User Manual

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There are words in orange letters under two of the buttons: EDIT and SUSTAIN. These are used with
the [SHIFT] button to access their secondary functions. We’ll describe those and the other arpeggiator
features in The Arpeggiator Section (p. 55).
Tweaking the sounds
The Right display provides information about what is happening and what the options are, no matter
what you’re doing with the Hydrasynth. We’ll dig down into every parameter eventually, but for now
let’s start at the top again. So please press [HOME] to make sure you’re seeing what we’re describing.
The Home page: Macro City
When Hydrasynth Explorer is on the Home page
the Control knobs and Control buttons become
modulation sources for the Macros. Each Macro
can alter as many as eight parameters at one time
by activating a single control. Every patch has
eight Macros available.
Macros allow you to achieve complex results, but
they’re easy to create. When you’re ready to try
that, see Mastering the Macros (p. 58).
The rest of the Master Control section has buttons
that will be useful in the near future. We’ll cover
them in Master Control Section (p. 17).
The Filter section
This section has two buttons and three knobs. The
buttons select which of the two lters the knobs
will control, after which the knobs can do their
thing.
Knobs 1 and 2 are the same for either lter: they
control Cuto and Resonance, respectively. If Filter
1 is selected the third knob controls the Drive
amount for that lter; if Filter 2 is selected the third
knob allows you to “morph” the characteristics of
that lter.
Those descriptions barely scratch the surface,
though. To delve more deeply into what the
Hydrasynth Explorer lters can do, read The Filters
and their Controls (p. 33).
Saving
In the process of tweaking a sound you will often create something you’d like to keep. If that has already
happened, jump ahead to the Patch Management chapter and follow the instructions in Save the Patch
(p. 67).
Check for Updates
Be sure to visit www.AshunSoundMachines.com soon, and often! It’s your source for important things
such as:
• Firmware updates for your Hydrasynth
Explorer
• An interactive version of this manual
• Banks of new patches from our top-notch
sound design team
• Tutorial videos to help you master the
intricacies of the Hydrasynth Explorer
• The original factory banks
• Our free patch librarian, Hydrasynth Manager
• ...and more!
That’s Enough Reading for Now.
We’ve covered the basics. Now let your creativity go wild!