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Table Of Contents

Important Safety Instructions
Welcome to Hydrasynth Explorer!
- Main Features
Quick Start Guide
- Inside the Box
  - Save Your Receipt!
- Plug It In
- Make Some Noise!
- Check for Updates
- That’s Enough Reading for Now.
Overview
- Top Panel: Hydrasynth Explorer
- General Concepts
- Main Systems
- Master Control Section
- Arpeggiator Section
- Filter Controls
- Module Select
- Performance Controls
  - Chord mode
- Rear Panel
Understanding the Modules
- Module Groups
- Module Shortcuts
The Oscillator Group
- Oscillators 1 and 2
- Oscillator 3
- Mutants 1–4
- Ring-Noise Module
- Waveform List
The Mixer Module
- Mixer parameters: pages 1-2
  - Setting Levels
  - The Solo Function
- Mixer parameters: pages 3-4
  - Set the Pan Positions
- Mixer parameters: pages 5-6
  - Filter Routing of Sources
  - Filter Configuration
The Filters and their Controls
- Filter 1
- Filter 2
  - Filter 2 parameters: page 1
  - Filter 2 parameters: page 2
The Amp Module
- How the Parameters Interact
The Envelopes
- What’s an Envelope?
- Envelope Shortcuts
  - Copy Env A to Env B
  - Create a direct Mod route
The LFOs
- What’s an LFO?
The Effects
- Pre- and Post-FX
- Delay Types
- Delay Parameters
- Reverb Types
- Reverb Parameters
  - Freeze the Reverb
- Mod Route Shortcut
The Voice Module
- Voice Parameters: page 1
- Voice Parameters: page 2
- Voice Parameters: page 3
  - Pitch Bend
  - Vibrato settings
- Voice Parameters: page 4
  - Glide settings
- Voice Parameters: page 5
The Arpeggiator Section
- Arp Edit Mode
- Additional Arp Features
Mastering the Macros
- Home Page
- Make a Macro
  - Assign a Destination
  - Name the Macro
- Save the Patch: Macro Options
- Macro Button Response
- Preset Macro Name List
The Mod Matrix
- Creating Mod Routes
- More Shortcuts
- Modulation Sources
- Modulation Destinations
The CV / Gate Section
- Basic Concepts
- A Few More...
- Output Connectors
- CVs and Arpeggios
Patch Management
- Using the Browser
- Save the Patch
The System Setup Pages
- Operational Notes
- Master: Page 1
- Master: Page 2
- Master: Page 3
- Master: Page 4
- Keys: Page 5
  - Velocity settings
- Keys: Page 6
  - Aftertouch settings
- MIDI: Page 7
  - Clock Sync
  - Local
- MIDI: Page 8
  - Aftertouch Transmit
- MIDI: Page 9
  - What is MPE?
- MIDI: Page 10
- MIDI: Page 11
- CV – Pitch Gate: Page 12
- CV – Pitch Gate: Page 13
- CV – Clock: Page 14
  - Clock Division
- CV – Mods: Page 15
- Calibration: Page 16
  - Calibrate Wheels
- System: Page 17
- OS: Page 18
Control Combinations
- [INIT] + Button X
- [INIT] + Control Button X
- [RANDOM] + Button X
- [SHIFT] + Button X
- [SHIFT] + Control Knob X
- [SHIFT] + Control Button X
Scales
- Preset Standard Scales
- Preset Microtuning Scales
MIDI CC Charts
- Sorted by Module
- Sorted by CC Number
Specifications
- Physical
- Connections: Rear Panel
- CV/Gate/Clock outputs:
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THE MIXER MODULE

This module has six pages of parameters which perform simple but important functions.

Mixer parameters: pages 1-2

Page Control Parameter Range Description

1 1 Osc 1 0-128 Osc 1 level

1 2 Osc 2 0-128 Osc 2 level

1 3 Osc 3 0-128 Osc 3 level

1 4 Solo On/O First press: all 5 sources are active. Use Control buttons to solo

a source. [1]

2 1 Ring 0-128 Ring mod level

2 2 Noise 0-128 Noise level

2 4 Solo On/O First press: all 5 sources are active. Use Control buttons to solo

a source. [1]

[1] Pages 1 and 2 share this parameter; changing one also changes the other.

Setting Levels

To set the relative levels of the sources, access [MIXER]. Page 1 contains the levels for Oscillators 1-3, and

the levels for Ring and Noise are on page 2. Use the appropriate Control knob to adjust the level of each

item, and use [SHIFT] + Control knob X to ne-tune the level.

The Solo Function

When creating a patch you may want to hear one of the sources on its own while making adjustments

to that source. Rather than setting the other levels to zero temporarily and restoring them later,

Hydrasynth Explorer includes a Solo function.

It’s easy to use:

• On pages 1 and 2, use Control button 4 to toggle Solo from O to On. Those pages share this

parameter, so changing it on one page changes it on the other.

• When Solo is engaged the Control buttons for all 5 sources will light on their respective pages. This

means they are still active.

• Press the Control button of the source you want to hear. Its Control button will become brighter

than the others.

• Press another Control button to solo that source. The rst Control button will dim and the selected

one will brighten.

• You can switch between pages 1 and 2 and solo any one source on either page.

• Press Control button 4 on either page 1 or 2 to defeat the Solo function.

Mixer parameters: pages 3-4

Page Control Parameter Range Description

3 1 Osc 1 pan -/+ 64 (as named)

3 2 Osc 2 pan -/+ 64 (as named)

3 3 Osc 3 pan -/+ 64 (as named)

4 1 Ring pan -/+ 64 (as named)

4 2 Noise pan -/+ 64 (as named)