ASHUN SOUND MACHINES / HydraSynth Desktop

The Hydrasynth series from Ashun Sound Machines (ASM), a new hardware manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California, USA and Hong Kong, is a sound module equipped with the same sound engine as the HYDRASYNTH Keyboard.

　Sound Generator Section

- Maximum Polyphony: 8 voices
- Number of Patches: 128 tones
- Number of Banks: 5 banks

- Basic Waveforms: 219 types
- Wavetable: Yes
- User Waveforms: 8

- Ring Modulation: Yes
- Noise Generator: Yes (White, Pink, Brown)
- Hard Sync: Yes
- PWM: Yes
- FM: Yes

　Filter Section

- Number of Filters: 2 (Serial/Parallel)
- Ladder: Yes (12 & 24dB)
- State Variable: Yes
- Formant: Yes

Modulator

- LFO: 5 units (10 waveforms)
- Envelope Generator: 5 units (DAHDSR)
- Modulation Matrix: Yes (32 slots)

Control Section

- Ribbon Controller: Yes (4 octave)

Control Input

- Sustain Pedal: Yes (Automatic Polarity Detection)
- Expression Pedal: Yes
- CV-IN: Yes

- CV-OUT: Yes
- GATE-OUT: Yes

Arpeggiator

- Mode: 8 types (Up, Down, Up/Down, Up&Down, Random, Note Order, Chord, Pattern)

Effects

- Compressor: Yes
- Equalizer: Yes

- Chorus: Yes
- Flanger: Yes
- Rotary: Yes
- Tremolo: Yes
- Lo-Fi: Yes

- Analog: Yes
- Tape Echo: Yes
- Ping-Pong: Yes
- Pitch Shift: Yes
- Reverse: Yes
- Filter: Yes

- Hall: Yes
- Room: Yes
- Plate: Yes

- IN terminal: Yes
- OUT terminal: Yes
- THRU: Yes
- USB-MIDI: Yes (IN/OUT)

Main unit

- Width: 44cm
- Height: 7cm
- Depth: 22.3cm
- Weight: 3.6kg

Power supply

- Power supply: DC

External connectivity

- USB: Yes