and Desktop out of stock 
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Let the wild speculations begin… 
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The mild speculation is a small upgrade to give the regular HS keyboard MIDI Note-Off velocity. I’ve been expecting that since the Deluxe and Explorer came out, and more surprised it hasn’t already happened.
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Very impressed with this. The oscillators sound like something from an esoteric eurorack module and filters sound spot on. It’s got heaps of character and can be quite grungy (in a good way) but can do regular analog sounding stuff. It’s closest I’ve felt to having a modular synth in a box.
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You ever owned a Rat pedal?
Hooked one up to my Hydra and it’s surprisingly very musical cranked all the way up.
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I have the Valco KGB Dist which is based on Rat, however was my patch not distorted enough? 
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Oh I have an original rat, one of the new ones and a JHS rat pack, a monster… I will try to connect it to my hydra, thanks!!!
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Can you ever have too much distortion?
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Kinda, but also - it’s possible to mimic the sound of certain pedals and/or make things sound completely broken on the Hydra, so I have no complaints. I would never say “no” to more distortion types on the Hydra, though 
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sick sound from just now
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Latest sounds from my Hydrasynth, using the mutants to make some harsh sounds or add a little bit of grit and noise to some pad sounds.
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Wonderful patch, friendo 
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Did you btw swap the Desktop version for the Explorer, or is it an addition?
I sold the desktop a while back and then realised that was a mistake. Liked the form factor of the Explorer but I do miss the extra screens of the desktop.
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LOVE those sideband formant components! Is that a ring mod, or just a byproduct of bit depth and frequency?
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Thank you! No Ring mod or Bit depth reduction was used. Also no Filters or Envelopes, but four LFOs I’ve latched a note and then changed parameters of the Mutants. It’s mostly FM plus a simple PW-ASM …
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Ah! FM would have been my next choice, but there was a certain component to it that just didn’t quite sound that way.
Nice!
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Yeah I had the Explorer for a short while and thought the lack of buttons and screens were a lackluster. Had I not tried the Desktop first, however, I think I’d be perfectly happy with it. I really loved the size, the keybed and the darker design, though. What a wonderful machine.
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was too long/big file to upload it here, so i threw it on soundcloud. Started with init and then did things Unfortunately, bad use of reverb (makes it sound like I held a mic to a speaker). But some interesting parts, like the ending.
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