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

Hydrasynth Specifications

Keyboard

Dimensions: 80 x 35 x 10.3 cm

(31.5 x 13.78 x 4.05 inches)

Weight: 10kg (22.05 lbs)

Desktop

Dimensions: 44 x 22.3 x 7 cm

(17.32 x 8.78 x 2.76 inches)

Weight: 3.6kg (7.94 lbs)

Connections: Rear Panel

• MIDI In/Out/Thru

• USB type B port, class-compliant

• Headphone output (Desktop only)

• Impedance: 16 – 75 Ohm

• Stereo 1/4” outputs (unbalanced)

• Sustain pedal input (polarity-sensing)

• Expression pedal input (reversible)

Connections: Top Panel

CV inputs: Two (1/8” TS)

• Mod 1 • Mod 2

CV/Gate/Clock outputs: Five (1/8” TS)

• Pitch • Gate • Mod 1 • Mod 2 • Clock

Control Voltages

• Range: -5V to 10V

• Pitch: + / - 99 cents

• Mod: + / - 3.0V

• Standards: 1Volt per octave, Hz/Volt

Gate Output

• Range: 3V, 5V, 10V

• Type: V-trig, S-trig

Clock Output

• Range: 3V, 5V, 10V

• Rates: 1 PPS, 2PPQ, 24 PPQ, 48PPQ

• Oset: + / - 100ms

• Division: 1/2x, 2x, 4x

Connections: Front Panel (keyboard)

• Two headphone connectors

• 6.35 mm (1⁄4 in)

• 3.5 mm

• Impedance: 16 – 75 Ohm

• Shared volume control