ASM Hydrasynth Keyboard

The Hydrasynth keyboard is both a sound designers dream synth as well as a performing musicians ideal. The sound engine is designed for maximum flexibility. At the same time, Ashun Sound Machines designed the user interface in a way to allow you to edit the patch quickly with a minimal amount of paging and many workflow shortcuts. Utilizing an advanced wavetable synthesis engine, 3 Oscillators, dual Wave Mutators, and 2 filters that can be configured in series or parallel, the tone generating capabilities are unmatched. As for the performance capabilities, The Hydrasynth keyboard has Ashun Sound Machines' proprietary Polytouch keybed that offers polyphonic aftertouch over each note, giving you the type of expressive control found only in certain vintage synths. Add to this a 4 octave ribbon controller, ergonomically designed pitch, mod wheels and you have expression and control that is not equaled in any other hardware synthesizer on the market Today or ever.Polytouch KeybedThe ASM Polytouch keybed allows not only the standard velocity and aftertouch found on other keybeds but supports fully polyphonic aftertouch. In recent years companies have been trying to find ways to give the keyboard musician more ways to better express themselves. The problem is that their solution is almost never a keyboard, so you have to learn a new technique to play them. The Polytouch keybed features a high-quality, standard sized keys, so you can start playing it instantly.OscillatorsThe tone generation capability is the heart of any synthesizer. The 3 oscillators allow you to choose from a selection of 219 single cycle waveforms. Wavemorphing is a feature usually found on synths with preset wave tables. Creating user wavetables is arduous or downright impossible. Unlike most wavetable synths, Ashun Sound Machines' oscillators 1and 2 have Wavelist mode. This mode allows you to pick and choose 8 waves, from our bank of 219, arrange them in the order you want, and then morph from

• 49-Key synthesizer with ASM Polytouch keybed
• Made from steel with aluminum side panels
• 5 banks of 128 patch memories
• Inputs/Outputs for sustains pedal, Expression pedal, USB, MIDI, Clock, Mods, Gates, and CV
• Inlcudes power supply