ASHUN SOUND MACHINES / HydraSynth Explorer

Hydrasynth series from emerging hardware manufacturer ASMH, based in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, California, USA. Equipped with an 8-voice sound source, it is a compact model that uses a middle-sized keyboard and is battery-powered.

ASM Hydrasynth Explorer takes the already legendary synthesizer Hydrasynth to new territory.
Hydrasynth Explorer is equipped with the same 8-voice sound engine as Hydrasynth Keyboard & Desktop, but it is compact and battery-powered.
Although it is a small middle-sized 37-key keyboard, it supports polyphonic aftertouch with the PolyTouch keybed, achieving excellent performance and expressiveness.
An easy-to-use sound engine with the potential for deep and precise sound creation, the well-established WaveScan oscillator, mutator sound shaping, flexible dual filter section, 32-slot modulation matrix, dual insert / master. Composed of effects, we promise that you will be able to enjoy making sounds for the rest of your life.
Equipped with CV / GATE output for easy connection with modular synthesizers, etc., and with USB MIDI and full-size MIDI DIN connectors, you can easily connect to any device without having to prepare a special cable. can do.
It also supports battery operation with eight AA batteries, achieving true mobility on the go.
ASM Hydrasynth Explorer is an all-in-one, extremely powerful, compact synthesizer / controller developed for modern musicians.

■ Features
ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Wave Morphing Synthesizer
8 Voice Digital Wave Morphing Synthesizer
POLYTOUCH? Polyphonic aftertouch, note on / off, velocity-compatible 37-key middle-sized keyboard
Compatible with battery drive (8 AA batteries used: sold separately)
Supports MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression)
Support for micro-tuning with MIDI tuning standard files
Equipped with 3 oscillators equipped with 4 Mutators for each voice
Equipped with one multi-mode filter and one variable LP-BP / Notch-HP filter for each voice
640 program locations with category search function
Supports CV / Gate interconnection
■ Technical specifications
Type: Polyphonic Wave Morphing Synthesizer
Sound engine type: Wave scan
Analog / Digital: Digital
Number of keyboards: 37 Middle-sized keyboards
Keyboard: ASMPOLYTOUCH? Polyphonic aftertouch keyboard, on / off velocity sensitive
Other controllers: Pitch bend, Mod wheel
Polyphony: 8 voices
Number of presets: 640
Oscillator: 3 x Wave Scan Oscillator (219 waveforms), 4 x Mutator Wave Shaper (8 types), Noise (7 types)
Mutator: 8 types (FM-Lin, WaveStack, PW-Orig, PW-Squeeze, PW-ASM, Harmonic Sweep, Hard Sync, PhazDiff)
Noise: 7 types (white, pink, brown, red, blue, violet, gray)
LFO: 5 for each voice (sign, triangle, saw-up, saw-down, square, Pulse27%, Pulse13%, S & H, noise, random, step), tempo syncable, semi-tone lock
Envelope: 5 for each voice, tempo syncable, variable trigger source
Filter type: 1 multimode filter (16 types) and 1 variable LP-BP / Notch-HP filter, serial or parallel routing
Filters: Filter 1 (LP Ldr12, LP Ldr24, LP Fat12, LP Fat24, LP Gate, LP MS20, HP MS20, LP 3-Ler, BP 3-Ler, HP 3-Ler, LP Stn12, BP Stn12, HP Stn12, LP 1 pole, LP 8 pole, Vowe), Filter 2 (LP-BP-HP, LP-Notch-HP)
Effects: 9 insert effects, 5 delays, 4 reverbs.
Effect types: chorus, flanger, rotary, phaser, lo-fi, tremolo, EQ, compressor, distortion, delay, reverb
Arpeggiator: 8 types (up, down, up & down, up / down, order, random, chord, phrase)
Others: Mod Matrix (32 slots), Macro Controller (8), Favorites (32), Randomizer (Patch and Module), MPE compatibility, warm mode, micro tuning
Audio output: 2 x 1/4 "balanced (L / monaural, R)
Headphones: 1 x 1/4 "
USB: 1x type B
MIDI I / O: In / Out
Pedal input: 1 x 1/4 "(sustain)
Other outputs: 5 x 1/8 "outputs (CV, gate, Mod1, Mod2, clock)
Power supply: 12VDC switching power supply
Height: 2.28 "/ 5.8cm
Width: 21.81 "/ 55.4cm
Depth: 9.72 "/ 24.7cm
Weight: 7.63lbs / 3.46kg
MPN: HSMK