User Manual

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THE MOD MATRIX
Modular synthesizers use cables to make connections. Hydrasynth Explorer has a much neater solution:
an easy-to-use internal patch bay with 32 sets of modulation sources and destinations.
Creating Mod Routes
There are three ways to create a new mod route in the Mod Matrix. The rst is to access one of the 32
Mod Matrix pages directly. Additional notes are entered below some steps in italics.
The Whole Process
1. Press [MOD MATRIX] to access the Mod
Matrix pages.
2. Use the Page up/down arrows to select the
desired mod route.
3. Press one of the Control buttons (top or
bottom) to enter assign mode.
The orange-lettered buttons are now lit; these
are the available source modules.
4. Scroll the top Control knob to select a
source.
Shortcut 1: Hold [SHIFT] while turning the
Control knob to jump through modules by
category.
Shortcut 2: Press the desired module button to
select it.
5. Press the bottom Control button to access
the destination eld.
The orange-lettered buttons are now lit; these
are the available destination modules.
6. Scroll the top Control knob to select the
destination module. Its default parameters
appear in rows 2-4.
Shortcut 1: Hold [SHIFT] while turning the
Control knob to jump through modules by
category.
Shortcut 2: Press the desired module button to
select it.
Shortcut 3: Turn one of the top-panel knobs to
select that parameter.
7. Press the bottom Control button to access
the next row.
8. Scroll the top Control knob to change the
destination parameter...
...unless you used Shortcut 3 in step 6 already.
9. Press the bottom Control button to exit
assign mode.
10. The bottom Control knob can change the
modulation depth at any time during steps
4-9.
The Shortcut
Mod routes can be established quickly from
almost any page:
1. Press and hold the module button for the
Modulation Sources (p. 62).
2. Press the module button for the Modulation
Destinations (p. 63).
The Mod Matrix opens at the rst available
slot with the rst parameter of the destination
module highlighted.
3. To select a dierent target parameter from
that module, use the bottom Control button
to enter the next eld.
Shortcut: If the parameter has a top-panel
knob, turn it to select that destination.
4. Use the upper Control knob to select the
desired parameter.
5. Use the Control knob on the bottom row to
set the modulation amount.
The modulation amount can be positive or
negative.
The shortcut method works inside and outside of the Mod Matrix page. The difference: Inside
the Mod Matrix the available destination module buttons light up when the source module
button is held. Outside the Mod Matrix they don’t.