Just want to salute @Jukka and say thanks for always sharing your knowledge, methods, and insights on the Hydra. Much appreciated. If I ever understand it even 1/2 as well as you do, I’ll be pretty stoked. Until then… the experimenting continues, and the beeps keep goin.
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FWIW’s the few stores with preorder listings for both the Deluxe and Explorer have them listed as shipping between Nov 14 and Nov 25.
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@Jukka ´s got 21% of the posts here.
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Longtime lurker affirming that @Jukka is indeed the man.
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Great, now I want BBC enunciation lessons.
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Aw man, I missed an appearance by Ken of ASM at the local shop.
Ain’t that Explorer adorable tho?
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playout is good
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No you don’t 
Good in the video:
At around 11:00 Nick shows how in Multi-mode you can continue to play one side without interruption and change the patch playing on the other. He says that he couldn’t find a way to change one side at a time via MIDI PC though – i wonder if this is the last word on that ?
ADDED: Someone should tell Nick to use Browse Favorites in Multi-mode for changing patches. There is a section of the manual specifically on that starting on page 29.
Obviously two HSKs together have no problem with a MIDI PC applied to one at a time.
Immediately after that at 12:00 Nick plays two different arpeggiators together at the same time in Multi-mode. The performance possibilities of this is immediately apparent, especially with the use of the Hydrasynth’s extended arpeggiator sequences.
Two HSKs can do this too. ( You see me debating with myself the pros and cons of two HSKs vs one HSLX. )
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I would love to do HSK+HSD 
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HS-Deluxe with HS-Desktop on the shelf-end.
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That’s right J3RK, you sold your HSK didn’t you ?
The two new HSs have really shaken things up.
The Explorer is only $200 cheaper than the HSD, but a big 25% less, and many people ( not all ) will see it as a better match for their needs. Close to an impulse buy price for many, so I’d expect a lot of new buyers.
Anyone else making changes ?
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No….love mine. But it may need a desktop to go with.
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Indeed! Just waiting for availability on the Deluxe. I’m in synth building mode right now, so it’s the perfect time to be between Hydras. I’m planning to stick an M on the end (if it fits).
Hey Jukka,
as i`m a HSD user since a while i come back to this thread regularly. Excuse a personal question, but as you are very informed and also enthusiastic about the Hydra, here and in some other threads, i wonder if you are in any kind affiliated with ASM? In some of our posts one could interpret some market research for ASM/userbase scanning? You mind telling something about this ? (idk if this came up before)
These new versions have only reassured me that I made the right choice with the HS KB.
Goldilocks zone, for my needs. Not too big, not too small.
I like having full sized keys but also the additional env and lfo dedicated controls that I tend to reach for while the screen is just about always on a different page of parameters.
Bitimbral would be fun, but this is a studio board for me so I don’t mind multitracking the single instrument. If I did feel inclined to add another 8+ voices, I think it would better to do so with a Peak, or Rev2 module. For the variety.
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I added this to the banner post of this thread.
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@jukka maybe they SHOULD employ you… 
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