvina player?

[@somasynths]

Not at all. The DVINA is very secured against any acoustic and electric interferences.

[@johnthecloud]

I play keys and mess around with synths. I came here after ordering the Soma Ether, and I'm intrigued, and also amazed by your playing. How difficult is it to learn to bash out a basic tune as a beginner, whose never played a string instrument before? And (living with paper thin walls) how noisy is the instrument when not amplified - as I'd rather my neighbours didn't hear how crap I am (I'll be wearing headphones!).

[@somasynths]

Unplugged dvina is very silent (as an electric guitar). How quick you will able to play good depends on you of course. In my experience dvina is much easier than violin or cello

[@brianobush]

Having only two strings will make bowing much easier. I played the violin as a youth and found that bowing properly was a key to success. Not having frets meant finding notes was difficult until you could "feel" the right pitch. Both aspects would come with practice.

[@johnthecloud]

@@brianobush Thanks Brian. I've tried to play the theremin which is basically finding the pitch out of thin air, so I have an idea of how hard that can be. I've also got a ribbon controller for my modular, and that's quite hard to get the pitch based purely on your ears.

[@skeletonarchives9321]

amazing..want 1

[@arnaudprofildusoleil]

Which size of strings do you use in this demo (roundwound or flatwound) and which size (0.20 and 0.30 or more…😊) Many thanks

[@somasynths]

@@arnaudprofildusoleil flatwound, 3 and 4 Gibson guitar strings. The gauge a cant say as the package is lost.

[@houseofflambeau9656]

I want one so bad

[@soerenraudonis]

Amazing - I'll take 2

[@simonschmidt7440]

Great Sounds, I love the simplicity of the deisgnt! Isn't that what you call an electromagnetic pickup? Like a single coil or an humbucker? These tend to have difficulties with stringed instruments because the strings vibrate horizontally, as opposed to vertically when plucked resulting in less output voltage. Or do you use just a magnet without a coil? How would that work?

[@somasynths]

I use the strings as a coil. As we know any kind of conductor vibrating in a magnetic field produces electricity

[@space_cowboy007]

Forgive me if thats a dumb question, but how is the sound capture technique different than what is done on electric guitars?

[@mishadoumnov]

Vlad - Влад - как жизнь изобретателя?! Возможно ли установить вашу магнитную систему на скрипку? Я давно пользуюсь разными "пикапами" но они никогда не удовлетворяли меня.... А так, идея классная, название инструмента тоже нравится!

[@noonansean1979]

I don't understand you state there isn't a pickup and then describe exactly that being inside the neck so which is it? How is this not a pickup?

[@somasynths]

There is no special unit as a pickup - the strings are the pickup at the same time. Inside the body just the magnet which is not a pickup himself

[@Strade351]

Выглядит очень просто, интересно и гениально. Давно думал о струнно-смычковых но классические инструменты не очень интересовали, это - другое дело. Хотелось бы, правда, более "европейского" звучания, что-ли, менее азиатского. Но, возможно, это просто такое демо.

[@somasynths]

Да, это такой исполнитель) ни что не мешает играть на Двине европейскую музыку

[@zydiz]

Absolutely beautiful, How do you get the output from the magnet, i understood that the strings act like coils but i couldn't figure that out

[@somasynths]

I take the signal directly from the strings

[@christoroppolo8742]

Wow! Soon? Peace Christo

[@Wheel333]

🙏❤️🙏

[@danielstark6249]

Curious to know about ordering , I have electric cello which I have been using similarly

[@johnambrose9021]

I'll take any image and scribble it into another dimension,trust me

[@imalouddj]

i’m fairly sure Mr. Kreimer, as the great talented and patient scholar he is, has researched onto the topic for a long time, before going public with something so daringly new and unheard-of (in the electroacoustic realm). the deceptively crude look of it might even have an appeal of its own, between resembling an upside-down Catholic cross and an hanging pole. i’d gladly buy one at 250, say many here... but that’s not realistic, with such a final, end user price Soma Lab wouldn’t break even, ever. i’d rather buy one for 499, if Mr. Kreimer puts one workable, tune-able drone string on it, or two (for 599). there’s hardly any room for them outside, but if they could live inside the neck (hence be forever destined to be drone-only strings), a tuning gear would make the tonal range worthy of the effort... of course construction would become a totally different exercise, but again i’m fairly sure Mr. Kreimer has developed some clever industrial engineering for the finished product. but, in its whole, the drone tone is what sells it, if it has to play out only what you’re bowing out there won’t be many user live past the second week of its life. why not team with the Latvian guys behind the Plus Pedal by the Gamechanger brand? they would know how to make the drone thing, in an attractive package, too... or at least that’s what i would plug a DVINA into, if i had one. but i wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Kreimer had already been at them. please, Mr. Kreimer, say, when will it become available? presentation at Frankfurt Musik Messe would only seem proper, then!

[@petergeysels8633]

I would love to have one of those. Are they for sale yet?

[@andrewmarshall195]

Want!!!!!

[@MrJimbol59]

VLAD,THIS WOULD BE AWESOME,TO PLAY OVER MY TABLAS.I WANT ONE !!!

[@jeppius]

Gorgeous! Is it not equivalent to a pick-up though?

[@somasynths]

Not equivalent, another approach, another sound

[@stonedapesociety5628]

Why am I keep discovering a better Soma's product every single day?!? It's a curse!

[@nautzero]

Here take my money

[@drawlr55]

How about a little bluegrass?

[@TheMainCharacter93]

Please take my money!

[@frikengels5668]

YOU MUST USE THE SAME PRINCIPAL ON A GUITAR I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR THE SOUND !

[@rudegunz]

INDIa+Russia= a wicked 'tone'

[@timandtheocean]

I seriously considered this but got really happy with a baby cello and a mic. 125 euro for the cello

[@No_thanks780]

NEED.

[@MrJimbol59]

VLAD,HOW DO YOU OUTPUT SIGNAL???

[@somasynths]

It has an output socket in the rear side of the neck. I decided to preserve the front surface clean and hide it on the rear side.

[@Solodchuk]

супер

[@MrJimbol59]

DOES THE DVINA,COME WITH BOW AND CASE???

[@somasynths]

DVINA will have a case, a bow will not include as we have to have a special passport for a bow if we like to send it abroad (some stupid customs rules). But a standard cello bow will work perfectly.

[@Blofehlt]

yes. i'd buy this if it's not too expensive.

[@nodfactor8808]

Same

[@fruitleatherjacket2924]

It looks like something that should cost around $250

[@liberty5565]

Sorta kinda reminds me of a Whamola.

[@onosnd]

One dude out of 491 thinks this ain't the fucking coolest shit for awhile.

[@pairadeau]

What in the actual fuck just happened?