Hydrasynth Desktop; Attaching The Rack Ears; Shift + Pad Functions; Pad Scale Selection - Ashun Sound Machines HYDRASYNTH Owner's Manual

The Hydrasynth desktop model has all of the firepower of the keyboard model, even though
there are some obvious physical differences. Aside from the size, the most prominent
distinction is that the desktop model has RGB pads instead of keys. The pads provide some
interesting options for interactive creativity, which will be the main focus of this chapter.

Attaching the Rack Ears

We've included rack ears with the Hydrasynth desktop model so you can put it into a rack if you
prefer. It's easy to attach them:
1. Undo the 3 screws on each of the side panels.
2. Put one of the rack ears on the appropriate side of the unit.
3. Use the screws you removed to attach it.
4. Repeat the process for the other side.

SHIFT + Pad Functions

The [SHIFT] button and the pads are used together to access secondary functions.
Row [SHIFT] + pad #
Bottom
Middle
Top
-
-
-
-
Hold [SHIFT] and the lit pads indicate the current setting for all of the above functions.
The [SHIFT] + Pad function settings are
not remembered when the power is
turned off.

Pad Scale selection

The first two rows of pads are used with the
[SHIFT] button to select the Pad Scale (i.e.,
the notes that are available on the pads). 16
of the most widely-used scales are available
this way, though there are many more options
in The Voice Module
that shows the notes of each scale in
(p. 95). We'll focus on the Shift functions of
the top row for the majority of this chapter.
This chapter will refer to the scale selected
on [VOICE] page 3 as the Voice Scale. For a
full description of the Voice Scale, see
Parameters: page 3 (p. 62).
Label
1-8 (various)
9-16 (various)
17 Oct -
18 Oct +
19 Pad Mode -
20 Pad Mode +
21 Key
(p. 60). There's a chart
Scales
Voice
Secondary function
Select Pad Scale
Select Pad Scale
Octave shift down
Octave shift up
Cycle backward through pad modes
Cycle forward through pad modes
Select Pad Key
The Pad Scale "Minor" is the
common name for the
Voice scale "Aeolian. "

Octave Transpose

Hold [SHIFT] and press pad 17 or 18 to
transpose the pad range in octave increments,
up to four octaves in either direction. The pads
become a deeper color the further the range
is shifted from center. At zero transposition
both pads are lit. To reset the pad range hold
[SHIFT] and press both pads at the same time.
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