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ASM Hydrasynth Keyboard

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ASM Hydrasynth Keyboard
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A Swiss Knife Army in a virtual reality
Oubys 24.12.2021
This thing is capable of the most demanding sounddesign in digital synth synthesis.
This is a great sum of all things in digital synthesis throughout history. There is some Waldorf Wave architecture imbedded, there is Yamaha DX7 style of FM synthesis with slightly different agents, I hear even the Korg Prophecy lurking around. And, oh, the Prophet VS with it’s wave-morphing abilities are here reused in very smart wavescanning modalities.

However, my personal experience teaches me the lack of sonic warmth. It can sound lush, yes, there is a mixer and effects you can adjust your sound in a proper stereofield, but I can’t feel the sound in a way to respond to it properly in a performance. Everything seems to sound very determined and thight, almost calculated.
It sounds like a sonic laboratory. A sonic lab experiment done right here. Despite the wonderful poly aftertouch and all mod fx to make it organic, it feels like you are in a virtual reality. It’s there but it’s not really there.

Conclusion: For those seeking in extended sound design the Hydrasynth can cover a lot of your needs, if not all of them. A beast. For a bang in the bucket, really. There is no other synth with such capabilities for this price class.
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A matter of taste, but...
RobSt 25.04.2024
Everything about this synth is brilliant, but I found the sound a bit 'icy', 'glassy' and 'flangy', for lack of a better description - no matter what mutator I selected.

Within a week I found myself reaching for my good ol' Minilogue, to work out a sound I was looking for (and I succeeded), which was a sign the Hydra might not be the right synth for me.

Surely I've only scratched the surface of this synth, but I think I'm sticking to analogue, from now on. (If only there was a Minilogue with the modmatrix of the Hydra...)
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Amazing learning tool
From Film To Code 23.11.2021
The hype is real with this. What has impressed me the most are the software updates they have made adding multiple new features not just fixing bugs. Also the layout and when I use it to learn about music synthesis, everything and the signal path is very clear and intuitive.
I don't really use the top right controls since I use the synth at home but I can see their usefulness in a live setting.
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Incredible
dontgodcj 08.12.2022
Truly an amazing synth. Tons of modulation options. Sky is the limit!
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ASM Hydrasynth Keyboard