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Indeed, and I use my Hydrasynth Deluxe to drive Arturia CS-80 V4. It is the first reasonably authentic recreation, and it is a testament to the brilliant design
by teilo 4y ago
Indeed, and I use my Hydrasynth Deluxe to drive Arturia CS-80 V4. It is the first reasonably authentic recreation, and it is a testament to the brilliant design of the CS-80 that it took this long for virtual analog recreations to reproduce it.
Previous attempts were pretty miserable, such as versions 1-3 from Arturia, and Memory Moon. At best they could be described as CS-80ish.
Poly aftertouch on the Hydrasynth is a revelation. I didn't think I would use it nearly as much as I do, and now I can't imagine being without it. I even play my Novation Summit from the HS.
- MauranKilom 4y agoThank you to the people in this thread for bringing the Hydrasynth to my attention. I've been looking for a synth to get invested in and this one ticks every single box for me!
- teilo 4y agoThe brilliance of the Hydrasynth is not just the sound, but how well organized it is. It is a dream to program due to the signal path button matrix, and the OLED displays for the parameter knobs. Tap an OSC module, and all your params are there, nicely labeled. Same for an ENV, or Filter, or LFO. This saves tons of menu diving. There are shortcuts for quickly assigning modulations thanks to those module buttons, that again would otherwise require a lot of menu diving. Oh, and the Deluxe adds release velocity, something the original didn't have.
- tomduncalf 4y agoYeah it’s a great synth. Capable of some crazy sounds with all the LFOs, mod matrix slots and CV inputs. It’s fun to use an LFO in quantised pitch mode as a kind of arpeggiator