Hydrasynth Keyboard Performance by Dominic Au

[@retrosound72]

Most interesting synth in the last 20 years.

[@XanderEwald]

It’s an awesome synth alright, but that’s a bold statement right there :D

[@shookstylez]

@@XanderEwald he just has a gear addiction.

[@XanderEwald]

Marcusmiller Yeah same here :)

[@digitaldiezel5870]

RetroSound Maybe the last 10 years, but I do love this synth!! Imo its like the next iteration of a DSI Pro 2 but less money. A Sequential Pro 3 is about the only thing that could distract me from acquiring this machine. For right now...The Hydrasynth is King of the reasonably priced synths!!

[@DestroyER82]

Exactly my thoughts... Cheers. :)

[@synriser6742]

This is an incredible synth.Finally someone who performs instead of walking through all of the patches. Looking forward to test it in the music shop.

[@Fluxwithit]

Great job Dom!

[@josuearesav]

This is the best new synth. A future classic for sure! Great Performance too!

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Wow!!! Its a new day!! Magnificent Machine!! I need this in my studio!

[@andrewmarkusmusic]

This is wonderful. You make great use of the Hydra. You’re very musical and really exploring the tech.

[@DKS-SYNTH-LAB]

I absolutely want one for my studio and for my demo!! Great Synth

[@musella974]

Wow, just magic !!! You're awesome !

[@herbertherbert3909]

Well I ordered my Hydra in September and it arrived a week ago. The first day playing thru the presets kinda bummed me. Then two days later I watched Nick Batts review again on sonic lab. Nicks reviews are basically mini tutorials. After getting my head around the interface I started creating my own sounds from scratch using the best synth interface I’ve ever used in my 35 years of owning too many synths to list here. THIS SYNTH IS JUST AMAZING. It’s an all digital animal but It can spit and growl and gurgle like a rabid Kracken. It’s the kinda synth a romulan would bring to audition for a Klingon band playing music written by a Vulcan. The filters really are Alive. They don’t sound digital to my ears and give my moog a run for its money. It appears that digital synths have finally reached a new level of musicality and those harsh upper harmonics are gone. The resonance of the HydraSynth is juicy. It’s truly capable of some very fresh tones but you gotta work for it and learn the hows-abouts of the interface. once you grasp it there’s so much fun to be had. Brilliant achievement.

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

Hi, great post especially the Romulan part LOL. When I played this at a store in LA it sounded kind of harsh and the presets were not great. I had high hopes for this synth

[@andrenaturwartsgipfelwarts1014]

Beautifull Song. Thanks for the Presentation.

[@tommy2nes]

great performance!

[@ernestgrouns8710]

Shut up and take my $$$. Buying this is not a question for me. It fills a void in my setup, can't wait to get my hands on one. Great job ASM!!!

[@PuzzL_]

I'll take 1 Hydrasynth and 1 album of that music plz

[@h20doctor]

I own a Hydrasynth and it's a beast !!!

[@ALYOUTUBERZ]

mine arrives Monday and I cant't FKN WAIT!

[@favoriteblueshirt]

So whats the story 5 months later? Does it sound any better than it does in this demo?

[@dylanhughes4548]

1:28 Is this suitable to play for people who only have two hands?

[@CaidicusProductions]

Sure wish I could buy one of these in China. Still unavailable, I've never been so disappointed at waiting for a synth as much as I have been every time I hear this thing and search Taobao of Jingdong and see it is STILL unavailable. I understand of course, the market for synths isn't a huge one in China, I am just selfishly longing to own one of these beautiful synths. One day...

[@konstantinivanov1986]

You will get one dont worry.

[@CaidicusProductions]

@@konstantinivanov1986 Thanks man, I needed the inspiration. :D

[@jayfurness6695]

I ordered one and was sold out in LESS THAN ONE DAY. I had to pay in full to insure next shipment, took about 3 weeks. Do a lot of business with Sweetwater so not concerned about paying first.

[@CaidicusProductions]

@@jayfurness6695 I ended up getting a desktop version, myself. I just don't have enough space for another keyboard. Gotta say, I'm really happy with it, it's a beautiful sounding synth and the presets are absolute gold.

[@verysynthesizer5972]

Great Job ASM !! Wooa ... My Next synth

[@TheNormalUniverse]

That was awesome

[@learnin10minutes]

Dominic should make an album together with Dave Gahan... would be a great duo!

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

@ASM Ashun Sound Machines can you chain a hydra keyboard to module for 16 voices or layer. Thia would be a great feature. I am on preorder.

[@AshunSoundMachines]

Hi Derek. Yes you can, by using Overflow mode!

[@aaronsmith593]

Best sounding synth keyboard ever. Better than the old stuff from the 70's.

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Good looking Keyboard :-)

[@EnochLight]

@ASM Ashun Sound Machines - are the Hydrasynth presets multitimbral? How many presets can be played at once if I am controlling one Hydrasynth from my DAW or hardware sequencer?

[@AshunSoundMachines]

one sound at a time

[@laurencevanhelsuwe3052]

Looking forward to the focus videos on the ARP and LFO

[@a2roland]

Awesome!

[@kiko1935]

Lovely demo. Would you consider adding some more traditional synthpop style preset banks in the future for old school synth fans who love the UI and features but may not be as into wavetable stuff? Just an idea 💡

[@nextg.5899]

The best thing is you can create your own patches that no one else has.

[@Christof_Classen]

*I hope you will sell this Synth in Garmany (Thomann Shop) too, so i can buy this fantastic Synthesizer ;)*

[@arcticsunrise9032]

will be in all major shops in germany by november

[@alex_darsen]

I knew I’ve seen “ASM” on a synthesizer before, and I just determined which... on Novation Supernovas. Stood for “analog sound modeling.” But I think this ASM sounds much better!

[@alex_darsen]

Yes, I know.

[@TheDanielFisher]

ASM stands for Ashun Sound Machines (with an "s" in Ashun). "Ahun" was a typo that keeps getting reprinted and re-posted.

[@martinsykes287]

Has anybody tried the Desktop version with Roger Linn's LinnStrument? I really need some hardware which can fully utilise its MPE features, rather than just software based inputs....

[@LeoMaskMusic]

Let me know if you find someone. I'd be interested too =)

[@paulbergin4239]

Very good.

[@immersiveworlds]

Great!

[@cubis]

What are the dimensions of the desktop and keyboard versions? I can't find the info anywhere. I feel like that should be on your product listing under Physical Specifications.

[@AshunSoundMachines]

Thank you Cubis. . Keyboard Dimensions 80 x 35 x 10.3 cm (31.5 x 13.78 x 4.05 inches) . Desktop Dimensions 44 x 22.3 x 7 cm (17.32 x 8.78 x 2.76 inches)

[@cubis]

@@AshunSoundMachines thank you! this looks amazing. I wish you guys the best of luck. I take it the desktop is 5U racked?

[@AshunSoundMachines]

@@cubis Thanks! 5U it is.

[@impurfekt]

Listings for both units are up on Sweetwater as well with full specs.

[@cubis]

@@impurfekt nice. they weren't there when I first made my comment

[@scottaforget]

Good stuff i need your music in my car. How do i buy it ?

[@Polypumpkins]

Thank you for liking my work! You can access our bandcamp by visiting this KZbin channel's homepage. Cheers :)

[@HJPhilippi]

Dope!

[@RayyMusik]

Apart from the sound generation and the brilliant UI the effects seem to outclass many synths of established brands. However (I‘ll repeat this in every comment): Pleeease make a 5-octave version! 4 octaves is like a 3-wheeled car for me, i.o.w.: a dealbreaker.

[@mitsanut5869]

Yes, I like big machines, too. I don't like splitting the keyboard to different sound sections and moving the octaves up and down. Once I select the sound, it is critical for me that it is the same sound all over the keybed. That forces me to be on the side of having multiple keyboards but I really don't mind as any top synth has something special to offer that others do not. This one sounds bit too digital to me, kind of really cold sound but I keep watching it, anyway. But like you said, the small keybed is really a turnoff. Just because they offer the octave switch feature does not mean I will accept it and go for it. I am bit of an old school where keyboard players were surrounded by all kinds of keyboards. I was always into that kind of keyboard playing. So yes, I like this instrument but as long as it is just this size, thanks but no, thanks.

[@peters7402]

Perhaps get the desktopversion and use midicontroller(s)?

[@RayyMusik]

There aren’t many midi controllers with poly AT, and they‘re expensive. I dislike modules because they usually have less knobs/more menu diving. Like mitsa nut, I‘m just an old-school keyboardist who likes to play octaves with the left and ‘jazzy’ voicings with the right hand; 4 octaves don’t work for me.

[@Todd63790]

At last some who can play it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@ambientzoneofficial]

👍 sounds GREAT!!! 😲 Magic really.

[@cubis]

@Brandon what does that even mean?

[@fortheloveofnoise]

@@cubis Behringer has become the Trump of the synth world....by that I mean many are obsessed about hating him, but many others are obsessed about loving him. It's become quite a political warefare amongst synth fans and it is quite sad. I called out a Behringer hater once and he went after me like I ate his dog or something.

[@EnochLight]

@@fortheloveofnoise - that's a poor comparison, because there are very real and valid reasons to dislike Trump. Most of the reasons people hate on Behringer are just silly.

[@fortheloveofnoise]

@@EnochLight best I could think of...both have valid reasons to hate...but trump exponentially mite

[@cubis]

@Brandon lmao that is a ridiculous notion. Behringer makes some quality products, but that doesn't mean other manufactures don't.

[@playgroundofsound7683]

When is it available? It’s only pre order I need to know it better be ASAP or I’ll buy something from NAMM

[@AshunSoundMachines]

It's available now in many countries. Some dealers are sold out but they should be getting more soon.

[@konstantinivanov1986]

Buy something from NAMM and then you will have to buy this anyway 😀

[@asynchronicity]

MUST HAVE

[@PeterPrism]

Fires!

[@ALYOUTUBERZ]

YEE!

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Those two dislikes are from Manny Bianco's parents.

[@agauerm]

I think this is an awesome synth and would certainly buy one, but I don´t understand why the limitation on voices... I mean, a purely digital synth and it is almost 2020, the virus was launched several years ago and even then it was possible to have 16 parts multi timbral and over 80 voices... The Hydrasynth could easily be the new Virus TI.

[@AshunSoundMachines]

HI, we decided to make the price in a range that most people could afford. The Virus TI2 without a poly aftertouch keyboard or 4 octave ribbon and with only preset wavetables, is currently $2915. That is $1,616 more expensive than the Hydrasynth keyboard. We chose to give the Hydrasynth a much deeper voice engine at a much better price instead.

[@powermix24]

@@AshunSoundMachines Thank you for making it affordable! I'm getting the Desktop version!

[@ALYOUTUBERZ]

@@AshunSoundMachines ACE! & only watching this video it blows the virus away it completely blows the virus away

[@smalltown4855]

And the bells of the mountain fidgets tintanabulated until the ancients of the pea God emptied their bags of junipers into the river of Gath.

[@dontwerry]

Ah yes, that.

[@snoolee7950]

Dragon Bass sounds like puppy bass

[@studiospeets]

The kick already has enough sub though.