soma pulsar 23
- KVRAF
- 1987 posts since 29 Apr, 2010 from NYC
i dont normally get excited over drum machines (leploop being about the only one), but i really like somas take on things...and this is no exception.
this looks very inspiring and creative to me.....a bit too rich for my blood though unfortunately.
https://somasynths.com/pulsar-23/
this looks very inspiring and creative to me.....a bit too rich for my blood though unfortunately.
https://somasynths.com/pulsar-23/
- addled muppet weed
- 111327 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
im not big on the whole drums thing, i think rhythm is a passing fad 
but as for soma!
well built gear and nice folks to deal with
but as for soma!
well built gear and nice folks to deal with
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WatchTheGuitar WatchTheGuitar https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=440193
- KVRAF
- 13256 posts since 30 Apr, 2019
Bloody hell this thing looks amazing from the SonicState Nick Batt hands on I just watched
Shame I can't afford it and it's too big for me to easily fit into my home studio
Shame I can't afford it and it's too big for me to easily fit into my home studio
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1987 posts since 29 Apr, 2010 from NYC
yeah, thats pretty much my mantra when it comes to soma labs. id really REALLY like to get my hands on a lyra 8.
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
Seeing posts like this makes me a little embarrassed to admit that I have a Lyra-8, Pulsar-23, Pipe, and they’re making me a Dvina as we speak. Yes, I’ve turned into a bit of a Soma fanboy. Either that or it’s just my obsessive compulsive Pokémon syndrome.chaosWyrM wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 8:59 pmyeah, thats pretty much my mantra when it comes to soma labs. id really REALLY like to get my hands on a lyra 8.
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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- KVRAF
- 3080 posts since 17 Apr, 2005 from S.E. TN
I'm not into "hard core electronica" or whatever it would be called but really like the sounds that box makes. Old analog drumboxes generally leave me cold but this is in a different league than 808 or whatever.
I mean, won't be buying one but maybe would be ideal drums to accompany some dude seriously abusing a Polivoks.
I do like some electronica. Ferinstance Kraftwerk is more addictive than Big Mac burgers. That thar soma pulsar-2 drums would work great in Kraftwerk schtick.
Seems a reaal nice box.
I mean, won't be buying one but maybe would be ideal drums to accompany some dude seriously abusing a Polivoks.
Seems a reaal nice box.
- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
:fart: Sorry for the GAS, people :fart:
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Friendly Noise Friendly Noise https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=466625
- KVRist
- 189 posts since 25 May, 2020
I can only agree: the Pulsar 23 is close to perfection.
- KVRAF
- 3821 posts since 20 Apr, 2005
I'm not against a drum machine having no sequencer, but can't really work out what this is aiming to be.Friendly Noise wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:01 pm I can only agree: the Pulsar 23 is close to perfection.
It's so open in its sounds design that a lot of soundsbit makes are not really drum sounds at all, but weird glitchy bleeps.
Seems it has some decent drum sounds in it but seems a bit too open for what I'd want in a drum machine. It's almost more a weird synth for bleepy hits...
It does sound nice, but, for me, too complex for a drum box. I used to have a vermona DRM, which I regret parting with, that was a simpler similar thing.
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- KVRist
- 189 posts since 25 May, 2020
I guess the problem with the Pulsar 23 is that it defies any definition. It can be 100% drum machine, but it can be also 100% “a soundtrack in a box”._leras wrote: Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:08 amI'm not against a drum machine having no sequencer, but can't really work out what this is aiming to be.Friendly Noise wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:01 pm I can only agree: the Pulsar 23 is close to perfection.
It's so open in its sounds design that a lot of soundsbit makes are not really drum sounds at all, but weird glitchy bleeps.
Seems it has some decent drum sounds in it but seems a bit too open for what I'd want in a drum machine. It's almost more a weird synth for bleepy hits...
It does sound nice, but, for me, too complex for a drum box. I used to have a vermona DRM, which I regret parting with, that was a simpler similar thing.
- addled muppet weed
- 111327 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
if you want a standard drum machine, or a standard anything, do not look at soma._leras wrote: Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:08 amI'm not against a drum machine having no sequencer, but can't really work out what this is aiming to be.Friendly Noise wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:01 pm I can only agree: the Pulsar 23 is close to perfection.
It's so open in its sounds design that a lot of soundsbit makes are not really drum sounds at all, but weird glitchy bleeps.
Seems it has some decent drum sounds in it but seems a bit too open for what I'd want in a drum machine. It's almost more a weird synth for bleepy hits...
It does sound nice, but, for me, too complex for a drum box. I used to have a vermona DRM, which I regret parting with, that was a simpler similar thing.
i say that, as someone who loves their work, but it's not the normal shit!
they make beautiful tools/toys but they are more for the experimental folk
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- KVRist
- 189 posts since 25 May, 2020
Some “standard” sounds here:
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Friendly Noise Friendly Noise https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=466625
- KVRist
- 189 posts since 25 May, 2020
It’s hard to describe the Pulsar with few words…
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Friendly Noise Friendly Noise https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=466625
- KVRist
- 189 posts since 25 May, 2020
Finally: drum sounds from the Pulsar 23.
