ASM Hydrasynth Explorer: Making Noise in Nature

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In this video I spend the day enjoying the outdoors and making some ambient and noisy patches on the new ASM Hydrasynth Explorer that are inspired by the world around me. I also share a technical comparison of the Hydrasynth Explorer, Hydrasynth Desktop, and Hydrasynth Keyboard units, along with my personal takeaways on the instruments.
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Video Timestamps:
00:00 Intro + Overview
2:35 Patches - Part 1
6:07 Hydrasynth Comparisons
6:58 Keyboard Unit vs. Explorer
8:08 Desktop Unit vs. Explorer
9:50 Patches - Part 2
11:05 Hydrasynth Comparisons, Continued!
13:59 Patches - Part 3
16:16 Final Takeaways
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@sarahbellereid Год назад

Curious about modular synthesis, electronic music, and sound design, but unsure how to get started? I have something for you! Join my free "intro to synthesis" mini course here: www.soundandsynthesis.com/firstpatch2022 PS: You don't need any special gear to do this-just a computer with VCV Rack (which is free to download).

@marvinjones4415 2 года назад

Finally! Someone demonstrating the more odd sounds that the Hydrasynth can produce.

@Polypumpkins 2 года назад

*Thank you for making this video Sarah!* It's not only informative but I'm very glad you well-demonstrated the sonic possibilities of the engine's complexity in making the ambient, fx & soundscapey sounds! It's just not another mini VA synth that only supplies ordinary sounds to play. The mindset when we developed it was exactly wanting it to have small footprint but still allow users to do sound design and literally explore on it. Inspiration of sounds and music can happen anywhere, we hope the portability of it allows people to re-explore the world. Obviously users of other models can have the patches transferred and brought outside, as well as creating outdoors and bringing them back in. Transferring Polytouch into mid-size keys are indeed challenging but rewarding. We did not compromise quality when downsizing the keys. Besides retaining the fine response of Polytouch, we also made the keys semi-weighted, so that mid-size keys should no longer be think of as cheap keybeds by many. :D Cheers, Dominic Au

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you Dominic!! It’s a great little instrument :)

@Dudderlyful 2 года назад

You guys have done something special with this one!!

@RedMeansRecording 2 года назад

You do this synthesizer a great deal of justice

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@christdolphin69 2 года назад

simpisizer

@truecuckoo 2 года назад

Such a great video! I like. Subscribing 👊🏼

@audialeyes6709 2 года назад

*Gheeesh*

@mauadachi 6 месяцев назад

After several ordinary reviews, this is the video that made me go for it. So beautiful, tks!

@andreaslagerstedt2430 2 года назад

This is the wildest sounds i've heard come out of a synth in a looong time. Super inspiring! Thank you!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

You're welcome and thank you!

@MyWorstEnemyIsMyself 2 года назад

Hands down the best video i've seen about the Explorer, glad you did justice to the really experimental and weird side of the synth.

@jontip 2 года назад

Outstanding run through and the patches were wonderfully unique. There is so much room for your style in the YT gear review space. Great work 🙌

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!!

@LordoftheBadgers Год назад

Not that I'm an expert but this is what modular sounds like in my head. Which makes it awesome!

@Shred_The_Weapon 2 месяца назад

Within the first five minutes of the video, Sarah, it sounded as if you did exactly what you set out to, writing patches to reflect on the activities of your surroundings. You got the Hydrasynth Explorer to answer nature. All of that was before you came around to the comparison with the other 3 Hydrasynth models which is fantastic. It’s April 2024, and (after years of resisting getting it) I am becoming convinced Explorer will be my first synthesizer purchase in 4 years. I was gearing up to get a Sequential Take 5, but this bugger is suddenly raising its “voice” to me. (I was also thinking of later getting an Ensoniq SQ-80, but this model has updated versions of what made the SQ-80 appealing.)

@MoonseedMeditations 2 года назад

I absolutely love what you do with this synth... 💖

@Geoff-D 3 месяца назад

Nice demo! You got some interesting textures out of the ASM..🙂

@crybo 2 года назад

Love, love, love the sounds you are getting from it!

@afnannn 2 года назад

Wow the sounds you are getting from this is incredible

@iamsushi1056 2 года назад

I am so incredibly excited. I've had my eye on the hydras for a while now.

@ameeqalli8115 Год назад

Patches are dope by they way!!!!

@wickeddubz 2 года назад

Thanks for comparison, useful for me. Awesome patches! Organic, chaotic, moving. Sounds very natural but unusual at the same time.

@Tyetheberious 2 года назад

Really cool sound design here, perfectly paired with a detailed overview and comparisons. Great video - happily subbed!

@ewanstefani 2 года назад

Fantastic instrument. Can't wait to try it. Thanks for the review!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! :)

@leyetnin1 2 года назад

Just ordered the Deluxe thru your link @ Perfect Circuit!! Thank you, Sarah!

@edwardarchibald5697 2 года назад

Very engaging and substantial review! I particularly liked the range of sounds that you created and demonstrated. Finally, having objective comparisons of the Explorer vs. the larger keyboard helps me a lot in my decision making process.

@battlemode 2 года назад

Very nicely put together video, and great info! Thank you

@degradedecho8397 2 года назад

Your expedition was such a lovely fulfilment of concept, each location and patch feeling entwined with you summoning their primal elements. Wonderful, thank you

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you for watching!

@thekaniack Год назад

What a wonderful travel setup!

@cohaagenup 2 года назад

I really really liked all the quirky patches, very strange and lovely! I want a desktop Hydra so much.

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!

@kenb7540 2 года назад

Amazing patching Sarah. Some wonderful sounds !👏🙏

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!

@exmachinema 2 года назад

Not the usual YT synth review (and perhaps not the usual synth); I really enjoyed it and will subscribe for more. Thanks!

@Helena081107 2 года назад

Now THAT's how you make a synth video !!! THANK YOU Sarah !!! :D Why are there not more people out there making video's like this one??? Honestly, I love my Hydra, it has the easiest interface ever made, and yet it still has one of the deepest synth engines ever made. It's my Xpander (yes yes, ASM certainly took the right synth to look at interface wise :D), but more reliable, and with way more options and features, and lovely FX. And the playability of this synth is absolutely amazing and extremely inspiring. Coming from a classical background, I always hated synth action keys, but I never have this feeling playing my Hydra. Extremely responsive keys !! And the polyphonic AT is just so inspiring. Ugh, I wish all my synths were more like the Hydra :D Thank you Sarah and ASM !!

@Winterdagen 2 года назад

This is so informative as wel as musically amazing! Really love the creative patches. Thank you!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you for watching! :) glad you enjoyed it

@Psionetics 2 года назад

I really enjoyed this! Lovely sounds and info

@matthewtunnicliffe201 2 года назад

Great video. I hadn't really considered the Hydrasynth before, but now having watched this I'm quite intrigued by the more experimental nature of it. I'm quite partial to the odd outdoor session too, so the portability is definitely appealing to me.

@PrimitiveInTheExtreme 2 года назад

Everything is really wonderful.

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

@MRFThorne 2 года назад

Great video. I have the ASM Hydrasynth keyboard version - very excited to know that Hydrasynth has gone bigger and smaller with the Deluxe and Explorer models, respectively. I really like the idea that the Explorer can be powered by batteries! :)

@paulomartel9618 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this very useful and inspiring video!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching :)

@vertigev 2 года назад

Woah!! This is so cool!

@brunodadivore9606 2 года назад

Great vidéo that well explains the key differences between the three versions. In addition I like the lovely Sarah’s hands on the tiny keyboard with an original music performance…

@ZOgrameMusic 2 года назад

Super nice video, had me chilling for 20 minutes, exactly what I needed :) Awesome review by the way

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you! :)

@benjaminbrodie9801 2 года назад

BRILLIANT mini synth! Mini-keys with Poly AT! Count me in.

@NoirEtBlancVie 2 года назад

Great video Sarah!

@adambrowne01 Год назад

Thanks for showing some of the more out there sounds. I honestly was starting to think this synth was a bit boring/ tame but you did a great job at showing the possibilities

@Paulsmusik28237 8 месяцев назад

Great work and sounds you created. My Favorite is in the beginning arround minute 3. Cheers keep up the good work.

@sarahbellereid 8 месяцев назад

Thank you!☺

@TheSzyko 2 года назад

The first patch reminds me of Jon Hopkins‘ track „Open Eye Signal“ which was my first introduction to techno(-ish) music. Good memories. Awesome video! I will definitely get my hands on a Hydrasynth soon 🎛📡

@patrickfitzgerald2861 Год назад

Great fun Sarah! It sounded like there was a small army of stoned aliens hiding inside the machine, tapping on the key triggers and smiling like mad men, all the while hoping you didn't realize they were in there! 🥰

@TriangleWaveRecords 2 года назад

Super excited about this actually. The HydraSynth already sounds very good and interesting, this format factor is pretty cool for someone like me that has way too much gear for their own good, hahaha.

@Datachrome 2 года назад

Nice video, I would really love to try this machine. it seems incredible for sound design.

@VocalChainsStudio 2 года назад

Nice job! What a cool little weird sounding machine🧡🦑

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

thank you! I agree, it's a weird one, but definitely fun :)

@soundokapi-music 2 года назад

Wonderful non-mainstream exploring btw :D I am not alone....

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@hearmenow909 Год назад

Such a helpful video. Thanks.

@kevinperry3639 2 года назад

A very magical machine for sure. Great video too. 🤘

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!

@kevinperry3639 2 года назад

@@sarahbellereid your welcome. I think you are lucky to have the opportunity to get to know this synth. If it were me, several years later all my friends would be like "where's kevin, I haven't seen him in a few years ". 🤣 🤘

@David_K_Booth 2 года назад

Very informative. Thanks!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!

@idkreina 2 года назад

great video & sounds!! the first few patches w the nature shots were serene!!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@MargaretHarmer 2 года назад

Really cool! Great video!

@FrozenLonesome Год назад

Excellent video. I had a Replace CP that also ran on batteries and really liked the flexibility that provided. I have the Hydrasynth keyboard version and could see a time when I will downsize my studio and replace the 49 keyboard with an Explorer.

@quantummonastery 6 месяцев назад

Amazing sounds wow! New sub :)

@sarahbellereid 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@jamesmcn0000 2 года назад

Inspiring review, thanks!

@SuperEgido 2 года назад

Very good video. Clear many doubts. The Explorer certainly has great potential. It will be my next purchase thanks to this video. Thanks for sharing your experience. --- Muy buen vídeo. Despeja muchas dudas. Sin duda el Explorer tiene un gran potencial. Será mi próxima compra gracias a este vídeo. Gracias por compartir tu experiencia.

@JGlassy 8 месяцев назад

Awesome take here! As a minifreak-er, there’s a kindred spirit lurking here in the explorer, finding a home outdoors and so in the moment.

@danielpirone8028 2 года назад

Fantastic video- thank you!!!

@danielpirone8028 2 года назад

I get a Pacific Northwest vibe from the background - love it either way.

@NeoLudditevisons 2 года назад

ah man I'm a sucker for small powerful synths!! This looks like a keeper...

@jayjayjay391 2 года назад

Awesome

@syrupcore 2 года назад

That patch starting at around 3:30! I'm dead. Not even sure how I'm typing this, honestly. Absolutely amazing!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!

@ubiquitousreverser 2 года назад

Thanks for posting this highly informative video, and your take on exploration of the hydrasynth explorer. Struggling between this and the module. Was wondering about bottle necking in those 4 instead of 8 parameter knobs.

@jeffc1753 2 года назад

This nature area looks exactly like a place near me in mid-America, bridge, lake and all. Probably a coincidence…but never thought of playing a synth out there!

@audialeyes6709 2 года назад

I didn't quite realize you can modulate external audio. So rad. As a lover of field recording and sample based synths, this puts me over the sonic moon.

@xrkalitza38 Год назад

I think with deluxe and desktop version you can but unfortunately not with explorer

@mattkaz9604 2 года назад

Great sounds. I know people are fascinated by analog synths but I still prefer the weird tones from a quality digital synth.

@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад

This is cool. I should go outside some time. Maybe one day.

@CineTrance-Records 2 года назад

Hydrasynth 4 Life ❤️🎹👽

@alanbg2278 2 года назад

Your Hydrasynth videos helped me decide whether or not to go for this machine. Being a rather old dog I had previously decided I have plenty synths to do most things but there is enough versatiity here to make it uniquely justifiable. Have an Explorer on back order ! It will be interesting to discover how my Doepfer R2M gets on with the new kitten ! Thanks for all you do and all your practice. Taught me a lot about focus.

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

You're welcome and thanks for watching. I'm glad you find this video helpful!

@spltrcl Год назад

patches! so good, s!

@freshkidblaze 2 года назад

Dang I have a feeling this will replace my keystep 37

@GaraGaraVideo 2 года назад

Great vid, it's sold me on the Explorer, thanks. Can you pls let me know details / size of that Gator case you're using. Looks like it's padded? Cheers

@dracul74 Год назад

Enjoyed. Subbed. Thx

@djjuno106 2 года назад

thanks for going deep into the comparissons of all of the models. on the asm website its pretty confussing and glen darcy keeps saying there all the same when in fact not having an expression input,cv input,audio in is alot too have missing.

@shahruzmoshtael 2 года назад

The Minimoog itself was a scaled down version of the big modulars

@Garflips 2 года назад

Very cool. BTW - Midisynth/Sigabort says he's coming out with an iOS version of his Hydrasynth editor soon so that could be cool with the Explorer on the go - assuming the editor works just fine with all versions.

@pascalferriot6233 Год назад

Very poetic, thanks a lot !! :-) How do you layer up the 2 sounds in the "Patches - part 1" (the pad + the metalic delicate one) ?

@BobbyLachapelle 2 года назад

Very glitchy and west coasty in the good way. Do you approach your sound sculpting like you do on the Buchla? As usual, great great video.

@synthemodulaire 2 года назад

Very well done ! These patches are amazing, magic !

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thank you!

@wren23_bass-synths Год назад

I’ve been going back and forth between this a the new Arturia Minifreak. I’m leaning towards this one.

@jamesherndon8066 2 года назад

Hey Sarah! Thanks for sharing this! I have just gotten a desktop but was considering chaining a second desktop to get a whole lot of polyphony and modulation by chaining them, then the explorer was announced! Can you chain the explorer with the desktop?

@truthbydesign5146 2 года назад

Ability to chain explorer to 49 key version will be a deal maker for me. Would love to find that out.

@jessewarren817 2 года назад

Hey Sarah, thanks for the video!! What are you using there to record the Hydra?

@radek1cihak 2 года назад

The only video that told me about Hydrasynth Explorer was what I needed to know. Thank you! I had prepared a few questions for the seller, which I regularly bring into trauma, because I expect something different from the tool than what it was made for :-) Your video was the best answer for me! Everyone is racing to sound modern, while you've shown something truly personal. You have to go for the music somehow, and here you have drawn a part of your journey. I only had one new question: You didn't say anything about connecting to the microphone, you even, I think, excluded the external input - how does it work, please?

@craigcaudill3999 2 года назад

glad i found this video I just bought this with a four track. my question what size of chords are plugged into this and were you recording. at the time? thanks

@BottleMakesMusic 2 года назад

Not had the opportunity to try out any Hydrasynths yet, although this one has piqued my interest. Some great sounds but I’m not sure how much are usable in a musical context; rather, I see this as a sound design tool. Did like the patch over the intro - very much in the same vein as Jeremy from Red Means Recording (and I know how much he loves his Hydrasynth too!)

@s.bizier5826 3 месяца назад

About afterthought, Access virus indigo also had it, and was also 37 keys

@AndreCholmondeley 2 года назад

Great demo Sarah. Viva Canada. and YES WEIRD MUSIC !!! Would love to interview you for my MAKE WEIRD MUSIC youtube channel features on Creatives!. You are so about the MUSIC, the sounds, the history and the inspiration. Thank you

@nsjx 2 года назад

Really appreciate the rundown, and wonderful creative designs. Love seeing this demo'd exactly how I hope to use my future Explorer :) I have a question. How do you feel about the battery time you get from it. I see you are an intense programmer and so I imagine your are running the process quite hard. What is the kind of realworld usage time you are getting from the 8Aa battery power? Thanks in advance!

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

I put fresh batteries in at the start of my day of filming this video, and they were still going strong after running the synth all day - still looking pretty full, actually - so I’m not exactly sure what the battery life is in full, but I’d say it’s pretty good :)

@nsjx 2 года назад

@@sarahbellereid Great, thanks for that very helpful piece of information. Keep doing what you do.

@HiLoMusic 2 года назад

These patches are very engaging, I find most synth demonstrations utterly boring and uninspired but I cannot say the same about your patches and presets. Does this synth have a deep modulation matrix?

@LordoftheBadgers 2 года назад

I'm pretty sure my Cme XKEY air 37 has poly aftertouch? - but frankly I've never truly explored that. The key action is a bit (as we say in britland... Marmite... I don't mind it)

@vomitriste 5 месяцев назад

Excellent demo! What model is the gator bag in the beginning? Been looking for a good travel case for the explorer but the options seem somewhat limited.

@user-sx2iw2hq3l 2 года назад

Hello, Sarah. I would very much like to clarify, because I did not understood everything by ear. Please tell me, in comparison with the large original, how much worse is the material of the buttons, knobs and cases? Have the patches changed in whole or in part? What are its advantages over the larger version of the original, except for the batteries possibilities. I'll be very thankful. Aleksei 🇪🇪Estonia, Tallinn. ☺️🙏

@jla9096 2 года назад

Excellent demo and patches! For that second bubbly sounding patch (2:45), how could I go about making something similar? I love how experimental it sounds. Any tips for making those experimental sounds would be appreciated! Also did you do any processing to the sound after recording or is it all coming from the synth?

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thanks! those bubbly sounds in that patch are made with oscillators running at very low frequencies into bandpass filters :) I'm thinking about making another video in the future with some more HS sound design tips, so thanks for this question!

@jla9096 2 года назад

@@sarahbellereid Ythat would be awesome. Thanks for the reply

@1984mhb 2 года назад

Would you be able to bypass the sound engine when controlling another synth using the PolyTouch keyboard? For instance, by assigning the HS Explorer to MIDI Channel 1 and another synth to MIDI Channel 2 and flicking between the channels?

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Not exactly.. but you can disable local control, so that the keyboard data can be sent out on the midi channel of your choosing without triggering the internal sound engine - so I think you could achieve the same result to what you’re saying with a slightly different approach :)

@JornLavoll 2 года назад

Wow!

@AnalogFlava 2 года назад

I wonder how this compares to the novation peak?

@polutropos 2 года назад

Love the patch at 3.27 ish & how you build it. Did you do the sound design there on the bench or are you playing prepared patches?

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

Thanks! That patch is several step LFOs independently sequencing the 3 oscillators in each voice, using aftertouch to control the rate of the step LFOs and some other parameters. For the most part all I believe the patches were made on the spot :)

@tommymandel Год назад

Arturia Keystep has Aftertouch too, (if you consider that a Synth since it doesn't make its own noise.)

@eternalsence3033 2 года назад

the sounds at 16:18 are very similar to skee masks typical percussion sound for example Skee mask - Untitled 279! really nice sounds sarah :)

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

thank you! :)

@just_pierre9730 2 года назад

Looks like a good alternative for my Desktop version. How long the batteries will last, Sarah Belle?

@sarahbellereid 2 года назад

I had the synth up and running all day while I was filming this video (put fresh batteries in before starting), and it was still going strong by the end of the day.. the battery indicator still looks quite full actually. So I'm not 100% sure exactly how long they will last, but it's pretty good battery life!

@just_pierre9730 2 года назад

@@sarahbellereid That sounds very good. Thanks!