@@christdolphin69 No not really. Give me one fully fledged synthesizer that has a feature set as rich as this. Show me a synthesis engine as deep as this on a regular synthesiser made this century. Don’t quote me a shit load of euro rack modules. I won’t hold my breath. The closest is probably the Access Virus or the Waldorf Iridium.
@@e-conrecords4665 prophet 12. 4 digital oscillators, analog low pass filter, analog high pass filter, stereo analog saturation, 4 independent delay lines with filter, tuned feedback, you can cross modulate any of the 4 oscillators (which can also be morphing wavetables), exponential or linear fm & am, sync, 4 loopable envelopes, 4 lfos. then you go into the mod matrix and you can modulate anything with anything else. any oscillator can be used as a mod source, any parameter can be used as a destination. and you can "stack" modulations. so if you have 4 mod slots where osc1 modulates the frequency of osc 2, it gets deeper with every mod slot, plus you have the "normalled" fm/am routing in the regular signal path. you can also modulate mod slots with other sources and you can recursively modulate any of the lfo/env sources hydra barely has a mod matrix. if you want to do a tiny bit of useless fm, you can use a special "mutant" with like 6(?) options, same for ring mod and even simple things like pulse width modulation require a mutant, but you cant go deeper with that. its not deep at all. its in fact extremely limited for a 100% digital synth. why does it have any limitations in this modern era of synth hardware? it sounds like a vst, no "patching" possible, digital or otherwise. you only have the mutants. and it doesnt even have the analog filters or fpga based oscillators of something like a Peak
the take-5 is much better sounding than the p12 but it beats the hell out of the hydrasynth in almost every aspect imaginable plus it has a lot of the features that made the p12 so deep for sound design. prophet 6 analog vcos, prophet 5 rev 4 analog filter, better fx, filter drive, master overdrive, sam deep mod matrix as p12 and it works the same way with recursive and stacked modulation and modulatable mod slots, but also has incredible front panel & mod matrix osc2 fm. which is much more powerful than the hydra, which is crazy for an analog poly. the envelopes are better and dont require an irritating menu, much better exponential curve, velocity response, snappier, more freely "suclpt-able", morphing waveshapes including analog sine wave through to pulse (which can do pwm just by turning the shape knob on either osc), polyphonic and monophonic lfos, aftertouch (not poly, but what are you gonna do with a synth that isnt entirely digital) in the mod matrix, dc/poly voice spread/filter out/audio out/osc2/note number/random/noise and more modulation sources in the matrix. incredibly deep for sound design, but the main feature is just the overall sound. will blow away any other synth under $2500 and most above that range as well. you wont find a more complex analog poly synth that sounds as rich and gorgeous as the Take-5. but the p12 is technically more flexible. and the hydrasynth cant compete with either
@@christdolphin69 Yeah Nah… doesn’t have half the features of the hydra. Take 5 is a nice synth but no cigar for you.The only thing remotely innovative about is it’s ‘keyboard split’.
thanks for listening! it's crazy how this piece has so many views, I have to make more hydrasynth content. I just found an old performance and listened to it, and it sounds very outlandish and beautiful and BIG. I can't remember how I did it, but there are some signs it's solo hydrasynth. But it's only audio so unfortunately it probably won't be as popular.
@@horatiuromantic the algorithm is crazy sometimes! It was a treat getting sent to this video and your channel though brother. I sometimes go through old folders and listen to stuff and I’m like “damn that’s cool! I don’t even know if I own that synth anymore.” lol Much love from FL, USA
Love it!!! Beautiful. I also own this one and yet i hadn't dive deep yet i already feel this is a real lifetime workhorse. I purchased 8 rechargeable batteries and man having this portability and sound capabilities everywhere is awesome. Keep uploading stuff please!
This is great! There's a lot of good videos out on the internet on this synth, but this was honestly what I was looking for the entire time. Somebody just totally getting lost in the moment with it. This is just what I'd see myself doing too! I think you just sold me one! 😄🌲
The way that bell patch sounds at the beginning sounds like a homogeny of both the tubular bell tone from the DX synths and the one heard on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” from the Synclavier II.
I bought this synth a few months ago. This video was incredible to me, as someone who's not owned a synth before. My goal is to get as good you are; your intuition and ability to compose/improvise on the spot just using one synth is inspiring
This is impressive. Closing my eyes it’s very relaxing. (Watching is a different experience - lots of hand movement, lol.) You stated in a reply it’s a factory patch. Can you recall which one?
What a lovely and great sound engine this synth has! I’m saving for one too… I really like your style of sound and playing too. I’ll be checking out your channel
This is how synthesizers should be used, and you're a master. The Hydrasynth is a curious thing, you make it look so easy, but I struggled with it for quite a while. It doesn't protect you from doing silly things, but I think that's the secret to its power, too. Nothing is off limits. It's quite a ride, like I've just discovered that you can modulate the ARP parameters, so my journey continues! I've loved watching how you've tamed this beast, and turned synthesis into a performance.
thank you very much! there are quite a lot of things to control and the interface is a bit limited but it can be mastered. I haven't done much with it lately but seeing that people still stumble on my hydrasynth content I think I should come back to it :) good luck in your synth journey!
This is gorgeous! I do dark ambient music, and play live in Doom/Stoner/Psych rock bands, so this sort of weird ambient textural noodling live performances are exactly the sort of things i want a synth to do. Welp, i guess I need to buy a Hydrasynth now.....
I totally agree with you there… I’m now saving for one, and I’ve started making dark ambient too so I get why you like the sound palette of this synth. It’s ace!
WOW! So many people do such wonderful things with this synth. I gotta roll up my sleeves and dig into this engine and quit scrolling the presets…but they are so much fun. Good problems to have. HA!
you should try to start from the INIT patch! just a saw to which you start adding weird effects live! I should do a video like that soon... it's easier when playing with other musicians but can probably work solo too if you are willing to go a bit dirty noise style
Recently I bought a minifreak. Since that, I've seen many videos of comparison between this synth and the arturia. Do you think that have some value have both synths? Or I should just keep with the arturia?
I don't know the arturia but I think the interface plays a huge part in how playable something is, esp. live like this. If you make patches and just play the keys it's not so important, but if you wanna have the power of changing many parameters quickly, it's good to try different synths to see which you vibe with. You'll only really know if you try!
