ASM Hydrasynth Explorer 888

Digital Wave Morphing Synthesiser

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Technical Data

Manufactured by ASM
Strictly limited edition
37 Velocity-sensitive "medium size" keys with aftertouch
8 Voices
Monotimbral
Fully polyphonic aftertouch
Arpeggiator including Ratchet, Chance, Gate time & Swing (8 modes)
Three oscillators with 219 single-cycle waveforms
WaveScan parameters for modulating through wavetables
Wavelist mode for crossfading up to 8 wavetables
Eight user-defined wavelists per oscillator
Mixer including noise generator and ring modulator
2 Filters: serial or parallel
Filter 1 with 11 different filter models (12 & 24 db ladder, vintage ladder, HP, LP, vocal, etc.)
Filter two: 12 dB (SEM style) incl. continuous sweep from low-pass to band-pass to high-pass
Modulation Matrix
32 User-definable modulation routings
Five DAHDSR envelopes
Five LFOs
LFOs incl. delay, fade in, 3 trigger modes, smoothing, start phase, one-shot mode
Five banks with 128 patches each
256 Factory patches
CV-Gate output
Eight high-resolution encoders incl. LED rings
OLED displays
Support for all common CV/GATE standards
Clock input and output
USB (USB MIDI In/Out) and MIDI IN/OUT/THRU
PC/MAC-based patch manager plug-in
Pre and post effects for sound processing
Optional battery operation: 8 x AA batteries (not included)
Dimensions: 554 x 247 x 58 mm
Weight : 3.46kg