Different but I also thought about it, while trying Mutants that would be the closest. You can randomize the 8 warps and use a Macro or else to modulate the Mutant…
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The “Harmon” wavetables, as the name implies, offer 23 harmonics which then can be blended, maybe of help.
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PW-Squeez with a Ratio of 0.5 or 0.250 is kinda Wavefoldery …
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I have no tips to contribute, but just wanted to say that I demo’d this recently and the sound quality frickin floored me. Almost bought the Hydrasynth Explorer, but went for the Minifreak instead bc I had already had my eye on it.
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One thing that intrigues me about the Hydrasynth is the inspiration behind creating it. In the article below, Glen Darcey discusses some of the sources of inspiration that went into the HS. He mentions the Prophet T8 as the inspiration behind the Polytouch keyboard, not the Yamaha CS80. He also lists several other synths, mostly hardware but also software.
One thing he didn’t seem to know is that tempo-based envelopes already existed in the Emu Proteus 2000 series modules. I also seem to remember programmable step based LFOs from somewhere… anyone know? 
Probably linked to before but here’s the article.
Other interesting UI bits include the LED rings from Nord Modular (and the Macros remind me of parameter morphs from the Nord synths), the multi-knob display from Oberheim Matrix12/Expander - and as mentioned upthread, the module selection buttons from Ensoniq ESQ 1.
Great ideas, all of them, and so nice to see them all in one place.
Obviously I’m not accusing anyone of stealing, just so that’s clear. Sharing of ideas is what progress is all about.
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it’s Apple’s business model 
Thank you for the article and the thinking behind all this!
Without our ancesters knowledge, Hydrasynth would be…an acoustic marimba with a pedal to morph it to a xylophone ? 
Btw I’d like to have/make one…
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Just pulled the trigger on a desktop! Had my eye out for awhile and one just came up on Reverb in excellent shape at a decent price! Can’t wait to make some crazy sounds on this thing.
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Same! Got mine today, so excited but yo the power cable is wayy to short lol
How short? The ones that came with both my DT and Explorer aren’t too shabby, much better than the power supplies from some other companies. So it’s possible it’s not the ASM one. Or their bean counters are making pointless savings.
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It’s like about a meter, maybe a little less. The pads on mine are very very hard to activate I feel like I will break my fingers trying to play it.
The adjustments on System Setup 3 changes this.
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Which ones exactly? I only see/find AT and VEL curves but that isn’t exactly the issue with mine, it’s the actual trigger threshold seems very high, feels like it need to hit the pads really hard to get a note and it also releases very easily so I seem to often lose notes in chords.
Not sure. I was thinking the Velocity Curve.
You could try reducing the Aftertouch Offset value.
I only have a keyboard version, so no experience with the pads myself.
I did spend time adjusting these values to get them to feel right for me, and wrote them down.
Explorer’s adapter cable is particularly long: around 3 meters !
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Yeah, over here.
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If still nothing comes out from Superbooth 2024, I’m just gonna call ASM = A Synth Manufacturer.
ah thank you. guess i shoulda searched
Hi I just added a Hydra Explorer to my DT / DN & A42 set up - this ‘too slow to play first note if you have a PC command as well as a Note Trig to the Hydra’ is driving me mad - like you and @quadk I have had to add a Trigless Trig PC on step 15 of the previous pattern to get it to play a Note trig on step 1 of the next pattern… I wish I’d seen this thread before buying the Hydra tbh… as it is super annoying…
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It’s unfortunate. Blofeld is really fast in that concern. I even used a drum kit controlled by program changes for each sound with it.