SOMA Lyra-8 White Angel

This synthesizer is nothing like anything else I've tried. It's interface design and build quality is absolutely flawless, and the nature of the machine makes playing it an extremely attentive practice. The YouTuber Loopop made a video about it, and describes how he feels like the need for a cigarette after playing it, and that he doesn't even smoke. I reckon that this is due to the fact that it's a sensitive instrument, with a simple interface, but an incredibly large timbral palette. Very few moves has to be made, before you're in a completely different sonic territory. This means, that with care, some very beautiful and subtle modulations can be achieved, which in turn makes the player listen actively to what they play.
When it comes to the design, the instrument it symmetrically laid out with two main sections. The top knobs control each set of four oscillators, and this pattern repeats itself, as the
SHARP and MOD parameter, controls each set of two oscillators. This makes the instrument extremely easy to comprehend. I've had my cousins kids (age 3 & 6) play it, and they played it for half an hour without getting bored. JUST GET IT OK.

This is a truly amazing instrument - sounds like nothing else and is very expressive.
Five stars in general, but I take one star away from the features because of its fairly limited possibilities. Don´t get me wrong - there is many sounds in this beast, but they also tend to be in kind of the same sphere.
I also take one star away from the sound, only because I would have liked it to be stereo. However, that is of course easily solved but applying FX.
Vlad Kreimer and Soma Laboratories are one of he most interesting creators of synths in the noisy end of the spectrum. Check out somasynths.com and read about all the other instruments and about Vlads thoughts and intentions - inspiring!!