ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Synthesizer

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    Ultimate in power and portability! The HYDRASYNTH EXPLORER offers the powerful Hydrasynth sound engine together with battery powered operation and a new ASM PolyTouch polyphonic aftertouch mid-sized keybed. The greatest attention has been put to its user interface, making sound creation a breeze. This is the ultimate companion for a portable setup, where a smaller footprint in needed.

    Utilizing an advanced wavetable synthesis engine, 3 Oscillators, dual Wave Mutators and 2 filters that can be configured in series or parallel, the tone generating capabilities are unmatched.

    As for the performance capabilities, The HYDRASYNTH EXPLORER has our proprietary 37-note mid-sized Polytouch keybed that offers polyphonic aftertouch over each note, giving you the type of expressive control found only in certain vintage synths.

    ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Synthesizer Features
    • 8-voice polyphonic digital wave morphing synthesizer
    • POLYTOUCH Polyphonic Aftertouch, Note on/off velocity keyboard with 37 mid-sized keys
    • Battery powered operation using 8xAA batteries (not included)
    • MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) compatible
    • Microtuning support via MIDI Tuning Standard files
    • 3 Oscillators per voice with 4 Mutators total
    • 1 Multimode filter and 1 variable LP-BP/Notch-HP filter per voice
    • 640 program locations with Category search
    • CV/Gate interconnectivity
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    ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Synthesizer Specifications

    ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Synthesizer Specifications
    Product Specifications ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Synthesizer Specifications
    • Type: Polyphonic Wave Morphing Synthesizer
    • Sound Engine Type(s): Wavescan
    • Analog/Digital: Digital
    • Number of Keys: 37 mid-sized keys
    • Type of Keys: ASM POLYTOUCH Polyphonic Aftertouch Keyboard, On/Off Velocity-sensitive, Semi-weighted
    • Other Controllers: Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel
    • Polyphony: 8 voices
    • Number of Presets: 640
    • Oscillators: 3 x Wavescan oscillators (219 Waveforms), 4 x Mutator wave shapers (8 Types), Noise (7 Types)
    • Mutators: 8 Types (FM-Lin, WaveStack, PW-Orig, PW-Squeeze, PW-ASM, Harmonic Sweep, Hard Sync, PhazDiff)
    • Noise: 7 Types (White, Pink, Brown, Red, Blue, Violet, Grey)
    • LFO: 5 per Voice (Sine, Triangle, Saw Up, Saw Down, Square, Pulse 27%, Pulse 13%, S&H, Noise, Random, Step), Tempo syncable, Semitone Lock
    • Envelopes: 5 per voice, Tempo syncable, Variable trigger sources
    • Filter Types: 1 Multimode Filter (16 types) and 1 Variable LP-BP/Notch-HP filter, series or parallel routing
    • Filters: Filter 1 (LP Ldr12, LP Ldr24, LP Fat12, LP Fat24, LP Gate, LP MS20, HP MS20, LP 3-Ler, BP 3-Ler, HP 3-Ler, LP Stn12, BP Stn12, HP Stn12, LP 1 Pole, LP 8 Pole, Vowel), Filter 2 (LP-BP-HP, LP-Notch-HP)
    • Effects: 9 Insert Effects, 5 Delays, 4 Reverbs.
    • Effects Types: Chorus, Flanger, Rotary, Phaser, Lo-Fi, Tremolo, EQ, Compressor, Distortion, Delay, Reverb
    • Arpeggiator: 8 types (Up, Down, Up&Down, Up/Down, Order, Random, Chord, Phrase)
    • Other: Mod Matrix (32 slots), Macro Controllers (8), Favorites (32), Randomizer (Patch and Module), MPE Compatibility, Warm Mode, Microtuning
    • Audio Outputs: 2 x 1/4" Balanced (L/Mono, R)
    • Headphones: 1 x 1/4"
    • USB: 1 x Type B
    • MIDI I/O: In/Out
    • Pedal Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (sustain)
    • Other Outputs: 5 x 1/8" Outputs (CV, Gate, Mod1, Mod2, Clock)
    • Power Supply: 12V DC switchable power supply
    • Height: 2.28" / 5.8cm
    • Width: 21.81" / 55.4cm
    • Depth: 9.72" / 24.7cm
    • Weight: 7.63lbs / 3.46kg
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