#21

I’ve had one of these for about a year now. It’s always perplexing and beguiling whenever I play it. It sounds fantastic, and never seems to do the same thing twice, even if you try. I’ve been trying to NOT learn how it works - I like having the knobs be kind of mysterious with this thing.

I originally planned on building one of these, and bought the kit. My plan was an unmarked unit - just a bunch of mismatched knobs on some kind of box. And I got it about half way done, but got distracted by other projects, and ended up buying a premade one, and ended up trading the unbuilt kit away a few months ago.

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#22

I bought a PCB set for the Lyra-4 and I’m going to use it as an excuse to learn CAD/lazer cutting stuff and utilize a hackerspace here in Brooklyn… SOMA gives reasonably good instructions but I wanted to know if anybody had any experience or tips because of the multi-pcb situation and control layouts?

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#23

There are a few mentions of lyra builds in the DIY prioject recommendations thread- around sept 2018.

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#24

I think it’s great! But it is hard to tame and predict!

#25

maybe this Lyra 8 DIY thread in Muff has some ideas you could use https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182456&sid=79448459c998aa2e2fcfdd4b8431df58

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#26

The decksaver is good - it means you can save “patches” (tuning relationships etc.) while transporting the Lyra in a bag, which is useful, and a pleasant change from having to re-tune and recalibrate the LFOs etc from scratch so often.

I noticed last night that on mine the cover does just nudge/shift the volume knob when the knob is in certain positions. Not a big point, but worth noting if retaining a precise output level is important.

#27

In terms of my wishlist for a technical discussion would be for someone who understands the inter-relationship of the Hyper-LFO / MOD / Delay time knobs to break it down in an idiot-proof way.

Occasionally I feel like I am on the cusp of grasping this through experimentation, but it’s always slightly beyond my reach…

Definitely an instrument you can love and enjoy without understanding every nuance.

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#28

Love to get a lyra 4 as I dont think I would use it as a keyboard type thing but more for layered drones where the 4 voices would be plenty. The more compact size is attractive too. Never see them for sale though, not sure how many are in existance. I thought a few might come up as 4 owners might look to jump up to a 8. I have looked into the diy version but i have such a backlog of unfinished electronic projects this depresses me a little, plus its not a simple build.

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#29

I started wondering what I might be able to do with 2 Lyra 8s, using various external clock divisions/rhythms sent to the HOLD inputs, so I made this patch. Musically it could be lovelier, I think, but the basic idea seemed to work so I’m sharing it here.
Morphagene and Double Knot are clocked by Pamela. Double Knot makes a gate pattern which is sent to L8 hold input and then the resulting audio is sampled by Morphagene. Because Morphagene has the clock in from Pamela, the loop should be a ‘correct’ musical length. This loop (recorded without delay from L8) is then sent back into L8 via the external audio in and the delay is added.
A second clock division from Pamela is routed to Double Knot, to trigger the hold functions in L8, and L8 is re-tuned to harmonize with the original loop.
From this position I’m just fine tuning the sharp and hold knobs and playing around a little with some modulation and a little random harmonics from Morphagene.

https://vimeo.com/338569688

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#30

That’s great, and interesting to see the HOLD input being used in this way. It would be interesting to get a discussion going about using the CV inputs with Lyra, as it has a reputation for “not playing” nicely with other gear.

I have recently started using my Expressive E Touche with the LYRA, using the shiftings to control HOLD (occasionally) and MOD DELAY functions (more commonly), or sometimes both. Using the shiftings to control MOD DELAY gives you manual control over the “LYRA swirl” which you otherwise need to rely on the HYPER LFO on triangle setting to get to - I think it adds another dimension, both while playing live and running external audio through the Lyra. Here is my short demo:

Expressive E Touche with Lyra 8

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#31

I WTB!
seem sold out everywhere in the US except detroit modular which is marked up $100 from everywhere else.

#32

That’s lovely, thanks for posting. I need to try alternates to the hyper LFO to modulate the delay.

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#33

Are these still possible to DIY?

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#34

Specifically inspired for use with my Lyra-8, I built a ER-301 preset around four asynchronous dub loopers with 16n faderbank control. Demos soon!

My next adventure will be trying a Mel9 pedal with the Lyra…

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#35

:face_with_raised_eyebrow: now that could be really cool.

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#36

The Mel9 has 5-voice tracking for its waveshaping; I’m hoping for some beautiful instabilities when I throw all 8 voices at it, but it might just be mush :slight_smile: At minimum, the separate wet and dry outputs will play nicely with my dual inputs on DRONEPOOL.

#37

Love the Lyra 8. As some others have already said it can be a bit unpredictable and hard to tame but that’s part of the beauty. My only small gripes are that I wish I had just a little bit more control over the timbre of the oscillators and that the tuning knobs are very sensitive.

Yesterday I was running it through a Cocoquantus 2 with great results, the two are very complementary by nature.

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#38

this artist is djing with two lyras like a boss

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#39

Have had the Lyra 8 for almost a year and a half now, it was the 2nd hardware synth I’ve bought after the 0-Coast and I don’t think I’ve ever had any instrument/pedal/plugin even that I’ve thought of equally as my favourite instrument and as the next thing I’d be selling to finance buying something else. It is extremely unique as everyone has already pointed out and it has a mind of its own which makes it very difficult to integrate with other instruments. That said, it’s an incredible source for sampling. Just make sure you’re always recording and you’ll always find something usable when listening back.

The way I’ve been using is either as a companion to the 0-Coast as you can see here:

here:


and here:

I’ve also used it create certain pieces that are all built around the Lyra on its own, for example for my band’s latest album it was the main instrument used to create the segues between track and that’s the case for our live performances.

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#40

Soma Enner prototype

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