ASM Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units
Limited Edition
ASM presents the orange Hydrasynth Explorer, a globally limited special edition of 888 units of the popular mini synth.
In a compact and portable housing (battery-operated if needed), the Hydrasynth Explorer features 8-voice sound generation from the Hydrasynth Keyboard and Desktop. The smaller PolyTouch® keyboard with 37 keys offers the same polyphonic aftertouch as the larger sibling models.
Despite its small size, it provides excellent playability and expressiveness. The extremely flexible yet easy-to-use sound engine impresses with its renowned WaveScan oscillators, Mutator waveshaping, a flexible dual-filter section, a 32-slot modulation matrix, and two insert effects and two master effects. Additionally, CV/GATE outputs are included, allowing for easy integration of the Hydrasynth Explorer into a modular system. The features are rounded off with USB-MIDI and full-size MIDI-DIN connections, eliminating the need to juggle adapter cables, which is common with mini synths. A clever detail is that the Hydrasynth Explorer can also be powered by 8x AA batteries, making it ideal for mobile use on the go.
Features:
- Limited special edition with colored housing (orange)
- Digital wavemorphing synthesizer
- 37 “Medium Size” keys
- High-quality PolyTouch® keyboard including velocity sensitivity and aftertouch
- 8 voices, monotimbral
- Fully polyphonic aftertouch
- High-quality and robust housing
- Arpeggiator including ratchet, chance, gate time, and swing (8 modes)
- 3 oscillators with 219 single-cycle waveforms
- WaveScan parameters to modulate through wavetables
- Wavelist mode for crossfading between up to 8 wavetables
- 8 user-defined wavelists per oscillator
- Mixer including noise generator and ring modulator
- 2 filters (serial or parallel)
- Filter 1 with 11 different filter models (12 & 24 dB ladder, vintage ladder, HP, LP, vocal, etc.)
- Filter 2: 12 dB (SEM style) per octave including continuous sweep from low-pass to band-pass to high-pass
- Oscillators 1 and 2 each have 2 mutants including FM-linear, Wavestack™, hard sync, pulse width, PW squeeze, PW ASM, harmonic sweep
- Modulation matrix
- 32 user-configurable modulation routings
- 5 DAHDSR envelopes
- 5 LFOs (including sine, triangle, square, saw up, saw down, S&H, low random, noise, pulse width, etc.)
- LFOs include delay, fade in, 3 trigger modes, smoothing, start phase, one-shot mode
- 5 banks with 128 patches each
- 256 factory patches
- CV/Gate inputs and outputs
- 8 high-resolution encoders including LED rings
- OLED displays
- Patch macros
- Support for all common CV/GATE standards
- V-trig, S-trig: 3.5 and 10 volts
- 1 volt per octave +/-5V, 1 volt per octave 0-10V, Hz to volt +/-5V, Hz to volt 0-10V
- Clock input and output (1 PPS, 2 PPQ, 24 PPQ, 48 PPQ)
- Clock voltage: –3, 5, 10, and 10 volts
- USB (USB MIDI In/Out)
- MIDI IN/OUT
- PC/MAC-based patch manager plugin
- Pre- and post-effects for unique sound processing
- Delay & Reverb
- Sustain pedal input (automatic polarity detection)
- Operates via external 12 volt power supply (included) or 8x AA batteries
- Dimensions: 554 x 247 x 58 mm
- Weight: 3460 g
- Color: orange