Heh, Jexus. Been listening to your channel for what 16 some odd years now and still one of the best patch designers out there. Not to mention a ton of people copying your video demo and editing style. Cheers Olo G
Today I watch all the jexus videos for the 20th time. mostly skimming, just hoping a new one would be coming soon. watching them had me inspired enough to go ahead and purchase the minilogue patches . I type in Jexus again randomly hours later just hoping and wishing there will be a new video..... Magic.....
Same, was just thinking the same. Back here yet again, after buying the Peak first when this came out. But this video keeps me coming back to ogle the Hydrasynth next, especially now there's the Explorer. Of the others, I like Inhalts too, more retro wavetable in style. But it also fits the nature of the beast.
I'm a big fan of Jexus work. I've been following his work for several years. Their synthesizer demo videos are just brilliant. Thanks Jexus for another moment of pure sound magic.
Just got my hydrasynth Deluxe. I love this synthesizer so much. It reminds me of Reason studios Europa synthesizer. I love the Hydra sense because it's such a visual piece of work. Meaning that I need to see my oscillators, filters, lfo, and envelopes. They all are very helpful when seeing what they actually do
As usual, Thumbed Up at YT Notification. I don't even need to start watching this ..... soooooo glad your back with us synth-heads Jexus. Message ends.
super appreciate your "My thoughts on the Hydrasynth" writeup. maybe the most helpful thing I've read so far on determining if this thing is really in my future.
He really needs to do a demo for the Novation Summit. That instrument is capable of anything (minus a sequencer; its one shortcoming) and I’m really curious to see what he could do with it.
He’s Back!!!!! The universe makes a little more sense. The king of synth demos has discovered the HydraSynth! I have had mine since February and it’s quite simply one of the most incredible electronic instruments I’ve ever owned. I sold a lot of synths to survive the covid nightmare but I kept my hydra and my prologue 16. Together they cover ever base! Jexus for president.
I love that it starts right away with a big proud digital "YOLO!" (I know, I know... it was "yellow", not "yolo"... but I think yolo is a better philosophy for designing synth patches)
Excellent work as always with a diverse array of patches. You mentioned how the Virus has a similar characteristic, but the sound of your Virus Ti videos is more inviting to my ears which mirrors my personal experience with a Virus TI2. While the Hydrasynth is an absolute joy to program and I have made a number of excellent patches with it....there is a pervasive character to the Hydrasynth which prevents it from being the everything synth that the Virus Ti2 once was for me. For whatever reason, both the Virus and Blofeld sound better to my ears. At this point, I am contemplating the Waldorf Iridium as my next everything synth, I hope you get to chance to demo the Iridium or Quantum.
Thanks. Yeah, it's hard to talk about sound but I generally find synths' tones to belong to at least one of these camps: [dry / cardboard-y]; [wet / rich]; [sterile / clean]; [organic / alive]; [woody / hollow]; [metallic / glassy]; [classic VCF digital], [classic VCO analog], etc. If I were to judge the initial tone, or as you say the prominent tone of any synth, I would have to rank them by percentage on the above list. It would be a tough job and at the end of the day it would still not be totally objective because we all gravitate toward certain timbres / patch structures. But even if the Hydrasynth has an initial tone, the modulation possibilities enable it to transgress these boundaries to a much wider extent than other synths out there (it can belong to many different camps simultaneously).
This is a great response to a lot of the comments about the hydra synth sounding to harsh. I'm so glad I purchased the hydra. I was just assuming I could program it to sound any way I wanted vs having one certain sound and limitations.
I really like that you don't play the normal pentatonic scales arpeggios over a slow bass theme. Thank you so much for playing actually cool music!! I can't stress enough how much hope that gives me. I was starting to think that I am the only person who thinks outside the box.
Besides the great sounds, this has to be one of the most visually interesting synth demo videos ever - I've really enjoyed watching it - have you thought of making a mini-series for Netflix? ;)
I was completely disregarding the Hydrasynth. But god damn this sounds pretty incredible and unique for a synth. Guess Im gonna have to buy one and learn how to use it.
Great patches! I'm so glad you take the time to include your thoughts in addition to sharing the patches and doing the demos. I find your thoughts as interesting as the patches themselves, and I often re-read the website in addition to re-watching the demos both for fun and for ideas. It's easy to sit there and watch the demos and try to draw conclusions about a synth, but the demo is a finished product. It belies all of the hours of exploration and work put into figuring out how the synth works, and how difficult it is to create such patches. I've heard a lot of good things about the Hydrasynth and a few not-so-good things, but your insight into it has been the most valuable. In particular, I like how you described oscillator sync as a function of the Mutators. That is a very good example of the way the synthesis engine works and how it varies from a more typical synth which would just put that onto a button. Keep up the great work.
Awesome, when I'll buy mine for sure I'll get that sound bank of yours that really shows all the potential of this incredible machine I'm watching for some time...
So far there are some super interesting sounds. But just a heads up to prospective buyers that for most of the patches neither the patch titles nor macros are named, so you'll have to do some work and use some creativity in making your own naming schemes if you need/want things organized and identifiable. All-in-all it's still a pretty good deal for so many patches. My banks G and H were empty on my Deluxe so they're now designated for these patch banks. I didn't lose my presets importing in HSM--just navigate to an empty bank on the device panel, navigate to the folder storing the presets, and select all presets in the other panel (click the first preset then shift+click the last preset), and drag-and-drop. To rename a patch just double-click it in HSM either in the Device or PC.
Thanks. As to the patch names, I'm mentioning it in the video descirption as well as on my website, so any prospecive buyer knows that;) I myself hate third-party patch names and don't find them helpful at all. That's why I took the approach of giving the freedom of naming patches to the end user. If you like my sounds, you are free to give them your own names that will make it easier for you to remember / navigate them.
@@hostnik777 First sentence mind reading insult. Second sentence adds context missing from original comment, changing its meaning entirely, while successfully avoiding the question asked. 10/10 RU-vid comment.
Hey Jexus, you know what would be awesome? i'd be freaking cool if you could replicate some of your old patches from your old Blofeld demo in the Hydrasynth. I'd gladly pay twice for that bank if you dare to release it :3
"Hideaway" is terrfying. It's like being on the run from robot sentinel drones who endlessly scour the post-apocalyptic landscape for remaining humans.
