You can open the gate with the CV gate input. Much more useful and full control. With some imaginative settings you can 'stimulate' the lyra to come to life with a great deal of precision via the CV Gate input. The lyra IS very much controllable from another synth with a CV gate output .
Objectively, Hydrasynths are labeled as being designed, engineered, and made in China. I have no insight into who ASM’s manufacturing partners are nor their employment practices. I’d suggest reaching out to ASM directly for more specific answers to see if it’s aligned with your preferences.
@@0VRLNDR oh that's cool , like original work as oppose to mass produced approach. i hope I can go find a demo to try or borrow , what is it comparable to?
@@notaspectator Sarah Belle Reid has some great videos and demo of the Hydrasynth family, here's one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uCNYT0O54Zc.html
He explains that in another comment. It's @ refurbished sound from an external mic. Because he did forgot to press "record" in DAW ) Shit happens sometimes.
The MIDI to CV converter lets you control arbitrary patching, but it also has a MIDI IN on the back panel, and a "learn" button on many modules, that will remember the channel number, key, or CC, even after powering off. The MIDI implementation on the Pulsar-23 is really well thought out.
A BIG thank you for this! I just want to play, I hate having to do a ton of setup, so these instructions and files were much appreciated! And I found the Ribbon TX was off, why is that standard? Weird.. but now that works in Pigments as well :)
I don't have one to verify, but typically in similar cases, it's dependent on the value range you assign on the VST. In other words, if both the VST and the physical knob allow values of 0-127, then in most cases the knob and VST knob indicators will align. But if you set the effective range of the VST knob to, say, 50-100, then they likely will not align *unless* you also can assign that same value range to your physical controller.
This and other patches are in my Subharmonicon Cookbook, a perk of my Patreon ;) There are also low-res versions of dozens of patches for free on my Instagram account. :)
@@0VRLNDRthanks so much... I've reached out to Moog and they have given me some steps to try out... I am Re-calibrating the Subharmonicon now and then I will try the last option they told me about since so far the first few haven't worked... I am thinking if that doesn't work it is possibly i defective midi to USB connection... Wish me luck...
Hi Ailwyn, I've thought about it, but you'd really need a separate mapping for each synth, since their interfaces are all very distinct. Are there any that you use more frequently than the other? Thanks!
@@CoolColJ Edit: Yes, thank you for the correction. I was getting it mixing it around with the Explorer & Deluxe's exclusive note off velocity. www.ashunsoundmachines.com/hydrasynth-chart
I haven't used Diva, but I've considered Serum for sure. Pigments has largely replaced my use of Serum, but I agree it would be nice to have a mapping to a similarly versatile free VST. Thanks for the feedback!
According to Lyra-8 manual: "The oscillators use HEF4093 chip that traditionally belongs to the digital world. But in LYRA, I use the analog properties of the chip. The LYRA is a 100% analogue synthesizer like it was in 70s."
Love the Hydrasynth. I bought the desktop version but now I’m seriously considering buying the keyboard version. I actually want to keep them both but I’ll probably have to put another synth in the closet to make room.
They are such fantastic digital synths. The Explorer replaced my Nord Lead A1; the sound design and expressiveness of the Hydrasynth family is amazing. These presets work with all of the Hydrasynths, so no worries there. The Desktop version of course doesn't have a pitch bend or mod wheel, but all of the other parameters will be mapped to the controls for you.
The implementation of cv on this is regretably poor... it's the units only achiles heel that proper keyscaling could not have been worked out. The instrument is enough wonderful chaos in isolation from ext input. Woulda been nice should the ext control be a little more about proper keyscalable control.
That's a valid opinion for sure, and something that I have missed at times as well. I don't think it was an issue of not being able to work it out, but more that they thought it would be more interesting if CV controlled the modulations instead of a traditional v/oct pitch. Makes me wonder if anyone-particularly those who built the DIY version-hacked in v/oct tuning via CV. That said you can get some really interesting sounds that would otherwise be a very complex patch by running external audio into the CV Voices input. Everything's a trade-off!
