How do you like the Lyra 8?
I usually plug my nord rack in the oto bim and bam and get interesting texture and pads
I would like to get a Lyra 8 but the lack of midi in does not convince me
Love my Lyra-8 but we went through the no-MIDI thing already with another person a few months ago on the Lyra thread. He was very vocal about how limited and lacking it was because of no MIDI, just kept posting and posting even though his rants were not going to make MIDI magically appearā¦ then he ended up buying one anyway. Musos are crazyā¦
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Canāt you just buy a midi to cv converter?
People have already run CV into the CV input(s), with mixed results. Their reports are on the Lyra thread.
Thereās so many other synths you can sequence though. Would not recommend Lyra if you donāt want to play it hands-on.
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Interestingly reading along with this. I love trying out gear and not afraid of selling it off again for similar price if it doesnāt suit me. What would you say is a nice price where Iād have to pick one up to try?
itās nice to have sid synths in the studio. itās also nice to have a load of point clicks to play when my ears are tired 
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Yes I agree- it is not a huge problem the lack of midi, it is more linked to what I really need to add to my music - I donāt see Lyra8 as an essential tool, more like something you would use occasionally
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I tend to use the Lyra 8 more and more as a sort of underlying background rumble/drone running though some additional fx, which I can fade in and out of my tracksā¦
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Feel free to share your experiences here:
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ha ha ha ha Mr. Kitty 
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Put a shelf in, got a rack. FINALLY got the synths into the patchbay (in addition the the mic pres)
Threw some pedals in the patchbay too! You know, to actually use the ones not on the pedalboard a lot more!
Oh yeah, Morphagene is happening! My first actual non-semi-modular module.
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How are those Warm pres? How do they compare to the Clarett ones?
Thereās no comparison, really. The claretts are fine for most synths and such. My sax mics are way crisper through the WA. You can also overdrive them with the input for some squeezy goodness on synths, mics, whatever.
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Good to know. Between the three pres I have (Clarett, Onyx, iConnectivity) The Claretts are by far the the cleanest and fastest. Agree that there is not much colorfulness in them. What mics are you running through the Warm?
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I bought a CB Mood and have been ramping instruments through it to add texture to my tracks
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Mint condition, barely touched Roland TB-03. Been wanting one of these puppies for a few years and finally jumped on it. Pretty much an impulse buy at the moment because the price was so good. Guy I bought it off of said he used it only a handful of times and just didnāt gel with his work flow. He was mostly in the box with Ableton. Might ditch my SH01A as I have too much gear now.
Intention - Acid sounds
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I swear Iām not a WA shill, but Iāve been loving the WA87 on my sax, vocals, and as a mono drum overhead.
Regular mix of mics:
Beta 57
Audix D6
RE20 
EV 468 is great on cabs and the horn for more aggressive stuff right on the bell
SM57s, of course. They sound wild with a lot of gain and lowering the output.
Nothing too impressive in the small pile of mics. Thatās off the top of my head. Iāve really made that WA87 quite a worker bee.
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I get around the midi limitations by making long Lyra samples on the SP-16ā¦ then I can loop those and do things like LFO to filter to make them evolve even more. Also breaking Lyra samples up into short noise bursts to sequence rhythmically can be really interesting.
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Weāre moving soon, and Iām not 100% sure how many rooms the new house is going to have yet (as we havenāt decided on the house yet 
) I decided to downscale my studio to āMicroā status until the move is complete, then expand from there if space permits. Sold off my larger items, and acquired the Minilogue XD and Typhon to accompany my Digitakt. Iāll grab a pic of the happy trio once the Typhon arrives in a few days.
For now, itās appropriated images.
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You can run an XD off of a USB battery pack, btw. 
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