Yeah. Except the desktop is much heavier and bulkier. This would be smaller overall I think
It did make sense with the Opsix. Those keys were trash, but the new desktop modules are so much better because the cut Opsix was still as wide as the original, obviously. Kind of an awkward shape, so it’s a good point you make
I don’t think I’d do it because I love the keys but it is interesting
I’d like to see some hydra tips and tricks. Is there an existing thread for that or is this the one? Someone needs to do an oscillator sink style deep dive the way he made filterbanks and physical modelling strings wirh the Opsix. Still up in the air about whether or not I’d prefer the modwave desktop over the hydra explorer but I just got the Explorer a couple days ago, giving it another chance and it’s making me pretty happy this time around
I like embracing the versatile tone, dirtying it up with slight pw-asm, some Lin-fm, bit reduction, post filter drive, and heavy ring mod levels with mutant combinations. Modulating macros in the matrix set to a bunch of arp parameters can be very satisfying too.
It’s nice having a synth that’s clean enough to fit anywhere but can also have whatever character you patch into it. The only thing I struggle with currently is getting Roland style filtering out of it. Was trying to emulate some heavily filtered JP-8080 supersaw plucks from 2:05 here:
and I just don’t think the hydra filters can achieve that sort of cutoff character.
But as someone proved to me on another forum where I tried to emulate a Juno 6 sound with a take-5, it’s likely just my lack of ability with a given synth to get those beautifully characteristic tones from roland synths out of a relatively simple patch from the synths I own