Can anyone elucidate me on what comes out of the pitch cv when using micro tuning scales on the desktop version in arp mode?
For a friend 
gentlemenā¦
IM BACK
this is a little biteyā¦a lot bitey. shit playing, not a tune. I was just playing with making sounds.
this poop is Hydra+Peak, Hydra playing Peak at the same time. poly aftertouchā¦ive missed you.
im just randomly playing shitā¦
saving pennies here and there, not driving [thank you covid] skipping lunches blah blah blahā¦I got back in. and I can confirm, this one is better than my first. bass, actually audible volume. 
two things Iāve found with the Hydra thoā¦
1 - MAKE SURE your USB cable is seated properly. even slightly on an angle going in will introduce noise.
2 - I put a dynamic compressor knocking down some of the midā¦and damn. werks for me anyways.
adding thisā¦made this sound real quick, just Hydra. [stoked 
]
full bite mode in effect. [I updated thisā¦think its better ]
15 Likes
Welcome back sir.
1 Like
one moreā¦
5 Likes
That sounds really good. I need to make a track thatās more centered around the Hydra. I usually have it on pad and effects duties. Iāll have to design some up-front sorts of sounds on it.
2 Likes
Hydra is amazing on leads. I just did a track that I canāt share online yet, but the basic use of the Hydra was it was the lead melody part. If I just played that melody over and over it would have gotten tired after 16 bars, but using the Hydras macros I was able to change the timbre of the sound in many ways outside of just the usual filter/decay/res. So yeah, highly recommend it for leads because you can control the intensity of your track with a good lead and the right macros mapped to the knobs.
4 Likes
Yaā¦this one I have sounds sick. I was super bummed with the initial one I got.
But listening to stuff Iāve done with it in my car sounds so good. Iām super happy with this thing. Getting what I hoped I was gonna get out of it. That first one was definitely a dud.
If I ever get a freakin job, I hope to pair this thing up with an OB-6. š„²
1 Like
My Hydrasynth desktop showed up today and my initial thought is that saying āthis thing is built very wellā is a massive understatementā¦I read those words so many times when researching this synth and eventually had built up a very high expectation for what would be showing upā¦ I thought I knew what GOOD pots felt likeā¦. I thought my gauge for a ātop notch buildā was pretty informed and well calibrated. āIāve played around on plenty of different synths, I know where the standard should be setāā¦ā¦ I thought.ā¦.And then I heaved the hydrasynth from its box for the first time, turned a single knob, and quite literally laughed out loud at my foolish self.
It was one of those things where I didnāt know enough to know that I didnāt really know much, ya know?
Iāve genuinely never owned anything with this level of care/thought placed into every little detailā¦
The build quality and component selection are like remnants from a different era. I couldnāt be happier.
Also, these stickers are dope.
Double also, obviously it sounds amazing but Iāll spare everybody here with my āinitial thoughts pt.2 (where I finally cleaned up the drool and powered this thing on).ā
11 Likes
one feature I wish the Hydra had wasā¦MORE space for presets. I find Iām making so many cool sounds, I wanna have em all on there. its so sickā¦im getting all kinds of cool shit on this thing
2 Likes
Youāre really cranking āem out if youāve eaten all 640 slots already. Iām with you though youāve got to use the Patch Manager.
NOTE TO ALL: You probably should save a bank of EMPTY patches into the Patch Manager (along with Factory A, B & C) before you get too far. Iāve stored an empty bank somewhere up thread, but itās an FAQ.
4 Likes
I havenāt overwritten anything from A B at this point. And Iāve been using the manager to shift shit around. But with this thing we should have banks up to aboutā¦I dunno, Z hahahaha.
4 Likes
Itās been around 9 months since I sold my Hydrasynth desktopā¦ I have to say it was the biggest mistake I made (and all over NRPN) lolā¦ well Ivāe decided that at the end of this month I shall order another one and it will be a keeper.
I will program a bank of sounds for this once I get it I may even add the KB version at Christmas.
I still say itās all @Jukka fault that Iām missing this thing 
2 Likes
Thatās funny. Iām planning to get the keys as well. Love my desktop, but I really want the keys as well. Iāll probably have to wait until December also (bonuses at work). I distilled my setup so much, that I donāt have anything expendable to sell in order to pick one up. 
1 Like
Hi rob_lee ā Good to see you here again.
I remember it seemed like it was practically the same week you sold yours (to Peter wasnāt it?) that ASM announced the firmware update 1.5 where they added the Macro controls as destinations for the Mod_Matrix. I remember thinking that would fix rob_leeās problem ā NRPN can definitely be a challenge in some situations, though it has itās advantages.
Well now youāll really know what youāre buying, thatās always a hard thing to do.
Weāll see what wonderful new synth gets announced the week after your new HS arrives. Maybe even something new from ASM ?
Time to time i imagine the new ASM product.
1 Like
Yeah I sold it after a week, not fair really I should have gave it a chance. The sound of the synth itself knocked me for six itās amazing. Iām scaling down on gear here and Hydrasynth is just too good not to have. I have a Faderfox EC4 here works no problem with NPRPN on my DSI Mopho but it doesnāt matter I always regretted selling the Hydrasynth desktop Jukka. Iāll definitely end up with both the desktop and keyboard at some point this year but first I will get the desktop end of this month.
I will probably make a sound bank for it as other projects are done for now.
One thing i like is how easy it is to modify an existing patch to specially adapt it to some specific need. You can usually add stuff around the outside to the Mod-Matrix or Macro controls to customize things in a way that works that little bit better for you. Of course as phaelam is finding too, you can make new patches forever, iām always wonder when is enough ?
1 Like
Just found a desktop for Ā£719 gbp I will grab it if some of my stuff sells on here Jukka
1 Like
Ouchā¦
1 Like
I re-got the keys. Kept eyeing the desktop, but PolyAfter Tās with the keys werks so well with other stuff, I had to. It takes the Peak from sweet, to super sweet.
I think the extra buckers for the keys is worth it.
1 Like
PT = Polyphonic Aftertouch?