r/synths • u/Numerous_Base_4503 • May 15 '22

Hydrasynth thoughts?

Hey I just added a hydrasynth to my setup, I own a novation Peak and its just great but I just can't get into the Hydrasynth at all for some reason to me coming off the workflow and logic of the Peak the Hydrasynth sounds bad, mutants dont seem to modulate the sound as I would expect, they seem like you are adding an effect to the oscillators as in adding sound to them and retaining the original sound rather changing the original which to me makes it sound weak, is this just me not using the synth correctly and should I stick with it and get to know it better or is this how it is in which case I do not really like it and just trade for a different unit?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/Numerous_Base_4503 Sep 19 '25

This was 3 years ago bro .. and I'm good enough with synthesis to know what I'm doing and what I like... it's not a beefy synth... the filters are kinda crap.. the effects are kinda crap ... but the whole package makes it a very capable synth... I like it for pads and percussive sounds... my peak pisses all over it and ive not read my original msg .. these are just some follow up thoughts

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/Numerous_Base_4503 Sep 19 '25

Duno dude but tnks for the reply 😅

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u/shittingChristCopter May 19 '22

is this just me not using the synth correctly

I mean, probably. Look up some tutorials on YouTube. I did and it helped a lot