first time seeing a video of yours and just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for including time stamps for specific features, OMFG. i never realized this is what is so frustratingly lacking in demo videos.
Fascinating coverage... I came close to backing this.I'm somewhat disappointed and glad I didn't backed it. Thanks for covering it. It is still a possible target for later consideration.
I'd quite like one of these! I feel the pitch bend wasn't quite entirely explained. It seemed as though it was only bending upwards, but now that I think about it, I guess it's possible that it can go both ways, according to finger position? I doubt that would be very controllable, but perhaps it works out OK.
My Hyve arrives today - I must have watched this one a few dozen times. I thought buying these tinier devices would be a healthy outlet for my GAS, but I guess it doesn't help if I buy 4-5 of them in a go, huh? I guess I'm almost ready for modular.
One drop of coffee accidentally splashed onto my hyve the other day (triggering a note), took me a while to figure out where the sound was coming from... Here's a microtonal piece using it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MMal3f8lMWM.html
it'd be cool if these guys made one of these with a midi output. i like the layout and design but im not into buying a synth i dont have control over, the reason i love modular.
I watched this with headphones, and I noticed that on each oscillator, there is both a left and a right channel circuit. At first, I thought it was a mistake in the preset effects you might had been added on the other board. But then I saw your finger movement at one point. Where I saw, that your finger was placed SLIGHTLY to the right on the oscillator pad... Then I just heard the right channel... Which is cool.
"let's build something weird just because" "Why?" "Because" "Building weird stuff just because is TIGHT" "Yeah yeah yeah" "But won't it make it dificult to sell?" "Actually is super easy, barely an imconvenience" "Oh?" "Yeah, we give it a weird ass look and a weird ass name and you can play harmonica sounds with it" "Fair enough"
Nitpicking, because reality is cooler than what you said: the Hyve does _not_ use capacitive touch sensing (which would require a microcontroller or other complex logic). The touch plates actually carry the audio signals for each note, and you're "patching" them through the resistance of your skin to the left and right output buses. That's why it's so sensitive to humidity, and how it achieves every-note-polyphony. The first time I looked at the Hyve's schematic, it seemed like there were missing parts because it couldn't possibly be that simple! (Nor is it "resistive" touch sensing - that involves a force-sensitive resistor matrix, not exposed contacts. Both standard capacitive and resistive systems require scanning by a controller.)
@@kevinpreid This is the same technology used in resistive touch screens. There's no need to invent another name for it. In fact, Ensoniq used a similar technology for his SQ-80 and that allows for a velocity sensitive keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch that doesn't need those carbon impregnated rubber membranes. And that was 30 years ago.
@@crimsun7186 I think it's a relevant difference that there is no force-sensitive resistor being pressed against but rather the finger is part of the circuit. (Though, force-sensitive resistors _could_ be used to make a keyboard identical in layout and internal circuit to the Hyve. I hadn't quite noticed that before. It'd have to be either custom layout or be a matrix scanned by a microcontroller; more complex and expensive either way. And you'd have to press harder.)
@@kevinpreid This is capacitive technology used in a resistive way, which sort of makes it fundamentaly work similar to a resistive screen without being electronically similar.
You can get the schematic from their website. It's far too simple a circuit to have something like midi output upgraded. The structure of the circuit itself would make MIDI impossible without being more complex than the instrument itself. It's a classic divide-down organ circuit, with only twelve audio-rate square wave oscillators (one for each note of the scale) running at the frequency of the highest octave on the touch panel. Each one is divided in half four times to provide the the other four octaves. The touchplate is allowing you to short each signal (middle contact) to the left or right output headphone amplifiers.
What I would like to hear is an entire album done with one of these synths - to really exhibit what it can do. But what I see here is tantalising. I want one! Thanks for the demo.
I was sooooo tempted to join in on that kickstarter campaign... but I didn't. So instead I've been watching with interest and I really appreciate seeing it here. It's ridiculously cool, one of the most exciting synths of the past few years. :) As an aside, the Hyve's harmonic table layout is really nice to use sometimes. I love my Axis-49, and I highly recommend that everyone who makes music try something like it for a while. It's a really inspired and inspiring approach to using the common 12-note scale.
Lovely Piece of Hardware! Melikes. Reminds me of the Mugician App for Ipad. What sprang to mind was, that if the in and output jacks were on the side of this Synth, you could actually hold it like a n Accordion and play it from both sides, without the cables interfering. :) Good video, thank you
Good morning! I made a big bet on this spring in terms of the appearance of new devices, synthesizers or groove boxes. Right now Synthfest is taking place in France and Superbooth is the main show of the year in May if I'm not mistaken. What is your personal opinion, what can be expected this year, because it feels like the maximum progress has been achieved a long time ago and nothing much can be expected at all. 🤝🤷♂️
I'd like to build one but it looks to be all surface mount stuff. If they made it through whole the PCB would be big enough to play. Oh well, crazy tiny is cool now I guess.
Thanks for sharing. It seems we may have a keyboard designed for Ambient Analog Synth composers! I like how the hexagon geometry supports the formation of harmonious chord progressions with natural flows of the fingers. I also like the GSR sensitive keys, since through meditation I have learned to reduce GSR (and increase conductance). The relaxation would then be translated into musical changes. What this means is that one might be able to gently hold a point on the keyboard and change the sound by deep, slow, and full conscious breathing (making it a very pleasant biofeedback machine).
Would love this as a midi/CV controller; but an instrument to really become skilled at, like a violin, etc/ Or Theremin for that matter; the first Hyve Sonata anyone?
Looking at the schematic the six high and low frequency oscilloscopes have a slightly different range due to there resistor potentiometer combinations.
This LITERALLY made my mouth water, when I watched half of this video (due to time constraints) yesterday. Today my mouth watered, simply THINKING that I wanted to watched the rest of the video. I love synths that are small. But sonically, the way this organically interacts with skin moisture is so insanely interesting to my artifact-loving brain.
I've always thought that type of layout is more melodic or at least makes more sense than linear layouts for me. Gives it more dimension and makes playing easier if u ask me. Thanks foe the post.
The Hyve is eurorack sized, mounting and panel height. It can run from +12V in eurorack. The Hyve Hacker is intended to allow people to explore mods to integrate it into other setups for example. Some people have mounted them in eurorack cases. Fun!
