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ASM Hydrasynth Digital Polyphonic Desktop Synthesizer
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ASM Hydrasynth Digital Polyphonic Desktop Synthesizer Features
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Desktop synthesizer with 4 velocity sensitive pads
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Made from steel with aluminum side panels and can fit in a 2U rack space
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5 banks of 128 patch memories
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Inputs/Outputs for sustains pedal, Expression pedal, USB, MIDI, Clock, Mods, Gates, and CV
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Includes power supply
About ASM Hydrasynth Digital Polyphonic Desktop Synthesizer
The ASM Hydrasynth Desktop 8-Voice Polyphonic Wave Morphing Synthesizer has the same great sound engine as the Hydrasynth Keyboard. The sound engine is a sound designers dream synth as well as a performing musicians ideal. The sound engine is designed for maximum flexibility. At the same time, we designed the user interface in a way to allow you to edit the patch quickly with a minimal amount of paging and many workflow shortcuts. Utilizing an advanced wavetable synthesis engine, 3 Oscillators, dual Wave Mutators and 2 filters that can be configured in series or parallel, the tone generating capabilities are unmatched. As for the performance capabilities, The Hydrasynth Desktop has 24 polyphonic pressure touch pads so that you can play the unit without needing to connect a keyboard or other controller. Using multiple pad layout modes as well as quick to access scale modes, the Hydrasynth Desktop is easy to make music on. The Hydrasynth Desktop comes with rack ears so that you can mount it in a standard 19" rack. Poly Pressure Touch pads One problem with many desktop or rack synths is that you usually have to connect them to an external controller to play them. The idea behind having a rack or desktop unit you can put anywhere is that it is out of the way. This is fine until you want to start doing some sound editing or adjusting it in real-time. Then you want a way to play it. ASM have included 24 polyphonic pressure sensitive pads that allow you to actually play the synth. With multiple pad layouts to choose from as well as multiple scales, playing the Hydrasynth Desktop is its own musical experience. Oscillators The tone generation capability is the heart of any synthesizer. The 3 oscillators allow you to choose from a selection of 219 single cycle waveforms. Wavemorphing is a feature usually found on synths with preset wave tables. Creating user wavetables is arduous or downright impossible. Unlike most wavetable synths, oscillators 1 & 2 have WAVELIST mode. This mode allows you to pick and choose 8 waves, from the bank of 219, arrange them in the order you want, and then morph from one to another. Mutators Oscillators 1 & 2 are routed into MUTATORS. The Mutators allow you to modulate, bend and sculpt the sound in new (and old) ways. Each MUTANT allows you to choose from the following processes: FM-Linear - for making classic FM sounds. Choose multiple FM sources, including external inputs Wavestack - creates 5 copies of the incoming sound and allows you to set a detune amount Hard Sync - This gives you those classic hard sync sounds. Try hard syncing a morphing wavetable for some fun Pulse Width - This will pulse width modulate ANY input sound PW - Squeeze - This is a different form of pulse width mod that creates a smoother sound PW-ASM - this mode divides the incoming wave into 8 slices and allows you to set how much pulse width mod will happen in each section Harmonic Sweep - this will sweep the harmonics of the incoming sound The Mutant's can also generate its own waveforms in both FM and Sync modes so that you do not have use another oscillator....Of course the routing is flexible so you can choose the other oscillators as mod sources if you like. Mixer/filter routing The 3 Oscillators are fed into a mixer along with the Noise generator and Ring Modulator. The Mixer allows you to mix levels as well as pan the input source. There is a balance control that allows you to choose how much signal of each source is routed to filters 1 and 2. The filters can be set to be parallel or series for ultimate flexibility. Filters If oscillators and tone generators are the heart of a synthesizer, the filters are the soul. The Hydrasynth has two filters that can be configured in series or parallel. The first filter has 11 different filter models, giving you multiple options for tailoring your sound. The second filter is a 12db per octave has a continuous sweep from Low pass to bandpass to high pass, similar to the way the classic SEM filter worked. LFOs Hydrasynth features 5 Low-Frequency Oscillators… yes, 5! Much like the sound engine, the LFOs are not ordinary by any means. The Hydrasynth LFOs feature a STEP mode that allows you to create patterns with up to 8 steps. Having 5 mini step sequencers gives you an amazing amount of possibilities for further shaping your sound. Of course, there are also 10 standard waveforms to choose from. The LFOs all have delay, fade in, 3 triggering modes, smoothing, start phase, one-shot mode so that they can act as envelopes and BPM sync. Envelopes Hydrasynth includes 5 DAHDSR Envelopes. An advanced sound engine needs plenty of modulation sources. The 6-stage envelopes feature Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain and Release stages. The time settings for the stage can be set in seconds or in time divisions, giving you envelopes that play in sync to your song. You can also loop the envelopes to create LFO’s whose shape can be voltage controlled in the modulation matri
