ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe HSLX Demo

Description

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The HYDRASYNTH DELUXE is the flagship Hydrasynth, offering a dual sound engine setup and the largest ASM PolyTouch polyphonic aftertouch keybed to date. The user interface is designed with the utmost attention to detail and offers a rapid workflow

Each of the two sound engines features 3 Oscillators, dual Wave Mutators and 2 filters, that can be configured in series or parallel. Both of the sound engines has its own separate balanced analog audio outputs. The tone generating capabilities are simply unmatched.

As for the performance capabilities, The HYDRASYNTH DELUXE has our proprietary 73-note Polytouch keybed that offers polyphonic aftertouch over each note, giving you the type of expressive control found only in certain vintage synths.

Add to this a 4 octave ribbon controller and ergonomically designed pitch and mod wheels and you have expression and control that is not equaled in any other hardware synthesizer on the market… Today or ever.

Features
ASM Polytouch 73-note semi-weighted keybed, allowing both ON/OFF velocity and aftertouch as well as full polyphonic aftertouch.
High quality, standard sized keys
3 oscillators with a selection of 219 single cycle waveforms
WAVELIST mode – pick and choose 8 waves from a bank of 219, arrange them in any order and then morph from one to another
Mutators allow you to modulate, bend and sculpt the sound in new (and old) ways
8 Mutator functions: FM-Linear, Wavestack, Hard Sync, Pulse Width, PW Squeeze, PW-ASM, Harmonic Sweep and PhazDiff
2 filters that can be configured in series or parallel
First filter has 16 different filter models
LFOs feature a STEP mode that allows you to create patterns with up to 64 steps
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
5x DAHDSR Envelopes feature Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain and Release stages
32 user definable modulation routings
Almost everything in the synth engine can be a modulation destination including the effects and arpeggiator
Supports the standard voltages for Eurorack modulars, the 1.2V per octave Buchla standard, as well as some of the Japanese Volts>HZ products
8 banks of 128 patches (Single mode), 256 factory patches

Specifications

PHYSICAL SPECS
Chassis Construction: All metal; steel top and bottom, aluminum side panels
Number of keys: 73 Standard sized keys
Keybed: PolyTouch Semi-weighted
Aftertouch: Polyphonic aftertouch
Velocity Sensitive: yes
Other Controllers: 4 octave (67 cm, 26.4″) Ribbon controller, Pitch bend, Mod Wheel
– Theremin mode – triggers envelopes and plays pitch, continuous pitch or choose from multiple scales
Polyphony: 16 notes
8 banks of 128 patches in SINGLE mode
5 banks of 128 MULTI mode patches
CV gate input and outputs
– Support multiple CV/GATE standards
– Clock in and out: 1PPS, 2PPQ, 24PPQ, 48 PPQ

MIDI I/O: In/Out/Thru/USB
Expression pedal input: 1 x 1/4″
Sustain pedal input: 1 x 1/4″
DC input jack
USB port: 1 x Type B
Supports USB MIDI In/Out

SOUND PATH SPECS
16 Voice Advanced Wavetable synthesis
2 Wavemorphing Oscillators
– 219 single cycle waveforms
– User wavetables – 8 user selectable ‘wavelist’ per osc to build user wavetables
1 fixed Wave OSC
– 219 single cycle waveforms
Dual Mutators per oscillator
Noise Generator with 7 noise sources
Ring modulator
– Selectable input sources
– Depth control
Sound source mixer: Mix the following sources – OSC1, OSC2, OSC3, Noise, and Ring Mod
Two Filters
– Series or parallel routing

MODULATION SPECS
5x Low Frequency Oscillators
5x Envelope Generators
Matrix modulation
– 32 slots for source-destination mod routings with amount
8x Macro knobs and buttons
– Each macro knobs allows positive and negative of up to 8 destination controls
Arpeggiator
– 8 modes
– Octave Range: 1,2,3,4
– Play Order, Swing, Gate time, Ratchet (repeats notes), and Chance (sets how often the ratchet takes place)

EFFECTS
Delay (5): Mono, Stereo, Panning, LCR, Reverse
Reverb (4): Hall, Room, Plate, Cloud
Pre- and Post-effects (9): Chorus, Flanger, Rotary, Phaser, Lo-Fi, Tremolo, EQ, Compressor (with side chain), Distortion

Dimensions: 1131 x 359 x 119 mm (44.5″ x 14.1″ x 4.7″)
Weight: 13.5 kg (29.8 lbs)