Offering 8-voice polyphony, "Mutator" waveshaping, and a 32-slot modulation matrix, the ASM Hydrasynth 49-key Polyphonic Wave Morphing Synthesizer is truly a next-generation virtual analog synthesizer for modern music producers. Rivaling the sonic capabilities of many popular software synthesizer plug-ins, each voice features three WaveScan oscillators offering 219 different waveforms, with four Mutators total for extensive waveshaping. There's a ton of potential for creating nuanced, nonlinear sounds — the five ADSR envelope generators offer delay and hold and can have either linear or exponential curves between stages, and the five LFOs offer a total of 11 waveshapes plus delay, fade in, and smoothing. Factor in the 49-note keybed, customizable PolyTouch response, expressive ribbon controller, and CV/Gate connectivity, and the ASM Hydrasynth could be the master controller your synthesizer rig is asking for.
Key Features:
- 49-note virtual analog synthesizer with polyphonic aftertouch
- Combines multiple synthesis methods like wavetables, linear FM, WavePWM, subtractive, and more
- 8-voice polyphony, with 3 x oscillators per voice and 4 x Mutator waveshapers total
- 7 types of Mutator waveshapers — FM-Lin, WaveStack, PW-Orig, PW-Squeeze, PW-ASM, Harmonic Sweep, and Hard sync
- WaveScan oscillators offer a total of 219 waveforms
- Dual filters — 1 x multimode (11 types) and 1 x variable LPF-BPF-HPF, with series/parallel routing options
- 5 envelope generators (ADSR) per voice with delay, hold, and looping abilities
- Envelopes can be locked to BPM (MIDI Clock) for tempo-synced modulation
- 5 LFOs per voice, with 11 waveforms — Sine, Triangle, Saw Up, Saw Down, Square, Pulse27%, Pulse13%, S&H, Noise, Random, and Step
- Powerful arpeggiator with 8 modes, including chord and phrase modes
- Full-length ribbon controller with 3 modes: Pitch Bend, Mod Only, and Theremin
- 32-slot Mod Matrix provides ample options for manipulating your sounds
- CV/Gate connectivity for integrating with modular/semi-modular synthesizers
- 8 insert effects, with Chorus, Flanger, Rotary, Phaser, Lo-Fi, Tremolo, EQ, Compressor, Delay (5 types), and Reverb (4 types)
- 8 Macro controls allow you to tweak multiple parameters simultaneously
