{"id":62544,"date":"2022-12-09T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatsynthesizers.com\/?p=62544"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T07:43:51","slug":"asm-hydrasynth-deluxe-digital-wave-morphing-synthesizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatsynthesizers.com\/en\/review\/asm-hydrasynth-deluxe-digital-wave-morphing-synthesizer\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe: Is DIGITAL the NEW ANALOG?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ASM Hydrasynth is one of those instruments that automatically triggers that dreaded MUST-HAVE reflex. A reflex from which many synthesizer enthusiasts suffer their whole life. Diagnosis: MUST-HAVE. Therapy: BUY IT NOW. Alternative therapy (the hard way): Try withstanding the reflex, suffering extreme mental torture coupled with complete physical lethargy for months, maybe for years … until you finally give in and buy it.
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W<\/span>ithstanding the MUST-HAVE reflex was easy for us, since some details of the first Hydrasynth version just weren’t promising. Above all, the short 4-octave keyboard and the limited 8-voice polyphony. An inner voice urged us to be patient. And, lo and behold, two years later, the Hydrasynth Deluxe came along, with a 6-octave keyboard and 16 voices.<\/p>\n

Getting there must have been sticky at times. The Hydrasynth Deluxe<\/strong> in its final form first saw the light of day after the development of the Hydrasynth Keyboard, <\/strong>the Hydrasynth Desktop<\/strong> and\u00a0the Hydrasynth Explorer<\/strong>. These four models all contain the same ASM sound engine, but their layouts and concepts vary significantly, intended for a wide variety of target groups. The models – from small to large – at a glance …<\/p>\n

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