User's Manual

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Hydrasynth Desktop
The Hydrasynth desktop model has all of the repower of the keyboard model, even though
there are some obvious physical dierences. Aside from the size, the most prominent
distinction is that the desktop model has RGB pads instead of keys. The pads provide some
interesting options for interactive creativity, which will be the main focus of this chapter.
Attaching the Rack Ears
We’ve included rack ears with the Hydrasynth desktop model so you can put it into a rack if you
prefer. It’s easy to attach them:
1. Undo the 3 screws on each of the side panels.
2. Put one of the rack ears on the appropriate side of the unit.
3. Use the screws you removed to attach it.
4. Repeat the process for the other side.
SHIFT + Pad Functions
The [SHIFT] button and the pads are used together to access secondary functions.
Row [SHIFT] + pad # Label Secondary function
Bottom 1-8 (various) Select Pad Scale
Middle 9-16 (various) Select Pad Scale
Top 17 Oct - Octave shift down
- 18 Oct + Octave shift up
- 19 Pad Mode - Cycle backward through pad modes
- 20 Pad Mode + Cycle forward through pad modes
- 21 Key Select Pad Key
Hold [SHIFT] and the lit pads indicate the current setting for all of the above functions.
The [SHIFT] + Pad function settings are
not remembered when the power is
turned off.
Pad Scale selection
The rst two rows of pads are used with the
[SHIFT] button to select the Pad Scale (i.e.,
the notes that are available on the pads). 16
of the most widely-used scales are available
this way, though there are many more options
in The Voice Module (p.60). There’s a chart
that shows the notes of each scale in Scales
(p.95). We’ll focus on the Shift functions of
the top row for the majority of this chapter.
This chapter will refer to the scale selected
on [VOICE] page 3 as the Voice Scale. For a
full description of the Voice Scale, see Voice
Parameters: page 3 (p.63).
The Pad Scale “Minor” is the
common name for the
Voice scale “Aeolian.”
Octave Transpose
Hold [SHIFT] and press pad 17 or 18 to
transpose the pad range in octave increments,
up to four octaves in either direction. The pads
become a deeper color the further the range
is shifted from center. At zero transposition
both pads are lit. To reset the pad range hold
[SHIFT] and press both pads at the same time.