User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important Safety Instructions
- Welcome to Hydrasynth!
- Quick Start Guide
- Overview
- Hydrasynth Desktop
- Understanding the Modules
- The Oscillator Group
- The Mixer Module
- The Filters and their Controls
- The Amp Module
- The Envelopes
- The LFOs
- The Effects
- The Voice Module
- Ribbon Controller (keyboard only)
- The Arpeggiator Section
- Mastering the Macros
- The Mod Matrix
- The CV / Gate Section
- Patch Management
- The System Setup Pages
- Control Combinations
- Scales
- Hydrasynth Specifications
- Declaration of Conformity
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Keytrack
This parameter scales the lter response
across the keyboard, with C2 as the center
note. A positive value means that notes above
the center note increase the lter cuto
frequency, and notes below the center note
decrease the lter cuto frequency. A negative
value means that notes above the center
note decrease the lter cuto frequency, and
notes below the center note increase the lter
cuto frequency. There is a similar, separate
parameter for Filter 2.
Filter 1 parameters: page 2
Control
knob
Parameter Range Description
1 Filter Route Series, Parallel Places the lters in Series or Parallel
conguration.
2 (blank) - -
3 Drive 0.0-128.0 Drive amount
4 Drive Route Pre, Post Drive placement in signal path
5 Vow Order
(type = Vowel only)
8 orders Changes formant order during frequency
sweeps
Filter Route
This setting species 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 in Filter Routing of
Sources (p.41)).
The setting is linked to the parameter on Mixer
page 3, edit eld 4; changing one also changes
the other.
Drive
To add extra warmth or grit to a patch, try
adjusting the Drive parameter. As the value
climbs the waveform begins to clip, and at the
highest settings the waveform can be radically
distorted. The Drive route setting determines
the point at which the overdrive is applied
(see below).
When Filter 1 is selected on the top panel, the
the Drive parameter is shared with the Drive /
Morph knob in the Filter Controls section.
Drive Route
There are two congurations for routing the
Drive eect: Pre or Post. The dierence is
whether the waveform is boosted before it
hits the lter or whether the lter output is
boosted before it reaches the Amp stage.
• Pre places the Drive eect between the
waveform and the lter.
• Post places the Drive eect after the lter.
Vowel Order
This parameter is only visible when the
Vowel lter type is selected. It provides eight
dierent arrangements of the vocal formants,
ranging from AEIOU to UIEAO. Combined
with creative use of the Cuto and Resonance
parameters, nearly any vowel or diphthong
can be achieved.