Hardware Synths

LYRA-8

by SOMA Laboratory

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Review: LYRA-8 explained // SOMA LABS · loopop

An analogue synthesiser by Vlad Kreimer with eight voice generators grouped in four pairs, playable in organ or FM mode, plus a two-signal 'Hyper LFO', a cross-feedback modulated delay and a distortion stage at the end of the chain.

How to use it in horror

Hold several touch-plate voices with slow attack, push the delay feedback until the lines resonate against each other, and record a few minutes of evolving, slightly unstable drone to sit under a scene of mounting unease.