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ASM Hydrasynth patches and know-how

CyberGene

You know that I'm also interested in synths and have published a few synth arrangements of Bach. I also try to create synth patches on my ASM Hydrasynth keyboard from time to time (it's a fantastic synth BTW, supports polyphonic aftertouch, very intuitive to program patches from scratch and to learn sound synthesis, my favorite keyboard after the pianos I have). I sometimes get asked on YouTube to publish some of the patches and since my Dropbox is already full, I can simply use PianoClack to share them 🙂 It's also a good opportunity for exposing PianoClack to more keyboard heads. I've also created a new tag for synths, as you can see.

A user recently asked me about a patch I created that resembles the 80-s type of brass sound that is often performed on Roland Juno:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV3Sc1hxlNc

In a comment he asked me to upload all my patches, so here they are:

cybergene-2022-10-17hydra.zip
14kB

These are all my patches I've ever created. Most of them are not in any polished/finished state, no fancy name or macros, varying output level... There are also many consecutive patches with sequential numbers - these are the various versions that I save throughout the patch creation. The brass in question is the last one in that bank and is called CyberJuno 2.

There's another video with a patch that is inspired by my love for Lyle Mays (R.I.P. Lyle 😕) of Pat Metheny Group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLGUnvEk1xQ

In the bank above the patch is called CyberPWM CG2


CeDur

Strong synthwave vibes, I love it! I'm complete noob when it comes to synthesizers. I had Prophet 6 for a few months borrowed from a friend, but I didn't go above factory presets.

I think I'll buy something not crazy expensive next year, maybe Hydrasynth Explorer is not a bad idea.


CyberGene

CeDur I’m considering a Hydrasynth Explorer as a couch synth too although not putting small speaker(s) just to be able to hear something when not using headphones is a missed opportunity 😕


Interloper8

CyberGene Thanks for the patches. The Juno brass patch is quite nice. There are several others that are fun as well. Really appreciate them.


kawafanboi

i'm excited for what medeli might do with their A3000. medeli oemed the hydrasynth.


Mindbullets

That Juno patch is gorgeous. Love it! You may have seen this, but I recently started exploring the VCM (vintage voice modeling) they added with the 2.0 firmware, pretty neat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CijQZcTMEx0


CyberGene

Mindbullets I haven’t played my Hydrasynth for quite a while due to a lack of time, so I only heard about that voice mod feature. That video is impressive, apparently the Hydra has become even more capable of creating authentic analog patches. So nice!