User's Manual

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Table Of Contents

Important Safety Instructions
Welcome to Hydrasynth!
- Main Features
- Keyboard-specific Features
- Desktop-specific 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 Keyboard
- Top Panel: Hydrasynth Desktop
- General Concepts
- Main Systems
- Master Control Section
- CV/Gate Section
- Arpeggiator Section
- Filter Controls
- Module Select
- Performance Controls
  - Chord mode (keyboard only)
  - Ribbon controller (keyboard only)
- Front Panel (keyboard only)
  - Headphone jacks
  - Phones volume control
- Rear Panel
Hydrasynth Desktop
- Attaching the Rack Ears
- SHIFT + Pad Functions
Understanding the Modules
- Module Groups
- Other Modules
  - Voice module
  - Ribbon (keyboard only)
- Module Shortcuts
The Oscillator Group
- Oscillators 1 and 2
- Oscillator 3
- Mutants 1–4
- Ring-Noise Module
- Waveform List
The Mixer Module
- Setting Levels
- The Solo Function
- Set the Pan Positions
  - Osc 1-3 Pan
  - Ring + Noise Pan
- Filter Routing of Sources
  - Osc 1-3 Filter routing
  - Ring + Noise Filter routing
- Filter Configuration
The Filters and their Controls
- Filter 1
- Filter 2
  - Filter 2 parameters
The Amp Module
- How the Parameters Interact
The Envelopes
- What’s an Envelope?
- Envelope Shortcuts
  - Copy Env A to Env B
  - Create a Mod route
The LFOs
- What’s an LFO?
- LFO Shortcuts
  - Copy LFO A to LFO B
  - Create a Mod route
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
Ribbon Controller (keyboard only)
- Theremin Mode
  - Theremin parameters: page 1
  - Theremin parameters: page 2
- The Ribbon as a Mod Source
The Arpeggiator Section
- Arp Edit Mode
  - Arp parameters: page 1
  - Arp parameters: page 2
- Additional Arp Features
  - Latch and Sustain
  - Initialize the Arp
Mastering the Macros
- Home Page
- Make a 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
- Input Connectors
- Esoteric Uses
Patch Management
- Using the Browser
- Save the Patch
The System Setup Pages
- Operational Notes
- Master: Page 1
- Master: Page 2
- Keys / Pads: Page 3
  - Velocity settings
  - Aftertouch settings
- MIDI: Page 4
- MIDI: Page 5
  - PolyAT Transmit
  - What is MPE?
- MIDI: Page 6
- CV – Pitch Gate: Page 7
  - CV Source: Keyboard, Theremin
- CV – Clock: Page 8
  - Clock Division
- CV – Mods: Page 9
- Calibration: Page 10 (keyboard)
  - Calibrate Ribbon
  - Calibrate Wheels
- System: Page 10 (desktop) / System: Page 11 (keyboard)
- OS: Page 11 (desktop) / OS: Page 12 (keyboard)
Control Combinations
- [INIT] + Button X
- [INIT] + Control Button X
- [RANDOM] + Button X
- [SHIFT] + Button X
- [SHIFT] + Control Knob X
- [SHIFT] + Control Button X
Scales
Hydrasynth Specifications
- Keyboard
- Desktop
- Connections: Rear Panel
- Connections: Top Panel
- Connections: Front Panel (keyboard)
Declaration of Conformity
- USA
- CANADA
- EUROPE

Set the Pan Positions

Osc 1-3 Pan

To set the stereo placement of the oscillators, access [MIXER] and use the Page Down arrow

to select page 2. In the top row are the pan positions for Oscillators 1-3. Use the appropriate

Control knob to adjust the pan position of each item, and use [SHIFT] + Control knob X to

ne-tune the value.

Ring + Noise Pan

To set the stereo placement of the Ring modulator and Noise generator, access [MIXER] and

press the Page Down arrow twice to select page 3. In the top row are the parameters Ring Pan

and Noiz Pan. Use the appropriate Control knob to adjust the pan position of each item, and

use [SHIFT] + Control knob X to ne-tune the value.

Filter Routing of Sources

Osc 1-3 Filter routing

To adjust the routing of each oscillator between Filter 1 and Filter 2, access [MIXER] and use the

Page Down arrow to select page 2. In the bottom row are the lter routing values for Oscillators

1-3. Use the appropriate Control knob to adjust the lter routing of each item:

• 100:0 sends the source only to Filter 1.

• 0:100 sends the source only to Filter 2.

• Intermediate values send the source to both lters in varying amounts.

Use [SHIFT] + Control knob X to ne-tune the values.

Ring + Noise Filter routing

To adjust the routing of the Ring modulator and Noise generator between Filter 1 and Filter 2,

access [MIXER] and press the Page Down arrow twice to select page 3. In the bottom row are

the lter routing parameters RingFilt and NoizFilt. Use the appropriate Control knob to adjust

the lter routing of each item:

• 100:0 sends the source only to Filter 1.

• 0:100 sends the source only to Filter 2.

• Intermediate values send the source to both lters in varying amounts.

Use [SHIFT] + Control knob X to ne-tune the values.

Filter Configuration

This setting species whether the lters operate in Series or Parallel mode. When they are in

Series, Filter 1 always passes through Filter 2. When they are in Parallel, sources can be routed

so they pass through only one of the lters or through both lters in varying amounts (as

described above in Filter Routing of Sources (p.41)).

The setting is linked to Filter 1 page 2, edit eld 1; changing one also changes the other.